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Helping Clients Move From Survival to Safety Though Trauma-Informed, Body Centered Healing
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Deborah C. Kish
Person Centered Care at TheMountainVue
Philosophy
Healing Through Connection
Throughout our lives, we are shaped not only by the instinct to survive but also by the deep biological need for connection, co-regulation, purpose, joy, and love. Our body, brain, and soul are designed to move in harmony—woven together with ourselves and the world around us.
At TheMountainVue, I offer specialized psychotherapy services that create a unique relational space where healing unfolds. Here, you are invited to reconnect, rediscover, and redefine what health and wholeness mean for you. In this collaborative process, transparency, trust, and genuine connection are nurtured. Strengths are reawakened, resilience grows, symptoms ease, and hope for a purposeful life begins to thrive.
The therapeutic alliance is the heartbeat of this healing journey. Through mental health counseling, we listen to the wisdom of the body, uncovering answers and solutions that the mind alone cannot provide. This trauma-informed therapy approach ensures that your experiences are respected and integrated into the healing process.
TheMountainVue Process
I understand the multifaceted nature of every person—the vital connection between brain, body, and mind. By honoring each individual’s unique life story, we open a pathway for true healing. Healthy, reciprocal relationships fostered through mental health counseling allow us to feel seen, heard, understood, and deeply connected. Within psychotherapy services, the bond between client and therapist becomes the foundation of healing—promoting empathy, safety, co-regulation, and calm. Only when the nervous system feels regulated and grounded in safety can the healing process fully unfold.
This journey is both restorative and empowering. Through trauma-informed therapy, psychoeducation, expanding the window of tolerance, mindfulness, movement, and self-discovery, clients learn to engage with life in new ways. In and out of session, you are invited to explore relationships, deepen self-awareness, process and integrate life experiences, and develop practical skills to move toward your goals. Over time, clarity grows, resilience strengthens, and a renewed sense of purpose begins to guide your path forward.
Techniques
I integrate both bottom-up and top-down approaches—such as EMDR, Vagus Nerve stimulation, autonomic nervous system regulation, art, music, mindfulness, and somatic techniques—in my mental health counseling to support healing. These methods help shift the body from a state of protection and defense (sympathetic system) into a state of calm, safety, and connection (parasympathetic system). The Vagus Nerve plays a key role in guiding the body out of fight-or-flight and into regulation.
By engaging the body first, clients can process experiences without needing to repeatedly retell trauma stories, which often reactivate distress and slow progress in psychotherapy services. Once the nervous system is settled, deeper exploration becomes possible. Each client’s goals are unique, but the process consistently centers on trauma-informed therapy—allowing thoughts, feelings, and emotions to safely surface for reflection, integration, and healing.
Treatment Approaches
EMDR
Vagus Nerve-Polyvagal Therapy
Somatic Therapy
(Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) therapy is a structured form of mental health counseling designed to help individuals process and heal from traumatic experiences. By guiding clients through specific eye movements or other forms of bilateral stimulation, EMDR serves as an effective psychotherapy service that aids the brain
(Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) therapy is a structured form of mental health counseling designed to help individuals process and heal from traumatic experiences. By guiding clients through specific eye movements or other forms of bilateral stimulation, EMDR serves as an effective psychotherapy service that aids the brain in reprocessing distressing memories. This process reduces the emotional intensity of those memories and promotes adaptive coping strategies. As a trauma-informed therapy, EMDR is evidence-based and is frequently used to tackle trauma, anxiety, and other emotional challenges, allowing individuals to move toward greater resilience and emotional well-being.
Somatic Therapy
Vagus Nerve-Polyvagal Therapy
Somatic Therapy
I understand the multifaceted nature of every person—the vital connection between brain, body, and mind. By honoring each individual’s unique life story, we open a pathway for true healing. Healthy, reciprocal relationships fostered through mental health counseling allow us to feel seen, heard, understood, and deeply connected. Within psy
I understand the multifaceted nature of every person—the vital connection between brain, body, and mind. By honoring each individual’s unique life story, we open a pathway for true healing. Healthy, reciprocal relationships fostered through mental health counseling allow us to feel seen, heard, understood, and deeply connected. Within psychotherapy services, the bond between client and therapist becomes the foundation of healing—promoting empathy, safety, co-regulation, and calm. Only when the nervous system feels regulated and grounded in safety can the healing process fully unfold. This journey is both restorative and empowering. Through trauma-informed therapy, psychoeducation, expanding the window of tolerance, mindfulness, movement, and self-discovery, clients learn to engage with life in new ways. In and out of session, you are invited to explore relationships, deepen self-awareness, process and integrate life experiences, and develop practical skills to move toward your goals. Over time, clarity grows, resilience strengthens, and a renewed sense of purpose begins to guide your path forward.
Vagus Nerve-Polyvagal Therapy
Vagus Nerve-Polyvagal Therapy
Vagus Nerve-Polyvagal Therapy
I integrate both bottom-up and top-down approaches—such as EMDR, Vagus Nerve stimulation, autonomic nervous system regulation, art, music, mindfulness, and somatic techniques—in my mental health counseling to support healing. These methods help shift the body from a state of protection and defense (sympathetic system) into a state of calm
I integrate both bottom-up and top-down approaches—such as EMDR, Vagus Nerve stimulation, autonomic nervous system regulation, art, music, mindfulness, and somatic techniques—in my mental health counseling to support healing. These methods help shift the body from a state of protection and defense (sympathetic system) into a state of calm, safety, and connection (parasympathetic system). The Vagus Nerve plays a key role in guiding the body out of fight-or-flight and into regulation.
