Roni Evans

Anxiety can feel like your mind is always one step ahead: worrying, overthinking, replaying, or predicting what could go wrong next. It shows up as racing thoughts, tension in your chest, trouble sleeping, or the constant feeling that you “should be doing more.”

Therapy for anxiety helps you slow down those racing thoughts, untangle the “what ifs,” and learn how to feel more grounded and in control. Through evidence-based approaches like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), you’ll build tools to quiet the noise, manage stress, and respond to anxiety in healthier, more compassionate ways. Whether it’s

• social anxiety,

• panic attacks,

• phobias,

• perfectionism, or

• general overwhelm,

Therapy gives you the space to understand what’s happening beneath the surface and start feeling like yourself again.

Grief therapy provides a supportive space to process loss, navigate overwhelming emotions, and make sense of life after something important has changed. Grief is not limited to the loss of a loved one. People can also experience grief after the loss of a relationship, pet, friendship, identity, health, career, pregnancy, or a major life transition. No matter what your loss looks like, grief deeply impacts your emotions, relationships, routines, and sense of self. Therapy helps you feel supported while moving through the pain, confusion, and emotional exhaustion that often come with loss.

You may notice feeling emotionally numb, overwhelmed by sadness, struggling with anxiety, having difficulty sleeping, feeling disconnected from others, or finding it hard to return to daily life after a loss. Some people experience guilt, anger, loneliness, or even feel pressure to “move on” before they are ready. Others may feel stuck in grief long after others expect them to be okay. Grief therapy creates space where you do not have to minimize your pain or carry it alone.

Grief therapy can be especially helpful for complicated grief, traumatic loss, anticipatory grief, pet loss, family loss, relationship loss, and grief connected to trauma, chronic illness, or life transitions. At Better Minds Counseling & Services, we understand that grief is deeply personal and that there is no “right” timeline for healing. Therapy is not about forgetting your loss or forcing positivity. It is about helping you process emotions, care for yourself through difficult moments, and find ways to move forward while still honoring what mattered to you.

In grief counseling, we may explore emotional processing, coping strategies, mindfulness, nervous system regulation, self-compassion, and ways to rebuild connection and meaning after loss. Our therapists, like Roni, use compassionate, trauma-informed, and evidence-based approaches tailored to your needs and experiences. Whether you are looking for online grief therapy, support for pet loss, grief and anxiety counseling, or help navigating a major life change, Better Minds Counseling & Services is here to support you.

You deserve a space where your grief is acknowledged, your experiences are validated, and you do not have to go through healing alone. Therapy can help you feel more grounded, supported, and connected to yourself as you move through grief at your own pace.

Exploring your identity can feel deeply personal, emotional, and at times overwhelming, especially when the world around you has not always felt safe, affirming, or understanding. LGBTQIA+ therapy provides a supportive and affirming space where you do not have to hide parts of yourself, explain away your experiences, or question whether your feelings are valid. You deserve therapy that fully sees, respects, and supports who you are.

Many people seek LGBTQIA+ affirming therapy for support with anxiety, depression, trauma, OCD, stress, relationship concerns, self-esteem, identity exploration, gender identity, sexual orientation, coming out experiences, religious trauma, family conflict, or navigating life transitions. Others may feel exhausted from masking, people pleasing, or constantly feeling misunderstood in their personal, family, workplace, or social environments. Whether you are questioning your identity, navigating transition, or simply looking for a therapist who understands LGBTQIA+ experiences, therapy helps you feel more grounded, connected, and authentic.

At Better Minds Counseling & Services, we offer LGBTQIA+ affirming therapy for those seeking compassionate, trauma-informed, and evidence-based support. Better Minds therapists, like Roni, create a space rooted in safety, authenticity, collaboration, and nonjudgment. Together, we can explore the experiences, relationships, and internalized messages that may be impacting how you view yourself while helping you build confidence, emotional resilience, boundaries, and self-trust. Therapy is not about changing who you are. It is about helping you feel more empowered to live openly and authentically.

