Hi! I'm Keight, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker located in Bloomington Indiana. I practice through a liberatory lens, which means that I'm here to help you find your power and some peace in very disempowering world. My main goal as a clinician is to help folks live a life that aligns as closely as possible with what matters most to them. Hate your job? Let's talk about it. Feeling limited in the ways you can express yourself, or exist as you are? Here for it. Experiencing big feelings of "not" okay more often than you'd like? Say no more, I got you.
What can clients expect to take away from sessions with you?
In our first session, I'll ask you a great deal of questions about yourself so that I may get to know you and your life experiences better. This information helps me build a foundation to identify what approaches may be best to support you in reaching your goals. Every once in a while, a provider or client may find that they are not the best fit for each other in the first session due to a clinician's scope of experience or a client realizing a need for something different, and that's okay too! In the slim chance that this happens, I'll help by offering referrals to providers who have the necessary experience. If your gut tells you it's not a good fit, it's also great to listen to your own needs for support. Comfort is key.
Explain to clients what areas you feel are your biggest strengths.
As a provider, I'm a little "weird", a little different, and a believer that there's a therapist for everyone, but we can't be the one therapist for everyone. I'm a person who has lived experience navigating carceral and harmful systems of care, which gives me a strong sense of solidarity with my clients. I'm not here to view you merely as a set of symptoms, or of a person who is "crazy" or "dysfunctional". I'm here to sit with you and support you as a fellow human by bringing in lots of evidence-based knowledge and unwavering humanity. I am a proponent of the idea of "decolonizing" therapy. I'm unlearning the unhelpful norms taught to me in graduate school and re-learning from the wisdom shared by BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, Mad*, and disabled individuals and clinicians. *https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10579658/
Describe the client(s) you are best positioned to serve.
I'm best positioned to serve clients who: -have felt as if they were not believed by past providers. -have felt judged or misunderstood in therapy or their daily life. -have had adverse experiences navigating unhelpful societal systems or norms. -Are Transgender or gender-expansive and wish to work with a clinician with lived experience. -Are exploring facets of their identity, such as sexuality, gender, boundaries and limits, values, or occupation -Are feeling unhappy in their career, relationship, or life circumstances. -Are Gen Z or Millennial individuals -Experience differentiation in parts of self -Have experienced Traumatic or adverse life events with lasting impact -are neurodivergent and seeking ways to embrace their ways of being while navigating the world with greater ease. -Dislike carceral systems of "care". the polar opposite of Tony Soprano's therapist in the hit HBO series "The Sopranos" If you're looking for a therapist who is constantly learning new and effective approaches, and practicing with a more Neuro-affirming/Queer-affirming approach than many therapists you may have encountered we might be a good fit! This means that I "vibe" best with individuals who seek to find what no longer serves them, identify the source of that messaging, and write their own life story. Why does it matter who seems to enjoy working with me the best? --because "therapeutic alliance" (or how comfortable you feel with your therapist) is the greatest predictor of positive outcomes in therapy.
About Keight Wrightmire
Keight Wrightmire offers therapy covered by UnitedHealthcare/Optum - Medicaid in Indiana.
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205 N College Ave, Bloomington, IN 47404, Suite 013Appointments
Virtual & in-personMy treatment methods
Acceptance and commitment (ACT)
I utilize ACT as a way to aid clients in identifying their values and align their actions with said values to improve their overall life satisfaction. ACT is also helpful in learning ways to stay present in the moment (vs. worry thoughts, moments of panic or anxiousness, etc.) and increasing our ability to separate ourselves from our experiences, thus identifying that unpleasant and difficult experiences aren't forever, just maybe right now.
EMDR
Eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) is a trauma treatment method that aids in teaching the body and the brain that we are no longer experiencing a Traumatic or adverse event or series of events that occurred in the past. It's important to note that EMDR is not a good fit for everyone, but that doesn't mean that ones' Trauma is untreatable. EMDR utilizes eye movement or bilateral stimulation (side-to-side movement) to aid the brain in working through difficult memories and increasing belief in our safety, security, and coping ability in the present. Think of it as updating an old operating system on a computer. The memory of the event is still present, but the emotional or somatic feelings of distress when we remember it are ideally significantly reduced, or no longer present. EMDR is not a good fit for individuals in the midst of distressing life events, or individuals who experience significant feelings of detachment from themself or the world around them. EMDR is always prefaced with "resourcing" sessions where we learn to ground and stabilize effectively so that the skills are there when we need them. It is a process that takes time.
Attachment-based
At times we may find that our actions within interpersonal relationships may be following patterns that are unhelpful to us. Attachment theory can be used as a way to make sense of the connection between our relationships with our caregivers during our development and ourselves in the present. It's a way of understanding the purpose our coping mechanisms held when we were younger, and how they may be hindering us as adults. The last step of this process is learning how to achieve feelings of security in our relationships while mitigating fear of abandonment, enmeshment, or fear of closeness with others.
Gender-affirming therapy
I practice through a gender-affirming lens, and recognize that our gender identity and expression is merely a facet of our overall identity. It is common for parts of identity to be ever-evolving throughout the lifespan, and for many people, our gender identity may look different from what the world tells us we "should" be. I am in support of clients' right to express themselves and their own identities in a way that feels most comfortable and authentic to them. Additionally, I am here to support clients in their exploration of their gender expression and identity, as we all deserve to live in the world and our bodies with as much comfort as possible.
Polyvagal Therapy
I have undergone training in the therapeutic application of polyvagal skills by Deb Dana, LCSW, a therapist who led our field in integrating polyvagal theory (the study of the autonomic nervous system and its impact on our coping ability) into practical skills and techniques. This is one of my favorite modalities to use, and I greatly enjoy teaching clients techniques that they can continue to practice throughout their lives to aid in coping with stressors and distressing stimuli.