By engaging the body first in my psychotherapy services, clients can process experiences without needing to repeatedly retell trauma stories, which often reactivate distress and slow progress. Once the nervous system is settled, deeper exploration becomes possible. Each client’s goals are unique, but the process consistently centers on trauma-informed therapy—allowing thoughts, feelings, and emotions to safely surface for reflection, integration, and healing.
Treatment Approaches
Minfulness
Trauma Foucused CBT
Trauma Foucused CBT
Healing Through Connection
Throughout our lives, we are shaped not only by the instinct to survive but also by the deep biological need for connection, co-regulation, purpose, joy, and love. Our body, brain, and soul are designed to move in harmony—woven together with ourselves and the world around us.
At TheMountainVue, I offer special
Healing Through Connection
Throughout our lives, we are shaped not only by the instinct to survive but also by the deep biological need for connection, co-regulation, purpose, joy, and love. Our body, brain, and soul are designed to move in harmony—woven together with ourselves and the world around us.
At TheMountainVue, I offer specialized psychotherapy services that create a unique relational space where healing unfolds. Here, you are invited to reconnect, rediscover, and redefine what health and wholeness mean for you. This collaborative process fosters mental health counseling that nurtures transparency, trust, and genuine connection. Strengths are reawakened, resilience grows, symptoms ease, and hope for a purposeful life begins to thrive.
The therapeutic alliance is the heartbeat of this healing journey. Through trauma-informed therapy, we listen to the wisdom of the body, uncovering answers and solutions that the mind alone cannot provide. This approach ensures that your experiences are respected and integrated into the healing process.
Trauma Foucused CBT
Trauma Foucused CBT
Trauma Foucused CBT
I understand the multifaceted nature of every person—the vital connection between brain, body, and mind. By honoring each individual’s unique life story, we open a pathway for true healing. Healthy, reciprocal relationships fostered through mental health counseling allow us to feel seen, heard, understood, and deeply connected. Within psy
I understand the multifaceted nature of every person—the vital connection between brain, body, and mind. By honoring each individual’s unique life story, we open a pathway for true healing. Healthy, reciprocal relationships fostered through mental health counseling allow us to feel seen, heard, understood, and deeply connected. Within psychotherapy services, the bond between client and therapist becomes the foundation of healing—promoting empathy, safety, co-regulation, and calm. Only when the nervous system feels regulated and grounded in safety can the healing process fully unfold. This journey is both restorative and empowering. Through trauma-informed therapy, psychoeducation, expanding the window of tolerance, mindfulness, movement, and self-discovery, clients learn to engage with life in new ways. In and out of session, you are invited to explore relationships, deepen self-awareness, process and integrate life experiences, and develop practical skills to move toward your goals. Over time, clarity grows, resilience strengthens, and a renewed sense of purpose begins to guide your path forward.
PsychoEducation
Trauma Foucused CBT
PsychoEducation
In therapy, particularly through my mental health counseling and psychotherapy services, I place a strong emphasis on providing psychoeducation about the experiences and symptoms you may be navigating. Understanding the “why” behind your thoughts, emotions, and bodily sensations can be deeply validating and reassuring. Learning how your n
In therapy, particularly through my mental health counseling and psychotherapy services, I place a strong emphasis on providing psychoeducation about the experiences and symptoms you may be navigating. Understanding the “why” behind your thoughts, emotions, and bodily sensations can be deeply validating and reassuring. Learning how your nervous system responds to stress or trauma, especially in the context of trauma-informed therapy, helps normalize your experiences and provides a clear, logical framework for what might otherwise feel confusing or overwhelming. This awareness not only fosters self-compassion but also supports nervous system regulation, creating a calmer, safer foundation from which healing can take place.
Hope and Healing with TheMountainVue
Deborah C. Kish, MACC, LCMHC, NCC
The body keeps the score- it remembers what the mind has forgotten. I believe healing begins with understanding — both of yourself and what you’ve been through. My passion lies in helping people make sense of their experiences, calm their nervous systems, and rediscover safety and connection. My goal is to help you find safety within your own body, clarity in your thoughts, and connection in your relationships. Healing is not about erasing the past — it’s about learning to live fully and freely in the present.
My path to becoming a therapist began with a deep curiosity about both the mind and the healing process. I first pursued nursing at the University of New Mexico before realizing my true passion was in understanding the emotional and psychological experiences that shape who we are. I earned my Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Biology, and later completed a Master of Arts in Christian Counseling at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, where I focused on integrating psychology and faith to support holistic healing.
As a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor and Nationally Certified Counselor, I specialize in grief, trauma, attachment issues, addiction, anxiety/depression and co-occurring disorders. My approach integrates neuroscience, mind-body techniques, and evidence-based therapies such as EMDR, Polyvagal Theory, Internal Family Systems, and Somatic Therapy to support deep, lasting change.
At MountainVue Counseling, I offer a calm and compassionate space where you can move at your own pace, guided by curiosity and care. Healing isn’t about erasing the past — it’s about reclaiming your ability to live fully in the present.
I would be honored to walk alongside you on your journey toward healing and wholeness.
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MountainVue Counseling, PLLC
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