Better Days

Counseling

ANXIETY
TRUAMA
RELATIONSHIPS

CHRONIC PAIN
CAREERS

Brookside Counselor Therapy Anxiety Stress

Kansas City therapist Fibromyalgia Trauma Chronic Pain

Crystal Baldwin

I provide an eclectic approach to counseling because I believe that each person is unique and deserves an approach that will best fit their needs. I aim to provide a safe, compassionate, and empowering environment for those who choose to partner with me on their counseling journey. Whether you are seeking counseling to process experiences from the past, or wanting to create a different future for yourself, I will seek to listen, understand and meet you where you are at on your journey.

“The privilege of a lifetime is to become who you truly are.”
-Carl Jung

MY COUNSELING METHOD

FOCUS

Pause to notice your thoughts, emotions, and experiences
REFLECT

We will move slowly so you can process how you have been affected by what you are noticing
Refine

With your newfound understanding you have the freedom to create the future you desire

Our Services

We will work together to discover the root of your anxiety so that you can find the freedom you desire to live life on your own terms.
Sometimes really big things happen that are too overwhelming for our nervous system to process. Or, a series of small events accumulate over time until it is too much to carry. Together we can explore your experiences at your own pace, releasing the stuck energy that continues to make life a struggle.
We will work together using Prepare/Enrich, a Premarital and Committed Relationship assessment tool that uses evidence-based skills and insights to foster healthy relationships.
We will work together to discover how you can create an enjoyable life for yourself, while learning new techniques to help decrease your chronic symptoms.
We will work together to discover the attributes that make you unique and explore career options that could be a good fit for you.
ADHD, Autism, Sensory Processing Disorder and so many more diagnoses fall under the category of Neurodiversity. We can work together help you thrive in a world that wasn’t designed for you.

Brookside counseling Fibromyalgia Kansas City Chronic Pain

Somatic Experiencing®

Somatic Experiencing® (SE), is a body-based, naturalistic approach to healing trauma.

It was founded by Dr. Peter Levine, who through decades of research and study, developed this method as a way of restoring balance to the nervous system after the effects of traumatic experiences. SE is based on the notion that traditional talk therapy, which engages the higher analytical functions of the brain, does not fully take into account the place where trauma is most commonly held: the body.

Somatic Experiencing® helps us access the thwarted fight/flight energies of a traumatic event and facilitates the completion of self protective responses, such as healthy aggression. Through a gentle, collaborative process with an SE practitioner, clients can learn the language of their bodies, learn tools for self regulation and restore their nervous system equilibrium. This allows for a fuller range of emotional and physical expression, and a more embodied way of being.

I am a Certified Somatic Experiencing Practitioner. I will incorporate this approach into our work as we collaborate together. This can be very helpful if talk therapy has felt difficult in the past.

Fees

$125 idividuals ages 13+

45 minute session

$125 couples

45 minute session

ALL ARE WELCOME

I do not accept insurance due to the requirement of a mental health diagnosis, decrease in therapist/client confidentiality, and insurance-driven timelines and treatment criteria. I am private, self pay only.