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Ilisa Keith
About
I am a Licensed Associate Counselor and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional with training in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). I earned my MA in Counseling from Ottawa University, with a concentration in the treatment of trauma, abuse and deprivation, and my BA from Colgate University in New York. I’m also the ghostwriter of a book on trauma by J. Eric Gentry, founder of the International Association of Trauma Professionals and vice president of the Arizona Trauma Institute.
My therapy career began at Psychological Counseling Services LTD, a nationally recognized provider of intensive outpatient therapy programs. I’ve also had the privilege of counseling adults, children, families and couples at Catholic Charities and working as a school counselor at St. Agnes Parochial School in Phoenix. Currently, I work with couples and individuals under the direct supervision of Roxanne R. Domek, PLLC. But I believe my greatest assets are my broad life experience and the deep and instinctive sense of empathy I bring to others.
As a child, I traveled the globe with my family as a “state department brat,” so I understand the challenges children and families face as they contend with change and disruption in their lives. I’m a wife and mother with a 30-year marriage and two grown children, so I’m all too familiar with the pleasures and pangs that arise when one’s children leave the nest. After a successful career as a marketing executive, I launched and ran my own business for more than 20 years before deciding to pursue my long-held dream of becoming a professional counselor, so I appreciate and understand the challenges one faces in making a midlife career change.
I place great importance on establishing a trusting, supporting relationship with clients that allows us to work together in close collaboration to pursue meaningful therapeutic goals. I feel strongly that every individual, couple and family is unique, so I draw from a variety of therapeutic traditions and modalities, including EMDR, cognitive behavioral strategies, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, mind-body approaches, mindfulness techniques and expressive art therapy. I have found that EMDR can be particularly helpful, not only for clients contending with trauma but also as a method for visualizing and enacting positive change.
I’m a good fit for anyone who is contending with anxiety, depression, unresolved trauma, sexual abuse, the loss of a loved one, relationship and attachment issues and parenting challenges. If there's one thing I’ve learned, it's that none of us can do it alone. This is my commitment to you: I will serve as your trusted partner who will hold your hope for you when you feel hopeless. I will be the guide you can rely on when the way ahead is unclear and you fear you might be losing your way. And I will stand by you every step of the way until your journey to a new and better life is complete.
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Education:
Ilisa Keith received a bachelor’s degree from the Colgate University and completed her MA from the Ottawa University.Licensing & Certifications:
- Licensed
- License State: Arizona
- License Number: LPC-17992, received 2017
- Certified Clinical Trauma Professional, Certified First Responder Counselor
Specialities:
- Abandonment
- Abuse & Trauma
- Aging And Geriatric
- Anxiety
- Attachment
- Bipolar Disorder
- Blended Families
- Body Image
- Borderline Personality Disorder
- Breakup
- Codependency Relationships
- Commitment Issues
- Communication
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Dissociation
- Divorce
- Emptiness
- Family Of Origin Issues
- Fear
- First Responder
- Forgiveness
- General marriage
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD)
- Guilt
- Identity
- Inadequacy
- Individuation
- Intimacy
- Isolation
- LGBTQ+
- Life events
- Life Purpose
- Life Transitions
- Marital and Premarital
- Marriage
- Midlife Crisis
- Neglect
- Panic Disorder
- Parenting
- Posttraumatic Stress
- Pre-marriage
- Rejection
- Relationship Issues
- Self Esteem
- Self-Actualization
- Self-Care
- Self-Compassion
- Self-Criticism
- Self-Doubt
- Self-Love
- Sensitivity To Criticism
- Separation
- Sex Addiction
- Shame
- Social Anxiety
- Stress Management
- Trauma and PTSD
- Trust
- Values Clarification
- Women\'s Issues
Types of Therapy:
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy
- Positive Psychology
- Couples Therapy
- Narrative Therapy
- Emotional Freedom Technique
- Gottman Method
- Internal Family Systems Therapy
- Marriage And Family Therapy
- Compassion Focused Therapy
- Strength Based Therapy
- Relational Psychotherapy
- Attachment Based Family Therapy
- Stress Management Therapy
- Conflict Resolution Therapy
- Mindfulness Based Interventions
- Ptsd and Trauma Therapy
- EMDR Therapy
Services Provided Via:
- Phone
- Internet meeting
Works With:
- Individual
- Couples
Working With Marriages for:
- 4 Year(s)
Free Phone Consultations?
- Yes
Hourly Fees Range:
- $100 - $150
Accepts Insurance?
- Yes
Language(s) Spoken:
- English
