I want to walk alongside you and your family as you experience and adjust to transitions in your life. I hope to help you feel more balanced in your identity as together we build a solid foundation of love, care, and kindness for yourself that can help positively impact the relationships that are most important to you. I currently specialize working with families, women, children, and adolescents.
Education:
B.S. Music Therapy, Saint Mary of-the-Woods College, December 2006
M.A. Marriage and Family Therapy, Christian Theological Seminary, December 2018
Certifications:
Neurologic Music Therapy Level 1, 2008
Gottman Family Systems Certification- Level 1, 2017
Restoration Therapy - Level 1, 2017
On Families and Children:
Families have an emotional language that is expressed through play, imagination, and intuition. I would love to journey with your family to explore and joyfully experience your emotional worlds together.I believe that enriching your family system through attachment based therapy can help alleviate parental stress, help you become better attuned when challenging behaviors arise with your child, and create dialogue within strained relationships in families with adult children. No matter what life stage you are in, your family has the ab
munication and connection.
Additionally, you as a parent need time and space to process emotions and care for yourself. Together we can explore what makes you uniquely you as a whole, and enrich areas of your life where you feel ready to grow.
I have been a licensed music therapist since 2006 and have engaged with children and families from all over the world in the hospital setting. This experience has helped me bring creativity and an experiential spirit to my practice as a marriage and family therapist. I offer family, couples, and individual counseling, music therapy, and integrate play into our work.
ility to create transformational change through enhanced com
Kimberly O'Connell receives direct supervision under Jacqueline Braeger, Ph.D. (License #: 35001317A), and site supervision with Laurie Budlong-Morse, LMFT (License #: 35001974A).
I have a passion to journey with individuals and couples as they seek to restore love and trust in their life and relationships.
I specialize in working with couples struggling with communication, intimacy (including sex), life transitions and conflict (including infidelity, addiction, abuse, trauma).
I also work with men who may be experiencing anxiety, depression, life transitions, paternity and relationship struggles.
All clients (individual and couple) will come to understand their behavioral responses caused by our internal experiences of pain, what we refer to as our pain cycle. We will then map out new opportunities for personal responsibility and predictability, referred to as our peace cycle, and seek together how to practice and strengthen making decisions within our peace cycle instead of making decisions while coping with our pain cycle.
Education and Certifications
Education:
B.A. Theology & History - Marian University
M.A. Marriage and Family Therapy - Christian Theological Seminary
Certifications:
Restoration Family Therapy certification II - 2020
Restoration Family Therapy certification I - 2017
FOCCUS Facilitator - 2017
Gottman Family Systems certification I - 2015
Michael O’Connell is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the State of Indiana (License #: 35002087A).
See me on MTV's Teen Mom: Young and Pregnant!
I am here to make your time at Joyful Counseling as stress free as possible, helping you scheduled appointments and answer questions. I am a student at IUPUI in the Herron School of Art and Design studying towards my Drawing and Illustration BFA. I am expecting to graduate in May of 2022. It was actually comic books that made me realize my hobby for art could be my lifestyle. My goals are to open a gallery studio of my own to showcase my work as well as other artist in the Indiana area. I come from a large family. Having five siblings, I understand the challenges that come with a fast-past busy life. With a background of customer care, I am always happy to assistant in any way I can.
We want to hear from you!
Send us a message using the form below with any questions you may have.
Click on the "Request Appointment" button if you are ready to schedule today!
Address and Phone:
🏠 815 E. 63rd Pl. Suite 203 Indianapolis, IN 46220
📞 317-490-8492
⏳ Kim's Hours:
Monday: 10:00am - 8:00pm
Tuesday: Out of Office
Wednesday: 9:00am - 4:00pm
Thursday: Out of Office
Friday: 9:00am - 4:00pm
⏳ Mike's Hours
Monday: 10:00am - 5:00pm
Tuesday: Out of Office
Wednesday: 10:00am - 8:00pm
Thursday: Out of Office
Friday: 9:00am - 4:00pm
