Narrative Restoration Counseling
LPC-MH, LAC, NPT-C, CCTP, NCC, QMHP
5 years of clinical experience
THERAPY FOR ANXIETY, TRAUMA & RELATIONSHIPS IN SIOUX FALLS
You don't have to keep living inside patterns you understand but can't seem to change.
At Narrative Restoration Counseling, therapy is about more than managing symptoms. It's about understanding the patterns, experiences, and relationships that shaped you—and learning how to respond differently.
I work with adults and couples in Sioux Falls who are ready for meaningful, lasting change.
Individual Therapy • Couples Therapy • Trauma & EMDR
You know what you're supposed to do.
You may even understand why you react the way you do.
But knowing something intellectually doesn't always make it easier to change.
Maybe you:
• Feel anxious or overwhelmed even when things seem fine on the outside.
• Keep repeating the same patterns in relationships.
• Carry experiences from the past that still affect you today.
• Have difficulty regulating emotions or shutting your mind off.
• Feel disconnected from yourself or the people around you.
• Know something needs to change but aren't sure where to start.
Therapy can help you understand what's happening beneath the surface—and give you practical ways to begin doing something different.
MAYBE YOU DON'T NEED MORE ADVICE. MAYBE YOU NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE PATTERN.
Reclaim Your Story. Reconnect Your Mind. Rediscover Yourself
The stories we tell about ourselves are shaped by our experiences, our relationships, our environments, and the ways our brains and bodies learn to respond to the world.
Sometimes those patterns protect us.
Sometimes they keep us stuck.
At Narrative Restoration Counseling, we explore those patterns together—not simply to understand where they came from, but to determine whether they still serve you.
My goal isn't to erase your past or convince you to become someone you're not.
It's to help you become more grounded in your story without being defined by it.
Find What You Need Here
Individual Therapy
Individual therapy is a space to slow down, understand the patterns you’re caught in, and figure out what needs to change. I work with adults experiencing anxiety, trauma, relationship difficulties, emotional dysregulation, life transitions, identity concerns, and other challenges that can leave you feeling stuck.
This service is offered in-person and virtual.
Couple’s Therapy
Relationships can become stuck in patterns that neither person knows how to break. We'll work together to understand those patterns and build healthier ways of connecting.
This service is only offered in-person.
Trauma, EMDR, Anxiety, & Stress
Trauma doesn't always stay in the past. EMDR and trauma-informed approaches can help you process difficult experiences and change the ways they continue to affect you.
When your brain and body are constantly operating on high alert, simply telling yourself to “calm down” rarely works. Therapy can help you understand the cycle and develop new ways of responding.
In network with: BCBS, Avera, Sanford, United, & UMR
What Makes Narrative Restoration Different?
THERAPY DOESN'T HAVE TO FEEL LIKE SITTING ACROSS FROM A STRANGER WHILE THEY NOD AT YOU.
I believe therapy should be a place where you can be honest, challenged, understood—and occasionally laugh.
I'm not interested in simply agreeing with everything you say.
I'm also not interested in judging you for it.
I'd describe my approach as “care-frontational.”
I'll create a space where you can feel comfortable enough to be yourself while also challenging you to look honestly at the patterns, beliefs, and behaviors that may be keeping you stuck.
There will be serious conversations.
There may also be some laughter.
Both can be part of good therapy.
Contact Me
YOU DON'T HAVE TO FIGURE IT ALL OUT BEFORE YOU REACH OUT.
You don't need to know exactly what's wrong.
You don't need to have the right words.
You just need to know that something isn't working—and be willing to explore what could be different.
Let's start there.
richard@narrativerestoration.com
605-215-5940
