Empowering you in your healing
Expert Counseling Services
At Life Updated Counseling, we focus on providing expert counseling services tailored to your needs. Our team of licensed professionals is dedicated to helping you navigate life’s challenges with compassion and expertise. Let us support you in your healing journey.
Discovering Inner Peace
Mindfulness Counseling
Our mindfulness counseling services can help you develop a greater sense of awareness and inner peace. Our licensed and pre-licensed therapists provide guidance and support to help you learn mindfulness techniques, reduce stress and anxiety, and improve your overall well-being.
Trauma-Focused Counseling
Our counseling services specifically for trauma can help you heal from trauma symptoms and responses stemming from your experiences. Reclaim who you are through use of Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Internal Family Systems, Narrative Therapy, Trauma-focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Cognitive Processing Therapy. Our experienced counselors provide guidance and support to help you movem forward in your healing, leaving the trauma behind.
Neurodivergent Counseling
Our counselors know that neurodiversity is a natural variation of human brain function and that neurodivergent individuals don't need "fixing". Consequently, we focus on identifying and building upon the unique strengths, talents, and abilities of each client. This approach tailors counseling approaches to meet the specific needs and preferences of each individual since neurodivergent experiences vary widely.
Couples Counseling
Our counselors seek to help you improve communication, develop problem-solving skills, and improve overall relationship satisfaction. In a collaborative effort, we will identify and address the root causes of relationship problems, such as consistent communication breakdowns, trust issues, infidelity, or differing expectations. Our counselors use a variety of approaches including the Gottman Method, Emotionally Focused Therapy or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, depending on the your needs
Eating Disorder Counseling
Eating disorders will impact both your emotional and physical well-being, impacting how you perceive yourself, increased feelings of shame, and can ultimately impact your medical health. Gaylene helps you develop coping strategies to manage the eating disorder as well as supports you in identifying and treating the root issues.
Our staff
Gaylene Ludwig, MA, LPC, EMDR Trained
Gaylene has been in practice since 2019 and remains dedicated to supporting her clients with guiding and empowering them to heal on the journey they continue to choose. She strongly believes empathy and collaboration are powerful approaches to helping clients reach their goals. She works heavily with survivors of abuse, both in childhood and adulthood, and has
Austyn Hoffman, MA, LPCC
Austyn is a compassionate and client-centered counselor who specialize in supporting adults and adolescents facing neurodiversity, LGBTQIA+ challenges, anxiety, trauma, and depression. Austyn utilizes an integrative approach combining a number of person-centered therapies to support you. Austyn will provide a warm, empathetic, and collaborative environment. where you can e