Let’s see if we’re a good fit.
“I am so glad you’re here and taking the time to be curious and intentional about your choice in a therapist. You are already making a huge step forward just by considering your options and deciding it’s time to ask for help.”
Hello! I’m Maddie.
I am a Licensed Independent Mental Health Practitioner in the state of Nebraska with my Master’s in Clinical Mental Health, and I have been doing this work for almost 10 years. I am passionate about the work that I do and grow to love it more each year!
First off, I want you to feel safe and accepted in our sessions, because that’s when you can truly open up to exploring. And the work I want to do in counseling is just that, exploring together - making connections, identifying patterns, developing new insights, and trying out new things!
Through counseling, I hope you learn to see yourself in a compassionate, realistic way. I want you to see your own power and courage, and come to value yourself as you are, not as you wish you were or as you think you should be. You are such a cool combination of things that make you YOU! There are times when that “you” light is dimmer or buried or stuck… but it’s there and I want to help see it in yourself.
Something to note - I am very much myself in our sessions and work with me will not be all-together serious. I use colorful language, I make jokes, I talk with my hands, I laugh, and I, too, will drink coffee with you. Yes, I am a counselor with the skills and expertise to help you, but I am also a human being who will walk alongside you!
Finally, I hope you will walk away from our time together not only with deeper understanding and self-acceptance, but also with practical tools that will grow your life in ways that align with your identity, values, and purpose.
Sound good to you? Then let’s get started. It would be an honor to work with you!
Warmly,
Maddie Moore
A few fun things about Maddie…
I’m from Omaha. I got my BA from Creighton and MS from University of Nebraska Omaha. I now teach at UNO in the Counseling Dept.
I love to travel! Hopefully my next stop will be Argentina, or maybe Nepal, or maybe Thailand….
To my bones, I am a dog person. I do have a Collie puppy, Jimmy, who can sometimes wander through the background of our video appointments.
I enjoy hiking and photography and all of the nature photographs on this website are my little experiments!
I believe that one of life’s of simple pleasures is a robust salad with a side of fries. Aioli instead of ketchup & I’m done for.
Therapeutic Approaches
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
CBT is a type of therapy that helps individuals recognize and change patterns of thinking and behavior that contribute to their emotional distress or difficulties. With CBT, we will identify and challenge some of your worried, critical, or negative thoughts and find new, more helpful ways of thinking.
Solution Focused Brief Therapy
What I like about SFBT is that this approach really focuses on the present. With SFBT, I will help you identify and build upon the strengths and resources that you already have to find practical solutions for current challenges.
Mindful Self-Compassion
Mindful Self-Compassion is a therapeutic practice that encourages individuals to cultivate mindfulness and kindness towards themselves, fostering greater emotional resilience and well-being. From this modality, I will often implement a good deal of mindfulness, body awareness, and meditation practice into our sessions.
The Bonus Stuff…
I tend to bring in elements of Inner Child Work, meaning we might explore and connect to younger parts of ourselves. I also lean on somatic approaches, especially for anxiety, trauma, and chronic pain. Somatic approaches integrate the mind and body, and utilize bodily sensations / movement to promote healing and self-awareness.
Areas of Expertise
Emerging Adults (ages 20-30)
Being a young adult is hard - lotssss to figure out in these years. You are trying to sort out your identity, your values, your career aspirations, your friendships, your romantic relationships, your relationship with intimacy, on and on, and the juggling all of it! Not a bad time to seek out counseling.
Anxiety & Trauma
Anxiety can show up in a lot of different ways, and presents in our minds AND our bodies. Whether it’s daily anxiety or anxiety following a traumatic event(s), it can be overwhelming and difficult to manage. Counseling can can help turn the volume down on your anxiety!
Grief & Loss
Grief is not only about the death of a person, it can also be the loss of an identity, a career, a parent we’d wish we’d had, our health, an idea for the future, a sense of self, a romantic partner, or a friend. Grief can feel so isolating, but you are not alone in it - we all experience grief and loss, and I want to walk with you through it.
Burnout & Helping Professionals
Helpers need help too. Counseling support and personal wellbeing are often critical to our success as helping professionals. It beneficial to work with someone who understands this and seeks to help you find ways to continue caring for others while adding your own self-care into the equation.
Telehealth for NE
I am able to provide telehealth services across the state of Nebraska! Teletherapy sessions are conducted securely and confidentially through a HIPAA-compliant platform. We will always use video, so it can feel very much like we are sitting together.
There are some obvious benefits to telehealth: being able to jump on a call at the last minute, having the flexibility to join during your work day, or just having a preference for your own blankets and pillows. Telehealth can also offer safety and familiarity while doing the hard work of therapy - this can allow for deeper therapeutic work from the comforts of home.