Carrie Hansen LMFT 101811

I have experience in diagnosing and working with teens and adults with learning disorders. I worked in a teen substance abuse clinic for over 5 years, and most often the highest co occurring (comes with) disorder were learning disorders. The learning disorders often predated the substance use, and were not always identified early. Many adults received a diagnosis in their 20's or 30's and need additional supports to function in life.

Grief or Loss is hard. There's no easy way around it. I'll sit with you when it feels like the others have moved on. I've worked with clients and families where loved ones were lost, including spouses. In my own family, there has been loss of a loved one before it was time.

I volunteered for 4 years in a youth group waaaaaayyyy back when, and have experience (5 or more years) working at a teen clinic as a clinician. I think teens are so much fun to work with, as they have a fresh approach to life, and are downright hysterical. They are in a time of mass transition, and I can only imagine what today's teens are facing after COVID, Social-Political events, and loss of school as we knew it.

Attachment theory can explain many of the relationships between us and those we love. Attachment theory can bring awareness to relational patterns, to over or undersized responses, and help us try something new.

I match client's problems to useful interventions. If a particular intervention from a therapeutic model seems relevant (but maybe not all the interventions together), then we can move forward with the intervention that makes sense. This allows for more targeted therapy.

In Grad school I was able to study under Dr. Jim Furrow, a credentialed trainer of Experiential Therapy. I have used it over the past decade to help clients experience a healing reaction to trauma and events. I have used it to re-write internal scripts clients have held inside. I find experiential therapy a valuable tool for moving forward out of a life a circles.