Kathy Pardue, LPC
Licensed Professional Counselor

     Thank you for reaching out to talk about your concerns.  I've worked with couples, women's issues, and adolescents for 27 yrs. to help find peace, stability, and new options for old problems.  Edith Stein said, "A woman's soul is a shelter in which other souls may unfold."

Healing happens as we feel heard, understood, and learn to identify automatic thoughts affecting our feelings and behavior.

      Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) has shown to be the most effective approach and aligns with Christian principles.  Mild to moderate depression and anxiety can be reduced most often without medication using CBT.  If long-term chronic emotional stress persists, anxiety may become a medication condition but easily treated with SSRI's antidepressants by simply helping your brain produce natural neurotransmitters.  They offer nothing false to your body and increases energy and outlook.  If we discern lies in our thinking, we can reject those and replace with truth which leads to positive emotions.

      Hurtful life events need care and empathy in identifying recurring thoughts keeping you from accepting the past and being productive in the present.  Our sessions are interactive and  solution-focused with a deep respect for your history, personality type, and spiritual perspective.  We generate solutions together to bring encouragement and motivation to change.          Teens and young adult years are the most stressful in balancing hormonal, physical, emotional, and social changes.  Individual therapy provides a place of trust to talk freely, and parents are included in sessions to help with goals as desired.  Issues addressed are academics, anxiety, depression, family conflict, relationships, and direction.  Most mild to moderate depression can be relieved through CBT without medication.  Loneliness has caused the present crisis an "age of melancholy."  Adolescents appreciate and love therapy.    

      Women feel better processing change in seasons of life, anxiety, burnout, depression, eating disorders, grief, loneliness, parenting, relationships, and personal goals.  We need validation, empathy, feedback, and new options generated together.