I don’t know how to be chill about this: I opened a group practice! More accurately, the Powers That Be (read: the Universe, God, cosmic energy, Shania Twain, etc.) removed some brain blocks I didn’t even know I had about embracing growth within my practice. I’ve been in the therapy field for 10 years, and in private practice for 4, and was SO cozy with my daily commute from my bedroom to my home office, with a golden retriever and beagle snoozing in the background of most of my sessions. As a Taurus, it’s difficult for me to remember that maximum comfort can sometimes impede growth.
I met Lauren in the very professional, respectable way that anyone meets a new colleague: Facebook. But wait, it was truly more kismet than it sounds. By the end of our first phone call, my brain felt open to change in a way I had probably subconsciously been avoiding for the last two years. Not only did it suddenly feel possible and smart to move my online-only practice to a physical space in Louisville, but it felt imminent, obvious, necessary. I started to reconnect to my temporarily forgotten vision for a group practice that was rooted in values of social justice, empowerment, and commitment to honesty. Lauren’s direct communication, heart-openness, and commitment to her work solidified the foundation for that vision, which was waiting to be nurtured into reality.
We toured a few office spaces before unexpectedly falling in love with the smallest room in a 100+ year old home-turned-office building filled with other therapists and healing professionals. The space feels like a cozy living room, with lots of natural light, texture, color, and probably one too many disco balls (and we never, ever, EVER turn on the big light). After my first few in-person sessions in two years, I’m reminded of how powerful it is to occupy the same space with my clients, to feel our nervous systems connecting and interacting beyond words. It's true that online therapy can be just as effective, but I’d be lying if I said there wasn’t something extra special about in-person therapy. I’m happy to offer both online therapy throughout Kentucky and in-person therapy in Louisville.
For now, I feel so excited and grateful to be building Reflections Therapy Collective with a small team of two, and truly can’t wait to share Lauren’s gentle but direct, holistic but socially aware, and curious but collaborative approach with you. Learn more about her here! I also can’t help imagining how Reflections will evolve over time. I compare my practice to the image of sunlight reflecting off a disco ball. One source of light is multiplied and redirected in many directions by the individual mirrors on the ball; it sounds like it would be chaotic, but each beam of light “knows” exactly where it’s going. That one source of light represents the shared values of any therapist in my practice, while the illuminating beams symbolize our unique perspectives, specialities, and personalities that inform our individual work with clients.
Reflections refers to the reflective relationship between therapist an client; often our patterns outside of therapy can be revealed in the therapeutic relationship over time. Of course, Reflections also speaks to the process of introspection and reflecting on what brings us to the therapy space in the first place. Most resonant with me, though, is the concept of Reflections as a mirror that reveals the unknown, the avoided, and the hidden power that is wrongly but often framed as unavailable to us. We want to work with clients who are willing, if not “ready,” to look at that mirror, knowing that they either already have or can grow into the capacity to face whatever they find.
Welcome to Reflections Therapy Collective. We specialize in growth-focused therapy for real life. If you’re working through over-functioning, anxiety, relationship issues, depression, boundary setting, somatic healing, substance use recovery, complex trauma, or identity exploration, reach out. Let’s heal.
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