Lydia Yinger
Lydia Yinger
(she/her)
Hi, I'm Lydia. Do you often place others' needs before your own? Is it usually easier to guess what others are feeling, rather than being able to identify your feelings? Do your relationships often feel one-sided, and you end up feeling resentful? I support and empower women to overcome challenges with anxiety, worry, and perfectionism, and create healthier relationships based on equality, respect, and trust. I love combining art therapy, body movement, and conversation to discover what is being held inside the body, waiting to be expressed. Together we identify and explore new ways of being in a world that attempts to pressure us to act and be a certain way. Therapy can be a bit scary and overwhelming if you've never experienced it before. I am committed to creating a safe, empathic, and non-judgmental space for you to practice being true to your own personality, values, and spirit. I look forward to our working together!
Get to know me
In our first session together, here's what you can expect
During our first session together, we will begin exploring where you are at now and what you think you might want to learn about yourself and your relationships. As we continue with our sessions, we start to build a therapeutic relationship in a safe and supportive space. Within this relationship, you will begin to uncover your needs and hopes for your future, and learn how to be in the present moment with gentleness, humor, love, and self-compassion.
The treatment methods and tools I utilize
I offer a humanistic approach of therapy with empathy, warmth, and patience. I bring specialties in attachment issues, codependency, and family systems, providing a focus of stress-informed care. Together, we practice mindfulness techniques to regulate the body, role-play strategies to improve communication, re-frame negative thinking, and bring meaning to the fragmented parts of the psyche that lie hidden in our bodies.
The biggest strengths that I bring into our sessions
My biggest strength is my personal experience healing from codependency and the pain of living a false-self. I grew up thinking I needed to take care of others, at the cost of my own dreams. As I learned about and gained access to my true-self, with the support of 12-step recovery, I felt free to live beyond mere survival. With this knowledge of self, I am able to listen and reflect with clients who are struggling from loss and fearing new beginnings. I am curious by nature, and love to watch others grow.