Jamie LaFevers

Hello, my name is Jamie LaFevers and I am a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor who collaborates with my clients to ensure that they are a good fit, their needs and goals are understood and encouraged, and that success is always on the horizon. My practice focuses on clients' strengths and that their experience with therapy is positive, supportive, and helpful.

My approach

I am passionate about psychotherapy and working with clients and have abridged my clinical resources to something that fits my personal style and that I feel is the most effective approach for the way I work with clients. I use a Cognitive Behavioral (CBT) and Solution-Focused (SFT) approach to therapy. This means that therapy services with me will focus on a client's thoughts, beliefs, feelings, and behaviors and how they have impacted the client's life (for better or worse), and what changes the client would like to see happen. This approach means that clients are in the driver's seat and that the services are tailored to their specific and unique needs. I believe that clients are the experts in their own lives and my role is to assist them in figuring out the best path for them. When working with me clients can expect compassionate and empathetic service. In addition to therapy, I provide homework assignments when appropriate, resources, referrals, and I use humor and humanistic engagement to assist clients in their personal and development.

My focus

The clients that I typically work with, and who have expressed the most success working with me, are clients who are resourceful, encouraged by the idea of growth, open to collaboration, and find humor in the dark places. I have the most experience and passion for treating anxiety disorders (including OCD and phobias), depression, career and job/transition needs, relationship issues, and grief. These problems affect most of my clients and I find it extremely rewarding to help them find the best solutions for these issues.

My communication style

The tone and environment of my sessions are empathetic, compassionate, and educational. One of my goals is to teach my clients how to use the skills and resources I have gained over the years daily to encourage their own success and ensure that they can feel empowered to take challenges head-on.

My journey to mental healthcare

Like most people, my life has been impacted in some way by struggle; whether directly or indirectly. Becoming a therapist was a natural way to seek out answers to struggles and a way to help others experiencing similar (or sometimes very different) problems. I am driven by the responses from my clients who tell me that therapy had a positive impact on their lives and that they are somehow, in some way, better because counseling was provided to them. The struggle is still there, but we are not alone.

My goals for you

My approach to goal setting is that goals are reviewed consistently and adapted along with the client's progress and normal changes. I help clients identify long-term (big picture) goals and then break it down into small, achievable steps that empower clients to start doing things that help as soon as they are ready.

My first session with you

The first session is a general assessment session that discusses the client's history, experience with counseling, current situation, and future plans. We talk about the people in the client's life, their pets, their hobbies, and their jobs as well as what brought them into therapy. Specific symptoms are evaluated and reviewed to ensure that proper recommendations are provided and care is received.