Quiet your mind
Make peace with your body
Harmonize your life!
COUNSELING
Overcome obstacles and personal challenges to your mental health and wellness. Get back to your true self.
EMDR Therapy
Bring adaptive resolution to traumatic memories and other adverse life experiences.
Coaching
Unleash your full potential and fulfill what’s possible for you in your life.
“As you start to walk on the way,
the way appears.”
~Rumi
Start Your Journey Today
As individuals, no matter our background, we are all susceptible to the stress and adversity that living brings. Though not always pleasant, each adversity gives us with an opportunity for self-discovery, growth and transformation. At GROWTHspring, the counseling process is designed to help you tap into these experiences, move towards healing and begin to fully engage in your life. By taking the leap and beginning your personal counseling journey today, you are opening the door to releasing the past, living authentically in the present and realizing your full potential. Are you ready?
What you may be struggling with:
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- Depression
- Anxiety
- Body image disturbances
- Trauma or losses
- Relationship issues
- Eating related concerns/Eating disorders
- Issues related to your Life’s purpose
- A sense of apathy or futility
- Athletes with eating disorders
Whether you are merely looking for guidance to make your life more full and complete or are struggling with your recovery from an eating disorder, I look forward to partnering with you.
Have questions? Set up a free 15-minute consultation. There’s no time like the present.
“At all times and under all circumstances, we have the power
to transform the quality of our lives.”
~Werner Erhard
About Me
Heidi Francine Ligouri, MC, LPC, NCC
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor and Certified EMDR Trauma Resolution Therapist, though I prefer to call myself a counselor and a coach for living well. Mostly, who I am, really, is a listener. I listen to what matters to you, to what your heart wants, and I listen for where you are stopped so you can get unstopped… if you want to!
If you choose to work with me, please rest assured I am not here to merely give you more tools to COPE with life. I am here to have you eradicate the barriers that exist between you and fully being in life and thriving.
My Philosophy:
Personally, I believe in the tenacity of the human spirit and our innate ability to grow beyond our suffering. I don’t believe you are a diagnosis. I believe you are a human dealing with life. Life can be confronting in many ways, even crippling mentally at times, and in these times, what we need is an ear, not necessarily a label. That’s what you will find here, with me, at GROWTHspring. A space to be seen, a space to be heard, and a space to learn how to listen intently to your own authentic desires that live on the other side of your suffering.
No matter if you are dealing with a recent traumatic event, recovering from an eating disorder, or you are merely feeling a little off track or disconnected from your purpose, you are in the right place.
Is GROWTHspring Right for Me?
What you can expect…
At GROWTHspring you have a partner for life in moving through all the spaces of living that you may not want to move through alone. Authentically interested, refreshingly straight and lovingling confrontive care.
Trauma informed…
If you really stop and think about it, you will notice that we didn’t come into this world with most of the things that we struggle with emotionally. Said another way, much of our emotional distress comes from experiences that we have had while living. In life, when things are startling, distressing or traumatic, it can impact our sense of safety and belonging in the world. When our sense of safety has been impacted the way we experience ourselves, the people in our lives and our fundamental sense of living alters. Working with me at GROWTHspring looks like leaning into the moments that are upsetting, releasing the past, and restoring a sense of safety, belonging and wellbeing in the now.
Neuro Science Driven…
Think of your brain as the core of your body’s operating system. Your brain and nervous system is responsible for all of the thoughts we think and emotions we have. Mostly we feel like our emotions are coming from the environment or the things that happen outside of us when in fact, they are a result of our body’s operating system doing its job to keep us safe. Learning how to better understand, experience and take care of your nervous system can empower emotional health and wellbeing.
Mindfulness Based Client Centered (collaborative) Care…
Our life is happening right now, and right now, and right now. In every moment of now, we are having an experience of living. In our fast paced, results oriented world, we often miss these experiences that happen from moment to moment. The counseling process at GROWTHspring creates a space to slow down and be in the experience of living right now. No matter if this sounds scary or just like what you are needing, I will meet you right where you are and together, we will develop a pace that meets your individual needs to support you in bringing forth results that last.
As we work together, you will begin to:
- Uncover your voice, power and what authentically matters to you.
- Experience a greater sense of freedom in living.
- Start participating in life rather than coping with it.
- Grow an expanded sense of peace of mind and peace of being.
- Take better care of your brain, body and the things that matter to you.
And
- Discover your authority to create a life that is fulfilling and a life you love.
Get started today! Set up a free 15-minute consultation.
Services Provided
Counseling Program:
I will work with you to unpack your doubt, release your shame, and discover what it’s like to be fully present with and engaged in your life today as it is. Through the counseling process at GROWTHspring you will discover your authentic voice, clarify what truly matters to you and find yourself in action creating a life you love. I lean towards a mindfulness based cognitive behavioral approach to most of the talk therapy that I do, though if you work with me, you will find that body awareness, emotional experiencing and interpersonal communication patterns may also play a significant role in the overall process.
EMDR:
EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing. It is a type of therapy that was discovered in the early 1990s by Francine Shapiro to treat traumatic stress. Since then, this modality of care has been extensively studied and shown to be a highly effective intervention for most types of emotional distress. At GROWTHspring, EMDR is an integral part to comprehensive care and is an option that’s available to all clients. Not only can EMDR be utilized to address emotional distress, but it can also be used to address food cravings, relationship addictions and aid in athletic performance enhancement.
Coaching Program:
Is your life so busy you can’t find a time to connect to what really matters to you? Do you find yourself running on that hamster wheel when what your heart wants is to be taking your business or career to the next level or even starting a passion project? Do you know your health is suffering but you haven’t found an effective way to do the things you need to do? Then the Coaching Program at GROWTHspring is the place for you. Get focused on your dream, clear what’s in your way and watch your future unfold.
Eating Disorder Recovery Program:
Counseling is an essential part of full recovery from any Eating Disorder. At GROWTHspring, I provide the individual counseling and EMDR therapy necessary for full recovery to take place. I do believe full recovery is possible, regardless of your diagnosis. What it takes is a desire and willingness to enter care. When you are ready, I am here to partner with you on your journey toward health, wellness, and reconnecting with your true authentic self.
Telehealth:
Maybe you’ve wanted to work with a counselor or coach but finding the time seems impossible to you. At GROWTHspring, Counseling, EMDR and Coaching services are all available both in-person and via telehealth.