Joseph Sorensen
Counselor, tLMHC, NCC
Verified by Psychology Today Verified by Psychology Today
3 Endorsed
3116 University Avenue, Des Moines, IA 50311
Let's Connect (515) 585-9147
“The tyranny of deterioration / It worries me that it’s all just a waste of time / Taking one step forward and two steps backwards.” These words, written by Dustin Kensrue of the band Thrice, relate to so many of us today: we’re worried, we’re exhausted, we feel like we’re getting nowhere. Fortunately, Kensrue doesn’t stop the words there, and neither do I: “Still I believe there’s a thread through the thorns / And I believe that somewhere it’s warm / And I believe that it’s ever bright beyond this black.”
Whatever brings you to therapy – the tyranny of deterioration, worry, moving forwards & backwards – you’re not alone, and you’re welcome here. Therapy, to me, is about the human connection, about joining together to find a thread through the thorns, the bright beyond the black. We’ll talk, we’ll process, we’ll learn skills, we’ll sit in silence, we’ll laugh.
“Will the morning come? / For all I know we’ll never see the sun / But together we’ll fight the long defeat.” The journey takes time. The healing takes time. I can’t promise perfection. But I can promise that together we’ll fight the long defeat. We’ll change what we can, accept what we can’t, and make meaning through it all.
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Finances
Payment Methods
Cash, Check, Health Savings Account, Mastercard, VisaInsurance
- Blue Cross
- Blue Shield
- BlueCross and BlueShield
- Iowa Total Care
- Medicaid
- Optum
- United Medical Resources (UMR)
- UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH
- Wellmark BCBS
- Wellpoint | Amerigroup
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Prelicense by State of Iowa / 129001 Supervised by Susan Vallem (Iowa / 02281) Joseph Sorensen
- In Practice for 1 year
- Attended Capella University, MS in Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Graduated 2024
- Certificate from National Board for Certified Counselors 1735065 / 2024
Education and Years In Practice
Additional Credentials
Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Depression
- Life Transitions
- Religious De/Re-Construction
Expertise
- Anxiety
- Bisexual
- Coping Skills
- Eating Disorders
- Grief
- Lesbian
- LGBTQ+
- Men's Issues
- Mood Disorders
- Open Relationships Non-Monogamy
- Peer Relationships
- Personality Disorders
- School Issues
- Self Esteem
- Self-Harming
- Sex-Positive, Kink Allied
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Substance Use
- Suicidal Ideation
- Transgender
- Trauma and PTSD
3 Endorsements
Client Focus
Age
Teen ,
Adults
Participants
Individuals
Communities
Bisexual Allied ,
Gay Allied ,
HIV / AIDS Allied ,
Intersex Allied ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Non-Binary Allied ,
Queer Allied ,
Racial Justice Allied ,
Sex Worker Allied ,
Transgender Allied
I also speak
Interpretation available as needed.
Age
Teen ,
Adults
Participants
Individuals
Communities
Bisexual Allied ,
Gay Allied ,
HIV / AIDS Allied ,
Intersex Allied ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Non-Binary Allied ,
Queer Allied ,
Racial Justice Allied ,
Sex Worker Allied ,
Transgender Allied
I also speak
Interpretation available as needed.
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Culturally Sensitive
- Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
- Existential
- Humanistic
- Motivational Interviewing
- Person-Centered
- Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
- Strength-Based
- Trauma Focused