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Arizona Therapists
Dr. J.L. Redd, Ph.D, CMHC, NOJOS Certified
Owner and Therapist
Dr Redd is the owner of Solace Emotional Health. He has a PhD in Family Science and Human Development. He is a licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor.
Dr. J.L. Redd, Ph.D, CMHC, NOJOS Certified
Owner and Chandler, Arizona Therapist
Dr Redd is the owner of Solace Emotional Health. He has a PhD in Family Science and Human Development. He is a licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor. He is also state certified as a NOJOS Therapist, and he's currently working on his CSAT and EMDR certifications.
His areas of focus are anxiety, sexual addiction, betrayal trauma, and depression. He uses effective techniques to help sexual addiction clients to learn more effective ways of managing sexual surges. His methods are proven to produce rapid and profound results. Most clients see success in just 4-6 sessions. He also practices emotionally focused therapy (EFT) to help couples improve marital relationships. For depression and anxiety, he uses Cognitive Therapy to identify, challenge, and change dysfunctional thinking errors and disruptive emotional undercurrents.
He loves Pina Coladas, dutch oven cooking, scuba diving, golfing, visiting ancient ruins, and spending time with his family whenever he gets the chance. He especially enjoys doing these things in the warm weather and clear waters of the Caribbean.
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Jennifer Gessel, CMHCi
Therapist
Jeni Gessel is a Clinical Mental Health Counselor Intern (CMHCI). She helps people navigate trauma, sexual compulsions and addictions, and relationships.
Jennifer Gessel, CMHCi
Chandler, Arizona Therapist
Jeni Gessel is a Clinical Mental Health Counselor Intern (CMHCI). She helps people navigate trauma, sexual compulsions and addictions, and relationships. Jeni understands that the experience of trauma is painful, complex and often includes crisis in families, spirituality, self-worth, and other overwhelming feelings. She’s skilled in creating a safe space to help guide people through these challenges toward feeling whole again. She believes healing is 100% possible. Jeni also teaches online trauma sensitive Yoga classes for Solace.
Professionally, Jeni created Camp Scabs, co-developed the Bloom for Women Retreat and Love Rice podcast, as well as designed and taught a yoga/meditation-based resilience curriculum in Arizona. She blends her personal trauma recovery experiences with mindfulness practices, client goals, and evidence-based tools in her work as a therapist. There’s a wealth of new science around mental health and Jeni is excited about integrating this knowledge with our human experience.
As a teen, her first job was picking strawberries but remembers eating more than half of them. In college, she loved writing but studied Human Development and Dance. This early education led to curiosity about the healing connection between the brain and the body, which is the current focus of her career. When she’s not working, she’s camping, biking, swimming, boating and adventuring with her friends, family and old lady dog.
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KayLee Dunn, LMSW, CSW
Therapist
KayLee is a Certified Social Worker and was Certified in Betrayal Trauma by Addo Recovery. She counsels couples and individuals and she holds online Betrayal Trauma Therapy Groups.
KayLee, CSW
Chandler, Arizona Therapist
KayLee is a Certified Social Worker and was Certified in Betrayal Trauma by Addo Recovery. She counsels couples and individuals and she holds online Betrayal Trauma Therapy Groups.
KayLee explains her draw to therapy like this, ”I love people, and I love helping people help themselves.” In her 7 years as a therapist, she has worked with individuals struggling with sexual compulsive behaviors and addictions, individuals experiencing trauma as a result of adverse experiences, and couples ready to move through the pain that betrayal brings and on to build stronger marriages.
She uses EMDR, meditation and mindfulness, cognitive behavioral, Emotionally Focused Therapy and trauma-healing strategies in her therapeutic approach to heal individuals and marriages.
KayLee wants to offer hope and support to those she works with. She explains, “I know that change on such an intimate level is difficult, and may sometimes feel unimaginable. But, I also know that change is feasible for anyone who seeks it. With the desire to heal, coupled with the right resources, you can grow, and you and your loved ones will reap the benefits of that growth. I am excited to take this journey together. Healing is possible, and you are not alone.”
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Utah Therapists
Tim Fidler, LCSW, NOJOS Certified
Therapist, Clinical Director
Tim has extensive experience working with adolescents who struggle with sexual and pornography addiction. He is NOJOS certified. During his graduate program, he interned at the Utah State prison working in their substance abuse facility and later at LDS Family Services.
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Tim Fidler, LCSW, NOJOS Certified
Therapist, Clinical Director
Tim has extensive experience working with adolescents who struggle with sexual and pornography addiction. He is NOJOS certified. During his graduate program, he interned at the Utah State prison working in their substance abuse facility and later at LDS Family Services. He also enjoys working with married couples and families. He has a passion for therapy and loves to see individuals make changes which foster emotional and cognitive health.
He enjoys being with his family, swimming, golfing, fishing and playing racquetball.
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LeAnna Hansen, CSW
Therapist
LeAnna has a passion for working with people. Her greatest joy is to witness the resilience and growth of the human spirit and she is grateful that she is granted the opportunity to work in a field that feeds her passion.
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LeAnna Hansen, CSW
Therapist
LeAnna has a passion for working with people. Her greatest joy is to witness the resilience and growth of the human spirit and she is grateful that she is granted the opportunity to work in a field that feeds her passion. Creating a space of safety where her clients can feel free to be themselves and discover who they want to be is her main priority in therapy.
