EMDR & Trauma-Focused Counseling Fort Wayne, Indiana
Beyond the Labyrinth Counseling offers specialized support for women seeking relief from anxiety, burnout, people-pleasing, and codependency.
These experiences are often rooted in complex trauma, including childhood emotional neglect and early relational wounds. Interested in learning more about our specialties?
*Telehealth options available all across the State of Indiana
I’m SO stoked you’re here! All parts of your mosaic soul are welcome here.
Interested in beginning your therapy journey? Click the link below to get started!
FEELING STUCK?
Are you finding yourself perplexed about why you think and behave the way that you do?
Tired of feeling “stuck” in the same old patterns with seemingly no exit point?
There’s this lurking feeling that something needs to change . . . . but it’s hard to place your finger on it?
YOU HOLD EVERYONE TOGETHER WHILE YOU’RE FALLING APART
You often find yourself silencing your own inner voice to avoid conflict, rejection or abandonment.
You prioritize everyone else’s needs above your own — frequently saying “yes” when you secretly wish you could say “no”.
This isn’t happening because you’re weak.
It’s a form of protection you learned to keep yourself safe when your needs weren’t met as a child.
You learned early on that your value and identity were tied to your capacity to care for others; even at the expense of neglecting yourself and your own wellbeing.
These patterns in adulthood often lead to deep-seated abandonment of yourself and inner child, and a very loud inner critic who never stops shouting at you that: “you’re still not doing enough!”
WHEN CARING TURNS INTO SELF-ABANDONMENT
Giving far more than you’re receiving
Feeling like your own desires are selfish
Neglecting your own self-care
Struggling to embody authenticity due to fears of rejection, abandonment, or being misperceived
Settling for bread-crumbs within your relationships
Fantasizing about “running away” from your life because it feels overwhelming
Difficulty believing you are worthy of being witnessed by another when you’re not embodying the role of: the wounded knight or the light-bearing caretaker
Increase in anxiety or depression at the thought of conflict within your relationships
Self-identity is directly intertwined with another’s perception of you
Supress your own anger and sadness, to the point you chronically feel empty or numb
Feel responsible for everyone in your life
People act entitled to your energy and time
Feeling trapped and chronically confused within your relationships
Difficulty identifying your own needs and interests
Secretly terrified of being abandoned or rejected by those you love the most
Obsessively reflecting on past and present social interactions
Struggling to trust your own judgment
Discover how EMDR can help with these patterns!
YOU DON’T HAVE TO CARRY IT ALONE
We Support Women in Reclaiming their Strength, Voice, and Value
Our passion at Beyond the Labyrinth is aiding women in rediscovering their own value & transforming their self-identity to find a more joyful purpose in this world.
You are worthy of feeling seen, prioritized, and cherished.
We want you to finally be able to breathe again, without the heavy burdens of shame or guilt for doing so.
This journey sometimes involves diving deeply into the roots of where some of these belief systems began – oftentimes, in early childhood trauma.
The formation of distorted belief systems about yourself may have been reinforced by: childhood emotional neglect, physical/sexual abuse, peer rejection, bullying, early parentification, attachment wounds with early caregivers, and much more.
It’s time to prioritize YOU — let’s start together!
Interested in learning more about the impacts of Childhood Emotional Neglect?
WHERE WE WANT TO TAKE YOU
No longer feeling responsible for everyone in your life 24/7
More energy and freedom
Prioritizing self-care
Self-advocating confidently & authentically
Improvements in anxiety, depressive, & PTSD symptoms
Clarity about how to navigate relational conflict
Trust in your own judgment & decision-making
Clearer understanding of your own values, needs, and limits
Increased depth, reciprocity, & meaning within your relationships
More Secure Attachment Style
No longer softening boundaries when your heart says: “I need to say no”
Capable of leaving relationships when values diverge & you’re experiencing hurt
Can lovingly witness another without entering into self-martyrdom or rescuing behaviors
Loss of relationships no longer de-stabilizes your own value:
“I know who I am even if someone leaves, disagrees, or fails to understand”
You’re finally showing up
for YOURSELF and YOUNGER YOU!
So what’s my Approach to Therapy?
I approach therapy from a holistic mind-body perspective.
We are incredibly complex creatures! Every layer is deeply interconnected with the other.
Creating a warm environment where you feel seen, heard, and understood is important to me.
Let’s dive through the messy layers of what it means to be a human together!
I incorporate a blend of therapeutic modalities tailored to your own unique needs in support of your journey towards self-discovery and a deeper root of healing.
I desire to not only aid in the reprocessing of your own life history, but to also expand your understanding of why you may think the way that you do so that you can begin to transcend areas you may feel “stuck” within.
Developing a deeper understanding of your own mind and life-story can be a powerful tool in harnessing new insights to facilitate positive changes within your life and future.
I’m not a therapist who pretends like I know the “whole” of you the first time we meet.
There’s almost always so much more to know about a given individual than what skirts across our mere surface expressions and first impressions.
I’m not ‘gonna slap some magical-catch-all diagnosis on you, toxic-positivity you to your grave, or tell you to drink more water to alleviate your depression.
I’m here for the raw feelings, the deep soul-searching questions, the dark valleys, and the euphoric triumphs.
And I always want you to feel like I’m truly seeking to see you for who you actually are and can become.
Interested in learning more about me? Curiosity is welcome here!
What does a Typical Session look like with me?
I’m fairly organic with how I structure my therapy sessions. I often attune to your energy and intuitively sense where we may need to journey together on a given day.
My style is honestly more of a “flow” than a “rigid structure”
. . . . more of a “river” than a “rock-slide” — if ya ‘wanna put it that way =)
Meaning, that instead of coming in “hard and heavy”, I tend to focus on the ebb and flow of your own energy.
Therapy, much like a river, can be a powerful force in people’s lives. But a force that is highly attuned and aware of the power it generates.
A force with the intelligence and balance required to know both when to “hold” you and when to “push” you.
A force that knows how to carry you gently, then challenge you around the bend when you’re ready and needing to hear it; so that you can grow in a sustainable way that will allow real impactful transformation to occur in your life.
I desire to meet you where you’re at and structure how we work together accordingly.
You Don’t Have to Hold it All Together Here
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What People are Saying
“I have known Jessi personally for 25 years and professionally for 4 years. If you are a client looking for a compassionate, intelligent, down to earth counselor — truly look no further. Jessi will seek to understand your unique story and be with you each step of the way in your healing journey. She is extremely empathetic and non-judgmental, so when she seeks to understand your life story it is with the upmost sincerity of heart. She is not only proficient as a professional counselor, she is also personable and accommodating.”
“Jessi is a very caring, insightful therapist who is present with her clients in the most critical ways. She offers a comprehensive knowledge base, coupled with specific expertise in the realms of severe trauma and dissociative identity struggles, grief & loss, anxiety, depression, and matters of dignity and personal worth. Jessi exhudes warmth and empathy, providing education to clients in such a way that concepts can be understood and applied to daily life and interactions. Connecting with Jessi at Beyond the Labyrinth means finding a deeply safe, respectful practitioner who will serve as a trustworthy guide towards hope and healing.”
“You remember too much, my mother said to me recently. Why hold onto all that? And I said, Where can I put it down?”