New Moon Counseling Alliance
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Our mission is to nurture healing and self-understanding within the LGBTQIA+, neurodivergent, and marginalized communities by providing compassionate, affirming mental health care rooted in lived experience. We are committed to practicing through a lens of liberation, body positivity, and identity affirmation—creating safe, empowering spaces where every person can explore who they are, navigate change, and thrive in their authenticity.
We offer an eclectic, individualized, and affirming approach to meet your unique needs. Our clinicians draw from modalities such as Client-Centered and collaborative therapy, LENS Neurofeedback, Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) for OCD, DBT, the Developmental Model for couples, IFS, and identity exploration across the spectrum, among others.
If this resonates with you, we want you to know that we truly understand—and many of us have been there ourselves. Our providers identify as neurodivergent, queer, human, and unapologetically genuine. We invite you to visit our WEBSITE to meet our counselors and complete a referral form to get started.
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Finances
Payment Methods
Cash, Health Savings Account, Mastercard, VisaInsurance
- BlueCross and BlueShield
- Iowa Total Care
- UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH
- Wellmark BCBS
- Wellpoint | Amerigroup
New Moon Counseling Alliance
Counselor, MA, LMHC
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Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of Iowa / 100376 Loey Sawvel
Counselor: Loey Sawvel
New Moon Counseling Alliance
Counselor, MA, LMHC
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Specialties and Expertise
Top Specialties
- Anxiety
- Transgender
Expertise
- ADHD
- Adoption
- Anger Management
- Behavioral Issues
- Bisexual
- Chronic Illness
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Family Conflict
- Infertility
- Lesbian
- LGBTQ+
- Life Transitions
- Marital and Premarital
- Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD)
- Oppositional Defiance (ODD)
- Peer Relationships
- Polyamory & ENM
- Relationship Issues
- Self Esteem
- Sex-Positive & Kink Friendly
- Stress
- Substance Use
- Trauma and PTSD
- Women's Issues
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Endorsement
Client Focus
Age
Adults
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Family
Communities
Bisexual Allied ,
Gay Allied ,
Immuno-disorders ,
Intersex Allied ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Non-Binary Allied ,
Queer Allied ,
Transgender Allied
Age
Adults
Participants
Individuals ,
Couples ,
Family
Communities
Bisexual Allied ,
Gay Allied ,
Immuno-disorders ,
Intersex Allied ,
Lesbian Allied ,
Non-Binary Allied ,
Queer Allied ,
Transgender Allied
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Accelerated Resolution Therapy- process trauma
- Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Eclectic
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
- Person-Centered
- Reality Therapy
- Somatic
- Strength-Based
- Trauma Focused
- Trauma Yoga- process physical sensations
New Moon Counseling Alliance
Counselor, MA, LMHC
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Location
Nearby Areas
New Moon Counseling Alliance
Counselor, MA, LMHC