Susan Lessley Counseling

Introduction: You can feel better. Have you decided you want to make changes in your life? Have you lost track of who you were supposed to be? Are you experiencing relationship stress? Are you or is your partner sexually acting out, leaving you unsure what to do? I offer individual, couples, and family therapy. Life happens; let's deal with it. You’ve taken a step to look for help with the painful issues in your life. You’re starting to think of assisting yourself to grow beyond that stuck place. Good for you! You might be wondering if you have the courage or the strength to look at the issues, or if you even want to get help. It helps to have guidance, an encourager, a witness, and to help you in your journey. I believe I can help you by providing these things as you walk down the way of exploration of your own life. Make changes in your own life! I believe that people are very resilient beings. We could go through a multitude of situations, a lot of them are very harmful to us physically, emotionally, mentally and sexually, and yet we remain functional people. A lot of us would like to go beyond functional to discard the dysfunction of our family of origin and begin to grow in ways which will help us live fulfilled, balanced, and peaceful lives. I believe that as we grow up in the families of origin, we start to learn to cope and adapt in unhealthy ways which tend to follow us into adulthood. Seeing those coping mechanisms and fears that stem from childhood is essential to finding the freedom to be who we want to be. I’ve been trained by Pia Mellody in Post Induction Therapy, which specializes on developmental immaturity (previously called codependence) from childhood experiences.