Are you searching for someone to listen to you? For many years, I have heard over and over clients say, “Thank you, I have just been wanting someone to listen to me”. I have always felt led to sit and listen when a client went from answering assessment questions to opening up and spilling their heart. Assessment is essential to begin building a relationship between a client and counselor. However, I believe listening is just as important. I have been a licensed social worker for over 25 years. My love for helping people learn how to help themselves and redirect their thoughts and feelings led me to finishing my life long dream and career goal of returning to school and becoming a licensed counselor a few years ago. With my clients over the years, I have gained experience in helping them work through stress, anxiety, depression, family dynamics, job loss, marital problems, physical limitations and/or disabilities, as well as long term life-altering situations. These situations brought me to work with adults of all ages due to the circumstances affecting relationships with family and friends. I am a wife, a mother of two young adult children, a mother-in-law, a sister and a daughter myself. I understand and know how family dynamics affect an individual’s physical and emotional health in all aspects of their daily lives.

What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?

In our first session we will be able to review your intake information completed prior to session and fill in any further needed details that are pertinent. This will allow us to move on to you being able to share the main reason you have reached out for counseling. It is very important for us to establish a comfortable and trusting flow of communication so that you can begin to untangle your stressors and make sense of possible coping skills and solutions.

Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.

In my years of working as a professional, I have had the opportunity to work in new born adoption, nursing facilities, acute hospital and case management in clients personal home. This experience has allowed me to work with adults of all ages, family systems and help individuals and their families work through personal, health and life changing events. This has provided me with much needed experience working with client's of all ages, cultures and backgrounds. I have always been able to stop, listen and give my undivided attention to those needing someone to listen to them. This requires patience and the ability to allow the client to feel comfortable in sharing their circumstances, thoughts and feelings with no judgement. I have spent many years working with clients in healthcare settings such as nursing homes, hospital and private homes. Working in a hospital setting during a world wide pandemic was not just life changing for the patients, but for me as a professional as well. We made it to the other side of that unexpected life altering experience. It wasn't easy, but I am a stronger professional for the experience.

About Lynn Pendergrass

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