Living Waters Counseling, LLC
Mary Beth Ludt, LPCC, NCC
Counseling Services
Telehealth sessions available utilizing HIPPA compliant platform.
The peaks and valleys on the journey of life often stirs our curiosity, doubt or questions about God. With twenty years of experience in pastoral care and discipleship ministry before becoming a professional counselor, it is my privilege to navigate with you through your life experiences, spiritual beliefs and questions. Examples of spiritual struggles may include end of life questions, suffering, grief, relationship concerns, or trauma within a religious community.
Mental and Emotional Wellness
Life is full of stressful circumstances, loss, relationship challenges and transitions. Anxiety, depression and other emotional responses may interfere with our daily life. Together, we will process these emotions and challenges to learn effective, healthy ways to cope with the stress, hardships and heartaches of life. These services are available for all ages.
Relationships in marriage and parenting can be the most important, challenging and influential in our lives. Parenting is a rewarding and challenging role that can add stress on marriage or our emotional health. Personalized therapeutic services are available for engaged, committed and married couples. Premarital counseling is available including the PREPARE/Enrich assessment or the Gottman Relationship Check Up assessment.
Marriage and Relationship Counseling
Spiritual Guidance
Mental and Emotional Wellness
Life is full of stressful circumstances, loss, relationship challenges and transitions. Anxiety, depression and other emotional responses may interfere with our daily life. Together, we will process these emotions and challenges to learn effective, healthy ways to cope with the stress, hardships and heartaches of life. If you are experiencing loss, disappointment or significant change, refer to the Grief Recovery section for more information.
Healing from Trauma...
When the Past Impacts the Present
There are many difficult or traumatic events in our past that continue to impact how we live today. EMDR an evidenced based intervention to reduce symptoms of post traumatic stress. EMDR is a structured therapy that encourages the patient to briefly focus on the trauma memory while simultaneously experiencing bilateral stimulation (typically eye movements, though other forms available), which is associated with a reduction in the vividness and emotion associated with the trauma memories. Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is an extensively researched, effective psychotherapy method proven to help people recover from trauma and PTSD symptoms. Ongoing research supports positive clinical outcomes showing EMDR therapy as a helpful treatment for disorders such as anxiety, depression, OCD, chronic pain, addictions, and other distressing life experiences (from EMDRIA.com, 11/07/2022).