LeAnn believes that it’s not just people over the age of 35 whose emotional crises may be unacknowledged spiritual crises (crises of meaning). Many young people are having crises of meaning, as well.
“The most powerful part of therapy is simply having someone else to help hold our fears and doubts through the unexpected challenges we face as adults. Just feeling seen, known, and valued is critical to our meaning-making,” LeAnn says. “What at first might feel like just slogging through often ends in a rich time of healing.”
She believes that psychology and spirituality are natural partners when facing loss or moral injury, relationship nightmares, lack of LGBTQIA+ support, healing from religious abuse, reproductive health quandaries, exploring neurodiversity as an adult, disability navigation, or re-inventing ourselves in the second-half of life.
“Making meaning out of life’s muckiness is as sacred and ordinary as digging in our gardens,” LeAnn says.
LeAnn earned a Master’s in Divinity from Methodist Theological School in Ohio and a Master’s in Social Work from Boston University..