
Connected Counseling Co-op
Nurturing connections and healing from within
Shelly
I have a deep love for human beings and our stories, which is one reason that I am grateful for my work as a counselor; I have the honor of listening to people tell their stories and witnessing them as they make sense of those stories and incorporate them into a kind of map for their lives. My experience supporting children and families in school settings for nearly twenty years has inspired my understanding of how much potential lies in this process of making sense of our stories. Throughout this time, I have learned that growth and change are innate and powerful forces that all human beings have access to, and that we are primed to learn through our relationships with others and with the world around us. These beliefs form the foundation of my counseling practice today.

I have experience supporting children and teens who are living with symptoms of anxiety, depression, grief and loss, trauma, attachment disruptions including children in foster care or living in an adoptive family, relationship and family concerns, challenges with emotion and mood regulation, and questions of meaning and purpose. I also have experience supporting families in developing new ways of relating to each other, addressing communication and behavior concerns, and co-parenting from separate households.
Additionally, I am trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), which is a therapeutic model that involves identifying negative ideas that we have about ourselves and the world and reworking them so that they can help to shape more positive ideas about ourselves and the world. EMDR has been established by over 40 years of clinical research as an effective tool for treating symptoms of trauma as well as anxiety, depression, and other mental health concerns.
In my personal life I love spending time with my family and our pets, being in my garden or walking in the woods, reading and learning about new things, and working on creative projects by myself or with other people.
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