Anna Kisting, MS, LPC
Executive Director & Owner

Great therapy transforms you. It changes your mindset, soothes your pain, and helps you approach life in a healthier way.

When working with me, you’ll be challenged to learn more about yourself and empowered to make meaningful change. I’m proactive about identifying how you want your life to improve and working with you toward those goals using every tool at my disposal.

I’m a married mom with two small kids. I deeply understand that life, with all of its obligations, can feel so heavy. When you’re disconnected and turning away from your partner, life feels even heavier. Maybe you’re afraid, deep down, that your partner no longer wants the life you’ve created with them. Maybe you worry that you’re not enough for your partner - that you constantly disappoint them. Perhaps the lack of sexual intimacy in your relationship has hurt you for far too long. When you’ve lost your connection to YOUR PERSON it seems painfully impossible to get back on track, especially if there have been years of hurt and disconnection.

I specialize in helping couples reconnect in much more meaningful, vulnerable ways, all while understanding why and how things have fallen apart. We’ll work together to get the closeness back into your relationship, so you can feel understood and loved again.

Regardless of whether you’re here on your own or with your partner, the best therapy happens within a great therapeutic relationship. My clients often tell me they feel understood, safe, supported, and appreciated for whom they truly are. Your well-being and personal growth are very important to me. YOU are important to me.

Join Me for a Special Weekend Just for Couples

Unlock the Secrets to a Stronger Relationship

Workshop Highlights

Expert Guidance: Feel supported through hard conversations by three licensed professional counselors highly trained in Emotionally Focused Therapy.

Hands-on Practice: Practice those hard conversations in private spaces with expert support.

Clinically-proven: Research shows that EFT helps 75% of couples move from disconnection to closeness, and 90% of those couples maintain that connection over time.

Couples will benefit from the
Hold Me Tight workshop if they:

• Feel distant from their partner or like they’re just roommates.

• Have busy schedules or struggle to find weekly childcare.

• Have a hard time committing to regular counseling sessions.

• Are in crisis but are both committed to improving their relationship.

• Are dealing with conflict, communication issues, or feeling disconnected.

• Are already in therapy but seeking additional support.

• Want to enhance their relationship even if it’s going well.

• Desire a deeper emotional bond.

• Are seeking to reconnect or revitalize their relationship.

During this immersive weekend experience
you and your partner will learn to:

• Identify what is under the surface when conflict occurs.

• Understand the story you tell yourself, and how it affects your connection.

• Change negative patterns that keep you feeling frustrated and disconnected.

• Heal from wounds that you may have carried for years.

• Repair the damage that has been done, and restore a sense of safety to the relationship.

• Learn new ways to communicate with each other.

• Become more accessible, responsive, and engaged.

• Deepen your emotional and physical connection.

Clinical Areas of Interest

Over the past 15 years, I’ve worked with a diverse array of clients struggling with all kinds of concerns. While I continue to serve a broad client population, I’ve developed a few special interests over the years (in no particular order):

• trauma

• couples counseling and relationships (e.g., partners, family, friendships)

• parenting

• life transitions

• women’s issues

• grief/loss

• anxiety

• sexuality and gender

• infertility/pregnancy

• career exploration and assessment

Professional Experiences

Staying up-to-date with the most effective therapies has been a huge priority over the years. It’s important to grow so I can serve you best. I’ve sought out specialized clinical training in a number of arenas:

• Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

• Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT) for Couples

• The Gottman Method for Couples

• Sensate Focus (Sex Therapy for Couples)

• Career Assessment (e.g., Strong Interest Inventory, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator)

• Clinical Supervision

I earned a Master of Science in Counseling Psychology from Iowa State University in 2007. Throughout my life, I’ve worked with adults and older adolescents as a psychotherapist, career counselor, adjunct psychology professor, and disability services coordinator. I use my knowledge and experience from those roles every day as a clinician in private practice.

I’m genuinely invested in every client who walks through my door. Fostering your trust is my most important priority – trust that you can safely share your vulnerabilities, and trust that I can actually help.

I look forward to working with you.

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