You deserve LGBTQIA+ mental health support that honors your identity, validates your experiences, and helps you move toward healing and self-acceptance. Whether you are looking for online LGBTQIA+ therapy for anxiety, trauma therapy, support for gender identity and sexuality, or a safe space to process life experiences, Better Minds Counseling & Services is here to support you.

Neurodivergent-affirming therapy is an approach to mental health that recognizes and respects the natural differences in how people think, process, communicate, feel, and move through the world. Rather than viewing ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), or other forms of neurodivergence as something that needs to be “fixed,” this approach focuses on understanding your experiences, supporting your needs, and helping you build a life that works for you. Therapy can provide a space where you feel understood, validated, and supported without pressure to mask who you are.

Many neurodivergent individuals spend years feeling misunderstood, overwhelmed, burned out, or like they are “too much” or “not enough.” You may struggle with emotional regulation, sensory overwhelm, executive functioning, masking, social exhaustion, anxiety, self-esteem, perfectionism, or feeling disconnected from yourself after constantly trying to meet expectations that were not built with your brain in mind. Neurodivergent-affirming therapy creates space to better understand these experiences while helping you develop tools that feel realistic, supportive, and sustainable.

This approach can be especially helpful for adults with ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), anxiety, OCD, burnout, trauma, people pleasing, and difficulties with self-worth or relationships. Therapy may focus on understanding nervous system responses, unmasking, improving emotional regulation, creating supportive routines, strengthening communication and boundaries, and building self-compassion. Rather than forcing yourself into rigid systems that do not fit, therapy can help you learn how to work with your brain instead of against it.

In neurodivergent-affirming therapy, we will collaborate to better understand your unique strengths, challenges, and experiences while creating strategies tailored to your individual needs and goals. At Better Minds Counseling & Services, we integrate trauma-informed, compassionate, and evidence-based approaches to support neurodivergent adults in feeling more grounded, confident, and empowered in their daily lives. Therapy is not about changing who you are. It is about helping you better understand yourself, reduce shame, and create a life that feels more authentic and manageable.

(And no, you do not need a formal ADHD or Autism diagnosis to benefit from neurodivergent-affirming therapy.)

OCD isn’t just about being neat or organized; it’s the endless loop of unwanted thoughts and the pressure to do something to feel “just right.” It can look like checking things over and over, replaying conversations, or worrying that your thoughts mean something bad about you.

OCD is fueled by anxiety and uncertainty, not who you are. Therapy for OCD helps you break free from that cycle. Using proven treatments like Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP) and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), you’ll learn how to face intrusive thoughts without giving in to compulsions and regain a sense of control over your life. Whether it’s checking, contamination, harm, religious (scrupulosity), relationship, or Pure O, therapy offers practical tools and compassionate support to help you quiet the noise, rebuild trust in yourself, and feel more at peace in your own mind.

With treating OCD, you will never be told to do anything the therapist wouldn’t do also. You also will not “dive in the deep end”. Instead, your therapist will help you gradually build up the trust and confidence to face these uncertainties and fears.

Want to learn about the different subtypes of OCD? Check out our blogs linked below:

• Checking OCD

• Contamination OCD

• Harm OCD

• Perfectionism OCD (Just Right)

• Perinatal OCD

• Pure O

• Relationship OCD

• Religious OCD (Scrupulosity)

• Sexual Orientation OCD

• more on “silent symptoms”

Substance use can start out as a way to cope; to unwind, escape, or quiet what feels unmanageable. But over time, what once felt like relief can start to take control. You might notice yourself relying on alcohol, prescription medication, or other substances more often than you’d like, or feeling anxious, ashamed, or stuck in a cycle you can’t seem to break. You’re not alone, and this doesn’t define who you are.

