Elevate Counseling. Shift your thinking and find more enjoyment in life. Individual, Group, and Fami
Jamie is a private practice counselor, public speaker, and blog contributor who combines her knowledge in the realms of gifted cognitive and social development with her therapeutic training in mental health to help you make behavioral shifts to be at your best. Specialties include evidence-based approaches to anxiety, disordered eating and trauma.
12/27/2025
💣 Do you continually find yourself reacting to situations or behaving in ways that you KNOW aren’t helpful, but you can’t seem to get out of the pattern?
Your emotions override your brain. You are acting on REFLEX, rather than REASONING. You are not alone!
Learn how emotions can override your rational brain and what you can do about it! ✔🎉
Do you find yourself "overreacting" in the moment, but you just can't seem to "help" yourself. How emotions override your brain.
12/26/2025
Acknowledging our own imperfections and modeling appropriate ways of dealing with our emotions is an essential part of parenting.
Here’s how to hit “reset” when you’re having a bad day with your kids. (Motherly)
Do-overs are verbal acknowledgments of situations gone awry with a request for remediation. Put simply, they are requests for grace.
12/25/2025
Today (and every day), take a moment to focus on your mental health as well as supporting others with theirs. Here are some things you can do today:
➡ Check in with a friend or family member
➡-Practice self-care
➡ Educate yourself about mental health illnesses
➡Talk openly about mental health, break the stigma
If you find that you or a loved one needs additional support, we're here to help. We offer both virtual and in-person therapy options for kids, teens, & adults. ✨
12/24/2025
👉Good question, right?
There are so many areas feelings of inadequacy can root. Comparisons with friends or with social media. Listening to that inner "mean girl" who tells you that you don't measure up. That quick stop at the drive-thru when you "should" be feeding yourself or your kids the newest, extraordinarily healthy diet that's all the rage.
It's easy to feel like you aren't doing enough in our hyper-aware, all-or-nothing culture.
Today, rather than hyper-focusing on your weaknesses (real OR imaginary), take time to acknowledge and affirm the areas of strength in your life. ✨
12/23/2025
It’s not realistic, or possible, or even healthy to expect that our relationships will be harmonious all the time. Here's how to repair the relationship after a family rift.
Here's how to navigate the inevitable tension and disconnection in family relationships.
12/22/2025
⁉ I’m often asked about the impact of traumatic experiences on the brain.
People wonder why it is that these memories are so much more vivid and impactful compared to mundane, or even “happy” memories. 🧠 Brain research now shows us that we actually store these memories differently.
How Trauma Affects The Brain 👇
How trauma affects the brain: it activates our “fight or flight” (limbic system) response. These memories are literally stored differently in the brain.
12/21/2025
One topic we cover repeatedly in our Empowerment Groups is how to identify what OVERCROWDS our thoughts.
School responsibilities, future decisions on the horizon, comparison, and past regrets top the list.
Then we looked at HOW these thoughts contribute to feelings of stress, WHERE we feel them in our bodies, and what emotional reactions come up when we experience these sensations.
For those of you who are raising teens (or who remember being teens yourselves), you won't be surprised to hear that often these physical stress responses are closely tied with feelings of anger and anxiety.
Today in Group, we're covering WHY this FIGHT or FLIGHT response is necessary for our survival, and how we can calm it down when it's working against us!
For more information about Group, check out the link in the bio!
12/20/2025
Parents want open lines of communication with their kids. About both the positive moments AND the struggles.
✨ Check out my latest article from North Phoenix Moms for tips to increase ACTIVE LISTENING!
Parents want open lines of communication with their kids. About both the positive moments AND the struggles. Here's how to REALLY listen.
12/19/2025
Kids with ADHD may be up to 30% developmentally behind their peers – even with average or above average intelligence.
Because of these delays, they often need help developing strategies to stay on task and get things done. (Child Mind Institute)
Elevate Counseling is your place for growth, change, and acceptance.
We specialize in gifted and high-achieving kids, teens, and adults with anxiety.
✨ Those we support often come to counseling because: ✨
✔ They feel anxious or stressed
✔ Are overwhelmed by perfectionistic or negative thinking
✔ Are navigating through rough social waters
✔ Find themselves silenced by low self-esteem
✔ Are getting stuck in trauma or difficult thoughts from the past
✨ At Elevate we'll help you or your loved one learn to: ✨
✔ Effectively communicate and manage emotions
✔ Connect to others and feel understood
✔ Identify and respond to daily stressors effectively
✔ Combat negative thinking and improve self-esteem
✔ Critically evaluate the impact of Social Media on their lives
If you know someone that needs support, help is here. Call us: 602-499-5329 or follow the contact link in our bio
12/17/2025
Are you an "over-committer?"
Ask yourself: Are you saying "yes" out of Fear, Obligation, or Guilt, or out of Excitement and Joy in giving of your time and of yourself?
When we say "yes" to one thing, we are saying inevitably saying "no" to something else that requires our time and energy.
✨ Make sure that your commitments keep you seeing clear and out of the FOG 💕
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Our goal at Elevate is to help children, teens & adults shift their thinking and find more enjoyment in life. Sometimes circumstances or experiences in life can make it difficult to move forward or see the path clearly. We can become paralyzed by emotions (such as fear, anger, shame or anxiety) or physical symptoms (like stomach issues or panic attacks) and need help overcoming these roadblocks.
Our therapists have sought out advanced training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR), and Parental Intervention Programs to address underlying trauma and triggers keeping you from reaching your goals.
Our SPECIALTIES include: birth-12, adolescent development, anxiety, body image, depression, disordered eating, entrepreneurial support, family support, health and wellness, homework/organizational support, parent/child communication, self-esteem, the gifted & high achieving population, performance anxiety, obsessive-compulsive disorder, sexuality, and trauma.
