We want you to get the care you deserve.
Transforming mental health care
At Aligning Lotus Counseling, we are dedicated to transforming mental health care by combining evidence-based therapies with a deeply personalized approach. We provide flexible, accessible support that fits seamlessly into your life. Our focus is on a holistic understanding of your well-being, addressing not just psychological but also physical and social aspects of health. By emphasizing collaboration and tailoring treatment to your unique needs and strengths, we strive to empower you on your journey to better mental health. Our goal is to create a supportive, safe, non-judgmental environment where you feel understood, valued, and equipped to achieve lasting positive change.
How We Approach Therapy
Therapy should be personalized. Here are some of the ways our clinicians offer personalized therapy experiences.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Recognizing, replacing, and reframing negative thought patterns; identifying and changing behaviors; developing coping skills
Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
Clients focus on trauma while receiving bilateral stimulation to decrease the severity of activation and emotional overwhelm related to past experiences
Person-Centered Therapy
Focuses on the therapeutic relationship, empathy, unconditional positive regard, and genuineness
Existential Therapy
Provides a lens through which clients can find meaning in life; focuses on self-determination and free will, while emphasizing that clients have the capacity to make choices that are rational and find their potential.
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
Asserts that thinking about solutions to problems is more important than the problems themselves; sessions are rooted in the present and it is not necessary to discuss details about the past in order to create a future where problems have less of an impact on life.
Strengths-Based Therapy
Places emphasis on an individual’s unique strengths, goal-setting, autonomy, connections with others, etc.
Psychodynamic Therapy
Seeks to improve self-awareness and understanding of past and present behavior by placing an emphasis on unconscious processes.
Depth Psychology
Envelops both psychology and psychoanalysis; explores the relationship between the conscious and the unconscious, as well as the relationship between underlying motives and mental health problems.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Emotion regulation, interpersonal skills, distress tolerance, and mindfulness
Mindfulness
Helps clients to focus on the present, rather than on attachments to the past or worries about the future; sometimes uses meditation, but not always.
Systemic Therapy
Focuses on how people are within relationships, how groups interact, and what the dynamics are of those patterns of interaction.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
Provides support in accepting emotions and feelings using mindfulness, decreasing judgment of thoughts, and exploration of core values and identity while promoting positive life changes and resilience.
How we can help
Depression
Feeling down, depressed, or hopeless
Loss of interest and enjoyment
Excessive fatigue and difficulty sleeping
Decreased motivation or feeling “stuck”
Isolating from others and feeling lonely
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Coming out or being “outed”
Family / relationship conflict
Internalized oppression
Discrimination, harassment, violence
Difficulty accessing affirming healthcare
Chronic Illness/Pain
Feeling hopeless and helpless
Apprehension about healthcare providers
Unintended social isolation
Low mood related to decreased ability to function
Difficulty coping with illness and pain
Lack of appropriate support
Anxiety
Feeling restless, tense, or nervous
Difficulty with concentration
Experiencing excessive worry
Struggling to control worry
A sense of “impending doom”
Emotional Problems
Intense negative emotional responses
Difficulty managing emotions
Feeling easily overwhelmed
Impulsivity and outbursts of anger
Damaged relationships
Women’s Issues
Sexual and reproductive rights
Sexual harassment and assault
Domestic and intimate partner violence
Discrimination based on sex and gender
Challenging stereotypes that perpetuate gender inequality
Sports Psychology
Decline in athletic performance
Sudden changes in behavior
Increased irritability
Changes in sleeping patterns
Negative self-talk
Feeling intense pressure
Trauma
Acute, chronic, and complex trauma
Physical, emotional, verbal, sexual, and other types of abuse
Religious trauma / spiritual abuse
Posttraumatic stress
Grief
Sudden loss of loved one
Expected loss of loved one
Loss of pet and/or euthanasia
End of relationship / divorce
Separation from employment / job loss
Substance Abuse and Addiction
Inability to control use of substances, alcohol, or other addictions
Addiction negatively impacts everyday life and relationships
Serious health consequences
Legal consequences
Complex Mental Health Concerns
Combination of multiple mental health problems
Difficulty coping with more than one diagnosis
Feeling misunderstood by providers, family, friends, co-workers, and others
Neurodivergence
Difficulty in social situations
High sensitivity to sounds, smells, and other sensory experiences
Feeling misunderstood or “left out”
Inability to readily adapt to change
Life Transitions
Increase in stress related to transition
Difficulty completing daily tasks
Fear of the unknown
Fear of failure
Feeling a loss of control
First Responders and Military/Veterans
Depression, PTSD, Suicidal Ideation, Sleep Difficullties
Withdrawal from family/friends
Unexplained physical problems
“Self-medicating”
Fear of negative repercussions for seeking help
Accepted Forms of Payment
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Aetna Commercial
Corporate Plan Management / First Health Network
ProviDRs Care
Carelon Behavioral Health
KanCare (Kansas Medicaid) - Sunflower Health Plan (Aetna Better Health Pending)
Self-Pay
TriWest (Starting 1/1/2025)