Therapists in Wellsville, UT

We offer a wide range of clinical specializations to help you make the changes you are seeking. We have been trained and are prepared to help you address a wide variety of individual and relational issues, whether they involve individual mental health or marital/family problems. Our goal is to help you learn the skills necessary to cope with any issues you are dealing with and have intimate and fulfilling relationships. Change is possible if you have a desire to learn and apply the skills and knowledge you will acquire through participating in therapy.

Whether you feel like you’re struggling with handling your emotions, experiencing contention, have feelings of being stuck, or if you just want to see change in your life, a fulfilling path is possible for you. My goal is to make therapy a safe place where closeness, trust, joy, fulfillment, and authenticity can be built in the way you need it.

Have you ever felt ashamed? Ever felt like others don’t understand you, but say they do? Those have been my own experiences and have led me to work with people in recovery and their families, survivors of domestic violence/abuse, minority communities and teens. I come from a multi-cultural family with an immigrant parent which has both enriched my life and created unique struggles for me. These experiences, however, have helped me empathize with a wide variety of people and situations. My goals are to support my clients as they navigate their struggles and find hope and strength within themselves.

I approach therapy with a nonjudgmental perspective and a curiosity to understand the unique experiences leading clients to therapy. I believe a strong, genuine connection and collaboration between therapist and client can not only be an opportunity to improve coping skills and process through trauma and other difficulties, but also a catalyst to improving access to experiences of joy and contentment in life. I support clients with their therapy goals whether returning or starting for the first time. Therapy is often a brave journey of exploring the parts of ourselves that we might avoid… feeling scared, sad, angry, confused.

Easily schedule now by visiting erinhugheslcsw.clientsecure.me. I am a licensed Therapist with a background in Clinical Social Work from Columbia University in Oregon and Utah. My counseling style is pretty laid back. I have been described as supportive, caring, and compassionate, with a pretty good sense of humor. I like to focus on identifying your strengths and helping you to maximize them to overcome your obstacles. I'm here to help you sort through the things that are difficult right now, and offer you a safe place to be open and honest without fear of judgment.

The challenges we face as individuals, as a community, and as a society can have a profound impact on the way we view the world, ourselves and others. Exposure to multiple adverse life experiences over time (experienced directly or in anticipation of adverse experiences) can progressively increase symptoms of anxiety, depression, clinical, and sub-clinical PTSD and even impact the state and health of our bodies. Adverse life experiences are often stored in the body and can be coded to our DNA. Somatic forms of therapy such as EMDR and Brainspotting help to adjust this lens by integrating and fully reprocessing adverse experiences.

Dr. Spencer is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), an AAMFT approved supervisor and an owner and clinical director of Zest for Life Counseling. He has more than a decade of experience working with individuals, couples and families. Dr. Spencer utilizes evidenced based practices and specializes in working with trauma, grief, and couples on the brink of divorce. Dr. Spencer completed a Bachelors degree in Family Studies from Weber State University, a Master's degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Oklahoma State University, and a Doctorate in Human Development and Family Science also from Oklahoma State University.

I was born and raised in Las Vegas but relocated to Utah with my wife in 2014. I have spent most of my career as a business consultant and enjoy helping others simplify complex issues. After my own struggles, I realized that these skills could easily be transferred to individuals who had challenges in their personal lives. I am drawn to working with others who are overwhelmed by all the demands life places on them.

I currently practice individual therapy with adults (18 years old and up) from our BIPOC, LGBTQ+, and Spanish-speaking communities, as well as those experiencing complex PTSD, anxiety, and depression. I understand that everyone has unique needs and experiences, and I am committed to creating an approach that best fits my client's needs. As a therapist, I am passionate about exploring the impact of oppression and inequality on mental health. I aim to take a holistic approach where I include both the mind and body.

