My Approach to Helping
Searching for meaning, but don't know where to start? Are you a young professional, high achiever, or parent struggling to juggle all of your responsibilities? Being pulled in too many directions and feeling burned out? Now more than ever, the demands and responsibilities of daily life can leave us feeling detached and isolated. We're often told to just keep pushing forward, to run toward the storm like a herd of buffalo. But, you're not a buffalo. You don't have to prove how strong you are. Putting your needs aside can have long term effects on your mind and body. I believe you deserve to take some weight off your shoulders.
At Trailhead Holistic Counseling, I offer a customized approach to each of my clients. I start by gaining an understanding of where you are and what challenges you face. I help you put a plan in place for moving forward and feeling better, whether that is a virtual session, meeting on your favorite walking path, or helping you make a stretching routine.
I often draw from my own personal experience of working through similar struggles. Like you, I have had to ask for help and guidance in order to navigate through my internal storm. I learned that therapy is much more than sitting on a couch, and often it means meditation, yoga, stretching, or going for a walk. I want this same insight to you!
More Info About My Practice
I have learned that therapy didn't always happen sitting on a couch in an office. Sometimes it did, but sometimes I needed to get out on a trail. Sometimes going for a run was just as therapeutic. I believe in holistic health and want to offer the same insight. I offer the same therapeutic outlets to my clients, whether we meet outside to walk, in a place where you can stretch, or whether you want to learn about meditation, therapy doesn't have to be complicated or scary. It can encompass the mental, emotional, physical, and spiritual parts of you. After all, all of those components make up the whole you.
How My Own Struggles Made Me a Better Therapist
There are several reasons as to why I became a therapist. One of the reasons is that I've had to face my own challenges with anxiety and depression, which is another reason I focus and specialize in those two areas. I still have to practice certain coping skills and habits that keep me grounded. At some point, I decided that maybe working through my own challenges would give me more personal meaning if I used those experiences to help others who might be going through the same things. I have sat where you are sitting. I have felt hopeless, invisible, and like I didn't matter. I have asked for help and sought out therapy, and I know how difficult and intimidating that can be. I think my own experience puts me in a unique position to actually empathize with you; to share that space of healing because I know what it's like.
