Hailey Palos

Just because life looks good on paper doesn’t mean you’re actually satisfied. Maybe that’s in your work life: as a first responder or professional, the demands placed on you are more than most people can handle. And still, you’ve managed to be successful…but it’s starting to take a toll.

Or perhaps it’s in this new season of life you’re in. The transition to parenthood might not look or feel the way you expected it to, and as “happy” as you feel like you should be, you’re equally as anxious, depressed, and might feel disconnected from yourself and the people around you.

You’ve tried everything - maybe you’ve been to therapy before - just trying to feel better, and nothing has stuck.

Being here right now—considering actually reaching out to a counselor—might be really, really hard. I want you to know: that’s okay.

I don’t believe you always have to be “ready” to change your life. In therapy with me, we’ll take a different approach. Rather than encouraging you to make big leaps you may or may not be ready for, we’ll work on helping you figure yourself out and then decide if there’s something you want to do differently. If you do? Great, we’ll do it. If you don’t? No problem. We’ll simply work to better understand what’s happening under the surface.

I’m not here to just give you lip service. My style is direct, engaged, and collaborative—there’s no just sitting, nodding, and “mmhmm”-ing here. Not only that, but my lived experience as a first responder wife and mother means you can sit down with someone who actually “gets” it.