Imagine living in a nervous system that feels free from the pain and patterns of the past….
We Specialize in trauma informed, somatic and psychedelic assisted Therapy for Individuals and Couples in person, in the Shaker Heights and Cleveland Heights area as well as online Telehealth for anyone residing in Ohio.
Depth-Oriented Therapy for Adults and Couples Seeking Lasting Change
McAdams Counseling & Consulting is a private therapy practice led by a married clinical team offering trauma-informed, relational therapy for adults and couples ready for meaningful, durable change.
Our work is grounded in neuroscience, somatic and attachment-based therapy, and years of clinical and lived experience navigating trauma, anxiety, grief, as well as the complexities of long-term partnership. We specialize in helping clients resolve entrenched emotional and relational patterns so life feels steadier, more connected, and more authentic.
This is therapy for people who are done circling the same terrain. Maybe you have already tried traditional talk therapy and you ready to move forward differently with lasting nervous system change, not just understanding the patterns and their origins.
How We Work
Our work is both deeply relational and carefully structured.
We attend not only to insight, but to how the nervous system organizes around safety, threat, closeness, and autonomy. Sessions are paced intentionally, allowing emotional material to be processed fully rather than revisited endlessly.
Clients often describe our work as grounded, attuned, and clarifying. They often phrase their experience as deep and transformational but also surprisingly simple in how it unfolds in their lives.
Meet your therapist
Craig Thomas McAdams MA. LPC
Are you feeling stuck? Let's work together to get unstuck: allowing your creativity to flow uninhibitedly, your emotions to become valuable and digest-able, your aspirations to become realities and your relationships to become more fulfilling. Truth: "Emotional healing begins when we bring mindful, tender awareness to our experience in the body" - Robert Weisz, Ph.D. This quote from my mentor is a perfect summation of the work we will do together. In Mindfulness Based Somatic Emotional Processing, I support you in connecting with your body's intrinsic capacity to process your experiences. You will have my full, mindful, gentle, and curious attention. New client openings for both in person and online.
Craig Thomas McAdams is specialized in Mindfulness Based Somatic Emotional Processing (MBSEP), a transformative approach to emotional and psychological healing. With over 10,000 hours of MBSEP sessions provided, Craig supports individuals and couples in regulating their nervous systems and processing deep emotional experiences. He is also certified in the Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy and is developing MBSEP for Couples.
Lyndsey McAdams MA. LPC
You’ve always felt the world a little more intensely than others, the unspoken energy in a room or the lingering grief that doesn’t follow a timeline. Whether you are someone who sometimes feels overwhelmed with being highly intuitive and empathic, are healing from a tumultuous romantic past, or someone navigating deep grief and loss, we can find our way through, together. In my work, I hold space for those on the edge of transformation, the sensitive souls and seekers learning to trust their inner voice, even as the world around them shifts. My approach weaves together trauma informed psychotherapy with the soul, honoring your nervous system’s story and gently tending to what’s been wounded or lost.
My training is grounded in neurobiology, parts work, somatic therapy, and attachment theory. I also offer integrative options like sound healing and nature-based ritual for those who desire deeper connection with their body, accessing altered states of consciousness, and ancestral knowing.If you’re longing for a therapeutic relationship where your grief, sensitivity, and intuition are not only welcomed but respected as sacred gifts of the soul, I’d be honored to walk beside you.
Do you test as an INFP, ENFP, INFJ, or ENFJ on the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI Personality Test)? I have found during my 20 years of clinical work, that working with me is very often a good fit with people who test with one these personality types. We seem to speak the same “language”. Not sure about your MBTI type? No worries! You can discover it here: www.humanmetrics.com/personality
A Practice Shaped by Lived Experience
As a married couple and clinical team, our work is informed not only by extensive training, but by our own experience navigating intimacy, rupture, repair, and growth.
We understand firsthand how early experiences can shape adult relationships, how conflict can feel disorienting or threatening, and how difficult it can be to stay open and connected under stress, even when you are very intelligent and emotionally aware. This lived understanding allows us to meet relational work with nuance, humility, and steadiness.
Who This Work Is For
Our practice is particularly well-suited for people who:
Are emotionally perceptive, sensitive, or deeply reflective
Have done significant personal or therapeutic work already
Feel successful or capable outwardly, yet struggle internally or relationally
Want therapy that addresses patterns at their root, not just their symptoms
Value depth, discretion, and consistency in care
Areas of Focus
We work with individuals and couples navigating:
Trauma and complex relational wounds
Anxiety, depression, and emotional overwhelm
Grief, loss, and identity transitions
Relationship distress, attachment injuries, and communication breakdowns
Life transitions, burnout, and existential questions
Our approach is integrative and tailored, drawing from somatic therapy, attachment theory, parts-based work, and relational frameworks.
Our Philosophy
We view many emotional and relational struggles not as failures, but as adaptive responses to earlier experiences that required protection.
Healing happens when those protective patterns no longer need to work so hard.
Our role is to provide a steady, attuned therapeutic relationship in which those patterns can soften and reorganize, at a pace that supports lasting change.
About the Practice
McAdams Counseling & Consulting is led by Craig Thomas McAdams, LPCC, and Lyndsey McAdams, LPCC.
We maintain a limited caseload in order to offer a high level of presence, continuity, and care. Our work is intentionally depth-oriented and relational, designed for clients who are ready to engage fully in the therapeutic process.
Investment & Care Model
We are a private-pay practice.
Our session rate reflects advanced training, clinical experience, and the level of care required to do meaningful trauma and relational work well. Operating outside of insurance allows us to work with greater clinical integrity, flexibility, and discretion.
Details regarding fees, availability, and fit are shared during the inquiry process.
An Integrative, Evidence-Based Approach
Our work is grounded in well-established, evidence-based modalities including neuroscience-informed trauma therapy, somatic approaches, and attachment-focused relational work.
From this foundation, we thoughtfully integrate select experiential and adjunctive practices when clinically appropriate. These are not trends or add-ons; they are used intentionally to support nervous system regulation, emotional processing, and meaning-making when traditional talk therapy alone is insufficient.
Adjunctive approaches may include:
Ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (within ethical and clinical guidelines)
Cold water exposure for nervous system resilience and regulation
Nature-based and eco-therapeutic practices
Ceremonial and sound-based experiences used for integration and embodied processing
Each modality is introduced with clear intention, preparation, and integration. We prioritize safety, discernment, and clinical coherence over novelty.
Not every client will engage with these approaches. When they are used, it is because they serve the therapeutic process and are uniquely a fit for their therapeutic path.
Getting Started
If our approach resonates and you believe this level of care is a fit, we invite you to reach out.
We respond personally to inquiries and are thoughtful about determining whether working together is the right next step.