"I bring over 25 years of experience in helping people improve their lives. With compassion and support, I work with individual and couples struggling with their relationship and on the opposite end of the spectrum...loneliness. I also work with those dealing with feeling anxious or depressed whether it's been for a while or in response to life challenges. I take a holistic approach and work collaboratively with my clients to help them get what they want and need from counseling, therapy and life coaching."

"I believe providing encouragement and acceptance are important to the therapeutic process. Therefore, I apply an integrative, client-centered and culturally-sensitive approach to helping individuals achieve their goals and maintain personal wellness. Mixing conventional and alternative approaches, I draw on a variety of styles and techniques to incorporate what will be most helpful. By working toward identifying and fortifying unique strengths, you are better able to attain lasting personal empowerment and overall good health. "

"You're living a different story. Maybe you always knew you would, because something about you has always been unusual. Maybe you planned to travel a well known path, but something happened, and you can't just go back to the way things were. You want to talk to someone comfortable with unconventional terrain, someone who doesn't insist that returning to the paved road is the answer but joins with you in the difficult work of mapping out new territory together."

"I practice with the utmost respect for my clients and their process of healing and growth, and maintain a supportive, encouraging and safe atmosphere.I believe in balancing the mind and body to assist in stress relief and healing. Clients receive a self soothe kit when they begin working with me.I have been practicing EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitizing and Reprocessing ) since 1993 and am an EMDR Consultant and Certified EMDR therapist. EMDR is invaluable in treating the trauma that accompanies, illness, grief, pain and loss, as well as helping clients find their inner resources and reconnect to themselves.I"

" I enjoy helping individuals find solutions to anxiety, depression, or trauma related issues. I work with ages 6 and up. If you are suffering from depression, anxiety, or any other emotional difficulties related to family, relationships, school, or work stress please give me a call. I’d love the opportunity to work with you. "

"I have seen that often times due to adverse experiences in childhood and/or adulthood we sometimes struggle in knowing how to tolerate and accept difficult feelings without shame and judgment. I am passionate about helping clients find their creative abilities and potential and incorporating it into the healing process. I utilize a relational (and eclectic) approach to understanding the self in order to promote lifelong learning, growth, and healing. I have worked with clients who are dealing with grief and loss, depression, anxiety, trauma, and relationship issues to name a few. "

"I truly believe in each person I work with. I am driven to help you find the skills and solutions you need to accomplish your own goals and wants from life both in the present and for the future. I work with both adolescents and adults who struggle with controlling their emotions, relationships, self harm, and suicidal ideation. I believe in compassion and understanding as necessities in the relationship I develop with each person. I also enjoy building on the strengths each person inherently has within to empower themselves."

"Bridges Community Support Services Counselor of the month: Polly Sharp is a master’s level Licensed Professional Counselor. She has worked in a variety of settings, primarily with (but not limited to) adults with brain injuries and developmental disabilities including Autism Spectrum Disorder. Polly utilizes cognitive behavior therapy, emphasizes emotion regulation, and teaches mind/body techniques. Polly has experience working with a variety of issues, including anger issues, anxiety disorders, depressive disorder, stress management, family therapy, grief and loss, and life transitions."

"If your behavior does not reflect your core potential, make this your day to initiate personal growth & evolutionary change. Learn how to discover and employ your personal power to activate transformation! As a Personal Empowerment Coach, I help clients learn cognitive restructuring and behavior modification techniques to release their "authentic self" making change operational in their everyday life. I address physical, mental, emotional & spiritual issues through a wellness paradigm vs. symptom treatment approach. My philosophy is framed from a strength based perspective, "what's well with you" not "what's wrong with you"."

"I am a dedicated therapy professional who stays current in several specializations, holding advanced degrees, licenses, and certifications. With solid expertise in the scientific bases of Marriage and Family Therapy, I use the Brief Solution Oriented Cognitive Behavioral approach. The approach I use is an invaluable resource in guiding clients towards positive changes in less time, while allowing clients to maintain their autonomy."

"I have a compassionate, holistic approach, with a healthy sense of humor. I work with children, adolescents, and adults, including mental health professionals. I support children and adolescents with behavioral or emotional struggles so that they can learn more effective communication and developmentally mature behavior. I work with adults with emotional difficulties due to work stress, relationship difficulties, compassion fatigue, or chronic physical, emotional, or situational stressors. "

"Nicole Landwehr, MSW, LCSW, ASW-G is a licensed clinical social worker in private practice who specializes in working with adolescents and adults. She offers individual, couple, family, and group therapy. Nicole uses a person-centered approach to empower and motivate clients to better understand themselves and the world around them. She creates a comfortable therapeutic atmosphere where clients can explore and address their concerns in order to attain their greatest potential."

"My goal is to help you gain insight, awareness and relief while implementing changes that will improve your quality of life. As a licensed therapist and a board-certified biofeedback clinician, I use counseling techniques with biofeedback equipment to help you visualize and become aware of involuntary processes which you use and affect you. (e.g. Heart rate, breathing, skin temperature, muscle tension, etc... ) With this new information, new and/or different insights arise, allowing you to implement desired changes. This is an interesting journey and the new skills learned are yours forever."

"Do you find it challenging to make time for yourself? Do you feel like you need a break from juggling the demands of daily life, even just for a moment? These breaks are essential in caring for your heart and mind. I specialize in providing supportive, mindful therapy as a piece of the greater picture of self care."

"NOT ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS as of 4/1/2019. I specialize in helping freethinking women, sexual and gender minorities, and nontraditional couples who have already overcome so much, but find that something keeps holding them back. I help people decidedly outside the mainstream, who aren't looking for a professional to fit them back into conformity. I work best with individuals and couples who already have some practice with self-reflection but you now need a fresh perspective and stronger support. I enjoy helping diverse people, including in terms of relationship style, abilities, brain type, or cultural identities. "

"I have focused on treating adolescent to young adult males who are making the transition to adulthood. This age group often expresses emotion as anger. I help these young men to better identify and express themselves in ways that are life enhancing rather than life inhibiting. My approach includes as much of the family system as is willing to participate. This approach also works well with couples and/or adults finding it difficult to find satisfaction in their emotional/intimate relationships. I also work with those experienceing difficulties with addiction and/or substance abuse."

"Do you or your child display high emotional intensity? Passion and drive for learning? Insatiable curiosity, extreme focus and perfectionist tendencies? Deep empathy and awareness of social injustices and hypocrisy? Fear of trying new things and anxiety about the unknown? Gifted individuals are characterized by their heightened perceptions of self and the world around them, but are often limited in their ability to process their intense reactions and emotions. I understand and can relate to the varied and complex needs within the gifted population."

"Are you starting to question what is going on in your life? Are things as a young adult a lot harder than you anticipated? Sometimes our anxieties and stressors become more overwhelming than we realized they would. Or relationships change and something seems "not right", but you aren't sure where to turn. I look forward to getting to work with you through those relationship concerns and life transitions. You are not alone. "

"I am a licensed clinical social worker who practices both individual and couples therapy. I have extensive experience working with client's from diverse backgrounds. My training as a social worker has given me the understanding of how both childhood and current life circumstances impact people. I work to assist client's in understanding how they deal with these problems. My goal is never to provide answers for people, but to help people to understand themselves so that they can function and operate independently of their conflicts and problems."