LeAnna offers EMDR as a resource to heal from the emotional wounds of trauma, but she has also found it helpful for clients who are nervous about doing therapy. She uses is to prepare people for the work involved with therapy; teaching her clients how they can build themselves up and work on their ability to heal has been a successful intervention.
LeAnna has worked 5 years with adolescents including male/female identity, eating disorders, RAD, ADHD, personality disorders and sex/pornography addiction/NOJOS. She also enjoys working with adults. She believes that "Healing the head of a household can lead to healing the entire family".
Playing outside with her family and her three furry babies is what brings her joy. She also enjoys adventurous dining, especially food infusion. LeAnna is the newest member of our Solace Family. We hired her, not only because of her vast knowledge and experience, but her warm and friendly personality fits perfectly with our Solace team.
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Carol Lundwall, CMHC
Therapist
Carol is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor with an undergraduate background in Psychology and Social Work.
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Carol Lundwall, CMHC, NOJOS Certified
Therapist
Carol is a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor with an undergraduate background in Psychology and Social Work. She has extensive experience in working with survivors/victims of sexual abuse and the family reunification process.
She specializes in working with children and adolescent issues, helping them with a variety of concerns such as anxiety, depression, self-esteem, bullying, social skills, sexual reactivity, adjustment issues, and self-harm. She specializes in working with individuals who have experienced the trauma of any kind. She helps these individuals process abuse or traumatic events, using a combination of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral, Narrative therapy, and Family Systems Theory. She also uses Expressive Art Therapy to help her clients process deeper feelings and trauma. She draws from the client's strengths and teaches skills to help them overcome obstacles and become empowered so they can lead happier, healthier, more productive lives. She also helps with the reunification of families when they have been separated because of abuse. She understands the complex dynamics that often exist within the family unit and she is skilled at helping families understand each other.
She enjoys traveling. She is an avid sports fan and loves spending time with her friends and family.
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Max Park, LMFT
Therapist
Max has over 25 years of experience providing individual, couple, family and group therapy to clients. He specializes in children with Trauma, Reactive Attachment Disorder, Adoption issues and Adult and Juvenile Sex Offenders.
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Max Park, LMFT
Therapist
Max has over 25 years of experience providing individual, couple, family and group therapy to clients. He specializes in children with Trauma, Reactive Attachment Disorder, Adoption issues and Adult and Juvenile Sex Offenders. He is NOJOS certified and he's specialized in the following modalities: EMDR, RETB, DBT, EFT, and RET.
Max is an avid health nut! He loves running, working out, and chocolate (not necessarily in that order). He enjoys travelling with his wife, eating out, singing and playing games with friends and family. He has 4 children and 12 grandchildren. He loves to laugh and has a great sense of humor! Max is the one of the newest members of our Solace team. He is a great addition to our Solace Family. Welcome Max!
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Ragan A. Lybbert, ACMHC, AMFT
Therapist
Ragan A. Lybbert is currently a Ph.D. student in the marriage and family therapy program at Brigham Young University. Prior to his current studies he got his bachelor’s degree in psychology at BYU.
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Ragan A. Lybbert
Therapist
Ragan A. Lybbert is currently a Ph.D. student in the marriage and family therapy program at Brigham Young University. Prior to his current studies he got his bachelor's degree in psychology at BYU. He then became a CPS caseworker for a period of 9 months before obtaining his master's degree in Counseling Psychology at Chaminade University in Honolulu, Hawaii. He began seeing clients during his master's program in Hawaii and has been practicing therapy for nearly 3 years.
Ragan primarily focuses on work with couples, individuals and parent-teen dyads or triads. He helps his clients work on a variety of therapeutic goals including bettering relationships, coping with depression, anxiety, suicidality, self-worth/self-esteem, and navigating the ups and downs of life.
Ragan loves being outdoors with family and friends. He also loves to be active whether it is through running, playing sports, hiking, swimming in a lake, bodysurfing, scuba diving or just enjoying a nice mountain trail or tropical beach. He also really enjoys traveling and getting immersed in new places and cultures. Most of all, he loves building and maintaining strong relationships as well as facilitating the growth of others’ relationships. Welcome Ragan as the newest member of our Solace Family Team.
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Kate Evans, ACHE
Hypnotherapist
Kate is a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist. She is passionate about helping clients be in complete emotional control and seeing beauty and truth in their lives.
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Kate Evans, ACHE
Hypnotherapist
Kate is a Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist. She is passionate about helping clients be in complete emotional control and seeing beauty and truth in their lives. She believes that feeling truly happy shouldn’t take an exhausting amount of effort. She teaches clients how to weed their minds of negative thoughts and replace them with positive ones.
After feeling depressed for an extended period of time, she felt that being happy took an immense amount of effort. After seeing her mom lose 30 lbs. from listening to weight loss hypnosis CDs, she decided to start studying hypnotherapy herself. It helped her overcome her emotional scars and issues.
She helps clients overcome marital and family issues; abuse, skin picking, back pain, negative self-beliefs, and fears. Her clients describe her as sweet, determined, in tune and positive. She enjoys seeing her clients get results and feel better.
She speaks Mandarin Chinese, enjoys making protein shakes and doing family history work. She also loves spending time with her husband, Josh and their new baby, Dan.
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