What I Do & How I'm Different

Ken Pataky, MS, LCMHC, EMDR-C, CIMHP
Holistic Psychotherapist & Transformation Coach

**Note:  I am NOT a medical doctor.  I do NOT diagnose or treat ​physical illness or prescribe medicine.**
Why Hire Me?  When you hire me to help you reach your goals and dreams, overcome your blocks, and realize true happiness and success, you are getting the best of both worlds:  a highly trained licensed professional who is adept at both using traditional psychotherapy as well as adapting holistic, natural methods of healing to the therapy space, creating a powerful and lasting mind-body-spirit healing experience for you.  Rather than push diagnoses and medications on people, I trust in the bodymind's ability to heal itself with natural and holistic methods, given the proper guidance, encouragement, hope, and support.​

My mission is to bring more light, peace, and joy into the world by inspiring people to live life more freely and to love and care for themselves, for others, and for their world more fully. Through example and gentle but firm counseling and coaching given when asked for, and through partnerships with other wellness professionals, I help others build community and learn a holistic wellness model of health that balances and heals body, mind and spirit with optimal nutrition, exercise/rest, meditation/positive thinking, grateful celebratory spirituality, healthy/supportive relationships, meaningful work, and positive community integration.

What I Can Help You With as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor:

  • anxiety, phobias, OCD, stress
  • trauma, PTSD, abuse
  • ​depression, mood disorders, anger
  • men's issues (energy, confidence, relationships, work, divorce/separation, partner abuse)
  • young adult issues (career choice, social skills, isolation, loneliness, defining yourself, confidence
  • burnout & self-care for helping professionals
  • grief & loss
  • relationship/marriage/family problems
  • work problems
  • major changes and transitions
  • addiction in its many forms
  • low self-esteem &/or self-confidence
  • meaninglessness, isolation, loneliness​​

What I Can Help You Achieve as a Transformation Coach for Yourself:

  • effective, lasting weight loss/gain, achieving a healthy weight
  • maximizing nutrition, becoming a nutritarian
  • simple, powerful, efficient exercise easy to do at home
  • managing stress with natural, no-cost methods
  • achieving the state of health & wellness that you want
  • optimizing your immune system, with low/no-cost, natural methods
  • reducing chronic pain
  • achieving deep, nourishing sleep
  • improving sexual health, stamina, and interest
  • improving overall energy levels and mental clarity
  • evolving towards and achieving a healthy, thriving plant-based diet
  • improving the quality of personal relationships
  • developing and enriching a spiritual practice
  • becoming closer to nature, more integrated to your world
  • finding work you love and look forward to every day

My Background:

​I received my counseling training from a nationally accredited university followed by the successful completion of a national exam and achievement of national certification and then state licensure.  I further pursued several certifications recognized in the medical mental health field, including becoming a Certified Professional in Mental Health Integrative Medicine .  Along with that, I received heath coaching and life coaching certifications from internationally recognized schools.  As a strong proponent of lifelong learning, I continue to pursue further training as well as recently completing my doctoral degree in Naturopathic Medicine (DNM) and continuing further study towards my PhD in Integrated Health Sciences & Transpersonal Psychology.  Drawing on all of this knowledge, I will help you create a completely personalized “roadmap to holistic natural health” that suits your unique bodymind, lifestyle, preferences, and goals.  

My background in holistic mental and physical health and wellness includes having
  • Master's Degrees in both Counseling (MSRC) & Education (MS) and a
  • Doctoral Degree in Naturopathic Medicine (DNM), as well as being a:
  • Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LCMHC, NC License #10249)
  • Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC, HI License #MHC-662)
  • Certified Integrative Mental Health Professional
  • Certified EMDR Trauma Therapist
  • EMDR Consultant-in-Training
  • Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist
  • Certified ThetaHealing Practitioner
  • Certified TFT Energy Tapping Practitioner
  • HeartMath Certified Practitioner
  • Trained Focusing Practitioner
  • ​Certified Health Coach
  • Certified Life Coach​
  • Certified E-RYT (Experienced Registered Yoga Teacher)
  • Certified Taiji/Qigong Instructor
  • Spiritual InterFaith Minister
  • Reiki Master
  • Certified Raw Food Chef
Complete, Natural, Safe, Healing.  Customized for you.  Creating your ideal life, one step at a time.