Emotionally Focused Therapists in Delano, Wichita, KS
Hello! Prior to becoming a therapist, I served in the Army National Guard and worked in inpatient healthcare settings supporting individuals facing complex medical conditions, serious mental illness, and end-of-life concerns. These experiences, combined with my education and personal journey, deepened my understanding of human suffering, resilience, and the profound capacity for healing and transformation. Whether you're working through trauma, anxiety, relationship challenges, life transitions, or a desire for personal growth, I am committed to helping you move beyond survival mode and toward a more authentic, fulfilling life.
Hello! Prior to becoming a therapist, I served in the Army National Guard and worked in inpatient healthcare settings supporting individuals facing complex medical conditions, serious mental illness, and end-of-life concerns. These experiences, combined with my education and personal journey, deepened my understanding of human suffering, resilience, and the profound capacity for healing and transformation. Whether you're working through trauma, anxiety, relationship challenges, life transitions, or a desire for personal growth, I am committed to helping you move beyond survival mode and toward a more authentic, fulfilling life.
I work with high-achievers—athletes, professionals, entrepreneurs, and families—who feel stuck under pressure, burnout, or self-doubt. Whether it’s performance anxiety, imposter syndrome, relationship strain, or feeling disconnected from your life, we focus on helping you regain clarity, confidence, and balance.
I work with high-achievers—athletes, professionals, entrepreneurs, and families—who feel stuck under pressure, burnout, or self-doubt. Whether it’s performance anxiety, imposter syndrome, relationship strain, or feeling disconnected from your life, we focus on helping you regain clarity, confidence, and balance.
Do you find yourself holding everything together for everyone else, no matter how drained you feel inside? Complex trauma leaves us feeling responsible for peace we didn’t break—strong on the outside, yet quietly anxious or disconnected within. You want to feel grounded in who you are—spiritually, culturally, and emotionally—but deep down you’re tired of surviving. You’re not broken; you’re just ready to feel whole again.
Do you find yourself holding everything together for everyone else, no matter how drained you feel inside? Complex trauma leaves us feeling responsible for peace we didn’t break—strong on the outside, yet quietly anxious or disconnected within. You want to feel grounded in who you are—spiritually, culturally, and emotionally—but deep down you’re tired of surviving. You’re not broken; you’re just ready to feel whole again.
Gold Star Counseling Services, LLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LMSW
1 Endorsed
Delano, Wichita, KS 67203
At Gold Star Counseling, I provide compassionate support for those struggling with anxiety, depression, stress, family challenges, and grief. My goal is to create a safe environment where individuals and families can heal, grow, and regain a sense of peace.
At Gold Star Counseling, I provide compassionate support for those struggling with anxiety, depression, stress, family challenges, and grief. My goal is to create a safe environment where individuals and families can heal, grow, and regain a sense of peace.
In addition to talk therapy, I use techniques from Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Emotional Free Therapy ( EFT), guided imagery, mindfulness, relaxation, emotional regulation, and trauma therapy utilizing Brainspotting (BSP) to create a safe and compassionate atmosphere to help people heal from trauma and stress.
I am a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor with 28 years of experience working with children, adults and families to enhance relationships and personal well-being. I enjoy working with youth and adults and use a client-centered approach to address anxiety, depression, trauma, and behavioral issues. I also like to work with parents who may be struggling with their children's behavior. The relationships we have with our own parents whether we are adults or kids has a great impact on how we see and interact with the world; understanding these relationships can go a long way in understanding ourselves.
In addition to talk therapy, I use techniques from Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Emotional Free Therapy ( EFT), guided imagery, mindfulness, relaxation, emotional regulation, and trauma therapy utilizing Brainspotting (BSP) to create a safe and compassionate atmosphere to help people heal from trauma and stress.
I am a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor with 28 years of experience working with children, adults and families to enhance relationships and personal well-being. I enjoy working with youth and adults and use a client-centered approach to address anxiety, depression, trauma, and behavioral issues. I also like to work with parents who may be struggling with their children's behavior. The relationships we have with our own parents whether we are adults or kids has a great impact on how we see and interact with the world; understanding these relationships can go a long way in understanding ourselves.
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Who is emotionally focused therapy for?
Emotionally focused therapy (EFT) is for couples who are emotionally distressed, stuck in an unsatisfying relationship pattern or feeling deeply alienated. They may even believe the relationship is beyond repair. Very often, the partners display intense anger, fear, grief, loss of trust, or a sense of betrayal in the relationship. In addition, EFT is helpful to couples and individuals who have difficulty expressing emotions and those who have trouble regulating emotions.
Why do people need emotionally focused therapy?
People need emotionally focused therapy because the need for others is built into the brain, but the pressures of daily life can erode feelings of love, and couples often do not have the skills to find their way back to the comfort of each other. Instead, they may be stuck in repetitive patterns of anger, fear, grief, loss of trust, or a sense of betrayal. Emotionally focused therapy regards such strong negative feelings as expressions of protest over the loss of connection and turns them into pathways of reconnection.
What happens in emotionally focused therapy?
Over the course of eight to 20 weekly sessions, couples de-escalate their negative emotional reactivity to one another so that they can listen to each other and be responsive to each other’s needs. Then the deep emotional and physical bond is restored, giving partners a sense of comfort and security, which they can use to solve whatever problems come their way. The therapist plays an active role, helping partners understand how anger and withdrawal are actually misguided cries for connection.
What problems does emotionally focused therapy treat?
EFT is designed to help couples stuck in dysfunctional relationship patterns regain closeness and rebuild their relationship. Typically, such couples experience considerable distress, with partners feeling alienated and distrustful of one another, not certain their relationship can survive. EFT is also helpful to individuals experiencing attachment-related fears of loss; it helps them learn to use their fears as a way of eliciting the closeness they desire.