• restore • affirm • grow

• restore • affirm • grow

At Foundations Counseling Center, our mission is to empower individuals and families to restore their well-being, affirm their strengths, and grow towards meaningful and fulfilling lives. Through compassionate therapy and personalized support, we are dedicated to fostering healing, resilience, and transformation for every client we serve.

Our Specialties

Eating Disorders

We practice from a Health at Every Size®, weight inclusive approach. We treat Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, Binge Eating Disorder, Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder, and Other Specified Feeding or Eating Disorder. We are highly skilled at assessing, diagnosing, and creating a specialized care plan for clients who are seeking support with their eating or body image concerns. Eating disorders are complex and you do not have to fight them alone.

Trauma

We utilize Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) which is a structured therapy approach designed to help individuals recover from trauma. It focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and beliefs related to trauma. CPT involves cognitive restructuring techniques to challenge and replace negative or distorted thoughts with more balanced and realistic ones. This therapy aims to reduce symptomatology, improve coping skills, and promote emotional healing through a structured series of sessions.

Parenting Support

We offer guidance and techniques aimed at nurturing parents who are experiencing difficulties with understanding their children. We emphasize establishing trust, and form a supportive environment that promotes healing and growth. Therapeutic parenting techniques often focus on fostering attachment, setting clear boundaries, and exploring positive outcomes to encourage a healthier dynamic. 

Life Transitions

We help provide support during life transitions by establishing emotional support, clarifying goals, developing coping skills, identifying unhelpful patterns, exploring identity, building confidence, navigating relationships, and promoting personal growth. We offer a goal orientated approach to manage change effectively and enhance overall well-being.

Depression & Anxiety

We effectively treat depression and/or anxiety by identifying causes, restructuring thoughts, promoting positive behaviors, teaching emotional regulation, providing support, building coping skills, setting goals, and for fully comprehensive care. Through identifying and living into your values you can find purpose in your life again. We build confidence and resilience through ongoing support and guidance.

Mental Health Coaching

Mental health coaching helps individuals improve their well-being through goal-setting, skill-building, and support in a collaborative, strengths-focused approach. We offer general mental health coaching, eating disorder recovery coaching, and parental coaching. Ideal for those seeking to manage stress, boost self-esteem, and cultivate resilience in a supportive environment.

Affirming Care

Providing affirming care in a therapeutic context means offering support and validation that acknowledges and respects an individual's identity, experiences, and self-expression. This approach is particularly important in contexts where individuals may face marginalization or discrimination based on their gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, or other aspects of their identity.

Key Elements of Affirming Care

  • Respect and Validation

    Affirming care involves respecting an individual's self-identification and validating their experiences and feelings without judgment or prejudice.

  • Cultural Competence

    Therapists strive to understand and appreciate the cultural, social, and historical contexts that shape a client's identity and experiences.

  • Language and Terminology

    Using language and terminology that clients use to describe themselves and their identities, rather than imposing labels or assumptions.

  • Support and Self Discovery

    Creating a safe space for clients to explore and express their identity, including gender identity, sexual orientation, and cultural background.

  • Advocacy and Empowerment

    Advocating for clients' rights and promoting social justice by addressing systemic barriers and inequalities that impact their well-being.

  • Collaborative Approach

    Working collaboratively with clients to set goals and develop treatment plans that align with their unique needs and identities.

Affirming care is about fostering a therapeutic relationship built on trust, empathy, and acceptance, where clients feel empowered to explore and embrace their authentic selves. It plays a crucial role in promoting mental health and well-being by affirming the dignity and worth of every individual.