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Elisa Brooks

PRE-LICENSED MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPIST

Do you feel unsatisfied in your life, with how you feel, or don’t feel, day to day? With the state of your relationship and the communication, sex, intimacy, or lack thereof? We can explore this together in therapy, individually or as a couple. Together, we will deepen your understanding and emotional engagement with yourself and your relationships, challenge unhelpful beliefs and narratives, and grow your ability to communicate, connect, express, self-soothe, love, feel, and heal.

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Tim Combs

PRE-LICENSED COUNSELING PROFESSIONAL

Are you stuck in a transition? Changing careers, leaving the military, realizing you’ve left your youth behind – and feel lost or stress or grief due to the change? Perhaps you are stuck in behaviors that don’t serve you and wish for change and relief from anxiety or shame. I’m here to listen without judgment to the stories of where you came from, where you are, and where you would like to go. I’m here to help you to find a path forward toward a renewed sense of self that honors your strengths and accomplishments.

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Monique Garcia

PRE-LICENSED COUNSELING PROFESSIONAL

In today’s fast paced world, daily responsibilities can be compounded by unexpected surprises and emotional losses. Whether this is your first time with counseling or you are returning, you are not alone, nor are you expected to know all the answers. Together, we will lay out areas to focus on, set goals, and develop effective coping skills in an effort to promote growth and aspire creativity. I offer a supportive, nonjudgmental approach to personal development with attention to the mind-body connection.

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Desiring

Passion – Connection – Intimacy – Love – Sex
 
What do these words have in common? Nothing and everything! These words are loaded with expectation, anticipation, fear, and anxiety to name a few. The experience we have of these words can be layered with perceptions, opinions, shame, guilt, trauma, fear, and the sensation of butterflies. How is that possible? How are these words so full of so many different meanings?

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Distracted Love: Loving Someone with ADHD

There’s no doubt that those who have Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) live a challenging life. They may lack motivation to do the basic of tasks, have difficulties with memory, make impulsive decisions, or spend hours researching a new hobby only to lose interest a few days later. What does this look like to an outsider?

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Attunement – What is it?

Emotional attunement is the process of being aware of and responding to the emotions of another person. Our first experiences of emotional attunement and emotional communication start at birth. Simply put, in our very first human interactions while we are infants, when a caregiver responds to us in a calm and nurturing demeanor, we feel safe and cared for.

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