Focus Areas: Supporting Adults Ready to Heal, Evolve, and Reclaim Their Authentic Selves

At Laurie Teegarden Counseling, I specialize in helping adults who have done some personal work already — but still feel stuck in painful, repeating patterns.

 

You may be self-aware and high-functioning, yet struggling to feel at peace within yourself.

 

Through a compassionate, trauma-informed lens, I help you understand why you feel the way you do, so you can finally move beyond coping and begin truly thriving.

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Healing with me is not about fixing what’s “wrong” with you — it’s about reconnecting with who you truly are underneath the survival patterns that once kept you safe.

 

Below are the core areas I support  clients through individualized therapy and coaching:

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Childhood Trauma & Attachment Wounds

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Emotional neglect, abandonment, or insecurity can shape the way you see yourself and relate to others. Therapy helps you identify these early attachment patterns and begin healing at the root — so you can feel safe, connected, and worthy in your relationships and within yourself.

 

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Shame, Self-Worth, Depression, Image & Identity

Many adults c

arry hidden shame or a sense of “not enoughness.”

 

You may look fine on the outside while silently struggling with self-doubt or emotional fatigue.

 

Together, we’ll uncover where those beliefs began, release the inner critic, and rebuild a grounded sense of worth and self-compassion.

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Relationship & Codependency Patterns

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If you find yourself over-giving, people-pleasing, or losing yourself in relationships, you’re not alone.

 

These patterns often trace back to early attachment injuries.

 

Therapy can help you create healthier boundaries, deepen authentic connection, and feel secure without self-abandonment.

 

Codependency Issues:

Perfectionism, Anxiety, Performance & Burnout

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You may have learned to equate worth with achievement or productivity.

 

When your nervous system never gets to rest, burnout and anxiety follow.

 

Our work focuses on untangling perfectionism, soothing the inner critic, and learning to thrive from calm confidence instead of constant doing.

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Process Addictions, Compulsive Behaviors & Emotional Overwhelm

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Whether through work, caretaking, scrolling, or overdoing, compulsive behaviors are often attempts to regulate difficult emotions.

 

Healing means understanding what those behaviors are protecting, building emotional safety, and learning new ways to soothe and center yourself.

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Giftedness, HSP, Creatives, Neurodivergence, Higher Intellectuals & ADHD

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Gifted, creative, and sensitive adults often experience the world intensely.

 

While this depth brings insight and creativity, it can also cause overstimulation, loneliness, and self-doubt.

 

Therapy helps you harness your sensitivity and intellect as strengths, and live with more balance, peace, and authenticity.

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A Space for Deep, Lasting Healing

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You’ve already worked hard to grow — now it’s time for deeper integration and transformation.

 

Whether through therapy or coaching, I help you reconnect with your authentic self, cultivate compassion for every part of you, and live with greater freedom, clarity, and peace.