Addiction is complex. It’s not just about willpower; it’s about pain, patterns, and the ways we’ve learned to survive. Therapy creates a space where you are able to talk honestly about your relationship with substances without fear of judgment. Together, we’ll explore what’s behind the urge to use; stress, trauma, loneliness, burnout, and begin building healthier ways to cope.

You’ll learn how to recognize triggers, manage cravings, and rebuild trust with yourself and others. For some people, this means working toward full sobriety; for others, it’s about creating balance and stability. Either way, therapy is a place to find clarity, accountability, and compassion as you work toward change.

Recovery isn’t a straight line; it’s a process of rediscovering your strength and learning to meet your needs in ways that support your well-being. With support, healing, and the right tools, you can start to feel more in control, more hopeful, and ready to move forward; one day at a time.

Trauma isn’t just about what happened; it’s about how it continues to live in your body and mind long after the event is over. Whether it happened recently or many years ago. You might notice memories that won’t quiet down,anxiety that comes out of nowhere, or feeling numb and disconnected from yourself or others. Trauma can stem from a single event, ongoing experiences like childhood neglect or abuse (often called Complex PTSD), or sexual trauma that leaves lasting emotional and physical imprints. Not all trauma comes from your childhood, trauma does not know time and you may have experienced it as an adult too.

No two people experience trauma the same way. You might feel on-edge and hypervigilant, or you might shut down completely. You may find yourself avoiding certain places, people, or sensations, or questioning why you “can’t just move on.” These reactions aren’t weakness; they’re your brain and body’s way of trying to protect you.

Therapy provides a safe, nonjudgmental space to process what happened at a pace that feels right for you. We’ll focus on helping you regain a sense of safety in your body, strengthen emotional regulation, and rebuild trust, both in yourself and in others. Healing from trauma often includes learning how to ground yourself in the present, release shame, and reconnect with parts of you that have gone quiet to survive. In therapy, you will not have to review every detail, therapy gives you a chance to give yourself the space to work through trauma with a trained trauma therapist. I also bring in expressive artsto help work through stuck points that come with trauma.

Recovery is possible. With care, patience, and the right support from me, you will begin to feel whole again, not defined by what happened, but empowered by your strength and your ability to heal.

Not only do I offer individual therapy for sexual trauma, I also offer group therapy.

If you’ve ever felt trapped in your own thoughts, like worrying about what might happen or feeling like you have to do something to feel safe or “just right”, I’ve heard this many times from my clients… It’s exhausting, and it starts to take over your life. That’s where Exposure and Response Prevention, or ERP/ExRP, comes in.

ERP is a highly effective therapy for OCD and anxiety (including panic and phobias) and even when you want to challenge your fears. Together, we gently face the situations or thoughts that trigger your anxiety, while learning how to respond differently, without doing the things that temporarily ease the fear but keep the cycle going. Over time, this helps your brain learn that you can handle discomfort and that anxiety naturally fades on its own. You get trust in yourself back.

You won’t ever be pushed into something you’re not ready for. We move at a pace that feels manageable for you. If intrusive thoughts make you doubt yourself, we’ll explore them safely and compassionately, helping you see they don’t define who you are.

ERP isn’t easy work, it’s empowering work. The goal isn’t to erase anxiety, but to help you live freely again; spending less time managing fear and more time living the life you want.

Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapy is a compassionate and insight-oriented approach to mental health that helps you better understand the different “parts” of yourself. Rather than viewing emotions, reactions, or coping strategies as flaws, IFS therapy recognizes that every part of you has developed for a reason, often to protect you from pain, overwhelm, trauma, or emotional distress. This approach helps you build a healthier relationship with yourself through curiosity, compassion, and self-understanding instead of shame or self-criticism.

You may notice feeling emotionally stuck, overwhelmed by anxiety, caught in patterns you do not fully understand, struggling with self-esteem, or feeling conflicted internally, like one part of you wants change while another part feels fearful or resistant. Many people seeking Internal Family Systems therapy have experienced trauma, chronic stress, difficult relationships, or life experiences that led them to disconnect from themselves in order to cope. IFS therapy creates space to safely explore these internal experiences and better understand the roles your different parts have taken on over time.

