Alicia Engelhardt Counseling, LLC
At Alicia Engelhardt Counseling, LLC, we understand that each individual, couple, and family has unique needs and journeys. To best support you, we offer a variety of specialized services delivered with expert training and a compassionate approach. Our commitment is to meet you where you are, providing tailored therapy that fosters growth, healing, and stronger connections.
Our areas of expertise include
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Life's journey can present us with significant personal challenges, leaving us feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or disconnected from ourselves. You might be grappling with difficult emotions, past experiences, or a sense that something isn't quite right. If you're seeking greater self-understanding, healing, and a path towards personal growth, you're not alone.
At Alicia Engelhardt Counseling, LLC, I offer a supportive space to explore these challenges, understand their roots, and develop effective strategies for positive change, empowering you to live a more fulfilling life.
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Relationships are a source of immense joy, but they can also be incredibly challenging. Repeated conflicts, a sense of disconnection, breaches of trust, communication breakdowns, and the pressures of daily life can erode the intimacy and connection you once shared. You might find yourselves asking, "How did we get here?" or "Can we ever find our way back to each other?"​ If you're feeling lost and hopeless in your relationship, you're not alone. Many couples reach a point where they've tried everything they can think of, yet the same patterns keep repeating. We can help.
At Alicia Engelhardt Counseling, LLC, I utilize Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), a highly effective approach recognized as the "gold standard" in couples therapy. EFT helps you and your partner identify the negative cycle that keeps you stuck, understand the underlying emotions driving those patterns, and learn new, healthier ways of communicating based on vulnerability and your core needs. Together, we can work towards creating a relationship characterized by safety, trust, and deeper emotional connection.
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Family life, while often a source of great love and support, can also experience periods of significant difficulty and strain. Recurring conflicts, communication breakdowns, or life transitions such as a move, a new child, or loss can disrupt harmony and leave family members feeling isolated or misunderstood, sometimes leading to feelings of frustration and helplessness. If your family is facing challenges that feel overwhelming and you're longing for greater understanding, improved communication, and a stronger sense of connection, know that seeking support can be a powerful first step towards positive change.
At Alicia Engelhardt Counseling, LLC, I work collaboratively with families to identify underlying patterns that contribute to these difficulties, improve communication skills to foster greater empathy, and cultivate stronger, more supportive relationships, ultimately helping you navigate life's complexities and build a more cohesive and resilient family unit where each member feels heard and valued.
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Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) offers a powerful and evidence-based approach to understanding and transforming relationships and individual well-being. At its core, EFT recognizes that our deepest longings are for secure connection and attachment. When these needs are threatened or unmet, predictable patterns of distress can emerge in our relationships and within ourselves, leading to feelings of isolation, conflict, and emotional reactivity.
EFT provides a roadmap to identify these negative cycles, explore the underlying emotions driving them, and foster new ways of interacting based on vulnerability, empathy, and responsiveness. By creating a safe and supportive therapeutic environment, EFT helps individuals and couples build stronger emotional bonds, enhance communication, and cultivate lasting security and intimacy.
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Story-Informed Trauma Therapy (SITT) recognizes the profound impact of traumatic experiences on a person's life narrative. It understands that trauma can fragment our sense of self and our ability to make meaning of our experiences, often leading to feelings of disconnection, shame, and a disrupted sense of identity. This approach emphasizes the power of reclaiming and reconstructing one's story in a safe and supportive therapeutic space.
Through careful exploration and gentle processing, individuals are supported in revisiting traumatic memories, integrating them into their life narrative, and reframing their experiences in ways that foster healing and resilience. By externalizing the trauma and understanding its impact on the self, individuals can begin to rewrite their stories, moving towards greater self-compassion, empowerment, and a more coherent and hopeful sense of self. This therapy honors the individual's unique experiences and empowers them to become the author of their own healing journey.
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