Blair Mead
Do you feel overwhelmed these days? Are you constantly trying to strike a balance between the demands of work and parenting or co-parenting, while also managing your health, housework, and perhaps other demands? In your family, does the caretaking always fall to you? Are you experiencing depression and anxiety in reaction to either a past trauma and/or burnout from stress? I work with women who are experiencing what I like to call "multiple-role fatigue". I have experience in treating depression, anxiety, and trauma-related stress disorders common to women who face an ever-mounting load of responsibilities in a complex society, where being a mother or a caretaker often comes with diverse challenges and responsibilities. I also like to work with clients on their recovery from trauma. With this in mind, I incorporate various treatment modalities, where healing and recovery can take place through a combination of compassionate conversation, active listening, homework assignments journaling, mindfulness, self-reflection, cognitive behavior therapy, grief counseling, boundary setting and trauma-informed care. I also offer a faith-based support, where clients seeking a Christian approach are welcome. I like to form a supportive alliance with caregivers to help them navigate the demands of parenting a child or children with higher needs. I focus on parental needs, and I work with clients using evidence-based techniques to empower them to achieve balance and experience lasting well-being. For parents, I'm a big advocate of self-care, and I help my clients learn to nurture themselves in a sustainable way to avoid burnout. I also believe that parents need to feel seen and heard, and the stress of parenting cannot be overemphasized. Forming a partnership with parents, giving them a forum in which they feel consistently supported in a compassionate and non-judgmental way, therefore, is one of my top priorities as a therapist.
I find that I am most in my element when I can speak freely about Jesus and what the Good News from the gospel means for the healing of humanity.
First session
In our first session together, we’ll start with brief introductions, then dive through not the specific challenges you’re facing. This will help me create a tailored plan for us to work through in follow up sessions.
Strengths
I've always been good at forming connections with young people. It seems to be my gift as a clinician. I also love counseling from a faith-based perspective, as my Christianity has become a large part of my identity. I find that I am most in my element when I can speak freely about Jesus and what the Good News from the gospel means for the healing of humanity.
Ideal clients
I specialize in helping adults heal from trauma, abuse, and painful relationship experiences. My practice focuses particularly on individuals recovering from childhood emotional neglect, domestic violence, coercive relationships, religious trauma, abandonment wounds, and chronic invalidation. I work well with clients who feel stuck in patterns of anxiety, anger, shame, hypervigilance, or emotional overwhelm. I believe in treating posttraumatic stress in tandum with depression and other co-occurring disorders. I offer a faith-based approach in Christian counseling, which I find to be foundational for counseling to those showing up desiring this approach.
Treatment methods
EMDR
I’ve seen success with countless clients suffering from relational trauma, abuse recovery, and other trauma using this approach, and for this reason I have become a true believer in its efficacy to heal trauma from an evidence-based, neurological biological standpoint. Talk therapy alone does not address the roots of deeper trauma. I like to use a combination of techniques, with EMDR always at the forefront when it comes to providing relief to those with a traumatic history.
Christian Counseling
The Christian life is one I embraced many years ago when I first became a mother. I believe strongly in the truths found in Scripture, and offer a faith-based approach for clients who are seeking to incorporate this into their therapy sessions.
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Thinking about our thinking isn’t always easy. I challenge my clients to take a closer look at their thoughts patterns, bring them into question, and assign homework designed help clients on their journey towards healthier, balanced ways to interpret their life circumstances.
Location
Virtual sessions
Identifies as
Christian
Woman
Top specialties
Anxiety
Depression
Trauma and PTSD
Other specialties
ADHD
Addiction
Dissociative Disorders
Domestic Violence
Grief
Mood Disorders
Parenting
Self Esteem
Spirituality
Women's Issues
Serves
Adults (18 to 64)
Individual Therapy
Woman
Doesn't specialize in
Couples Counseling
Couples Counseling
Family Therapy
Licensed in
FloridaLicense TPMC3997
PennsylvaniaLicense PC015654
Accepted insurance
Ambetter Health