Initial Evaluation Therapy
This is a simple initial step in the therapeutic process. You and the counselor will have the opportunity to get to know each other, discuss concerns and make a plan according to your specific needs just as at any other place that you
will seeking professional services.
Assisting Professionals
Are you a professional in the educational, mental health, or other fields who have dedicated your career to helping others, and you have been exposed to vicarious trauma and/or struggling with compassion fatigue?
At Evolving Light Counseling, we can assist you with emotional support and therapeutic interventions to develop coping skills to balance your work and life stressors. Let us help you to become a better and happier version of yourself!
Smart Connections
Under the pressure of unexpected life challenges such as divorce, job loss, addiction, trauma, or mental illness, the family system can be thrown into turmoil and conflict.
Our team of experts can assist you in facing, exploring, and overcoming the disruptions as well as improving emotional connections.
We can provide you with several invaluable tools, and an understanding of how to cope and resolve future problems on your own.
Balance in Action
Sometimes, in the midst of turmoil and conflict, individuals develop behavioral problems recognized as “acting out” to point out that their system is malfunctioning. As a result, the entire family or system becomes distressed because the problems
are so disruptive.
At Evolving Light Counseling, we offer affordable therapeutic interventions in a group setting that will help you to gain insight and perspective from others. Call us for more information on how to restore balance in your life!
Evolving Light Counseling
Healing
and
Wellness
Have you experienced one day where a daily task was easy and then the next day it was hard to accomplish? Have you ever felt as if there was a volcano inside you ready to explode at any second, and you could not identify the sources
of this feeling? Have you ever felt that no one understood you? Or even worse, that you did not understand yourself?
Those emotions determine your emotional abilities for self-regulation and your experiences with mental health issues. Communicating in the language of emotions is a problematic universal task.
Our team is highly trained to help you in mastering the ability to communicate congruently with yourself and others for a path of emotional balance, wellness, and healing. Contact us to discuss how we can help you to evolve into a more
happy and fulfil life experience.
We offer professional support to individuals, couples and families.
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Ari Mendez – 801 842 6810
Hi and saludos! I am Ari Mendez. I am originally from Guatemala and came to this country in 1981 when I was only 18. When I started going to college, I signed for a business career and soon found out that it was not my path. Little by little, as I got a bachelors and then a masters in social work, and as I grew up personally and professionally, I realized that I have the ability and enthusiasm for helping people.
Education
Masters of Social Work, Clinical Track with Emphasis in Criminal Justice – UofU
Bachelor of Science, Social Work, Minor: Psychology – BYU
Training and skills
Bilingual and bicultural; read, speak, and write Spanish Trained on Lifespan Integration Trained on Prolong Exposure Trained on EMDR NASW member
Testimonials
My name is Kathy and Ari Mendez has been my therapist for the last five years. Ari has changed my life. With Ari’s help, tools and life skills that he has given me I have been able to manage my depression and chronic pain. I can now
live a fulfilling, happy,healthy life with friends and family. I’m so grateful to Ari Mendez for helping me have a whole new outlook on my life.
Laurie McBride – 801 842 9240
Hello! My name is Laurie McBride. I have years of experience and training in a variety of fields. I have lived in many areas in the Western United States, and I have worked in many exciting fields, providing me with a unique perspective
of life and healing. I believe that all of us have the power to heal through finding balance and emotional wellness. We each have the gift of healing; at times, all we need is a little guidance to get there.Using a variety of verified
therapies, all approaches are based on the belief that finding balance is the way to healthy and lasting well-being.
Education
Master of Social Work – UofU
Associate of Arts Dixie State College and SUU Bachelor of Science
Training and Skills
Particular specialties include but are not limited to Resiliency, Aging, Addiction and Recovery issues, PTSD recovery, and non-medical Pain Management.
Testimonials
“Laurie McBride is a therapist that helps change and facilitate growth in the lives of her clients. As a client that has a MS Degree in Psychology, it is easy to see a therapist that simply paraphrase what you say, smiles and says,
“I’ll see you next week.” Mrs. McBride can point out the negative and destructive thought processes that have made you miserable. She can help you challenge old thinking patterns and be open to real change. The kind of change that
makes a real difference in your life. Therapist shopping is something that happens in the field of psychology, many move from one therapist to another never getting the help they want and need. Mrs. McBride helped me stop “shopping”
and challenge my “stinking thinking” and grow. She didn’t’ just smile and say “I understand” she helped me challenge and change lifelong ways of thinking that had made me miserable. She does this in a way that you keep coming back.
I have a new outlook on life because she helped me change for the better. “