New to Grow
Hello, I am Haley Darr. I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with over 22 years of experience helping individuals and couples navigate complex emotions, relationship patters, and major life transitions. My approach is warm, practical, and grounded in evidence-based therapies. I work collaboratively with clients to help them gain clarity, strengthen relationships and move toward steady, lasting change. Clients feel seen, understood and guided rather than judged or lectured. I guide clients toward healthier connections with others.
In our first session together, here's what you can expect
In the first session, there will be a calm welcoming conversation where you share the struggles you are dealing with as I listen and ask questions. It will be a relaxed pace, no pressure to share everything, and you will be given a chance to settle in as you get to know my style and personality. I will lead with warmth, clarity and grounded professionalism.
The biggest strengths that I bring into our sessions
What makes me unique is my deep relational insight. I understand complex family and relational dynamics including enmeshment, avoidance, attachment patterns and communication styles. I can quickly identify patterns that keep clients stuck and name them in a clear, non-judgmental way. I am skilled at connection relational patterns to past experiences, family of origin and current struggles. I provide clear, practical guide without being harsh or dismissive and balance warmth and empathy with honesty.
The clients I'm best positioned to serve
I have spent years working with clients especially dealing with avoidant partners, enmeshed family systems, communication breakdown and wounds inside marriages. I enjoy helping women struggling with carrying heavy loads in their lives, motherhood and marriages. I will implement a faith based approach only when a client requests that be a part of their therapy journey. I would be an ideal therapist for anyone who benefits from directness without judgement, practical language, clear steps towards therapy goals.
Interpersonal
My approach in therapy session focuses on our a person relates to others, how relationship patterns are formed, and how those patterns impact emotional well being.
Attachment-based
Attachment-based therapy in sessions focuses on how early relationships, especially with primary caregivers, shape a person's emotional patterns, coping behaviors, and expectations in close relationships as adults.
Christian Counseling
I enjoy integrating Christian beliefs, values and practices inside the session if a client is open to this approach.
Couples Counseling
While in couples counseling, my approach to to help each client feel seen, heard and understood. We can work together to help improve the relationship by strengthening communication, resolving conflict and rebuilding emotional connection. This will be a safe, structured environment to explore patterns, heal wounds and learn healthier ways of relating.
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
This is a gentle approach that helps people understand and heal their inner emotional world by viewing themselves in a new way and understanding that we each have our own feelings, needs and roles. We will explore early trauma, attachment wounds and relationship patterns.