4 Ways Your Child Is Communicating With You

4 Ways Your Child is Communicating With You | Trauma-Based Counseling

You know your child better than anyone. Yet, sometimes it can be challenging to understand what they’re thinking and why they’re behaving as they do. You rely on past experiences with the child, and some instinct. Like a detective, you notice their patterns, and you try to pick up on any signs or signals if […]

How to Ask for Help

How to Ask for Help | Two people talking in an office space

Therapists want people to feel comfortable asking for help. Helping people is–or at least should be–the reason we’re in the business. One thing I’ve realized, however, is asking for help is something people may need assistance with. People have a lot of reasons they don’t ask for help. Barriers to help-seeking include fear, resistance to […]

Introducing Kelly!

Kelly Johnson Pirtle, LCSW

We asked Kelly to help us get to know her a little more. Keep reading to learn more about her! What made you want to be a therapist? I’ve always known that I wanted to work with other people to help them discover their own potential. Over the years, that goal has changed a bit […]

8 Things I Learned About EMDR

8 Things I Learned About EMDR

I completed my training in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) in September of this year. I learned about EMDR through personal research about 3 years ago. I was attempting to identify the best therapeutic modality to treat trauma. Once I learned that guided eye movements had the potential to help process the hardest moments […]