Solution Focused Brief (SFBT) Therapists in North Ogden, UT

One of the greatest ways to show strength is to reach out for support! I would love to help guide you through your challenges (and successes) by discovering, and utilizing, your own strengths. GROUPS: teens, adults facing life/career transitions, couples yearning for greater unity, older adults desiring a deeper sense of purpose, people of all faiths, and the LGBTQ+ community. AREAS: anxiety, depression, self-worth, positive voice, resilience, faith exploration, and preferred future. EXTRA: I have a wonderful wife and four amazing children. I enjoy time with family, music, and film production. I was born and raised in Lake Tahoe.

Feeling stuck? Hopeless? Like things aren’t changing? Wondering if your relationship with your spouse or partner will ever improve or if you will just continue in the same cyclical patterns? You might be feeling lonelier than ever as you wrestle with these questions quietly in your heart. You wonder who you can talk to as everyone around you seems to be biased in someway. You know you need a space to think your own thoughts and figure this out for yourself. Or perhaps you struggle with crippling anxiety that has lead to some avoidant behaviors. Either way, you know you want to regain your confidence and feel better.

Life is hard. Three simple words that are at the root of why people seek out therapists. I believe that the vast majority of people are doing the best they can in life. When our thoughts, words and actions aren’t in sync with our values or expectations of ourselves, that can lead to depression, anxiety and other distressing emotions. Sometimes we find ourselves in deep distress due to the actions of others. I find great joy in helping others sort through that complex tangle of emotions, thoughts and behaviors in order to come to a resolution–to figure out how to move forward in a manner that brings them peace.

Hi, I'm Gina Shuster and I am a licensed mental health therapist in Utah and Michigan. I am passionate about helping you on your journey to better mental health and wellness. I believe that therapy is about helping you achieve the goals that you set for yourself. I desire to walk alongside you and guide you along the path to becoming the person you want to be. My job is not to "fix" you, you are not broken. My job is to help you tap into the skills you have inside you so that you can recognize and experience your wholeness.

"It ain't how hard you can hit, it's about how hard you can get hit and keep moving forward." Sometimes life hits us hard and drops us in a place where we need a helping hand. I've been a mental health provider in Colorado and Utah, thus adding diversity to my practice. If you find yourself in a place where you need a helping hand, please call me.

You deserve to be happy, every person does, but life is hard. It can feel like you're barely keeping your nose above the water on the best of days; on the worst of days you feel thousands of feet below the water. Everyday stresses are hard enough, but trauma, depression, and/or anxiety are like weights tied to your ankles, making it even harder to stay afloat. Even worse, society makes us feel defective if we admit to needing help, but society is so very wrong. It takes great strength to ask for help. You're reading this, looking for someone to remove the weights from your ankles and give you a life raft. I can do that for you.

I am a trauma informed therapist specializing in treatment for PTSD and other trauma related issues. I specialize in first responder treatment, faith transitions, anxiety, depression, life changes, and pregnancy/postpartum struggles. I enjoy helping my clients develop a deeper understanding of themselves as they learn to honor their energy and thresholds. I also love guiding my clients into identifying what their root cause(s) is/are for their current struggles. I am direct in my therapeutic approach. I welcome discomfort during the healing process as it coincides with growth and change.

I have always believed in the power of human connection and as a counselor I offer a warm and genuine environment to my clients as they work through their challenges, begin to understand themselves better and to become more resilient. I also believe that a person’s thoughts affect their emotions, that past experiences impact present situations and the importance of living in the here and now. I enjoy working alongside my clients as they heal, grow and change. I work primarily from a person-centered approach and pull from a variety of counseling theories to personalize the therapy experience to the individual needs of each client.

With school starting up again you and your teen might feel overwhelmed. Do you and your teen struggle to really talk with each other? Maybe they have a lot going on but they're not sure how to talk about it? Friend groups, relationships, self-esteem, grades, confidence, moodiness, anxiety and behaviors are some examples of storms that might be brewing in their life. Don't let them face these storms alone. Weather life's storms with resilience and strength at Into The Storm Therapy where we tackle challenges head-on, like a buffalo charging into the storm, not ignoring them. The well-being of you and your family is my priority.