Ann Sulek LPCC

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Education and Training

Ann Sulek completed her BA in Psychology and English from Cedarville University. She then went on to the University of Dayton to complete a Master’s degree and a post graduate certification in Social Agency Counseling from the department of counselor education. Her practical experience is extensive with several roles in emergency services, clinics, hospitals and medical environments using Cognitive Behavioral, Interpersonal, Dialectical Behavioral, and problem-solving models that take into account the whole person and their social, environmental, and developmental status.

 

Practice Experience

Ann has worked in community clinics with complex clients experiencing medical and lifestyle pressures including confinement to nursing homes, legal problems, addictions, childhood and adult trauma. She is competent in Trauma-Informed care for abuse survivors, military deployment, and personal tragedy. She is able to assist with complex grief and anxiety, depression, obsessive thinking and behaviors, mood and thought disorders. Ann has competence in a range of personality and bi-polar disorders. She is qualified to work with clients of all ages, but finds her best work is with teens or adults. She worked with incarcerated men for five years and is comfortable with masculine needs for validation and relationships.

 

Areas of Focus

  • Self-esteem, Purpose and Value

  • Relationship navigation, belonging and friendships

  • Trauma and complex trauma

  • Impact of family of origin on personal identity

  • Anxiety

  • Depression

  • Grief

  • Mood Disorders

  • Personality and related cognitive distortions

  • Skill training

  • Anger difficulties.

  • Understanding spiritual problems vs. mental health issues and finding balance

  • Needs of older adults

  • Career stress

  • Obsessive and addictive behaviors

 

Heart for Counseling

It can be a humbling experience to ask for help. It is my honor to come alongside people with emotional and mental struggles to support and problem-solve,and to provide short or long-term care. I have been greatly helped in my own life by Christian counseling and would not be able to offer assistance at a deep level without those counselors who helped me. This helps me with  authentic empathy.  I am strong on comprehensive evaluation. This evaluation is shared with the client as a starting point. Based always on my client’s goals and strong ethical practice, I will provide ongoing ideas for change balanced by acceptance. I am always willing to help clients seek other options if their needs would best be served in an additional or different way.

 

About Me

I would not be able to provide hope for the bigger questions in life outside my faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Faith isn’t just for the life and death issues, it is also for our daily journey and is exceptionally practical. In counseling people, I start with understanding my clients as completely as they will allow and then offering down-to-earth, solution-focused interventions before moving onto more complex therapy. 

I am an active counselor, and I will provide feedback from a place of over 30 years of clinical work. I have an ever present sense of humor, am creative, and love to get to know the stories of people’s life and share in their high/low moments and everything in between. 

I respect the struggle people have in their unique experiences and the vulnerability it takes to benefit from therapy. I strive to provide a strong balance of unconditional acceptance with the challenge to break self-defeating behaviors or thought patterns. I am always willing to answer questions about why I make certain recommendations or work through ways to be more helpful. 

I am not threatened by doubt or frustration people have when looking for solutions. Counseling is best if not left as a vague or mysterious process.

I am a dog-lover.  I like walking, reading, coffee, and spending time with friends. I love nature and arm-chair adventures and hearing about the experiences of others. I love to worship with other Christians and am passionate in my determination to keep going in following Christ-knowing that nothing can keep God from fulfilling his promises. Not even my failures!

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