Hayley Schmidt Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist

Codependency is a learned behavior that is often passed down from one generation to the next. It is an emotional and behavioral condition that affects an individual’s ability to have a healthy, mutually satisfying relationship. The good news is that we can learn a new and different way of interacting with others. Through communication and setting boundaries we can learn to feel good about the relationships in our lives.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a psychotherapy that enables people to heal from symptoms and emotional distress that are the result of disturbing life experiences, trauma, or PTSD. EMDR therapy can create a space for people to reprocess traumatic information and memories until it no longer impacts their everyday life. Through treatment, people begin to process memories in ways that lead to a more peaceful resolution.

Somatic therapy is a practice that helps us to become more aware of our bodies and awake in our lives. It is a non-linear, creative, and relational process by which we come to discover and heal ourselves. Somatic therapy teaches us how to listen deeply to ourselves and increase our awareness of the more subtle parts of our body that may go unnoticed in our daily lives.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) is a psychotherapy that enables people to heal from symptoms and emotional distress that are the result of disturbing life experiences, trauma, or PTSD. EMDR therapy can create a space for people to reprocess traumatic information and memories until it no longer impacts their everyday life. Through treatment, people begin to process memories in ways that lead to a more peaceful resolution.

Attachment-based therapy is a brief, process-oriented form of psychological counseling. The client-therapist relationship is based on developing or rebuilding trust and centers on expressing emotions. An attachment-based approach to therapy looks at the connection between an infant’s early attachment experiences with primary caregivers. Attachment-based therapy aims to build or rebuild a trusting, supportive relationship that will help prevent or treat anxiety or depression.

Attachment-based therapy is a brief, process-oriented form of psychological counseling. The client-therapist relationship is based on developing or rebuilding trust and centers on expressing emotions. An attachment-based approach to therapy looks at the connection between an infant’s early attachment experiences with primary caregivers. Attachment-based therapy aims to build or rebuild a trusting, supportive relationship that will help prevent or treat anxiety or depression.

Are you struggling with communication blocks, grieving, or dealing with loss or betrayal? Trusting again can be difficult if you have been hurt. However, healing comes from finding relationships that show you that you are lovable, worthy, and resilient. Let’s begin to repair this deeply painful relational wound. You matter, and you are worth it!

Do you struggle setting boundaries or knowing what you want? For years I’ve worked with clients who struggle with codependency and low self worth. Codependency is an emotional and behavioral condition that affects an individual’s ability to have a healthy, mutually satisfying relationship. The good news is that we can learn a new and different way of interacting with others. Through communication and setting boundaries we can learn to feel good about the relationships in our lives.

Trauma leaves people in a state of heightened alarm. It’s as if your body thinks the traumatic event is still happening all the time. It’s important then, to focus on ways to release the trauma that may be stored not just in your mind, but in your physical body. Have you heard of fight, flight, or freeze? The good news is that you can learn to repair your stressed nervous system with breathing techniques, mindfulness practices, movement, and productive ways of expressing anger and sadness.

Trauma leaves people in a state of heightened alarm. It’s as if your body thinks the traumatic event is still happening all the time. It’s important then, to focus on ways to release the trauma that may be stored not just in your mind, but in your physical body. Have you heard of fight, flight, or freeze? The good news is that you can learn to repair your stressed nervous system with breathing techniques, mindfulness practices, movement, and productive ways of expressing anger and sadness.