I am the owner of Emotional Journey; a group private practice located in Wichita, Kansas and which is comprised of caring and compassionate Licensed Marriage & Family Therapists and Certified Massage Therapists. We specialize in helping individuals, couples, & families. We can help to resolve issues surrounding couples & relationships, parenting of children & teens, blended families, work & career, emotional eating, & stress management. In addition, we help those who struggle with issues related to depression, anxiety, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), grief & loss, work & career. Our Certified Massage Therapists offer a wide variety of therapeutic ...
I am the owner of Emotional Journey; a group private practice located in Wichita, Kansas and which is comprised of caring and compassionate Licensed Marriage & Family Therapists and Certified Massage Therapists. We specialize in helping individuals, couples, & families. We can help to resolve issues surrounding couples & relationships, parenting of children & teens, blended families, work & career, emotional eating, & stress management. In addition, we help those who struggle with issues related to depression, anxiety, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), grief & loss, work & career. Our Certified Massage Therapists offer a wide variety of therapeutic massage modalities, including Swedish, Deep Tissue, Lomi Lomi, Trigger Point, Pregnancy, Rain Drop Massage, and numerous others. In addition, they offer Reiki and Aromatherapy with essential oils. We also speak to various business and groups on a wide variety of mental health topics relevant to your group of people. There’s no need to struggle – we can help!
I started this practice in July 2007 as a way of offering compassionate and caring therapy to those who are struggling in life. I had an abusive childhood and two failed marriages. After spending many years trying to find the 'right' therapist, I finally did so. It was at that time that I began making progress in leaps and bounds! My therapist understood that trauma survivors have special needs in therapy and she was able to meet those needs. She believed in me before I could believe in myself! At the age of 44, I began attending college. Within 5 years, I had earned my Associate's degree, then my Bachelor's degree, and finally my Master's degree as a Marriage & Family Therapist! I went on to become licensed and I opened my practice within 3 weeks - at first with two other therapists and then months later, I opened my own private practice. A year ago, my practice had grown enough that I needed to add another licensed therapist, Lisa M. Butler (MS, LMFT). I am now in the process of finding another therapist to join my practice, as we have continued to grow. Without the help of a therapist who truly understood my past and my then 'present', I would have been unable to have successfully progressed to where I am now.
Now it is me who believes in my clients before they can believe in themselves! I thoroughly enjoy watching my clients' progress and finding peace and happiness within their hearts. Many of them had previously believed that they were beyond help. Yet like me, they didn't give up. They continued searching until they also found the 'right' therapist! They tell me that I give them hope...I have survived what many of them have survived, and now I am at a place of helping others. I'm often told that if I can make it, just maybe they can too! At the end of each day, I am able to look myself in the mirror and know that I am truly making a difference. This brings me joy beyond description! To learn more about us, visit our web site:
http://www.emotionaljourney.org.
