What an exciting and daunting thing you are considering in exploring therapy! You considering therapy means there are parts of you that both want to grow and that are anxious about growing. This is a normal and natural part of the growth process. After all, you have been and lived the way you are living and being likely for many years; it is familiar and comfortable even if it is problematic in ways. Giving up what is known for what is unknown and foreign is a significant psychological task and one that requires others outside of yourself to become what you can't become on your own.
While your temperament is static, being curious about the ways relationships in your early life shaped you and informed how you learned to be in relationship with others is the stuff of therapy. It can sometimes be difficult to distinguish between your temperament and what was shaped in and internalized by you at an early age. I take seriously the privilege and opportunity to join with you in such a worthwhile undertaking.
I will work hard to listen and attend to the many and varied parts of you with great care and sensitivity. While being empathic and attuned to others is essential to being an effective counselor, it is also central to who I am as a person. You will also need me to be strong, steady, and constant as you work through things that cause you problems. This attention to you as a person will create a secure, safe environment where you can consider, reflect, explore, and connect with parts of you in varying states of conflict, deprivation, and distress leading to increased strength and vitality as you are deeply understood, engaged with, and responded to.
I am a mental health counselor licensed in the state of Indiana (LMHC). I have provided individual therapy, couples and marriage counseling, family therapy, and group counseling in West Lafayette and Lafayette, Indiana since 2004. I earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Arts from Grove City College, Grove City, PA; a Master of Arts in Counseling from Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando, FL; and a Two-Year Certificate in Advanced Training in Adult Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy from The Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis, Chicago, IL.
I look forward to the possibility of talking further and seeing if we might be a good fit to work together on the things most important to you.
While your temperament is static, being curious about the ways relationships in your early life shaped you and informed how you learned to be in relationship with others is the stuff of therapy. It can sometimes be difficult to distinguish between your temperament and what was shaped in and internalized by you at an early age. I take seriously the privilege and opportunity to join with you in such a worthwhile undertaking.
I will work hard to listen and attend to the many and varied parts of you with great care and sensitivity. While being empathic and attuned to others is essential to being an effective counselor, it is also central to who I am as a person. You will also need me to be strong, steady, and constant as you work through things that cause you problems. This attention to you as a person will create a secure, safe environment where you can consider, reflect, explore, and connect with parts of you in varying states of conflict, deprivation, and distress leading to increased strength and vitality as you are deeply understood, engaged with, and responded to.
I am a mental health counselor licensed in the state of Indiana (LMHC). I have provided individual therapy, couples and marriage counseling, family therapy, and group counseling in West Lafayette and Lafayette, Indiana since 2004. I earned a Bachelor of Arts in Communication Arts from Grove City College, Grove City, PA; a Master of Arts in Counseling from Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando, FL; and a Two-Year Certificate in Advanced Training in Adult Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy from The Chicago Institute for Psychoanalysis, Chicago, IL.
I look forward to the possibility of talking further and seeing if we might be a good fit to work together on the things most important to you.