Javon Goshay MS Ed, LMHCA
Hey y’all! I’m Javon Goshay, a Licensed Mental Health Counselor Associate. I’ve been working in therapy and mental health therapy for five years, and psychology for ten years total now. I’ve had the privilege to work in many settings as a therapist in Fort Wayne including health clinics, group private practice, a community mental health center, and an inner-city High School much like schools in my hometown of East Chicago.
I work with children 10+, teens, adults, older adults, as well as couples and families. I have experience working with people trying to cope with Anxiety and Dissociation, people struggling to deal with ADHD and OCD’s impact on daily life and relationships, and people doing their best to survive the weight of PTSD and cPTSD on a person’s sense of trust and safety around others. I’ve also worked with individuals facing discrimination based on race, gender identity, sexuality, and physical or mental disabilities. When working with couples and families, I focus on highlighting the communication patterns I notice happening to raise understanding and encourage connection.
My Story
I’m trained in EMDR and I specialize in working with PTSD and cPTSD. I have experience working with people experiencing cPTSD linked to childhood abuse, emotional neglect, and abandonment trauma. I also have experience working with people who experience violent trauma, experiences at war and surviving poverty and systemic injustice daily. Trauma will often reveal itself in things we learn to overlook as unimportant, like “I’ll never be good enough” or “My needs don’t matter to anyone”. I often use EMDR with attachment therapy interventions to help clients explore their sense of self and identity. This helps to separate the person from the pain you have felt to encourage healing.
I often use talk therapy interventions and EMDR combined with opportunities to slow down, breathe, and regulate your emotions in both body and mind. In some moments, we will try to work it out with encouragement to explore the things you think through discussion and sharing alternate perspectives. At other times, we will try to let it out with encouragement to feel the things you feel in your body with body scans, progressive muscle relaxation, and uses of guided mental imagery. To me, the most vital thing in the relationship between a therapist and client working through trauma must be safe, respectful, empathetic, and honest treatment to foster the safety that enables healing. People are worth much more than the sum of our bodies and minds. To me, that is irreplaceable J
I love listening to music of all kinds, and I’ve tried to record music in more ways than I can count. I love watching and discussing books and movies, playing card/board/video games, and getting active by running, hiking, kayaking, rock climbing etc. I am passionate about working with people and hearing your stories; I am thankful this passion transfers into my work with motivation to spare.
Contact
If you're interested in working with me, please reach out to my work email or call the counseling center's phone number listed here.
260-203-4996