We have Saturday openings with Andrew!Counseling Made Simple specializes in working with clients across the lifespan who need an empathetic therapist that listens with an open heart and mind. We work hard to make everyone feel welcome and understood. We strive to create a safe place in therapy to work on your goals and recognizes that each person's path to wellness is as unique as you are. Counseling Made Simple has Linda, clinical director and part time therapists Carly, Stephanie, Suelen, Andrew and Mara. Check out the website for more information: www.counselingmadesimple.com

There are things in life that can lead us adrift, where we may feel that something is missing, have dissatisfaction with our life, or feel stuck in a situation that is draining and dysfunctional but do not know the way out. I’ve found the experiences of our developmental years, to often color the way we see the world, and can create patterns that hinder access to our true self, and thus, a full and conscious life. I believe that authenticity, resilience, and self-efficacy are crucial to living a satisfying life, and I want to help you move through the wounds that have kept you from getting there.

I am a licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (CMHC). I specialize in both individual and couples therapy. I am trained in EMDR. With a warm approach, I focus on creating a genuine relationship where my clients can share their struggles and find a supportive ally. I view the client as the expert on themselves and work collaboratively toward their healing and development. I take a holistic approach and enjoy working with diverse social and cultural backgrounds. I integrate various empirically based therapies such as CBT, CFT, EMDR, IFS, interpersonal, reality therapy.

I specialize in Developmental and Complex trauma, PTSD, attachment disruptions and relationship strain, mood dysregulation, and life transitions.

I am a welcoming a space to explore symptoms of anxiety, depression, substance use and feelings of uncertainty or sense of direction. Understanding the core of our suffering and inviting the process of healing with compassion is essential. Symptoms may manifest in waves debilitating and interfering with our daily life preventing us from feeling peace and tranquility. Life can be challenging by making sense of what we are experiencing and I would like to support you in every step. Making sense of our experience may require us to sit with discomfort. I use a mindfulness-based, trauma-informed approach to therapy.

I believe each of us is on our own healing journey, unique to each and every one of us. I work with individuals 18 + who struggle with understanding their trauma, substance use patterns, eating disorders, anxiety, depression, and life changes, taking a Harm Reduction approach to help you better understand yourself. We’ll work collaboratively to find an approach that will help you find your inner peace. My trained therapy dog, Bindi, may join us for our sessions to help us in your therapeutic process.

Are you struggling to connect with your true self? Do the beliefs you have about yourself affect your relationships? It can be challenging to embrace your core identity, and unpack the beliefs we hold about ourselves. Together we can learn to identify the ways in which you have protected yourself through relational patterns and coping mechanisms and create space to find who you really are outside of a history that may have left you feeling wounded, or not enough. As your therapist, I strive to create a relationship that provides the security needed to navigate these challenges, enabling you to find safety within yourself and others.

I understand the importance of finding a therapist who makes you feel like they actually get you and truly care, and that it's not always easy to open up to someone new. This may be something that you have been thinking about doing for a long time, but for a variety of reasons you have put it off. Whatever has brought you here and whatever your prior experiences with therapy are, I am so excited and honored to get to be a part of this journey with you.

Our hearts long for authentic connection to ourselves and others - and the sense of aliveness that results from being truly ourselves as we relate. Sometimes, however, reactive patterns arise and displace our competent adult functioning with unregulated emotional states such as anxiety, anger, insecurity, or depression. Often there is no context or overt memory associated with such experiences, which are thought to have their roots in insufficient neural organization. Our neural organization, as it turns out, can adapt and change, giving us access to more and more emotional freedom and contentment.

I believe that you can have a great life no matter the issues and feelings you currently have. This possibility may be hard to imagine now, but that is what I help you do. My job is to help you clarify what you want and then to achieve this. We all have a "wise mind" and heart in us. The wise mind can become obscured by stress and circumstance, but this is what you come to therapy to discover. With encouragement and support, you can learn to trust your path and solve whatever your current problems are. I work with motivated people who want to improve their lives.