EMDR Therapists in Flagstaff, AZ

My passion is to center our multiplicities, to look deeper into our internal systems and their connections with the environments, relationships, lineages and socio-political contexts we are a part of. As a mixed race Latina, I am particularly drawn to therapeutic work that centers considerations of culture, identity and historical trauma. I am LGBTQIA2S+ affirming. My training and continued learning focuses on intersections of racialized and gender-based trauma with interpersonal trauma and disconnection.

My objective in our work is to hold space for you, without condition and without expectation. This enables me to meet you where you are and to spend our time together on a shared frequency, viewing your world through a shared lens. You are the foremost expert on your own life and experience. I am here to offer support, tools, reflection, resources, perspective at times, and most of all, a safe and confidential space devoid of judgment. I work with family and relationship struggles, transitions and life-stage challenges, existential, religious, or faith-based trauma, and mood and personality disorders.

I am a Licensed Social Worker who provides professional counseling services to those seeking greater hope and healing in their mental, emotional, and behavioral health. I am a trauma oriented therapist specializing in PTSD, spiritual, and psychological abuse. I am passionate about the health and wholeness of people and believe that professional counseling is one way that God meets us and draws us towards living more complete, purposeful, and healed lives. I find incredible solace in prayer, and love to integrate faith and spirituality into the professional counseling work I do.

I love working with kiddos ages 10 and up, teens, college age, young adults. I offer creative solutions for connection-including parks sports therapy sessions (soccer, basketball, and football. I also offer outdoor walk and talk therapy on the local trails. I have found sometimes getting out of the office space produces new insight and new perspective. On bad weather days or chilly days I have a warm inviting space with space to do art and play therapy, as well as traditional talk therapy using collaborative approaches to work on therapeutic goals. I have been told I am authentic, open, and help clients feel right at home.

I understand life can throw curveballs, causing us to feel unbalanced and uncertain how to proceed. During these times, I can provide guidance and strategies to help you regain stability and hope. I do this using evidenced-based strategies such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, EMDR, IFS Parts Work, and mindfulness.

I strive to provide a safe & sacred space for you to explore issues that may be troubling you. Together we will look at how your conscious & sub-conscious mind may be interfering or supporting you in living the life you want to live. I offer a variety of methods. Together we will find the method or combination of methods that work best for you. My counseling style is supportive and non-confrontational. I take an ecological approach and will work with you and those you would like involved in your treatment as desired or needed.

Kristen is passionate about assisting adults and adolescents as they form their identities, navigate life transitions, and heal their trauma. She helps individuals find self-compassion as they work through concerns relating to stress, relationships, self-esteem, anxiety and depression. Kristen uses a client-centered approach and trauma-focused lens to validate clients' complexities and creates space for them to explore their inner and relational conflicts.

As an experienced trauma therapist, I have appreciated the tenderness and importance around establishing a secure therapeutic relationship-one based upon mutual trust, consistent support and a secure base of reliable attachment. I believe that for many folks, there has been a wounding within a relationship that can begin to heal and repair when in deep connection with another who offers security, consistency, understanding and grounded emotional support. I would love to become that person for you! Together, we will create a plan unique and special for you to access feelings of peace, ease and well-being in everyday Life.

I take a holistic approach to therapy and address client's concerns from the perspective of their mind, body, and spirit. My role is one of a guide along the journey to wholeness. I offer illumination of integral pieces along your path and help you to integrate these pieces to become a happier, healthier, more authentic you! I truly believe that each individual can heal from emotional pain and trauma. I am competent in a variety of theoretical approaches including: Psychodynamic, Transpersonal, Client centered, Humanisti and CBT. I have extensive experience working in domestic violence and teaching anger management.

I am a passionate advocate for diverse groups and am currently a Ph.D. candidate in Counselor Education. My research focuses on cultural humility and social justice advocacy. I am well-versed in the dynamics that contribute to behavioral health issues and mental health disparities. I have a deep compassion for the underserved and communities of color, and LGBTQI+ communities. I am trained in EMDR trauma therapy and work deeply with Attachment Theory and trauma-focused healing. As a former school counselor, I greatly understand systemic barriers, the impact of childhood experiences, and foundational issues that can impact one's life.

We are a group practice providing in person and online sessions and now accepting new clients. Providers include Sirene Lipschutz, LMSW; Jess Hedgepeth, LAC; Alicia Garner, LAC; and Lisa Shows, LPC. Let us help you change patterns of toxic relationships, effects of trauma, and negative beliefs about yourself. Are you ready to release what is not serving you, trust your worth and attract abundance, and up level into financial stability? We are passionate about supporting women to tap into their wisdom, confidence, and power.

I enjoy working with a variety of clients and have experience in many areas but I have special interest in working with adolescents (10 and up) and adults in individual therapy. I have additional experience working in adoption and foster care, blended and interracial families as well as first responders. I offer faith integration for those that seek it and view faith as a strong resource for clients healing journeys, while understanding the complicated relationship people can have with faith and faith transitions. I enjoy helping my clients build fulfilling lives and relationships.

When you find yourself needing a divorce, and as a couple, you want to end the relationship on your terms, you can turn to me for Divorce Mediation. Often clients possess the means to resolving issues and they just need a little help to arrive there. I offer sound solutions after problems are identified. Let me also serve as your independent mediator for child custody. Designed to assist an already overburdened court system it is the logical process to choose.

Whether you are hoping to heal trauma, seeking to improve your relationships, or simply looking to learn ways to better cope with the stressors of daily life, I am happy to walk alongside you on your journey. Our modern world is filled with distractions that disconnect us from ourselves, others, and our environment. The greatest gift one can offer themselves is the pursuit of connection to self, others, and the world around them. My aim is to help you foster those connections.

I am a LPC ( licensure in AZ and NH) who believes in the power of choices. I am energetic, solution-focused, and believe in being genuine. I have worked with children, adolescents, and adults in the mental and behavioral health field since 2009. I specialize in working with adolescents, 1st responders, and their families. I have worked with individuals with trauma, substance abuse, depression, anxiety, paranoia, psychosis, suicidal ideations, and homicidal ideations. I have assisted people with overcoming their barriers so they can achieve their life journey.

I believe that every person deserves a space where they are honestly seen, heard and valued for who they are. To that purpose, I help people live more meaningful and authentic lives, working through anxiety, addiction, depression, trauma and relationship issues. If there is something in your life that you would like to change or are simply thinking about addressing - having someone that you can talk to beyond friends and family, someone who really listens and is there to support you unconditionally can be a huge help for almost any issue.

I have a special interest in working with First Responders, humanitarian aid workers, chronic and complex PTSD, dissociative disorders, childhood histories of trauma and abuse, and grief work. Depending on client needs, I integrate several therapeutic modalities including Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Attachment Therapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT).

As a therapist I engage clients in cultivating their self compassionate voice and finding their strengths. I use tools such as EMDR, mindfulness, parts work and somatic awareness to support clients in building resilience and coping mechanisms. I use a culturally humble, trauma informed, harm-reduction, somatic minded approach. I offer support in person or outside with walk and talk sessions or remote sessions with a secure telehealth platform.

I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and National Certified Counselor license. I earned my BA in Anthropology and Mathematics from Grinnell College and my Masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from South Dakota State University. I am EMDR trained, DC 0-5 trained, and have extensive training in play therapy, including neurobiology, brain development and trauma. I take a trauma informed approach to counseling, working to understand the impacts of past experiences and increasing your ability to live life as your authentic self.