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Impactful Counseling: Couple and Family Services

Individual and Couples Therapy in Farmington and Lehi, UT
Teletherapy available to all Utah residents

10/28/2025

You matter!

No matter what has happened.
If everyone or no one knows.
You matter!

10/23/2025

Mental Health Matters.

This week, I’m returning to some familiar ground, presenting at the .valley.university Conference on Mental Health with

It’s a meaningful moment of reflection for me. Healthy connections matter more than ever, and collaborating to strengthen the field of mental health and supporting our community continues to be one of my deepest passions.

This work isn’t just professional, it’s personal.

If you’ll be at the conference, I’d love to connect. Send me a DM or say hello at the conference.

And as always, remember YOU MATTER!

10/15/2025

Forget love languages. The real key to a healthy relationship?

Dual. Climate. Control.

Because sometimes “being seen” means 70° on your side and 88° on theirs.

John Gottman was right 69% of conflict is unresolvable and how you navigate it makes all the difference.

08/13/2025

Teardrops

I’m a Taylor Swift fan.
But I’ll be honest I get about half of her lyrics wrong.

Let me rewind.

High school? Oh yeah, I know who she is.
College and early adulthood? Here is another Swift album. She’s good, but I’m no Swiftie.

Then came a season of my life that felt like utter hell.

Suddenly…
“I’m going to the Eras Tour in two days. I got tickets and figured it out.”

We get to the airport… and the flights are cancelled.
No flights. Only one of the two concert tickets in hand.

…check the comments to see what happpened next...

07/23/2025

We are meant to feel… deeply.

Yet so many people I work with avoid their emotions:
“What’s the point?”
“It doesn’t change anything.”

It’s like we’re conditioned to believe we have to do more, be more, achieve more… instead of learning to simply sit with the reality of what is.

The emotions are buried deep inside.
The parts of ourselves we’d rather not face.

Instead of running from them.
Instead of trying to prove we’re enough.
Instead of living in denial.

There is a path forward—a way of living, feeling deeply, and loving life (and yourself) more than you ever thought possible.

Here’s the thing: trauma work isn’t about re-living the worst moments of your life or suffering endlessly just to “earn” healing.

The facts don’t change. P**p is still p**p, it smells, it stinks, and it won’t magically disappear.

But it doesn’t have to control your life.
The hypervigilance.
The walking on eggshells.
The people-pleasing.
The fear of deep connection.

It’s possible to love yourself without justifying the hell you’ve been through.
You don’t have to turn p**p into a rose and pretend it smells sweet.

Maybe it’s time to stop holding that beach ball of emotions under the water, letting it finally surface, and learning how to handle it with compassion.

Hope is real. Healing is possible. Confidence can last.

If this resonates, I’m here. I see you. Let’s talk...you don’t have to do this alone.

And as always, remember: YOU MATTER.

06/14/2025

“I believe you.”

Three words that changed my life.
A moment when everything shifted.
Someone truly saw me...and instead of backing away, they came closer.

I sobbed the first time I read my story out loud.
Not because it was perfect.
Because it was honest. Because I was no longer alone.

A friend asked me, “When are you publishing your book?”

I told her, “I wrote the book I needed to write, not the one I want to publish.”
She said, “Don’t let that stop you from sharing your story.”

So that’s what I’m doing.

I’m launching a newsletter. The first one drops on Monday.

It’s raw. Real. Imperfect.
Just like most of us.

I’ll be writing about:

Pieces of my story I’ve never shared online

What’s broken in mental health care, and what might actually fix it

Perfectionism, shame, trust, and healing

And the kind of honest conversations I usually reserve for 1:1

No branding. No polish. No algorithm-approved perfection.
Just connection.

If AI can make people feel more understood than humans, we have to ask:

Why are we so afraid to be real with each other?

I don’t have all the answers. But I’m done hiding.
This newsletter is for anyone who’s tired of performing and just wants something real.

If that’s you...
Comment TRUST and I’ll DM you the link.
Or grab it from the link in my bio.

Let’s stop playing Simon Says.
Let’s start listening to ourselves.

As always, remember, YOU MATTER!

05/10/2025

Healthy connection changes everything.
When you’re stuck, it can feel like nothing will ever change.

You’re frustrated.
You’re having the same arguments on repeat.
It’s a cycle. Trust is shaky. Broken.
And every option feels like the wrong one.
This isn’t how it was supposed to be.

