EMDR Therapists in Hammond, LA

Nawausa is a Licensed Professional Counselor who provides individuals a safe therapeutic space to express and explore their thoughts and feelings related to various issues such as transitions, life issues, relationship issues, & marriage and family challenges. Her goal as a therapist is to support individuals from different backgrounds, cultures, and genders by providing respect and unconditional positive regard.

My primary clinical focus is working with clients experiencing trauma (PTSD/C-PTSD), anxiety, and OCD, among a host of other issues. I have a special affinity with helping budding and established mental health professionals, but enjoy helping people from all backgrounds and walks of life. My primary goal in therapy is to extend a sense of unconditional positive regard to my clients - a space for them to safety explore and heal.

Therapeutic Partners, LLC, is an outpatient behavioral health clinic owned and operated by clinicians who believe progressive, integrative care vastly improves patient outcomes. We specialize in trauma informed care and have multiple therapist trained in several evidence based approaches, including EMDR, Parent Child Interactive Therapy (PCIT), and Trauma Based CBT to name a few. We also offer Neurofeedback (Othmer Method) as an adjunct intervention for our clients. Our team-based approach assists our clients in achieving their highest possible level of functioning, thus improving the overall wellness of our community.

For new appointments You can text me directly at 225-650-5721. I enjoy working with individuals of all ages. I view the counseling relationship as a partnership in which I assist my clients in working through problems, and help them learn practical and healthy ways to meet their goals and improve their overall functioning. I use an integrative trauma-focused therapy approach, which includes a variety of techniques and modalities. My areas of focus are Physical, Emotional, and Sexual Trauma, Sports Trauma, Relationship Trauma, and Medical Trauma.

My areas of focus include trauma & PTSD, borderline personality, and couples struggling with ineffective communication and conflict resolution due to trauma. I also work with men on social skills, dating, anxiety, and feeling lost as they navigate the unique challenges of our current day and age. I'm passionate about helping individuals understand how past negative experiences are influencing their current thoughts and behaviors; I believe your experiences and problems are unique, and I would love to be part of your therapeutic journey.

I began practicing therapy in Louisiana in 2007 upon my graduation from Southern University of New Orleans with a masters degree in social work. My undergraduate degree is in psychology from Southeastern Louisiana University. My ideal client is someone who wants to work through the issues troubling them in life so they can live their best life! My job is to help you set and accomplish goals that you want to work on and achieve not only in therapy but also in life. I offer both in person and teletherapy sessions in Mandeville Louisiana.

We have all experienced a form of trauma or chronic stress, in our lives. As women, we not only experience our our traumas but feel a responsibility (consciously or unconsciously) to absorb and take care of everyone else's unpleasant emotions and experiences (AKA people pleasing and inappropriately taking care of others). When we carry all of these traumas and stressors it does not stay contained into that one moment. These experiences manifest as anxiety, depression, fatigue, irritability, and low self-esteem, creating a bigger and bigger divide between loved ones, our inner authenticity and our Divine Purpose. Let's change that!

I want you to know that whatever your challenges may be, there is hope". Counseling provides an opportunity for you to process through your struggles in a safe environment with an objective, highly trained professional who can provide support and help guide you and facilitate growth and healing. "It is a privilege to be in a position where you would invite me to walk along side you through some of your most difficult, painful times. As it is such a privilege, I am committed to provide professional, faith-sensitive counseling to individuals, couples and families on their journey toward freedom".

I firmly believe change is made within. I am a tool to help you overcome whatever challenge(s) you are facing in your life. I also believe the client has to acquire the desire within themselves to make any real change. I truly believe that this journey between therapist and client is a process, your process. I have worked with families of troubled youths, along with juveniles within the judicial system that struggle with substances.

Note: Journey to Restoration is accepting new clients for individual & group therapy........Life has a way of throwing us unexpected curve balls, knocking us down, causing unfamiliar emotions, anxiety, intra-personal & interpersonal conflict, & stress. Have you ever asked yourself, how will I balance all of this? Growing through life without a road map can be difficult. And just as your car requires monthly maintenance, so does your life.

I work with a variety of problems including anxiety, panic, post-trauma, depression, phobias, fears, anger, and troubling behaviors. Also, I provide relationship therapy such as marital, family or significant-other, including work/employment relationships. I enjoy working with all ages from 12 through all stages of adulthood. My focus is always to help my client become more content with the way they think, feel, act or react to people and events in their lives so that things work easier for them. Especially during this COVID-19 spread please consider Telebehavioral health using my secure online platform for counseling.

The innovations of our modern world bring new forms of stress while intensifying those which already exist. Hours of the day are spent in grueling stop and go traffic, and to advance one's education or career often requires uprooting from what is known and setting up in a completely new place. People are working more hours than ever before, while cost of living, overpopulation, and globalization heighten the stress of just trying to get by. With change comes the pain of adapting to the way the world is now, often so different from just a few short years ago.

Everyone needs to feel needed and respected! I believe this is a basis to having a good sense of self. However, sometimes life's circumstances prohibit us from being our best. Not feeling okay is fine but not getting support is not okay. We all have friends we can talk to but having a designated therapist to focus on you and guide you through relevant processes can be a boon to achieving your goals. With a compassionate ear and heart I am here to help you through those bumps in life. Why me? Because I have experienced these processes from all angles, I have taught them and I have learned from them myself. Let me be the one to help.