Paige Achten, LCSW

Paige Achten is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with eight years of experience, bringing extensive healthcare experience working with geriatric patients and the caregivers who support them. She often works with people facing trauma, anxiety, depression, and grief, and has provided care across the lifespan from elementary-aged children to older adults, with a current caseload focused primarily on young adults through older adults.

Her approach is positive and holistic, emphasizing clients' existing strengths while attending to both mental and physical aspects of well-being. Therapy with Paige is collaborative - clients set the goals and determine the pace of sessions. She is trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and also integrates techniques that draw on mindfulness, acceptance, and motivation to tailor care to each person's needs.

The first session centers on understanding a client's concerns and clarifying goals for treatment. Paige's clients often report they had difficulty connecting with therapists in the past and are pleasantly surprised by how easy she is to talk to. She aims to be a calming, steady presence in sessions while welcoming the use of humor when appropriate, holding that healing occurs through relationship and that she will consistently show up for those she works with.