ARISE COUNSELING
Ultimate Healing. Unlimited Growth.
We don’t rewrite your story, we change the way it holds you.
I’m Kirsten and I believe that therapy can change lives.
Counseling can help people heal from painful experiences, overcome limiting beliefs, and grow into versions of themselves they never imagined possible. Every day I am grateful that helping people achieve these goals is my job.
Learn more about Kirsten’s background and approach here.
Let’s see what we can change together. Click here to set up an initial chat!
When you know it in your head but can’t feel it in your body, EMDR tharapy in Connecicut can help
The negative thoughts and emotions have been more powerful lately. And the coping strategies just don't work as well as they used to. A part of you keeps circling back, returning to that familiar question you've been trying not to sit with too long. When are you finally going to do something about the doubt, the fear, the beliefs that keep you limited?
A part of you pushes back immediately. You are dealing with it. You are doing just fine.
But a quieter part of you knows that's not the whole truth…
You know the right things in your head. Logically, you can usually get to a healthier place.. But you don't believe them in your gut. Deep down in your bones a part of you never feels safe. Never feels in control. Never feels good enough. Never feels loveable. The knowing and the feeling live in two different places, and no matter how hard you try, you cannot make them meet.
And yet, here you are. Still looking. Still reaching. That matters more than you know.
There is another way forward
The fact that you are reading this means a part of you hasn't given up. That part of you knows something needs to shift, that part is not your problem.
That part is your compass.
The doubt and the fear and the beliefs that hold you back are not character flaws or proof that you’re broken. They are the places where your nervous system learned to protect you, and they have been working very hard for a very long time. The work is not about talking yourself into something different. It never was. The work is about reaching the part of you that logic has never been able to touch.
That is exactly where healing begins.
In-person and remote options
My office is conveniently located in downtown Darien, CT.
I also offer telehealth visits to clients anywhere in Connecticut.
Professional Counselor license #8965