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“You can never fly higher than your angels can protect.” As a liberal African American woman, I understand the need for a safe spa...
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“You can never fly higher than your angels can protect.” As a liberal African American woman, I understand the need for a safe space.
Maxi Malone-Deese is a diverse Licensed Professional Counselor. She has a wide range of experience in all sectors of therapy. Maxi has worked along with Child Protective Services. Maxi has experience working with individuals and families from diverse races, backgrounds, and socioeconomic statuses, providing cultural sensitivity as well as quality individualized care. She has worked with a wide variety of age groups — from toddlers to seniors — and has specialties in couples, geriatrics, women ages 18-40, and minorities. She is well-versed in the areas of anxiety, depression, life transition issues, family conflict, and self-worth.
Maxi received her Master's in Professional Counseling from Grand Canyon University. Maxi has experience in private practice, agency, and state hospitals. Maxi utilizes a variety of therapeutic methods that include cognitive behavioral therapy, solution-focused therapy, emotionally focused therapy, and person-centered therapy.
As a woman of color, Maxi understands the need for a safe space and is intentional about creating one for clients. Maxi allows room for authentic honesty without judgment all while providing the client with constructive criticism through love and empathy. Maxi wants to help clients deal with life in a way that promotes personal growth and self-awareness.
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As a daughter of a retired military member, I understand how challenging transitions can be at times....
As a daughter of a retired military member, I understand how challenging transitions can be at times.
Kim Reuter is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor with over 20 years of experience. She specializes in mood, adjustment, and performance-related issues as well as addiction-related concerns. Kim provides individuals with a safe place to promote healthy recovery, growth, and personal development. She encourages her clients to share concerns and feelings and partners with them to assist in exploring and processing present-day challenges and unresolved conflicts or trauma. Through educational pursuits and personal life experiences, Kim has gained a deep understanding of life’s unexpected challenges.
Kim has a Master’s in Counseling from Webster University. She takes an eclectic approach to treatment and uses cognitive behavioral therapy along with an array of other integrative therapy techniques to meet the individualized needs of each individual.
Seeking counseling can be difficult and sensitive, and choosing the “right” therapist involves the willingness to invest and commit to the process. Kim will assist those in need by utilizing strength-based and person-centered approaches, remaining non-judgmental and genuine in a warm and always welcomed setting.
I like to build my client relationships with humor and humility, creating trust and a comfortable environment, which leads to heal...
I like to build my client relationships with humor and humility, creating trust and a comfortable environment, which leads to healing.
Chelsea Holcomb is a Licensed Professional Counselor with over 5 years of experience specializing in panic and anxiety disorders, depression, and other mood disorders. She holds a certification in behavioral teaching and has extensive knowledge regarding the difficulties of chronic illness and relationship issues. She enjoys working with adolescents, teens, adults, and couples. With a background in school counseling and as a mother, she is very familiar with the challenges of raising children in today's world and the struggles teens are facing.
Chelsea received her Master’s in Clinical Counseling and School Counseling from Texas Woman's University. Her experience spans multigenerational and multicultural populations and includes a variety of clinical approaches, including cognitive behavior therapy, solution-based therapy, and other humanistic approaches.
Chelsea utilizes a down-to-earth, authentic counseling style and truly enjoys helping others. Getting to know a client, including their hopes, values, and motivations, helps her assist them in overcoming their challenges in a safe and non-judgmental environment.
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PTSD/trauma therapy is focused on improving symptoms and providing coping skills. Cognitive behavioral therapy is effective for this work.
Tools taught in PTSD/trauma therapy include emotional awareness, core mindfulness, self-soothing, and distraction.
Meaningful progress in PTSD/trauma therapy occurs when a person is better able to deal with the thoughts and feelings of past trauma.
Clients can supplement PTSD/trauma therapy in their personal time by working on their therapy goals and practicing the strategies they are learning.
To prepare for the first session of PTSD/trauma therapy, a person can consider what they would like help with that would make their life better.
At Thriveworks, Trauma/PTSD therapy involves dedicated efforts to address and navigate through past and/or recent traumatic events. Therapists specializing in trauma create a secure environment to process and heal from these experiences, aiming to reduce trauma-related symptoms and enhance overall quality of life.
Our Thriveworks providers use Trauma/PTSD therapy treatments like eye movement desensitization and reprocessing EMDR, CBT, and exposure therapy with the goal of helping clients process the traumatic events they have experienced so that they can to start feeling safe and secure again.
The symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) can vary but often include:
The best way to overcome PTSD triggers is to seek the assistance of a professional therapist, such as those at Thriveworks, who can help you to understand and treat your PTSD triggers.
In most cases, a therapist who specializes in Trauma/PTSD therapy is the best type of mental health professional to address the symptoms of PTSD.
PTSD/trauma therapy at Thriveworks is conducted both in person and online by video. We encourage you to choose the option that works best for you.
If a client is working through a single traumatic event that occurred as an adult, trauma or PTSD therapy may only take a few months, but in general, it can take a year or more to effectively treat trauma symptoms and PTSD. The duration of treatment is highly dependent on the client and the severity of their symptoms.
The success rate of therapy for PTSD depends entirely on the individual’s symptoms, commitment to attending sessions, and personal abilities.
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