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Offering both in-person sessions and online therapy as a Utah Therapist
SLC Therapist Christy Kobe, LCSW, Introducing Nevin Alderman, CMHC, Couples Counseling in Utah
As a Salt Lake City therapist, I value connecting with professionals who show up with presence, skill, and genuine integrity. I pay attention to how therapists make people feel, how they communicate, and the care they bring into their work. It’s not often that I meet another therapist who is also exceptionally present, mindful, ethical, and dedicated, so when I do, I don’t take it for granted and I make a connection with them.
Nevin Alderman, who is the Owner and Director of Renew Relationship Counseling and does couples counseling in Utah, is one of those clinicians. In every interaction I have had with him, he has shown a deep commitment to helping people feel seen, understood, valued, and safe. I want to introduce him because the work he does with couples in Utah is so intentional and clear in how it supports their relationships in times of stress or disconnection.
Top myths about working with a Salt Lake City therapist
Whether you are meeting with me in-person as a SLC therapist or meeting with me via online therapy, I want to help you identify and work through the causes of your struggles to the extent possible so that you can experience genuine healing and transformation, and make the real, lasting changes you desire.
This is a very collaborative and active process in which we partner together in working toward the individualized goals we set together. This process is gentle, kind and compassionate, and is done at a pace that feels comfortable to you.
What I do differently to provide the best therapy as a Salt Lake City therapist
You’ve been looking for a SLC therapist and you’re seeing that there are a lot of options out there. It’s essential for you to understand the differences amongst therapists.
So I’ve written this post to share what is different about working with me as a SLC therapist.
Since I began practicing in 2003, I have developed a unique approach that is different and more effective than the approaches of many therapists in order to provide you with the best therapy.
Working with recently single professional women as a Salt Lake City therapist
Are you a recently single professional woman?
If so, please read on to learn more about my work as a SLC therapist and an EMDR Therapist in Utah, working with recently single professional women.
I hope you will find that you relate to the things my clients have shared with me and that I have observed in my work with them.
(In order to protect client confidentiality, identifying details have been withheld and answers to these questions have been given in reference to multiple clients, not referring to any one client in particular.)
More frequently asked questions about therapy with a Salt Lake City Therapist
Do I need therapy? How do I know if I need therapy?
When does someone need therapy? What are some signs that I may need therapy?
How do I know if I need to contact a SLC therapist or a Utah therapist?
How do I know if a therapist is a good fit for me?
Why do I need healthy boundaries? A Salt Lake City therapist explains
If you feel exhausted, burned out, depleted, overextended, depressed, anxious, resentful, angry, or unhappy in any of your relationships or roles in life, you may need healthier boundaries. If you daydream about dropping everything and disappearing, you feel like you have no time for yourself, or you avoid certain people and situations rather than addressing them directly, you may need healthier boundaries. . .
If you tend to build emotional walls to keep other people out emotionally and at a distance from you, you may need healthier boundaries. . .
Why do I need healthy boundaries? What are boundaries? How do I know if I need healthier boundaries? When setting a boundary, what do I say? I’m worried that people will be upset with me for setting a boundary…
How to increase empathy and connection between us from a Salt Lake City Therapist
We live in a society and a world with so much polarization, division and disconnection, one where we often define ourselves and others more by our differences than by what we have in common.
I have witnessed and heard a great deal from people about their most painful and vulnerable and difficult experiences that has led me to believe that healing our culture, our relationships, ourselves and our world is going to require us to develop deeper, more genuine empathy, compassion, and connection with others.
One of the simplest ways I’ve found that people can begin to increase this needed empathy and compassion for other people and to increase connection and heal divides with other people is gaining a deeper understanding of another’s lived experiences.
As researcher and author Dr. Brene Brown says, “People are hard to hate close up. Move in.”
One way to move in and get to know others better is by listening to the lived experiences of others in their own words.
So, I decided to write this post and compile a list of some of my favorite memoirs and biographies for anyone who is interested in deepening their understanding of the lived experiences of another person who they perceive as different from them.