Lillian Adkins

My communication style

I am open-minded, genuine, and accepting. But I am a stranger to you in our initial sessions. I will listen and ask questions. I will encourage you to discuss your needs, feeling and goals within your own comfort level. There are many tools at my disposal to facilitate almost pain-free communication with me and selected persons in your life.

My journey to mental healthcare

My interest in becoming a therapist began as a young teenager. I had to delay my education after marriage, so I made a detour into preschool teaching. Due to the encouragement from employers, I returned to college. Experience with mentally ill clients and working with foster children provided me with the motivation to begin my private practice.

My goals for you

I will provide many self-assessment tools to help you understand your goals. We will pick out more easily attainable goals to build motivation and a sense of hope. After some sessions, you may decide your goals and priorities may change as you understand and accept yourself. The goals will involve many phases of your life affecting your emotions.

Our first session

My first session is an attempt to develop a comfortable and accepting environment that will facilitate effective communication. I explain that being a trained therapist does not mean I have all the answers for any person's individual needs. We have to work as a team to ease emotional duress with the least pain.

I identify as...

• Female
• Caucasian or White
• Christian, Non-denominational