About Us

Every person has a story. Many of us have yet to explore how we arrived at where we are today and the condition in which we find ourselves—our patterns in relationships, our thirst for validation, our unwanted behaviors and addictions, the hopelessness we carry from shame, the anxiety that often gets the best of us, the weight and loneliness in our darkest moments, our ability to trust others, why we run in the face of conflict, and our avoidance of grief. All of these defining parts of us have a genesis.

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For every client we have the honor to serve, we believe it is critical to begin the therapeutic process by addressing the here and now—the presenting problem that led them to seek counseling services in the first place. Treatment initially focuses on symptom management, psychoeducation, and the integration of evidence-based interventions to reduce the level of impairment the presenting problem is having on their current life. When approached well, this can bring significant relief for a client. The challenge is this relief is often short-term.

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For those who desire freedom and healing at a deeper soul level, our practice is grounded in narrative-focused, integrative counseling. While we begin with the present, if clients are willing, we soon walk with them into formative moments of their story—this may include early parental disconnection resulting in attachment issues, experiences of tragedy or trauma, places where shame took center stage, and where coping and survival strategies were first formed.​ Through these events in one’s story, many of us have adopted false interpretations about who we are and what is possible for us. This is where we begin uncovering the driving patterns behind present-day symptoms—because there is always a story behind the presenting story.

As counselors, we sit with clients across the lifespan in some of their hardest moments, offering a posture of kindness and a steady presence. This is the deeper work—where we begin to reclaim what was lost so that we can show up in the present as the person we were created to be. The purpose of this work we invite clients into is to hold space for them to wonder, to name and acknowledge what has been stored for so long—to finally release and reinterpret where they have been so they can move more fully toward the greater story they were made for.