Lou Carmichael
LPC, MA Counseling
Lou Carmichael values personal self-care with specific interests in trauma healing, depression, anxiety, childhood neglect, healing your inner critic, spiritual wounds, and unpredictable family relationships. Lou's goal is to foster an environment of dignity and respect by providing a safe place to struggle and process hardships you may be facing. Lou primarily works with individuals, adolescents, and families.
Personal,
Educational,
and Professional Experience
MA in Counseling from Covenant Theological Seminary (2006)
BA in Art at University of Nebraska-Lincoln. (1999)
Licensed Professional Counselor with a private practice in the State of Missouri (2010 - current).
Case manager and intake coordinator at BJC BH community mental health clinic (2008 – 2016)
Crisis counselor at Urbana conference (2012)
Continued training in the areas of Mindfulness Meditation (2017), Dialectical behavior therapy (2016), Nonviolent Crisis Intervention training (2015), Internal Family Systems (Level I and II) (2014), and ASIST: Applied Suicide Intervention Training (2009).
Adoption Specialist and Birth Parent Counselor at Bethany Christian Services adoption agency (2006-2008)
Navigators Campus Ministry at Nebraska Wesleyan University (1999-2002)