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  • Contact Irene
  • No Suprises Act
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About Irene Ferguson, MA LPC

 

I’m so glad you found your way here!


I’m Irene Ferguson, a Licensed Professional Counselor with over ten years of experience helping women heal emotional wounds, shift long-standing patterns, and reconnect with themselves on a deeper level.


I believe therapy can be far more than a place to cope—it can be a space for profound transformation.


Many of the women I work with are thoughtful, insightful, and highly self-aware. They’ve often spent years in therapy, personal growth, or spiritual exploration. They understand their patterns intellectually, yet still feel stuck in cycles of self-doubt, people-pleasing, perfectionism, or disconnection from themselves.


This is where my work becomes especially meaningful.


Through EMDR therapy and a deeply attuned therapeutic relationship, I help clients move beyond insight alone and access healing at the level of the nervous system, emotional memory, and core beliefs. 


My goal is not to help you become someone new, but to support you in returning to the truest parts of yourself beneath the layers of adaptation, protection, and survival.


My approach is compassionate, intuitive, grounded, and deeply relational. I believe meaningful healing happens when you feel safe enough to slow down, turn inward, and listen to what your inner world has been trying to communicate.


Alongside my clinical training, I have spent much of my life immersed in spiritual inquiry and personal healing. 

I was raised in an unconventional spiritual community, where I was exposed early to ideas about healing, consciousness, and human connection. This shaped my appreciation for the many ways transformation can unfold and continues to inform my work today.


Combined with years of clinical experience, this perspective allows me to honor both evidence-based therapy and the wisdom that can emerge through intuition, expanded awareness, and deep self-reflection.


I am also an LGBTQIA+ ally and wholeheartedly affirm all gender identities, sexual orientations, and relationship structures. My practice is rooted in warmth, openness, and respect for your lived experience.


Outside the therapy room, I’m a mother, stepmother, wife, nature lover, and lifelong spiritual seeker. I bring my authentic self into this work and feel deeply honored to walk alongside clients as they heal, grow, and return to themselves.

Contact me to schedule a consultation!

Education:


B.A. in Psychology from University of North Florida


Master's Degree in Counseling from the Georgia School of Professional Psychology at Argosy University in 2014. 


Spiritual Counseling training at Delphi University in 2024.


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