Leslie Capehart LMHC

You can expect to better understand yourself and the connections between thoughts and emotions. My specialty as a counselor is helping you to quickly identify and understand your blind spots and move beyond them. Blind spots are those beliefs or areas of your life that often keep us stuck repeating the same patterns that often cause relationship problems, depression, anxiety, and other issues. As you gain insight into your patterns, you'll learn how to identify the distorted thought patterns that no longer work for you and have the tools necessary to grow and move beyond your current challenge.

Using a combination of theories such as Cognitive Therapy, Attachment theory, and solution focused therapy, we'll work together to get the the core of the issue. Our core beliefs shape how we interpret any particular event and, subsequently, the emotions that follow. We repeat patterns that keep us stuck because we continue to interpret events in ways that reinforce our core and, often faulty, beliefs. This process generally occurs in a split moment. Most of us don’t take the time to break down every action, thought, and feeling. But to identify or change distorted thoughts, it is necessary to separate the event from our interpretation, which leads to the emotion. My job is to have an objective eye and help you identify these automatic thoughts and their role in your current situation.

• Indiana, Licensed Mental Health Counselor, 39001463A