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CLIENTS

Clients come from all walks of life - the unemployed business executive, the employed business executive, the unemployed blue collar worker, the employed blue collar worker, the college student, the stay-at-home mom, baby boomers in transition, men and women, gay and straight, married, partnered, divorced, single...each with unique issues and concerns. ..

I'm a baby boomer with grandchildren. People kept telling me that I should put all my energy into them, but something was missing. I needed help in finding another outlet to feel of value for my remaining years. Jill helped me identify what I valued most, what I needed for myself, what I had to offer and pointed me in the right direction for finding fulfilment in the sunset of my life. I was feeling lost and unimportant and really couldn't talk with my family.

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A few short stories...

In prison for 5 years away from my mother and my children because of my drug addiction... Released and given a second chance to be together to try to make up for the time apart. Within a short time my mental illness made my daughter afraid of me and my mother's health took an unexpected nose dive - pancreatic cancer killed her in a couple of months. I had always thought she would be there for me. Losing her left me feeling totally alone. Unable to cope with the loss, I turned to men, to women, to drugs, to compulsive shopping, to just being angry and rejecting and miserable. Jill helped me get clean again, helped me grieve my mother's passing, helped me help my daughter be less afraid of me, and helped me deal with being bipolar without being self-destructive and hateful to those around me. Before my mother died she asked Jill to always look over me and she has kept that promise.

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I lost my job several years ago due to an accident. I began abusing the pain pills prescribed and became addicted. Ms. Hagen has worked with me throughout the ordeal of having Workman's Comp benefits awarded, of helping me get sober and functional again.

Unhappy at work, feeling inadequate, unappreciated and scapegoated, Ms. Hagen helped me make the decision that it was time to leave rather than stay thinking I had the magic to change the abusive system. She helped me carefully weigh the consequences of staying or leaving and supported my ability to eventually know what was right for me.

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I don't trust easily. Jill was the first therapist I ever really felt was there for me...to trust that she would judge what I was doing but not condem me for what I was doing.

A knife in my hands sitting atop a mountain, thinking only of killing myself because I was tired of hurting all the time... Jill allowed the damaged child within me to be released without being punished. She allowed me to come to appreciate who I am and the gifts that are uniquely mine. As a guide in my healing, creating a safe place for my metamorphosis, I have been able to create a safe place for other damaged souls to heal as well.

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I almost dropped out of college because I was terrified of talking in class, afraid I would make a fool of myself, freezing up when called on in class...feeling stupid and insecure. Ms. Hagen helped me be a better student, feel more confident in my class participation and presentations...made me and my parents feel proud.

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Ms. Hagen is respected by her colleagues for obvious reasons - an excellent clinician with vast clinical experience working effectively with a wide range of clients. Her outstanding clinical supervision skills and keen perceptiveness

helped me identify my strengths as a developing therapist and develop effective clinical skills. Within a month of graduating with my master's degree, I was hired in a position I just love.

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Although an adult, middle-aged lesbian woman, my mother

continues to try to contol my life. Every step I take forward to act more independently, the more I have to endure her emotional abuse. For years I have covered my insecurities with drugs and booze to make me feel secure and tolerate her. I kept getting attracted to emotionally abusive women. Ms. Hagen helped me be less tolerant of emotional abuse, be assertive when feeling abused and truly see that I deserved better for myself.

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