My Why

It’s important to remember the reality of how this agency was built and why this practice is necessary to exist!

The things that I could’ve never dreamed I could create by myself.

The realization of how much I never did alone.

 And the beauty found in this photo as I celebrate each milestone at home, simply me.

Two Years Ago- I remember making this video and then going to tell my kids.

 My daughter was four and my son was eight- and I remember trying to explain to them what it meant that I started my own business. 

This was in the middle of my daugher asking some pretty legitimate questions like

- why she had to start over at a new daycare again and why she lost her friends and teachers without any warning. 

I had not intended to jump into private practice or start my own agency. I was weeks away from my first hip reconstruction surgery, leaving me unable to walk without crutches. 

This was swiftly followed by having my right leg completely cut off and reattached- I was released on Christmas Eve, completely alone. My kids came home 7 days later and through the first six months of 2024 I learned how to re-walk and spent (what I considered a decent amount of time) in a wheelchair.

To say the circumstances were less than ideal would be an understatement. 

 I checked into those surgeries alone, I spent 7 days in a hospital stabilizing alone and I checked out of that hospital alone. And I had all of these patients counting on me. 

People who had let me sit in with them as they live some of their darkest moments and face the truths about themselves. People who had seen dozens of other counselors or providers of some sort- and continually told me the same message. THERE IS NO ONE WHO PROVIDES COUNSELING LIKE YOU DO.

So I started this business with:

• Zero knowledge of business management

• No one to cheer me on when I didn’t know how I was going to pay my bills or if I was going to fail my children

• No one to remind me why I was doing it when those who doubted me were the loudest voices I could hear

• No one to protect me from those who tried to contribute to my failure-

One the most common phrases you hear- if you have a dream and want to turn it into a reality - YOU HAVE TO BUILD A TEAM.

 Well. I have continually tried to build, support and contribute to this personal team mentality- but it just wasn’t something that seemed to bear fruit.

So I did what I knew how to do-

I seen my patients. 

I held space for their pain. 

I listened to their story and wanted to understand their side. 

And I learned everything I could about how to be successful as a business owner along the way. 

I will be the first to tell you, these first two years have been HARD EARNED. 

Thankfully I am a great Clinician, because I am a mediocre, bordering terrible business owner. 

I simply want to help, kind of in the job title 😉 

This resulted in excessive generosity and horrendous time management.

To be honest I have learned not to give a lot in my personal life-

This means though that if I have decided I will give to you- whether it’s energy, time, financial support, emotional stability, space, my presence - 

This means I will give ALL that I am capable of contributing to your life. 

The only limit being that I will not light myself on fire to keep you warm.

In my professional life- this results in every single person who walks through the door of The DBT Center of Wyoming receiving the same level of consistent care. 

Care that brings ALL of what I can contribute to the table.

To put it a bit more simply- if I have the ability to help better your life in someway, I will.

Come see why our agency being different is the change you want to make.