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Lauren Eberle

Celeste Farnsworth-Wahl, LPC

Licensed Professional Counselor | Individuals and couples | In person in Champaign and telehealth across Illinois

Making sense of the ways you learned to survive

Life is complicated, and sometimes the ways we've learned to survive difficult experiences leave us feeling disconnected from ourselves, our relationships, or the lives we want to build. Maybe you're living with the lasting effects of trauma, trying to make sense of your emotions, struggling in your relationship, questioning your identity, or noticing patterns that feel hard to change. Our responses make sense when we understand them within the context of our lives.

My approach is trauma-informed and integrative. I'm trained in EMDR and draw on Internal Family Systems (IFS), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Polyvagal Theory. Our work might include processing painful memories, getting to know different parts of yourself, building psychological flexibility, or strengthening emotional awareness. I have a particular passion for complex trauma (C-PTSD), dissociation, and personality disorders, concerns that are often misunderstood or stigmatized.

In couples counseling, I help partners understand the cycles forming between them, recognize the needs underneath their reactions, and practice new ways of connecting, rather than focusing on who's right or wrong. I provide LGBTQIA+-affirming and neurodiversity-affirming care, and I welcome polyamorous and other consensually non-monogamous relationships. Therapy is a collaboration shaped around your goals and your pace.

Specialties

Complex trauma (C-PTSD) • PTSD • EMDR • Dissociation • Personality disorders • Couples counseling • Attachment • LGBTQIA+ affirming • Neurodiversity-affirming • Polyamory and CNM affirming

I work with adults and couples.

Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms, to choose one's attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one's own way.

— Viktor E. Frankl, Man's Search for Meaning

Outside the office

Outside of therapy, I play games with friends on Steam (Phasmophobia, Lethal Company, Palworld and plenty more), and I love The Legend of Zelda, Avatar: The Last Airbender, The Legend of Korra, and Fullmetal Alchemist. I'm a bit of a nerd who loves imaginative worlds and good stories. My favorite animal is the rat, which I think is wildly underappreciated.

Ready to talk? Text 217-731-4638 for a free consultation.

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