Milicent DeHart

slow down, explore your inner world, build an understanding of how you've had to adapt to survive difficult experiences, and introduce choices to patterns or parts of self that have felt stuck.

warm and accepting. Feelings of anxiety and depression can lead to feeling alone during some of the hardest emotional moments in life. In therapy, I join you where you are, sitting with you during moments of sadness, pain, overwhelm, anxiety, happiness, anger, or whatever arises in the moment. Sometimes, not feeling alone can be the catalyst for growth.

First sessions can sometimes feel like a lot! While we will cover topics like what is bringing you into counseling, what symptoms and goals you have, and relevant history, we will also notice how it feels to be in the present moment and will adjust our pacing as needed to help you feel comfortable and safe.

In therapy, I will support you finding and strengthening your own relationship to yourself. So often, we can be critical or harsh towards ourselves in ways we are not with other people. Shifting this relationship can be difficult but also very rewarding, allowing us to extend the same compassion to ourselves that we offer to others.