Licensed Professional Counselor, PhD, LPC-S, NCC, ACS, BC-TMH, EMDRIA Certified, Qualified ART
Dr. Lucy Underwood and Associates work with clients to improve self compassion and give self grace. Many clients experience guilt and shame as a consequence of emotionally distressing experiences. We teach clients how to stop the self blame and the taking on of responsibility for others' negative behavior.
All the major spiritual traditions as well as scientific studies site forgiveness as a main key to a happy and fulfilling life. Holding onto grudges, anger, guilt, shame, etc towards others but also towards ourselves can be like dragging around a heavy anchor that constantly weighs us down and keeps us from having a more open loving heart and enjoying life. For highly sensitive people, this lack of forgiveness can often have an even more dramatic effect and in some cases can even lead to health issues as well. Together we will work through a process of forgiveness that will bring you much more freedom using a unique multi-modal approach.
People struggle with forgiveness because it creates mixed emotions. I offer clients the ability to work through the feelings that accompany the issues by acting as an objective, non-judgmental sounding board. I recognize there is a desire to forgive yet also not be taken advantage of in the future.