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ABOUT US

Vision Statement

Our long-term vision of growth is to expand through collaboration with other mental healthcare professionals and organizations that are devoted to the emotional health and wellbeing of children, adolescents, adults, and families. We are committed to challenging the stigma of mental health. Stigma profoundly changes how people feel about themselves and the way others see them. Our belief is that everyone should be treated with dignity, respect and offered support and encouragement. We work on an ongoing basis to implement the best available evidenced-based practice standards. We strive to empower our clients to expand their inner strengths and skills to work toward improved emotional health and wellbeing.

 
 

OUR APPROACH

Mission Statement

Our approach is simple, the relationship between the client and therapist is pivotal. The relationship is unique in that for many clients it is the first intimate connection they have had with another person where profound feelings, beliefs and thoughts are explored. The foundation our work is anchored in nurturing a meaningful relationship with you. Cultivating an emotional bond of trust, compassion, care, and respect; agreement on the goals of your therapy; and collaboration on our work together is essential. Gracefully Redefined Counseling and Wellness offers comprehensive assessment and mental health services for individuals, children, teens, and families. We provide therapeutic interventions that are based on empirical research combined with clinical training, experience and specifically designed to meet your unique individual needs.

Our long term goals are to create a team of mental health therapists who provide our clients with attentive, empathetic, and reflective partnership in the exploration of their lives. This entails assembling a team of clinicians that can make informed, evidence-based decisions, provide high-quality services reflecting the interests, values, and individual needs of our clients, and guide them on a path to greater wellness and emotional wellbeing. Our goals are to establish a cohesive team where team members feel cared for, included, motivated, recognized, and supplied with learning opportunities to grow and develop as professionals.

 
 

 Core Values

 Our core values serve as the guide for our thoughts, feelings, actions, and expressions. Our approach is deeply rooted in methods that validate where you’ve been and clarify where you’re going.

Creativity

Cultivating creativity for further understanding of self, others, and the world around you while supporting creative processes for decision-making, problem solving, meaning making, and healing that is specific to your unique needs.

Virtue

Upholding everyone’s rights, advocate for them, treat them fairly, and ensure access to services. We strive to conduct ourselves and the practice in such a way as to cause no harm. We promote emotional well-being helping those in our care improve their circumstances and engaging in practices that benefit others. We maintain honesty in our practice, relationships and are faithful in our promises and truthful in our work.

Consistency

The confidence and trust required for our collaborative work and current approach is developed by reliable contact and clear communication.

 

Empathy

Striving to identify with your specific situation and to have a sense of your feelings and emotions related to your individual needs. Offering a high level of empathy enhances trust and the quality of care that you deserve.

Sensitivity

Appreciating and respecting diversity and cultural differences of each individual and considering the many multidimensional aspects of their lives. We strive to provide services that reflect the context of everyone’s needs and to do so in a way that extends cultural humility, sensitivity and compassion.

 

Integration

Becoming your genuine, authentic self in mind, body, and spirit. Therapy works in facilitating a sense of wholeness in a person’s being and functioning. We discover ourselves moving towards integration when we gain insight into our experiences and when we have a sense of feeling “at home” with self, and at ease with others.

 
 

Consultation

Complimentary 15-minute phone call consultation to get to know one another and explore a mutual fit. I will happily answer any questions you have about our work together.