How has pain colored your lens? Clouded your thoughts and decision making? Impacted your interpersonal relationships? Affected your vocational environment? Most people don't realize that if pain goes unattended, and it impacts every area of our lives; it impacts how we see and experience the world and the people in it. Unattended to pain opens the door to destructive behavior patterns and declining motivation. Pain can show up in addictions, somatic/psychotic manifestation, depression, anxiety, suicidal ideation, etc. When explored with the aide of a professional, that same pain can be utilized to help you discover the best version of yourself. Much of the pain that we suppress can also be attached to areas of life that we have not given ourselves permission to grieve. In addition to being an LPC, I am also a Certified Grief Recovery Specialist, and I am fully qualified to help you explore that. I am licensed in Both Texas and in NJ.