Cristal Java LMHC, Inner Compass Counseling

I am not currently accepting new clients. It is a strange and difficult time for most of us. We can get lost navigating emotions and trauma without support. Therapy can make a meaningful difference, often quite quickly. I'm so glad you came looking for help. I alternate between conscious work/talk therapy (left brain) and depth work/subconscious/embodied (right brain) focuses. I find that we need body and mind, emotions, creativity and logic, to truly heal. The stories we tell ourselves shape and color our perceptions and thus our experiences. We live in the palaces or prisons of our own minds. We can learn to accept, lovingly adjust, re-story, and bring ourselves alive. Psycho-education and concrete tools can help us change patterns. EMDR and Lifespan Integration allow us to work with, and heal traumatic memories. IFS helps us work with the psyche in parts, helping us to understand ourselves and address toxic shame. ISP/Somatic addresses embodied/stuck emotions. We don’t always know exactly what harmed us. Some wounds are beyond or before language. Some moments are too painful or private to be voiced. Thankfully, not all therapeutic processes require graphic/ detailed re-tellings. Many people keep their darkest memories untold, and still heal past them. Relief comes, sometimes stumbling, but it comes. Techniques I offer: EMDR, Lifespan Integration, Narrative Therapy, ISP Somatics (embodied emotions), IFS informed exploration (parts work), Eco-therapy walking sessions, Anti-Racist/Feminist/Anti-Oppression therapy, Career Counseling, and Mindful Self-Compassion. Effective therapy is liberating, it creates spaciousness and increases our capacity for joy. I love being a part of it. Therapeutic transformations bring me alive. I am currently accepting new clients. In-person sessions available in Olympia. Telehealth/online counseling is available throughout Washington State.