A safe space to connect with your whole self

Specialized therapy for individuals, couples, and families navigating trauma, stress, or major life changes. Integrating evidence-based and mind-body approaches with genuine care to help you restore balance and reconnect with what matters most.

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growth starts

where you are

Life’s challenges can leave a lasting imprint on our mind and body — shaping how we think, respond, and feel. If you’re navigating anxiety, stress, disconnection, or relationship struggles, it doesn’t mean you’re broken. These patterns often reflect protective responses that once helped you cope through life experiences, but now feel exhausting or isolating. Whether you identify with the word “trauma” or simply recognize the impact of what you’ve been through, therapy offers space to understand and reconnect with your whole self.

At Whole Self Counseling, you’ll find a safe space to slow down, process what you’ve been through, and learn practical skills for grounding your body, shifting these patterns, and navigating daily life.

Therapy supports movement from survival mode into a place of balance, clarity, and connection with yourself and with the people who matter most.

experience change through self-connection

This kind of therapy works differently by shifting nervous system responses, rewiring response patterns, processing trauma and stress in the body, and grounding in the present throughself-connection rather than correction.

  • Flexible, expert advice when you need it. Book hourly support across a range of topics—from planning to problem-solving. This focused consultation will help clarify your goals, map out next steps, and identify opportunities for growth.

  • Flexible, expert advice when you need it. Book hourly support across a range of topics—from planning to problem-solving. This focused consultation will help clarify your goals, map out next steps, and identify opportunities for growth.

  • Flexible, expert advice when you need it. Book hourly support across a range of topics—from planning to problem-solving. This focused consultation will help clarify your goals, map out next steps, and identify opportunities for growth.

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“Hi, I’m Amy Pantele. I specialize in complex trauma and help individuals, couples, and families. My work focuses on helping people move from survival mode into balance, clarity, and connection with themselves and those they love.

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    Individual

    For teens and adults navigating anxiety, stress, or the weight of past experiences.

    Our work is personalized and integrative — blending mind-body approaches with trauma-informed care. Together, we’ll uncover the root causes of distress, process past experiences, and build grounding and coping skills so you can experience lasting change and a deeper connection with all parts of yourself — your whole self.

  • A man and a young girl lying on a bed, with the girl holding a closed book, both looking happily at each other.

    Family

    For families navigating conflict, disconnection, or major life changes.

    Our work explores the family system as a whole while honoring each person’s needs. Together, we’ll adapt communication patterns, reshape unhealthy dynamics, and strengthen attachments. Sessions focus on building healthier boundaries, fostering respect, and creating more connected relationships.

  • A man and woman walking through a wheat field with the man gently holding the woman from behind on a cloudy day.

    Couples

    For partners feeling stuck in cycles of conflict, distance, and unresolved hurt.

    Our work focuses on uncovering the patterns beneath the arguments, improving communication, and repairing trust. Together, we’ll create space for each partner to feel heard and valued while building a stronger, more connected relationship.

    All kinds of love are welcome and affirmed here.

  • Military veteran saluting at sunset representing trauma therapy for veterans and first responders.

    Veterans & First Responders

    For veterans, first responders, medical professionals, and others in high-intensity roles navigating the impact of trauma, chronic stress, or burnout.

    Our work focuses on the impact that repeated exposure to traumatic events and sustained performance demands can have on the whole self — mind and body. Together, we’ll process trauma, ground the nervous system, and restore a stronger sense of stability, connection, and wellbeing.

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  • Growth story

    “ Amy provides genuine empathy and support, and legitimately cares about you as a person. She knows when you just need to rant, when you need gentle direction, and when you need kind but firm guidance. There is a distinct divide between how I thought and operated before I started seeing her, and now. I can always count on her to illuminate unseen aspects of situations, helping me understand things more fully, and give me steps to grow that are suitable for where I am on my path. I have been able to make so much progress! “

  • Growth Story

    “ There is something about walking into this space that helps my defenses release and allows my body and mind to feel safe. I have been able to release a lot of attachments that I’ve harbored in guilt, shame, and sadness. I have received a sense of safety here that someone like me doesn’t recognize, but craves so much after becoming complacent in survival mode. “

  • Growth Story

    “ Working with Amy has been life-changing. She creates such a safe, calming space where I finally felt understood. Instead of just talking, she helped me connect what I was feeling in my body with what I held on to emotionally after years of trauma. I have real skills for grounding my body and can process situations differently. For the first time in my life, I feel like I’m moving forward instead of just surviving. ”

  • Community Story

    “ Amy has been such a gift to our community. She connects naturally with our residents and takes time to really understand what each family is going through. Her expertise in trauma adds depth to her work with seniors facing major life transitions, chronic illness, and loss. She also works closely with families and caregivers to offer education, guidance, and support through unique challenges, along with offering Together in Care: Families & Caregivers Support Group at one of our locations. “

    — Area Sales Director, TerraBella Senior Living

  • Growth Story

    “ My family and I are most grateful Amy was already part of my support system through a recent traumatic situation. She taught me how to ground myself and safely brought me back to reality. This work has been such an intricate part of my path back to myself.. a stronger, more resilient, WHOLE self. I look forward to continuing this journey! “

  • Growth story

    “ I have had several therapists in the past, and they were all good people, but I never really felt like I received help that gave me new perspectives, new information, or challenged me to grow in ways that were uncomfortable but surely needed. That is not the case with Amy. As a therapist, she won't really TELL YOU what to do with a situation. She will help you see all sides clearly, and then assist you in making your own decision in your own time, which works best for you and feels right to you. “

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