All Things New Counseling Services, LLC

08/13/2026

If you’re a current ATN client, you may have been following the saga of the giant sunflowers along the backyard fence. The seeds were replanted multiple times because squirrels kept eating them, and if the seeds managed to germinate to little plants, the squirrels ate those, too. 🤦🏻‍♀️ But after months of effort and trial and error and lots of frustrated sympathetic nervous system activation and even some dorsal vagal feelings of hopelessness along the way 😂, some plants made it and finally their giant blooms have emerged, offering some awe and beauty for a lovely vagal brake. Don’t forget to enjoy noticing them when you’re visiting our physical office!

08/01/2026

06/22/2026

Did you know that the mind heals just like the body heals when it is provided with an an environment conducive to healing?

If you get a gash on your leg, you may have to remove debris before it can heal, but once nothing is in the way, it just…heals.

The mind is like that, too. It just heals when we provide the right environment and remove any interfering “debris.”

We know the mind is healing when it naturally moves towards adaptive ideas and beliefs, just like we know when a physical wound is healing when the skin naturally begins to regenerate.

I love to help this healing process by providing a healing environment for my clients and supporting them in learning how create healing environments conducive to their own healing.

And as always, a sweet soft dog chilling on an equally soft pillow is a wonderful asset to a healing environment. 😂 🐶 ❤️

06/04/2026

Dewey is enjoying some perfect late spring sunshine as he lies in wait for the birds and the squirrels.

Also-notice the new “squirrel baffle” addition to the bird feeder. Seems to be working so far, but I gotta admit that it’s starting to feel a little Caddyshack around here- just substitute “squirrel” for “gopher.” 😂

Loving nature therapy patio-view version at All Things New!

05/30/2026

At first I thought the birds at All Things New just had voracious appetites. Then I suspected the squirrels were feasting. I hadn’t seen them getting into the bird feeder, but a client saw a squirrel sitting in the bird bath one day, so…😂. So I bought a “squirrel proof” bird feeder. Then a client saw this happening during a session. Great distraction for levity and a vagal brake.

It took those squirrels two whole days to figure this out 🤦🏻‍♀️😂.

05/18/2026

Yes, I know I already posted about the flowers 😂. But the white petunias are bursting now and making these pots along the front walkway really pop! Along the side walkway, the yellow Zagreb Coreopsis, Red Mountain Flame Ice Plants, and Midnight Model Salvia are also starting to show off!

This is my first experience with blanket flower and salvia. These plants are INSANE! You give them lots of sun and water and keep removing the spent blooms and they just keep busting out more!

It’s so much fun to see all of this color as you pull into the parking lot and walk up to the front door 😍! What a great vibe for a vagal brake!

05/17/2026

Dewey was absolutely MADE for this job! He brings all the ventral vagal energy as he greets every one of our guests with full body wiggles and total delight. When there’s a down moment, though, he takes full advantage! ❤️🐶

04/30/2026

Spring at All Things New! I did tons of research to figure out what flowers to plant in the west-facing-front-door containers, and then I worked my tail off putting together and planting these beds, and I am OBSESSED! The color combination of Blue By You Salvia, Gusto Sweet Chili Blanket Flowers, Champaign Bubbles Poppies, and Flutter Rose Pink and Deep Blue Pincushion Flowers is utterly delightful! Every window view at All Things New reveals something truly soul quenching for a delightful vagal brake!
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Are YOU planting flowers to water your soul this spring?

04/08/2026

Lunch break at All Things New. It’s a toes in the grass kind of day! ❤️

04/02/2026

Here’s my honest confession. I forget to announce stuff to social media. I’ve been a therapist for a pretty long time. Twenty-five years ago is when I began accumulating an advanced degree and credentials, and social media wasn’t much of a thing- especially not for professional outlets. Also, I prefer to spend my time serving my clients with the hands on work of therapy over posting to social media about what I’m doing.

Second to the hands on therapy work, I also love learning more about how to hone my skills as a therapist. The more I learn, the more questions I have, and the more I’m driven to study and learn more. And I’m so busy studying and learning that I also forget to tell social media that I’m studying and learning. 😂

That said, I realized that you might like to know sometimes what I’m busy studying and learning.

Trauma work is my specialty. Using bottom up interventions like EMDR effectively in a variety of complex presentations of trauma is my real speciality. It’s not about just throwing a “protocol” at the problem. It’s so much more complex and nuanced.

I love serving LEOs and emergency responders. I recently completed a training to better serve 911 professionals, recognizing the unique culture of these very first front end responders and the effects of trauma they experience in their daily work.

The training was a collaboration between EMDRIA (EMDR International Association) and APCO International (The Association of Public-Safety Communications Officials), and NENA (The National Emergency Number Association).

It’s an honor to serve these first-in-line emergency responders in my community! Thank you for all you do! ❤️