I specialize in couples therapy, helping partners experience safety, connection, and intimacy.

Together, we work to:
• Create safety
• Break painful patterns
• Make value-based decisions

I bring more than a decade of experience, specialized training in Emotionally Focused Therapy, the Gottman Method, and differentiation-based approaches—plus advanced training in trauma therapy and healthy sexuality.

Because real change takes more than communication tools—it takes understanding the emotional, relational, and sometimes painful depth of what’s happening underneath the surface.

If you’re ready to stop surviving and start truly connecting, I’m here to help.

As always remember YOU MATTER!

04/21/2025

Helping people heal from trauma and experience amazing relationships is what I do.

This week, I’m diving deep into an advanced trauma training in Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), a powerful tool to help people process trauma without getting stuck in the past.

Over the years, I’ve invested thousands of dollars and hundreds of hours into specialized training, including:
• EMDR – 40+ hours of training + 20 hours of supervision
• Trauma-Focused CBT – Certification
• Narrative Trauma Therapy
• Internal Family Systems (Parts Work)
• Couples + Trauma-Specific Training

This training lets me create the safety and structure clients need to individualize trauma therapy to help clients:
• Heal their nervous system
• Discern the past from the present
• Make powerful, grounded decisions
• Build connected, secure relationships

Trauma doesn’t have to define your story. Healing is absolutely possible. You don’t have to hold a beach ball under water forever.

If you’re ready for deeper healing or want to strengthen your relationships, I’d love to provide a free consultation.

DM me if you’re curious about how this work could help you.

03/24/2025

“I walk a lonely road, the only road that I have ever known.”

Thank you Green Day. The truth is, I have experienced deep loneliness at times in my life.

Lately, I’ve been having deep conversations with friends, people I respect, people I trust, people who many define as “accomplished”.

And yet, each of us has admitted to feeling lonely. Working in our silos. Consumed by family, relationships, and responsibilities. Uncertain on our next steps.

For so long, we operated within our belief systems, until they no longer worked.

This past week, I opened up about the parts of myself that I hold back. The parts that less than 10 people in the world know about.

Nothing changed. I didn’t die. I wasn’t magically healed. I did walk away with a little less emotional weight on my back.

More importantly, I walked away feeling connected. Feeling more confident in where I stand, even if I don’t see the end of the road.

This post has nothing to do with LinkedIn or marketing. I don’t think anyone truly knows what they’re doing.

I hope whoever reads this feels a little more connection.

I won’t pretend to have the answers. But I do know things need to change. So, I will show up authentically. I will give my best. And I will fulfill the purpose of my life,

To feel and to be brave.

Remember, you matter!

02/09/2025

Full Circle.

From giving a student presentation as a WSU student to the main presenter for this month’s Families Alive Conference.

This will be packed full of valuable relationship insights and skills. Join me at the event and say hello.

I’m all about good relationships with good people.

Remember YOU MATTER!

03/22/2024

Celebrating 5 Years!

Impactful Counseling was launched 5 years ago.

Impactful Relationships aren't some marketing gimmick. It's the most valuable journey of my life.

Here are some lessons I've learned along the way:

1) Impactful change is intentional, painful, and worth it every time.

2) To have the life and relationship of your dreams, you must be willing to leave the comfort of the miserable known, especially when others don't "get it".

3) "Simon Says" is never a game worth playing. Safe, connected, and value-based decisions > Checking the "right" boxes every day all day.

4) The more sure I am that I'm right, the more likely I am to be wrong. Curiosity and teachability are invaluable.

5) Imperfect action > perfect ambivalence. It's less about making the "right" decisions and more about avoiding cliffs, making decisions (see #3), and learning from the outcomes.

6) Slow down often and intentionally. Peace can only be found in the present moment.

7) If you listen longer than most people listen you will hear what most people never hear.

8) I may not be able to change the world, but I can start by changing "my world".

9) The journey and the people you're with are more important than the destination. Yet picking a value-based direction is important because if you don't know where you're going any path will take you there.

10) The most courageous, strong, and inspirational people I know didn't choose this. It was their only option. Trauma is never worth it. Listen, believe, and lift their voice.

Remember, YOU MATTER!

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Kaysville, UT
84037

Telephone

+13852470306

Website

http://www.impactfulcounseling.com/

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