Here's a little about me and how I got from there to here.
Looking back on my own journey (and of course I'm still on it, I'm human you know!), I had signs of anxiety and depression as early as four. I first went to therapy around the age of 6 after my parents' divorce left me feeling even sadder. I bounced in and out of therapy as a child into my teen years. At sixteen, I was prescribed my first anti-depressant. College was better, but still in and out of depression and anxiety. As an adult, I was told that I would need to take mood stabilizing medication for the rest of my life. Luckily, no really, I was super sensitive to the continued increase in my medications and my body could not tolerate the side effects. So I decided to quit taking them. Also, at this point, I decided to rewrite my story. I was training in EMDR Therapy at the time, a body-based therapy and decided to try it myself. As I changed how it felt to live in my body every day with my participation in EMDR therapy, I decided to continue my quest to feel better and better without psychotropic medications or even weekly therapy but with study and application of lifestyle shifts. Of course, some individuals greatly benefit from psychotropic medications, but I don't think that's everyone's answer. I'm doing great and honestly feeling better all the time.
More and more I continued to seek complements to my healing and came into healing that was even greater than psychotherapy, by accident. I started having profound experiences in meditation, dreams, on hikes in the woods, with prayer, diet changes, and movement. Bigger and faster healing was in front of me that was amplifying psychiatry and psychotherapy. I was being led.
Despite my years of training and practice as a psychotherapist, I could no longer deny what helped me most, was not psychotherapy. I had found God.
So here I am. I’m not here to pathologize you, I’m here to help you find your connection to God. This, I have found, is our key to relieve experiences we label as anxiety and depression. If my story speaks to you, I’d love to hear from you.