|
MINAMI O STEELE, MA, LPC, CERTIFIED EMDR THERAPISTPronounced: "Mee-na-mee"
Licensed Professional Counselor SPECIALTIES
|
|
|
I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and a certified EMDR therapist by EMDR International Association. I have obtained two master's degrees with honors from Lindenwood University. My first master’s degree was in Professional Counseling in 2014, and the second was in Special Education with Autism Spectrum Disorders in 2019.
My life mission is to help clients heal and free themselves from their past traumas which would haunt and shackle them. I do this especially by utilizing EMDR therapy. I am joyful and rewarded when I see clients break out of their trauma or even possibly generational trauma cycles and reclaim their original self. In addition, I have helped many sexual trauma survivors. I have treated over 1,000 clients with EMDR since I became licensed as an LPC in 2017. I currently work both in the Behavioral/Psychiatric department at Mercy hospital as well as Sandhill Counseling and Consultation. Prior to my current work, I have served a variety of populations including First Responders, Foster care, Homeless Youth/Shelter, Immigrants and Refugees, Inpatient Psychiatric, Seniors, Students with Autism Spectrum Disorders, and under-served clients who are in poverty and struggle with generational trauma cycles. I also volunteered on the Cheyenne River Reservation in South Dakota for two summers where I observed chronic community traumas passed down from generation to generation. I am fluent in both English and Japanese. I am also comfortable working with clients in need of the aid of interpreters in other languages. On a personal note, I am a native Japanese and grew up in Japan until 22 years old. I have lived in the United States since 2011. I enjoy spending time being a wife & mom and with my family, church, cooking, love animals (especially my dogs and cat), trying new food, playing drums, classical dancing, traveling locally and abroad, exercising, reading, watching movies, and living my life to the fullest. For more information about EMDR therapy, please visit the EMDR International Association website. |
SERVICES
CONCERNS
|
