Therapy is collaborative. Let's draw upon our combined expertise- together.
My name is Rae (she/hers)- so grateful you are here! I am passionate about normalizing the need to care for our mental, emotional, and energetic wellbeing as a lifelong practice. In the therapeutic space, we will work together to create more safety, ease, clarity, or access to health within your life. You are the expert - the only person living in your body & various social spaces; I can be your teammate.
It feels important to tell you that I truly love this work. Since 2010, I've connected with adult/adolescent women & AFAB individuals, navigating one or more of the following experiences: ongoing management of mood and/or anxiety disorders; a single-event, ongoing, or complex trauma history; neurodivergence (with or without a formal diagnosis); difficulty adjusting within life transitions (e.g. postpartum wellbeing, parenting, divorce, grief, evolving sense of self, etc.); eating disorders (past or present); substance or behavioral addictions; desire to take up more space, communicate more openly, or develop stronger boundaries.
Whether you are brand new to therapy or have three decades of mental health language under your belt- there are myriad therapeutic modalities that can be highly useful in combination with one another. I regularly engage resources and techniques from Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Exposure & Response Prevention (ERP), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT- say "Act!"), and was formally trained as an art therapist throughout graduate studies. Art therapy is an approach that informs how I listen and connect the dots throughout our conversations. (A very common FAQ: "Do I have to be an artist to benefit from art therapy?!" Nope.) We carry so many stories in the body & nervous system; many of those are stored beyond what we can access with verbal descriptions. Engaging verbal & nonverbal (body-based, visualization, art-making, etc.) resources can serve as a powerful and effective combination within short or long-term therapy work.
Thank you for visiting my page; I appreciate your time and self-advocacy. Please reach out if you think we'll be a strong fit, or if I can help with questions about my approach or therapy at large.
Rae Evemond, LMHC, ATR
Counseling