Honor Weihe, LMHCA

Honor joins Kaiun Wellness as a mental health counselor for teens, parents and families. She is supervised by Dr. Katherine Nordell Fort.

Honor aims to guide clients through conversations that are nonjudgemental, nurturing and empowering that include humor, mindfulness, and challenge.

Honor brings over a decade of experience working with youth and families in K-12 public, private and international classroom settings. After working as a school counselor in the high school setting Honor was taken back by the high levels of anxiety and stress students were experiencing as a result of family changes, academic challenges and social conflicts. Honor uses an integrative counseling approach that acknowledges the diverse needs of young people and helps guide them towards deeper understanding of themselves.

In her own words:

The practice of self-care involves giving active attention to the relationship you have with yourself and creating time and space in your daily life to nurture this connection. I believe that therapy is self-care.

In my work, I see that the current medical model has forgotten about the mental, physical and spiritual needs of our youth and families. I am deeply concerned about the ongoing disconnectedness we are experiencing as a society today. I wonder about the well-being of new mothers and the impact that parenthood has on their behavior. I wonder about how teens and young adults are coping with isolation and how that effects their career goals and partner choices. I wonder about the health of families, both expectant parents and long-time parents and whether the constant comparisons are making parents feel burnt out and on edge. I wonder if anyone is actually taking care of themselves the way they want to.

Without making space to process our experiences, we end up feeling resigned, forgotten or jaded. My therapeutic approach is grounded in the idea that when we take care of ourselves, we are also taking care our families and our communities.

It is in the slowing down that we find out what we truly need to grow.

This work has changed my life. As a person who has survived sexual assault, domestic abuse and tragic grief, I understand how difficult it can be to seek out support. Feeling alone in your pain is a normal reaction. Seeing a therapist allowed me to care for myself and gain a deeper understanding of my identity and how I can play a role in my own healing over time.

My aim as your therapist is to offer a place for processing your experience, sharing your feelings, gaining tools for better boundaries and goal-setting for a future that nurtures your WHOLE-being. Whether you are just starting high school or transitioning towards retirement, I have a series of approaches that will open your mind to what’s possible for your life.

I love this work and I believe that a holistic whole-body-mind-soul approach is what leads to lifelong healing and balance.