The Luminous Mind

My daughter has been seeing Christa Hoel at Luminous Minds for over a year now. Christa has an easy way with her and makes her feel heard and understood. Therapy today is evolved from my day and seems to be more about allowing the person to come to their own conclusions while being supported and feeling safe to explore their genuine feelings. I think this is a really healthy approach as we really don't learn anything unless we get there step by step in our own minds. Since seeing Christa my daughter has become extremely capable of expressing her feelings, her needs, and her boundaries which has allowed our family to understand her and communicate effectively. The difference has been nothing short of life-changing. We have also had medication management with a fabulous psychiatrist, and that has been extremely helpful as well. The combo of treatments has worked wonders for my child and our family dynamic. Thank you so much!

4 people received testing. I was impressed by one of the providers, another was neutral and the 3rd was not good. I feel the provider that assessed my two daughters failed to see the symptoms present, consider parents/life input and in general didn't feel like she knew what she was doing. It's a turn off when a provider perceives they have to justify their experience in diagnosis from a power perspective. Also, for a diverse practice please teach your providers what places that are harmful to refer LGBT+ community members to. The rational of somebody being smart or false report of appropriate eye contact as rational to not meet criteria is horrible. Lastly I was tested by the neutral neuropsychologist. Didn't receive the dx, got a second opinion and did receive the diagnosis. Again the reported that I made appropriate eye contact....yet I didn't look at the provider and mostly sat sideways from them. So, 3 our of 4 inaccurate diagnosed.