SEEK1 was founded by Deborah Camphous, LMSW to meet the growing mental health needs among all ages in a way that is safe and non- pathologizing.
Deborah has over 20 years of clinical experience. She has worked in non-profit, school and clinical settings. She received her undergrad degree in psychology from Northwestern University and her
SEEK1 was founded by Deborah Camphous, LMSW to meet the growing mental health needs among all ages in a way that is safe and non- pathologizing.
Deborah has over 20 years of clinical experience. She has worked in non-profit, school and clinical settings. She received her undergrad degree in psychology from Northwestern University and her master's in social work degree from the University of Chicago. She has additional training and certifications in Social Thinking, CBT, Trauma Informed Stabilization, & EMDR. She regularly attends trainings in order to provide the best care to clients. She has personal experience in working through many life challenges which drives her passion to help give others hope and healing.
At SEEK1, we provide a calm, safe, nonjudgmental helping environment. We believe that there is no 'crazy' as all behaviors make sense and are attempts to solve a problem or meet a need in the best way one knows how. We also believe we can teach alternative ways to solve these problems or meet these needs that don't create or exacerbate problems
We are a Christian based practice with experience in treating a variety of issues including but not limited to: anxiety; stress; relationship issues; grief/loss; trauma; depression, and emotional regulation.
At SEEK1, we focus on helping individuals heal from broken and wounded relationships and experiences. People were created to live in community and connection with others. This can take the form of friendships, family relationships, work relationships, dating relationships or marriage. Traumatic and painful experiences at any time througho
At SEEK1, we focus on helping individuals heal from broken and wounded relationships and experiences. People were created to live in community and connection with others. This can take the form of friendships, family relationships, work relationships, dating relationships or marriage. Traumatic and painful experiences at any time throughout one's life can impact how we interact with and connect with others and our world.
Healthy relationships require the ability to engage in a number of skills such as the ability to: be able to manage a variety of emotions (anxiety, stress, anger, depression.) and engage in appropriate coping skills; have healthy self-esteem and confidence in ourselves, who we are, and to recognize our value in the world; be able to communicate clearly and assertively, including the ability to advocate for oneself, set limits/boundaries, and say no; heal any past or current traumas or unresolved grief and loss.
At SEEK1, we provide a safe, compassionate space to explore what is preventing a healthy relationship with oneself and/or with others.
We use a variety of treatment modalities including but not limited to: cognitive behavior therapy (CBT); family systems and Internal Family Systems (IFS)Informed; play-based and sand tray therapy; Christian counseling; trauma-focused; shame-informed; experiential; mindfulness; and eclectic (utilizing a variety of techniques to help clients heal and achieve their goals)
We are committed to understanding what your needs are and strive towards helping you to meet those needs. We take a collaborative approach and view counseling as a dynamic, interactive process. We have certain expertise, but you are the expert on you and your life. In collaboration with you, we will walk the path towards healing
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We are committed to understanding what your needs are and strive towards helping you to meet those needs. We take a collaborative approach and view counseling as a dynamic, interactive process. We have certain expertise, but you are the expert on you and your life. In collaboration with you, we will walk the path towards healing
We believe that educating individuals on the nature of their struggles, identifying and building upon their strengths, and providing opportunities to practice skills promotes the greatest growth and healing.
Our goal is to help you understand the nature of your struggles in a compassionate way, to learn tools and provide support to help you heal and move forward to where you want to be in your life. We want to instill hope that things can be healed, restored and life can feel more joyful again.
Everyone experiences anxiety and stress at times. However, when anxiety and stress begin to negatively impact your life and daily functioning (i.e., school, work, home, ability to sleep or concentrate...) it is time to consider getting help.
Anxiety is one of the most common disorders facing all age groups: kids, teens, and adults. During the pandemic there was a 41.5% increase of reported anxiety and stress. Untreated anxiety and stress can have many negative health effects and can lead to additional emotional struggles such as depression.
We help those who struggle with anxiety and stress by understanding the nature of the anxiety/stress, learning how anxiety/stress impacts the mind and body and learning tools to reduce anxiety/stress and return to healthy functioning and emotional empowerment.
We treat a range of anxiety struggles including Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD); Social Anxiety; Separation Anxiety; Obsessive-Compulsive (OCD); Acute Stress and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
We use a variety of treatment methods including but not limited to: Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Exposure and Response Prevention; Internal Family Systems (IFS), Experiential, Mindfulness, Sand Tray/Art; Trauma-Focused
We are social creatures, designed to live in connection and community with others. From birth, we are wired to connect or attach for our own survival. As a result, we all have a need to feel a sense of belonging and connection. Relationships provide meaning to our lives. Relationships can enrich our lives or can be painful, particularly if they are not healthy.
Some indications that your relationships need help include but are not limited to: lack of boundaries; disrespect; poor communication; any form of abuse; manipulative or controlling behaviors; isolation from others (either self-driven or coerced); intense jealousy; misaligned values
There are a number of skills that can be taught to help improve relationships, including but not limited to:
Boundary setting
Conflict resolution
Assertiveness training/communication
resolving issues that negatively impact relationships such as people-pleasing, perfectionism, low self-esteem/low self-worth
healing from past trauma/abuse
NOTE: We do not provide Couples therapy. This is individually based work
Trauma is the response to a highly distressing/disturbing event that overwhelms one's ability to cope; causes feelings of helplessness; diminishes one's sense of self and safety and the ability to feel a full range of emotions. Trauma is often experienced as an inner shattering of safety. Trauma can result from direct or indirect (i.e., witnessing, hearing about it) exposure to the distressing event. Examples include but are not limited to: car accidents; acts of violence; sexual assault, natural disasters, war, medical trauma....
Vicarious traumatization happens when one is exposed to seeing/hearing of other's traumas. This is common in first responders such as police, firefighters, doctors, nurses, counselors/therapists, clergy, ...
Most people will experience a traumatic event in their life. The good news is that trauma can be treated and healed.
Trauma symptoms can include avoiding things that trigger reminders of the events; re-experiencing symptoms via intrusive thoughts, images, flashbacks and/or nightmares; hyperarousal symptoms-hypervigilance, irritability/anger; sleep disturbance; negative mood and cognitions: -depression/anxiety; behavior changes or difficulty remembering details of the event.
Although these are NORMAL reactions/responses to a trauma, these responses, if untreated or unresolved, often create additional stress and suffering. Trauma therapy helps one to work through the impact/effects of what happened.
We treat trauma with an eclectic approach: 1) develop a safe therapeutic relationship; 2) Educate client on trauma-how it impacts brain, body and functioning; 3) Ensure client stabilization and help restore a sense of control to the client; 3) Determine with client treatment plan and modality which can include:
EMDR
Trauma-focused Cognitive Behavior therapy
Sand Tray
Journaling/Art
Mindfulness
Most trauma treatment involves a blend of treatment modalities within a safe, compassionate working relationship
Emotional regulation or self-regulation is the ability to respond to ongoing demands of an experience with the range of emotions, in a manner that is socially tolerable and flexible. It involves the ability to manage one's reactions as well as the ability to delay reactions depending on the social context. This ability, to initiate and/or inhibit or modulate one's emotion, is a crucial life skill.
There is high correlation between emotional dysregulation and symptoms of trauma, anxiety, depression, and substance abuse.
Emotional intelligence is the ability to be aware of, control and express one's emotions and to utilize appropriate coping skills. Emotional Intelligence is associated with social success and healthier relationships.
We can help individuals improve social awareness and regulation which in turn, grows one's emotional intelligence.