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Corey Flanders is counselor in Providence, RI with expertise in existential challenges, spiritual guidance, loss of meaning, anxiety, depression, and trauma. He combines excellence in evidence-based therapy techniques with his lifelong experience as a meditator to help clients move beyond symptoms and lead more fulfilling lives.
Corey specializes in supporting clients as they navigate any kind of challenging life transition, from the first year of college, to entering the working world, becoming a parent or an empty nester, and taking steps towards retirement. His expertise lies in helping clients find meaning or purpose during times of change, such as when life circumstances shift and you are no longer certain of who you are, what your relationships should look like, and what you’re meant to be doing.
Corey has additional training in a mind-body approach to healing trauma, which may include any kind of experience that threatens a client’s sense of safety. He builds upon each client's existing strengths, and gently guides survivors of trauma as they tap into their inner experience in order to move beyond recent or deeply hidden wounds.
Corey’s practice approach is informed by 20 years experience studying and practicing Buddhism and other contemplative traditions, including years as a novice monk, initiated medium, and over 400 days of silent retreat practice. His mission is to help clients reconnect with their passions, and access inner joy and resilience.
Spiritual direction - Utilizing spirituality as a tool in healing; enjoying a deeper felt connection with the spiritual dimension of one's life
Meditation/mindfulness - Utilizes mindfulness technique in therapy
Life transitions, loss of meaning, existential challenges - Adjusting to college; career transitions; parenting; empty nest syndrome as children leave home; role confusion, gender, sexuality, any major shift in who you thought you were; any general sense of the rug being pulled out from underneath you; Existential questions such as "Who am I? What am I doing in life? What happened to me?"
Trauma/post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) - Traumatic histories and intense or unchanging symptoms of PTSD (nightmares, intrusive images, isolating and avoiding the outside world); Managing the emotional stressors of traumatic events, such as sexual assault, childhood trauma, motorbike accidents; Professional Training in body-based trauma therapy (Somatic Experiencing Trauma Therapy)
Relationship issues - Feeling unsatisfied in your partnership; communication challenges; breakups, friendships, dating; problems in communication
Depression - Working through any depression, numbness, and/or disconnection
Grief and loss - Working through any significant loss, past or recent (illness, death, relocation)
Anxiety and fears - Generalized anxiety, panic disorder (debilitating anxiety and fear that arise frequently and without reasonable cause); anxiety from life transitions and loss of meaning; fears of death and fears of living
Couples counseling - Addressing relationship challenges and life transitions; strengthening communication and feelings of security, desire, connection, and love
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"Corey has more spiritual chops than most. Because of all the rigorous spiritual work that he has done, and the personal healing he has, himself, undertaken, Corey has enormous bandwidth. He has a natural and highly developed capacity to be resonantly present with even the most difficult human experiences and emotions. He is therefore, a powerful, compassionate, and skillful healer. I cannot recommend him highly enough."
- Dr. David J. Stern, PsyD, Colleague • January 2016