Are you finding yourself engaged in patterns that used to serve you but are now holding you back?
Are you wondering if things could be better? That perhaps there’s a more authentic self waiting, needing, to be expressed? In our therapeutic work together, we can examine patterns and systems that are keeping you from this self by making sense of your experiences, identifying difficulties, and integrating resources to find meaning to live a fuller life.
Suffering is an inherent and potent part of life. From subtle to extreme, suffering can create trauma which begins to shape how we move through and experience the world. Experiencing traumas in isolation, in toxic environments, or in toxic relationships can impact our potential for healing and keep us stuck in survival patterns. When we are well supported through compassionate relationships, our ability to live and heal expands.
When you are well-supported relationally, it creates an expansiveness for living & healing
Together, we can create a therapeutic relationship to unlearn these traumatic patterns. Cultivating our relationship is particularly important to the therapeutic process as it helps position our work together in terms of a real, explored relationship. No matter who you are or where you are in life, we all need support in undoing oppressive patterns.
As therapy unfolds, you might find yourself:
Not feeling like you need to please others.
Staying more grounded even when life is unpredictable.
Having more energy & spaciousness to appreciate your full-self, relationships, work & pursuits.
Experiencing less guilt & shame around boundary-building & saying no.
You do not need to go it alone.
Hi, My full name is Nikole Koumoutsos, but I go by the nickname Niki. I am a licensed mental health counselor (License number: LH61498710). I received my MA in Psychology from Seattle University and my BA in English and Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies from Northern Arizona University (lol - of course I did).
My approach is fundamentally anti-oppression, anti-racist, gender-expansive, LGBTQIA+ competent and affirming. These allow me to offer an unconditionally accepting space in which you will be listened to and seen. I intend to be honest, warm, open, and curious to assist you in your healing journey.
All of this might be a lot of information and sometimes a brief talk can make things easier.
If you’re ready, get in touch to set up a free 15-20 minute consultation.
Be what you are becoming, without clinging to what you might have been, what you might yet be. -Luce Irigaray