Stephanie Anderson, LPC-MHSP

My clients describe me as:

My clients describe me as an attentive listener, laid back and easy to talk to, with a calm and non-judgmental attitude.

Something to know about my approach is:

We have been taught to process emotions cognitively by rationalizing the 'why' of events. However, this doesn't calm our nervous system; it may have served us well at one point in our lives, but now could make the struggle to manage emotions harder.

Together, we will:

Together, we will see how you have made meaning of dysregulating events in your life to see if we can change the meaning in a way that resources your nervous system in a healthy way so you will no longer live in fight/flight.

I specialize in working with people who:

I am well-versed in the complexities of identity development (in particular, twin identity development), addiction, family dynamics, relational dynamics, childhood wounding, domestic violence, emotion regulation, somatic experiences, and grief.

I became a therapist because:

I became a therapist because I lost my partner to addiction overdose.

More about me and my practice:

I work from the body-first perspective but only once you feel safely embodied. We will work to resource the nervous system in a healthy way to process emotions and feel safe.