Internal Family Systems therapy can be especially helpful for trauma, anxiety, depression, burnout, people pleasing, perfectionism, and emotional regulation difficulties. Rather than forcing parts of yourself away, IFS helps you approach those experiences with compassion and curiosity so healing can happen in a more grounded and lasting way.

In IFS therapy, we will work together to identify and understand the different parts of yourself while helping you reconnect with your core sense of self. At Better Minds Counseling & Services, we integrate Internal Family Systems therapy into personalized, trauma-informed treatment to help you feel more emotionally connected, confident, and understood. Through this process, you can develop greater self-awareness, improve emotional balance, and move through life with more clarity, self-compassion, and authenticity.

(And no, you do not need to know exactly how to describe your “parts” or have prior experience with Internal Family Systems therapy to benefit from this approach.)

Sometimes, what we need most isn’t a set of techniques or quick fixes; it’s a space to be truly seen and heard. Person-Centered Therapy is built on that belief. It’s a collaborative, nonjudgmental approach that starts with you; your experiences, your feelings, and your goals. Therapy becomes a space where you can explore who you are, without pressure to fit into someone else’s expectations or labels.

In this approach, you’re the expert on your own life. My role is to walk alongside you; to listen, reflect, and help you uncover the strengths and wisdom you already carry. Together, we’ll explore what’s getting in the way of feeling grounded, confident, and at peace. Whether you’re dealing with anxiety, self-doubt, grief, trauma, or simply trying to reconnect with yourself, Person-Centered Therapy helps you move toward greater self-understanding and acceptance.

This isn’t about being “fixed.” It’s about creating space for you to grow, heal, and make sense of what matters most. When therapy feels safe and supportive, real change naturally unfolds. You start to trust yourself again, make decisions that align with your values, and build a stronger, more compassionate relationship with yourself.

At its core, Person-Centered Therapy is about helping you feel human again… seen, supported, and capable of creating a life that feels authentic and fulfilling.

Somatic-based therapy is a holistic and body-centered approach to mental health that focuses on the connection between the mind and body. Rather than working only through thoughts and conversation, somatic therapy helps you notice how stress, trauma, anxiety, and emotions are experienced physically within the body. Inspired by practices like mindfulness, grounding techniques, breathwork, and yoga-informed approaches, somatic therapy supports nervous system regulation and helps you reconnect with yourself in a more compassionate and embodied way.

You may notice holding tension in your body, feeling constantly on edge, emotionally numb, disconnected from yourself, or stuck in cycles of overwhelm and burnout. Sometimes experiences such as trauma, chronic stress, anxiety, or grief can leave the nervous system feeling activated long after the event has passed. Somatic-based therapy helps you slow down, build awareness of your body’s responses, and develop tools to feel safer, calmer, and more present in your daily life.

Somatic therapy can be especially helpful for trauma, anxiety disorders, chronic stress, burnout, depression, grief, chronic pain, and emotional regulation difficulties. By learning how your nervous system responds to stress, you can begin to move out of survival mode and toward feeling more grounded, connected, and emotionally balanced. This approach is not about “fixing” your body, but rather learning to listen to it with curiosity and compassion.

In somatic-based therapy, we may incorporate mindfulness practices, guided grounding exercises, body awareness techniques, breathing strategies, gentle movement, and yoga-inspired interventions tailored to your comfort level and goals. At Better Minds Counseling & Services, we integrate somatic therapy practices into personalized, trauma-informed treatment to help you feel more connected to yourself, regulate emotions more effectively, and create a stronger sense of safety within your body and mind.

(And no, you do not need yoga experience, flexibility, or prior mindfulness practice to benefit from somatic-based therapy.)