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
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
Strengths-Based Therapy
Places emphasis on an individual’s unique strengths, goal-setting, autonomy, connections with others, etc.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
Emotion regulation, interpersonal skills, distress tolerance, and mindfulness
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
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
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
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
TriWest
EMPAC
Self-Pay