Borderline Personality (BPD) Therapists in Indianapolis, IN

Hello! I’m a licensed clinical social worker and founder of Circle City Behavioral Health. I hope to offer a brave space for my clients to share their experiences and explore their own life journey. Every client is an expert of their own story and can be empowered through sharing it with others in judgment free spaces. I believe therapy is an opportunity to learn about our thinking patterns, our behaviors, and how our belief systems impact our self-esteem and sense of belonging. The therapeutic process can help us make sense of what happened in the past, the present, and how we can move toward our future.

I believe that everyone can benefit from counseling and therapy at some point in their lives simply because no one has had a perfect life and we all struggle sometimes. I applaud your courage in beginning the process of reaching out for support. I want to create a safe space in which you can share thoughts, feelings and behavior without judgment and where together we can explore them further and develop strategies to change those that are causing problems and strengthen those that are helpful and working well. I have experience working with addictions, trauma, dissociation, borderline personality disorder, and mood disorders.

Lisa Wells is the Counseling Director for NewDay. She oversees the individual therapy and intensive outpatient programs (IOP). She recently completed her Master’s degree in Mental Health Counseling and is pursuing licensure as a therapist. Lisa is passionate about helping to build self-worth, people who experience Borderline Personality Disorder ( BPD ), trauma, substance use disorder (SUD) or have a family member who struggles with SUD or have a family member with an Intellectual and/or Developmental disability (I/DD).

I have been active in the mental health field for almost 20 years. I believe that therapy is a process that focuses on balance in all areas of life. My practice has been open for 7 years and continues to grow. I work primarily with teenagers and young adults but also see adults and families. Areas of specialty include but are not limited to: Depression, Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, Grief and Loss, Borderline Personality Disorder and trauma. My framework of therapy is based off of DBT principles.

I specialize in providing individual and group therapy for adults with borderline personality disorder, difficulties managing their emotions, PTSD, and self-harm/suicidal behavior. I am a DBT-Linehan Board Certified Clinician. I utilize evidence-based treatment approaches including Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). I currently conduct comprehensive DBT for adults and co-lead DBT skills groups. I am licensed in both Indiana and Texas. I am only practicing virtually in Indianapolis and see clients in person or virtually in Houston.

Navigating life’s challenges can be difficult at times. Are you in search of a safe confidential space to sort out these challenges with someone that you can trust? I strive to establish a comfortable environment where each person feels supported to become the best version of themselves. We can work together using your existing strengths. I have been in the field for the last 19 years providing therapeutic services primarily in a community mental health setting.

I have worked with individual men and women dealing with a wide range of struggles. Some of the struggles that I have helped clients with include depression, anxiety, addiction to multiple different substances, borderline personality disorder and other personality disorders, and co-dependency. I also have a lot of experience working with couples as well. I have helped couples work through and heal from infidelity, addiction to various substances, conflict management, and improving communication skills.

As a therapist my goal is to help individuals develop and learn the tools necessary to lead the lives they envision for themselves and to meet their goals. To accomplish this, I focus on building rapport and establishing the therapeutic relationship as this has been proven to be a strong catalyst for change. My counseling style is built on mutual respect, trust, and empowerment.

Are you looking for practical solutions to your problems? Would you like to get in to see someone right away -- not in a few months? Are you looking for a qualified therapist who is invested in you and helping you reach your goals? If so, give us a call. We are well-trained, available, and willing to work with you to find the help you need. Our goal is to help you find real solutions to real problems, and ultimately, to help you become your own therapist so that you can be the best version of yourself you can be.

I have always had a passion to work with children, families, couples, and individuals of all ages to help improve ones ability to change unwanted behaviors, build life skills, work through relationship issues, and have a life worth living by learning to flourish, improve well-being, and to be more self directed by enhancing positive emotions, accepting their limitations, self aware and letting go of their fears and conflicts.

Trauma impacts us in ways we can’t imagine. It affects human development and rewires our brain. I remember seeing the impact trauma from childhood had for my adult clients. I remember seeing elementary school children and the impact trauma has on their ability to develop healthy relationships. Processing trauma isn’t something you need to do alone. I can still remember meeting with a teen girl and seeing her relief after processing her trauma and expressing how much better she felt. Working through trauma allows my clients to feel relief and feel a decrease in their daily triggers.

Do ever feel like no matter how hard you try, you cannot reach your goals? Do you find it difficult to manage daily stressors, or do mental health issues interfere with your plans? Sometimes it feels like no matter how hard we try, we cannot overcome our problems on our own. I am a mental health provider who can help you overcome those obstacles. I have a Master’s Degree in Clinical Social Work and am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker.

As an adult trying to navigate this world, you often find yourself wondering why everyone else seems to have it all figured out while you are struggling. Maybe you can't connect with your partner or you feel labeled by your family and are struggling to find who YOU really are. You hear advice from all different directions and have tried so many different things and nothing seems to be working. You feel defeated- and now it has become a cycle that is just getting worse. Maybe you can't sleep well or you're feeling disconnected. Imagine waking up tomorrow and feeling like you had a better sense of direction. What would that feel like?

Coming to counseling is no easy feat, and finding the right counselor can seem daunting. Life experience has helped me to understand this firsthand and is what drives my work as a counselor. It is my hope that through the process of building the therapeutic relationship, I can offer clients treatment modalities that are tailored to their needs. I value the counseling relationship and desire to practice with a client-centered approach. I have experience working with families, specifically with children and adolescent clients. My clinical passions include working with those struggling with difficult emotions and complicated grief.

Let me be your advocate and show you a kinder, gentler way to treat the most important person in your life, you! Be your best self, alone and with others, and cultivate deep and lasting relationships. I provide psychodynamic psychotherapy that is effective for a wide range of mental health symptoms, including depression, anxiety, panic and stress-related physical ailments. Psychodynamic therapy focuses on the psychological roots of emotional suffering. Its hallmarks are self-reflection, self-examination, and the relationship between therapist and patient as a window into problematic relationship patterns to lead a healthy life.