Jungian Therapists in Westerville, OH

My ideal therapy clients are caretakers, helping professionals, and people pleasers. Most of them are middle-aged women who have a history that followed them from childhood. They are thinkers, survivors. But they get to a point where they want to go further than just cope with symptoms like guilt, shame, perfectionism, and negative self-talk, so much criticism. They often also experience physical symptoms migraines, stomach aches, nausea, hives, and autoimmune disorders. The stuff that the doctor says, “you’re fine.” They hit an impossible wall and must make big changes, heal old wounds, and trust themselves.

Healing happens! You DO have the ability to work through your despair, loss, anxiety, shame, trauma, compulsions, sexual concerns, and relationship conflicts. I offer a safe online space for individual adults and a gentle, relationship-oriented process of holistic healing. I bring to you a broad doctoral background for almost any life concern you may be facing yet with specialized training and skills. Therapy groups also offered currently for gay men and for religious abuse or cult survivors (see below).

As a Zurich trained JUNGIAN ANALYST & Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, I work with you to understand and utilize your own innate wisdom for personal growth and transformation. Psychological suffering such as depression, anxiety, addiction, restlessness, lack of meaning, or spiritual crisis can be an opportunity for growth. Together we strive to find a deeper meaning in these symptoms to allow for healing and a more balanced life. I have work experience as a primary therapist in both an inpatient and outpatient treatment facility, which provided me with a keen understanding of mental health issues and ways to manage symptoms.

I have been a Social Worker for 20 years working with people with all types of concerns for their ability to be successful in this life. If you feel sad or are depressed, anxious, angry, misfit or have parenting problems, career challenges, or are transitioning into a new phase of life that has you questioning who you are, let's talk about it. If you have experienced physical trauma or emotional abuse I will help you regain your strength to move to a better place.

Everyone feels stuck at times and unsure what to do. I believe that with the right help you can make the changes you need so that a new path can be discovered. My passion is to work along side individuals, families, adolescents, children, and parents to help create this new path. I specialize in Marriage & Family Therapy and Art Therapy. I work with those dealing with past or current trauma, family issues, youth, emotional hardships, life transitions, divorce, parenting challenges, depression, anxiety, addiction, adoption, and behavior issues just to name a few.

I view individuals as experts on themselves and believe in working collaboratively with clients to develop meaningful goals and treatment plans unique to them. I am passionate about increasing one’s sense of belonging and connection, quality of life, and effective coping skills. I utilize Dialectic Behavioral Therapy (DBT) techniques, Person-Centered Therapy, and Existential approaches most frequently: however, I am confident with other evidence-based approaches to tailor to client’s needs.

I desire to see deep transformational change as we partner in your healing. I specialize in trauma-informed care: PTSD/ Complex PTSD, emotional regulation issues including depression, anxiety, and other mood difficulties, relationship problems & attachment issues. I use a combination of Somatic Mindfulness and Internal Family Systems (IFS) to help you interact with your inner world. I am polyvagal-informed and focus heavily on somatic and meditation practices. Attunement, relational safety, and authenticity are all hallmarks of my approach. I also offer Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP).

POSTPARTUM DEPRESSION * GIFTED CHILDREN & ADULTS * EATING DISORDERS * GRIEF & LOSS * RELATIONSHIP CONFLICT * NARCISSISM IN FAMILY SYSTEM * FERTILITY CONCERNS * TRANSITION & ADJUSTMENT * Heidi Sommer McAlister believes in finding, developing, and utilizing the unique, inherent, and valuable qualities in each of us. The Sommer Group's philosophical stance is that we hold within ourselves the capacity for change and growth. Sometimes events occur in our lives that leave such a significant impact on us that we become confused and unsure about ourselves, our relationships, and the direction we want our lives to go in. Professional help can be critical during this time.

My clients are people who have had an emotional injury of some sort. They come with psychological pain seeking relief from the stress, anxiety, and depression it brings. They want the emotional pain to stop. Some common issues are grief, forced change, conflict, spiritual trauma, individuation, transitions, or seeing that you are not the person you want to be and desire to become your best self. These are some of the struggles I have successfully helped others navigate to find a more fulfilling life. We work together. I see you with a holistic lens and I am present. You are welcome to a consultation at no cost for an opinion.

I help clients with many different things: relationship issues, spiritual questions, and finding greater meaning in their lives, as well as trauma of all kinds, and difficulty with managing emotions, anxiety, and depression. I integrate many approaches that can help you build the connection to and confidence in your own inner guidance, including but not limited to: mindfulness, Integral Somatic Psychology (ISP), Somatic Experiencing (SE), Transforming Touch, EMDR, transpersonal psychology, Bodynamics, attachment repair, biodynamic cranio-sacral, and psychoeducation, as well as coaching and direct inquiry.

I support and guide Clients in their quest to release old patterns of behaviors that they recognize as no longer serving them. If you are looking for emotional growth, increased awareness, and the ability to release unwanted behaviors then lets begin. I will help you building an emotional vocabulary to understand deep feelings of sadness, grief, disappointment, regret, shame, anger, overwhelmed, loneliness, and many other emotions. This is where the journey begins to an increased freedom from past pain and suffering.

Mental health issues that affect learning, such as Anxiety, Depression, ADHD, poor social skills, behavioral issues, stress management, poor organization skills, learning disabilities, self-esteem issues, and poor "adulting" skills are the most critical issues I evaluate for and/or treat. My primary services are psychological testing/diagnosis and counseling. I accept clients ages 3+ but specialize in working with ages 12+.

I have always been interested in the helping professions and working with individuals to facilitate change, growth, and insight. I value individual differences, life experiences, and intersecting identities that make each person unique.

i help people deal with life's difficulties from current stressors in their personal and work life. Over 30 years of experience and advanced training give me comfort in working with all types of people. I specialize in helping individuals resolve traumatic events, sudden life and work challenges and dealing with mood problems such as anxiety and depression. Individual therapy is provided in a private, comfortable, and confidential environment