Peter SteeleLicensed Professional Counselor Candidate, LPCC

About

I work with a specialty focus on complex PTSD, BPD, dissociation, and existential restlessness. People who experience these diagnoses suffer much misunderstanding. Rather than view these symptoms as "disorders", and label them as "irrational", I instead understand them as valiant efforts to reclaim a sense of home in a world that feels hostile. What’s challenging in this struggle is that our best intentions to live a new life can be overthrown by frightened emotion in a triggering moment. This is why insight and talk therapy alone are often not enough for healing. The emotions and behaviors we struggle with do not obey our thoughts. I rely on IFS and EMDR to connect with those unconscious parts of us that take over when threatened or overwhelmed. This exploration can reveal not only core negative beliefs that shape our inner world, but also deep longings and hopes that trauma has robbed us of. Beyond just reducing symptoms, we can strive to restore wonder and hope that pain has buried.

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