Compassion Focused Therapy (CFT) emphasizes utilizing compassion to understand yourself and the people around you. It’s a good option for people dealing with shame or self-criticism that causes emotional distress.
Developing compassion for yourself and others requires practice. Practicing self-compassion exercises can help you manage shame and guilt, which can help you develop compassion for the people around you.
I invite you to take a journey on a "therapeutic pathway" to promote personal health and wellness. Feelings of being overwhelmed, anxious and depressed often present with the many obstacles one faces in every day life. Taking care of one's self both physically and emotionally is essential for healing. I can guide you in a nurturing, empathetic environment by giving you coping skills to reduce...
I'm ready, are you to make time for you & your wellbeing? I find that individuals who seek me out, often experience anxiety, panic attacks, depression, substance use & some are working on life transitions. While causes can seem unknown or sudden, exploring acute or chronic stressful events can provide insight, self-awareness & change. If this sounds like you, I look forward to hearing from you!...
Most of us have something we would like to improve in our lives. Speaking with family and friends you are often given their advice and expected to follow through with it. Seeking counseling is an empowering move in your life. I facilitate a safe and inviting environment for clients to share and feel confident in themselves. I aim to uplift and empower clients to believe in their own ability and...
I help people achieve healing and wellness in their lives by focusing on positivity and internal strengths. I believe the mind and the body connect and affect one another. This is why I believe therapy can help people who are feeling overwhelmed with big emotions, having difficulties with life transitions, struggling with past traumas, feeling anxieties over the future, repair or create healthy...
Therapy is a relational dynamic process. I work to create a nurturing, compassionate, safe space that honors individual healing processes. My integrative holistic approach to psychotherapy means that I combine attachment theory, neuroscience, cognitive behavioral theory, and psychodynamic theory with the wisdom and insights from mindfulness-based practices, creative expression, and nature. Work...
Are you feeling stuck or like there’s something missing? Do you suffer from anxiety or depression, unable to move forward in the ways that you would like? Is there an issue in a significant relationship in your life that you can’t seem to solve on your own? Are there patterns or habits that you are engaging in that you would like to shift out of, but need help doing so? Do you need someone you ...
Hello, I'm Brittany Hicks. If you are looking here, you may be feeling Anxiety? Depression? Perhaps you've experienced a loss and there is grief or anger in your life. Maybe it's a relationship that you want help with? I work with people experiencing all sorts of things that life throws at them. First and foremost, I build a trusting relationship. You'll find that empathy and non-judgment are...
With over 30 years of personal recovery from drug and alcohol addiction, I specialize in recovery from substance use disorders, pornography addiction, sexual/intimacy issues, self-image/gender, anxiety, and depression. Individual or relationship counseling available. With compassion, understanding, and personal experience, I can assist you in building your self worth, confidence, and self-estee...
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I seek to create a warm and empathic environment while encouraging open exploration of your experiences and emotions. My hope is that in this process you'll come to understand yourself in a more meaningful way and feel empowered to make positive changes in your life. My style is down-to-earth, interactive and grounded in an understanding of the importance of relationships. Together we'll begin ...
I specialize in parent consultation and coaching, as well as working with families, adolescents, adults whose lives have been impacted by trauma. My primary focus is to help parents of children of all ages who are struggling with the parent/child relationship, as well as helping parents handle behaviors whether they are developmental, impacted by early childhood trauma, and/or other stressors. ...
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor. I work with a variety of clients, many of whom have a trauma backgrounds. I use a lot of guided imagery and EMDR in my sessions. The clinician-client relationship is important and flexibility with treatment is necessary in achieving change. EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing and is used to treat people that have been through...
I am a skill focused therapist. It's important to me that while you are exploring and gaining a deeper understanding of what you are struggling with, that you are also learning tangible skills and tools to help you know what to do to help yourself outside of therapy to effectively resolve issues. Areas of expertise include depression, anxiety, trauma, relationship issues, life changes/crisis,...
My passion for working with parents, with an emphasis on the transition to parenthood, grew from my own personal experiences as a mother and my professional experiences working with parents in this raw stage. Parenthood can fill us with joy and hope, and it can bring us to our knees in ways we never imagined. It’s my belief that we can lean into the hard parts of parenting, that having a safe...
I earned my Master's in Counseling from Biblical Theological Seminary in 2008. I help clients with relationship challenges, young adult related challenges, parenting, depression, anxiety, grief and loss, divorce recovery, domestic violence, trauma, and ADHD. I also specialize in issues related to parenting a child with special needs. When the client desires Christian based counseling, I offer...
