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Hi! My name is Arti and I am already super impressed with you for having the courage to reach out for some extra assistance at this time. I'm sorry your life isn't quite where you want it to be at the moment, but I am confident we can get you where you want to go. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor in rural Missouri. I have been working with kids and families for more than 20 years. I started my career working with troubled youth in a lockdown facility, then moved to working with adults with mental illnesses. From there I worked in about every position in the child welfare world and found my passion for preventative services. I have been working in preventative services trying to help families not lose their children to the state for almost 10 years. I also work with families of new babies to help them reduce childhood traumas. I have been doing counseling for about 6 years in a limited capacity. I have had very good success working with children and parents within the child welfare system tackling issues like attachment problems, substance use disorders, and trauma. I have also had the pleasure of working very successfully with adults that are either recovering from or exiting longstanding relationships with a narcissist partner.

My style of therapy is first, and foremost, to have fun. When we have a fun experience our brain reacts and we want to have that experience again. This keeps the momentum rolling and makes it much easier to do the hard work that therapy sometimes is. How do therapists greet each other? "Your fine, how am I?" How many therapists does it take to change a light bulb? "It doesn't matter because the light bulb will only change if it really wants to." Sadly, I couldn't find a box to click on here to say I specialize in dad jokes... I am a great believer in the Solution-Focused model of therapy where we don't dwell in the past too much other than to find past successes that we can apply to the present and future. I also will use Cognitive Behavioral Approaches, Motivational Interviewing, and Client-Centered Therapy. I recognize that you are the absolute expert on the subject of you. I am also trained in the Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics (a fancy way of saying I understand how early trauma effects brain development and how that brain development can remain skewed well into adulthood without correction).

Again, I'm already super impressed you have overcome the ego, stigmas, biases, and all the other junk that gets in the way of asking for a little extra support. I can't wait to meet you and learn more about you. I hope we are a great match to go on this journey together.