Encourage Joy Therapy

Life feels overwhelming right now. You’re stuck in your head, second-guessing everything and overthinking non-stop. You’ve been struggling for some time, but you keep pushing forward, distracting yourself with whatever you can. Deep down, you know stress is making it hard to feel genuinely happy and connected to others — partly because you’ve been keeping your emotions and thoughts hidden. You are the type of person who supports your friends and family through their difficult life moments but struggles to open up and let others support you. You easily find and express empathy for others but struggle to hold the same compassion for yourself. There are moments where you are comfortable being your full self but you often second guess yourself later and worry about how others perceive you. As you navigate through life you are realizing that what you want is to feel more confident, more connected and supported by others, more at peace, and more like yourself again.

Located in Des Moines Iowa, Encourage Joy Therapy focuses on supporting teens and young adults with big hearts who often hide their struggles and emotions. Together we will explore how anxiety, fear, and depression are impacting your confidence, use humor and laughter to bring compassion to your struggles, and find ways to feel more in control of your emotions.

Starting therapy can bring about a lot of questions and uncertainty. Will therapy help me, will it be awkward, maybe the stuff I'm dealing with isn’t that bad, I can just keep doing this on my own. Head over to my New to Therapy page for resources and answers to some of these questions. You are here, on this website. That means you are ready to give therapy a try. It might feel awkward to reach out but that will soon be replaced with relief and hope that things can be different.

If you are ready to feel more connected and confident and to get relief from stress and worry, contact me today for a free consultation and learn about next steps to starting therapy.