Therapy for adults who experience trauma and overwhelming stress.
Give yourself a space to heal and discuss life’s overwhelming challenges.
My Approach
You may wonder if therapy is for you. Maybe you have already decided it is but you struggle to make that first contact. No matter where you are in that decision know therapy is a safe space to handle life’s hardest challenges. I offer clients therapy to guide and support healing.
Christian Shearer, MS,LPC-S
“The Lord is my Shepard; I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul.”
Psalm 23:1-3, ESV
My Focus Areas
Stress
Stress happens from an overwhelming event. Stress comes from work, difficulties at home, and even past experiences. Stress can cause several physical and mental challenges like anxiety, depression, high blood pressure migraines and other chronic pain.
Post-Traumatic Stress
Trauma is an event that caused such an overwhelming amount of stress it caused a long-term impact. People who experience trauma often develop post-traumatic stress- a type of stress where feelings from the past event flood daily life
Chronic Stress
Chronic Stress is a type of stress that lasts for a long period of time, even years. This is the kind of stress people often experience in abusive homes and living in dangerous environments. Chronic stress causes more long-term physical symptoms and difficulty managing emotions. Experience of chronic stress can lead to development of Complex- Post Traumatic Stress. Complex Trauma shows many of the same signs of PTSD but is much longer lasting and causes difficulties with maintaining personal relationships.
Grief and Loss
When people experience loss— death of a loved one, job loss, abandonment, and many others- experience the grieving process. The grieving process is a cycle of sadness, anger and many other complicated emotions. Another part of grief is heightened stress. Significant losses bring stressful changes and responsibilities to people’s lives.
Services
Individual Therapy
If you’re seeking assistance for life challenges. Individual therapy gives you a space to address your problems with the guidance of a trained mental health professional. Therapy helps you heal from painful life events by having the space to process and gain new skills for a flourishing life. In person and virtual therapy are offered.
Supervision
If you’re a P-LPC-s seeking full LPC status. Supervision will help you meet the requirements of your state and guide you on your journey to becoming a mental health counselor. In person and distance meetings are offered.
Consulting
If you’re a professionals seeking guidance a consultation meeting can offer feedback on managing client needs and developing treatment. Consulting gives you as a professional the opportunity to discuss and receive feedback from another professional.