Desiree Hanson, LCPC

Desiree Hanson is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) in Kansas and Michigan. Desiree completed her Master of Science in Counseling Psychology at the University of Kansas in 2019. Having worked with high-risk youth in residential facilities, she has experience treating a wide range of needs including, assisting parents in PACE and trust-based relational interventions, which are utilized in families facing difficulties connecting and communicating. Desiree has accrued experience working with adults at a maximum-security prison and assisting in emergency/crisis sessions for the community of Oxford following the local high school shooting. Shifting to a more preventative stance, Desiree has spent recent years working in private practice to impact local communities and increase wellbeing.

Desiree is a Certified Clinical Trauma Professional (CCTP) with experience and specialization in anxiety, depression, trauma, attachment, personality disorders, obsessive-compulsive disorders, bipolar disorders, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). She brings additional interests in parenting skills, career exploration and education, adopted and foster children, self-harm and suicide, risky sexual behavior, social skills, life stressors and transitions, relationships, behavioral concerns, self-esteem, and coping skills, prioritization and balance. With her clients, Desiree incorporates various treatment approaches, including cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), strengths-based approaches, positive psychology, motivational interviewing (MI), mindfulness-based stress reduction, attachment-based, person-centered, and trauma-focused exposure therapy.