Welcome!

My name is James Andrew Sewell, but I go by “Drew.” I am a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor and qualified supervisor (LCMHC-QS) in North Carolina. My most specialized work revolves around complex trauma. 

As far as what this means for you, this means you can receive intense work with deep traumatic and emotional wounds. Clients often pursue these services because of the feelings of wrongness they carry in and about themselves based on past experiences. For many, this results in the inability to easily form close relationships and regulate emotions (meaning they can blow up easily, shut down and withdraw, or both-for you fantasy readers, think Nesta Archeron). People who struggle with self-rejection, who have too many horrible thoughts in their heads, and feel like the weight of their emotions might overwhelm them respond well to my specialization. Many people who have had limited benefits from talk therapy do well with EMDR. Clients with complex cases, in which their struggles come from not just one but many experiences over a period of time, do well with attachment-informed EMDR and structural dynamics. This can also include those with high sensitivity (Highly Sensitive People, or HSPs) and ADHD, in addition to those with PTSD and attachment wounds.