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Here at Optimize Wellness Counseling, our goal is to support you in your journey toward wholeness and healing. Dez, the founder, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with years of experience working in various rural community mental health programs across the state. She has worked with adults and youth experiencing various mental and behavioral health issues including depression, anxiety, attachment issues, trauma including abuse and PTSD, ADHD, suicidal ideation, relationship issues, life transitions, grief and loss, and adolescent issues. Dez is currently providing individual therapy for adults. Her approach is person centered, strengths based and collaborative. Through utilizing a variety of evidence-based practices, Dez collaborates with individuals to meet their treatment goals. She uses Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Internal Family Systems (IFS) informed interventions. At this time, Dez mostly uses IFS informed EMDR interventions, however has experience utilizing Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) informed skills, Narrative Therapy, Attachment based interventions, Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB), and Somatic based interventions.