Vickie Larson-Hills

Is your trauma, PTSD, anxiety & grief constantly getting activated? Do you feel like you can never get beyond what has happened to you? Together we will create a warm, compassionate, and understanding environment to help you get in touch and learn how to deal with the rollercoaster of emotions. I have developed a unique approach through building the therapeutic relationship to work with individuals struggling with stress, relationships, depression, anxiety, trauma response, and self- harm. My clinical experience, calm demeanor, and aspiration for trust, help build meaningful relationships with clients through exploration of life. I have been a clinical social worker since 2017 and have a life long history of working with children and families. My career as a social worker has taken me on many paths including child welfare, crisis response teams, hospital emergency room response, medical clinic behavioral health, hospice (most spiritual work ever), and meanwhile have always had my private pratice. I love to incorporate animal assisted therapy as who doesn't love dogs and horses? My speciality is working with trauma and I am constantly training to have the most up to date skills and be the best in my field.

In using trauma informed modalities I can verbally & non-verbally engage, about many things. They often Include daily living concerns, relationships, poor self-esteem, boundary setting, coping skills while recognizing power and control dynamics when interacting with others and addressing negative thinking about the self. My core belief is that through the theraputic relationship all healing starts. Listening, normalizing, and validating your experiences and thoughts is where it all starts.

For trauma-informed care, I use Deep Brain Reorienting, EMDR & Fraser‘s table exercise to explore emotional parts; we rewire the brain to overcome intrusive thinking and somatic issues. I use mindfulness practices coping skills. My hope is to empower clients to take steps towards inner peace and mental health well being. We start down the path of treatment with an in depth assessment and together we make a treatment plan that is based on the things in this life YOU want to learn and that YOU want to address.