Home - East Peoria Counseling LLC

Anything created in relationship can be healed in relationship

At East Peoria Counseling we work with Individuals, Couples, and Groups to find understanding, build skills, and encourage growth. We specialize in addiction, depression, and anxiety.

Roughly ten years in this field taught me to have faith in humanity. Stories told in therapy are often heart breaking, but it is always in moments of deep expression that growth and healing find their way. I’ve heard profound wisdom and witnessed tender support in rooms full of hurting individuals; grace exhibited not by sages but just regular folk. I cannot help but remain forever optimistic about being a human. Yes we get lost, we get hurt, resentful, and we do damage, we even cling to things which cause it. But witnessing and supporting others to heal through deep hurt showed me that finding our way again is more about opening our hearts than disciplining our behaviors. In therapy my goal is to understand and for you to feel deeply understood.

Kyle Pearson LCPC NCC CADC

Schedule a Session

Contact Us

[email protected]

331-871-0280

Online Scheduler

Coming Soon…

Addiction

Rebuilding relationships, understanding how it all happened, mapping out specifics of relapse prevention, coping and communication skills; its all going to be on the list at some point. The important thing is just getting started. When you’re ready, we’re here for you.

National rates of substance use are staggering, thankfully treatments are becoming more individualized, more nuanced, and just all together better. The breadth and depth of research on addiction and addiction treatment has surfaced some pretty outstanding guidance for those looking to build coping skills other than substance use. Motivational Interviewing, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Twelve Step, and Family Systems models are amazing tools for the addiction treatment practitioner. For any considering counseling to address substance use remember the relationship between client and therapist is the most significant factor in successful treatment. So don’t be afraid to try more than one therapist.

Depression

Depression is more than misfiring synapses. Connection with an understanding partner goes a long way in helping us find purpose, competence, and drive. Know that you are not broken, that your challenges are real, and that well placed effort really does work. You don’t have to do it alone.

Anxiety

Those of us with active nervous systems bring gifts of awareness, sensitivity, and insight to others. Navigating all that stimulus however can sometimes leave us paralyzed. Leaning in is far from easy but the reward for addressing anxiety is the fullness of our calm, present, and positive self.

Individuals

Long term or brief, solution based or emotion focused, there is no one right way to engage in therapy. The result however should always be a more authentic and fulfilled self. Individual therapy has many tools to offer but its greatest asset is the connection established between you and your therapist. It is within the context of an understanding, honest, and affirming relationship that we find self-acceptance. And it is when we are able to accept ourselves, flaws and all, that we grow.

Couples

Few things matter more than relationships and it takes real strength to acknowledge when things aren’t working. Couples therapy can some times feel overwhelming and raw but healthy conflict helps us better understand ourselves and our partners. We’ll work through the nuts and bolts of communication and prioritizing connection but the real growth, and sweet relief, is in learning how to love ourselves and our partners just as we are.

Groups

Group therapy is intense, vulnerable, and always dynamic. The potential for personal growth in group therapy is extraordinary. Group work challenges our defenses, initiates new patterns, and facilitates connection with others mutually endeavored to find meaningful change. In group we discover and practice new ways to relate to ourselves and others.

Counseling and Psychotherapy