Meet Kaaren
Licensed Professional Counselor
Registered Art Therapist
Certified IFS & Brainspotting
I am a person-centered therapist grounded in the 'Unconditional Positive Regard' of Carl Rogers ~ I provide support and intervention without judgement.
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We are not defined by past or our current behaviors, nor are we destined to relive destructive or unhelpful patterns. Patterns that emerged from our own lived experience, or patterns handed down generationally.
All people contain remarkable capacity for growth.
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My approach is integrative ~ we are a unified mind/body/spirit that is profoundly influenced by our relationships and environment.
We possess innate ability to heal.
When not working, I enjoy spending time with my family and in nature, and expanding my learning. I enjoy working as an IFS Program Assistant, supporting fellow practitioners as they learn the model. I tend to my own nature and energy-based spiritual practice, and assist my shamanic healing mentor with teachings. My husband and I are passionate land stewards and have recently returned 30 acres of farmland to native prairie and pollinator habitat.
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Please reach out, I would be happy to help.
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Training
Education
Master's Degree in Education, University of Tennessee
Master's Degree in Counseling & Art Therapy, St. Mary of the Woods College
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Brainspotting
Brainspotting: Phases 1 & 2
Brainspotting: Freeze to Thaw
Brainspotting and Parts
Expansion Brainspotting
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Internal Family Systems
Coaching from Self-Leadership
IFS Circle: Foundations of the IFS Model
IFS as a Spiritual Practice
IFS Trailheads to Transformation
The Others Within Us: Working with Unattached Burdens
Level 1 Training: Internal Family Systems Institute
IFS Program Assistant Staff, Levels 1 & 2
Level 2 Training: Intimacy From the Inside Out (IFIO): IFS & Relationships
Harmony Within: Embracing Transformation Through IFS, Retreat with Dr. Richard Schwartz & Jeanne Cantanzare
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Shamanic Healing / Spirit Energy Work
Walking the Beauty Way
Shamanic Healing Apprenticeship
Shamanic Healing Mentorship
Spirit Mediumship
Energy Essentials for Empaths
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Other Trainings
Shame-Informed Treatment Specialist: Eating Disorders, Addictive Eating
Narcissistic Abuse and Gaslighting: Treatment Course
Rewired: Yoga for Trauma
Sound Healing Certification
Solutions Focused Therapy
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