Kathy Oden, PhD, LPC-S

Education

            2003   PhD in Counseling from the University of North Texas
            1992   MEd in Counseling from the University of North Texas

 

License
            Licensed Professional Counselor – Supervisor

I have been an LPC since 1994.  I believe that the way we look at and think about our lives has a profound impact on the way we experience our lives.  I believe it is necessary to shift our thoughts in order to relieve the blocks created by anxiety, depression, and our inability to move forward from past disappointments and traumatic experiences.  Individuals tend to find a variety of methods effective in helping to modify their thoughts.  I utilize a wide range of approaches varying from traditional cognitive therapy methods to experiential methods of approaching deeper levels of awareness. 

I have found the integration of mental, spiritual, and physical experience to be invaluable for improving psychological health.  It is also important to explore the role of these aspects in our relationships so that we can love others and experience love in a more satisfying manner.  In addition to traditional training in counseling and psychotherapy, I have training in alternative methodologies.  I am trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), which is a treatment that has been determined by the American Psychiatric Association to be an effective treatment for trauma.  This can include big traumas and also experiences we would not normally think of as traumas, but that have had a profound impact on the way we view the world and ourselves. 

“Don’t look for peace.  Don’t look for any other state than the one you are in now, otherwise, you will set up inner conflict and unconscious resistance.  Forgive yourself for not being at peace.  The moment you completely accept your non-peace, your non-peace becomes transmuted into peace.  Anything you accept fully will get you there, will take you into peace.”  Eckhart Tolle