CareSource Therapists in Dayton, OH

Over the years I have worked with clients of all backgrounds and issues. I believe you are the most important person who walks into my office. I believe your experience in therapy should be helpful and that you feel you are treated with the dignity and respect you deserve. Our building a relationship is important in this process. You are the leader in managing your treatment and my job is to listen and follow your lead. For many families, adoption was an option to building that family. As a parent of nine adopted children who are now adults, I appreciate the special challenges we have faced.

Waybridge Counseling is a group practice of specialists who provide treatment for a variety of concerns. Our specialists work in teams and this is a critical element of our success. Each team meets regularly for ongoing training and consultation in the team's specialty. We believe that this significantly increases the quality of counseling we offer.

Now Booking In Person Sessions! Hello, my name is Shanae. I primarily work with children and families who are looking for help with their children. I found my passion in working with families coming from hard places. I focus on family dynamics, generational patterns, and helping you choose the best steps to take moving forward. I can help support you in building boundaries, work on relationships, and learn how to deal with anxiety & stress.

Clients come to therapy looking for a comfortable environment and to find a therapist that is open, honest and is able to assist them with gaining tools into helping them cope with their particular situation.

In the impactful words of Michelle Obama, "There's power in allowing yourself to be known and heard, in owning your unique story, in using your authentic voice". We all have our own individual stories, shaped by our life experiences, that can change and affect us. Sometimes these experiences may lead us to a place to explore our stories, identify what has altered them, and allow us to decide how we would like our stories to look moving forward. Through the therapeutic journey set at your own pace, the opportunity for healing can take place through connection, conversation, and exploration. Are you interested in exploring your story?

I am a creative heavyweight & visionary whose goal is to be a fisher of men through God-given seed and encourage others to do so. Through talk therapy, dance, and various art forms I aim to be a witness to living in the light and coming out of a dark place. I provide humanistic, in-depth talk therapy to help clients who experience adversity, trauma, oppression, anxiety, depression, and other daily stressors. We discuss how to challenge experiences that hinder your growth, healing, and fulfillment of goals. In our discussions, we laugh, challenge, dream, cry, cuss, smile, and plan together.

I understand that as human beings, we can lose sight of what is needed to feel good about ourselves. I believe that self-love, compassion, and forgiveness is imperative to a healthy lifestyle. You will find that I am committed to being present and drawing from you what you already know. I do not believe in individuals spending their lives in therapy, but I believe in the importance of discovering those things that will provide a better quality of life. We will discover what provides you freedom . We will explore what will improve your relationship with self and others.

Each of us is on our own individual journey. At times, we all need assistance to help us overcome the stumbling blocks that are in our path. These stumbling blocks may be from the distant past, recent past, present, or fear of the future and may be affecting us at school, work, home, in relationships, or all the above.

My areas of expertise are health and wellness. I treat people and families, not illness or disorders. I utilize a convergent multidisciplinary approach to assessment and treatment that focuses on people's inherent strengths to help them achieve their goals. My approach is a prevention-based model driven by the needs of the people for whom we work. I incorporate a wide variety of traditional and non-traditional approaches to health and wellness, striving to make each person's experience with us unique, functional, and meaningful.

Wounds, whether they are physical, emotional, mental or spiritual, inflicted in the early stages of life can live on and be present in the daily moment to moment life experience. Children and adults alike can have difficulty moving on and developing optimally in life after experiencing traumatic events. I would like to help those who have experienced intentional or unintentional pain or abuse heal and recover from those memories.

Kayla Gehle, LISW-S Kayla Gehle is a Licensed Independent Social Worker in Ohio who has been practicing since 2017. She graduated with her Bachelor of Arts in Social Work from Wright State University and received her Master of Arts in Social Work from the University of Cincinnati. Kayla believes that through authentic human connection built by trust, unconditional support, respect, and transparency one can create the change they need in their life.

I have been a teacher, working with youth for over 20 years and I bring a vast resource of practical life experiences with me. I have four master’s degrees, as I believe that education and learning are a critical component to the change process. I love working with youth, individuals, marriage and families and people with addictions as we work together to find practical, hands on, empirically based, evidenced backed solutions, which can be applied and practiced in your daily life activities.

My ideal client is an individual who is highly motivated to change, and ready to put the work in to make that happen.

I help people become more successful and content in all areas of life; to identify and/or surpass their goals, overcome obstacles, meet challenges and feel more alive. I work to support addiction recovery, changing negative habits, improving relationships, overcoming life and professional challenges, in addition to coping with medical and mental health issues. Let me assist you discover and overcome your roadblocks, establish good life habits, as well as actualizing your potential.