Melissa Hunt MA, LPC, LMHC

If your body feels like it is in danger and you intellectually know you are not, that is PTSD. PTSD is a big word and encompasses many issues. Most humans coming out of childhood trauma have latent PTSD in their adulthood. Most humans having found themselves caught up in a religious environment that was abusive have PTSD. I help you sort out the past from the present. I help you get the the core of the wound to heal and live life on your own terms. Not dictated by trauma.

Depression is a symptom of something deeper inside you. It is a response to trauma. Sometimes depression is debilitating where you can't get out of bed. Sometimes depression is always there in the form of a sadness that won't go away, yet you can still function. Depression is real and it is not in your head. Getting beyond the depression to the root is where the healing and relief ultimately is.

Anxiety is a symptom of something deeper inside of you. It is a response to a traumatic experience just like depression. The trauma can be about the present or the past or a combination of both. I look at the holistic situation to see what we need to do to get to the root of the anxiety. I incorporate both eastern and western medicines by other professionals if need be to provide relief of acute symptoms. You set the pace. I follow.

I specialize in trauma with women coming from backgrounds of complex childhood abuse issues. I also specialize in women who are in partnerships that treat them lesser than and they have come to believe that. Lastly, I specialize in men and women who come from backgrounds of religious abuse or ended up in a religious organization looking for stability, love and a family they never had.

I believe in the integration of both eastern and western medicine as needed. Sometimes healing requires different modalities to be able to break free from trauma and get to the essence of self that got lost and had to hide to be safe. My goal is to let that wounded child heal so she no longer feels like she of he has to hide.

The essence of existential therapy is the relationship itself. You are my guide. I follow. You tell me the path forward and I create the path as trust is established and I have a good understanding of your story. I walk alongside you. Together we sort through the past and how the past landed you making decisions from an unconscious place of trauma.