Our team
Mieke Doornick
Founder & Clinical Director
MA, LPC-S, NCE · Board-Certified Clinical Sexologist
Sex therapy, sexual trauma and assault, couples, intimacy, suicide loss & bereavement, and adult children of narcissistic or emotionally immature mothers
Mieke works with individuals and couples navigating relationship challenges, intimacy concerns, sexual trauma and assault, suicide loss, and the lasting emotional patterns that can follow difficult family relationships. Her approach is grounded, collaborative, and nonjudgmental, with practical tools for meaningful change.
View Psychology Today profileTrauma-informed care
A place to be met with care, respect, and belief.
Mieke comes to this work from a trauma-informed background. Supporting survivors of sexual assault and trauma holds a special place in her heart.
Therapy can be a place to talk about what happened, how it has stayed with you, and what feeling safer or more connected to yourself could look like. You will never be pressured to share more than you are ready for. Mieke offers grounded, nonjudgmental support as you move at your own pace.
Family patterns & self-trust
When your relationship with your mother still affects you as an adult.
Mieke has a particular interest in working with adult children of narcissistic or emotionally immature mothers. Growing up in these relationships can leave lasting patterns: people-pleasing, guilt, difficulty setting boundaries, constantly questioning yourself, feeling responsible for other people’s emotions, or never quite feeling good enough.
You may love your mother and still recognize that the relationship has hurt you. You may be angry, grieving, confused, or trying to figure out what kind of relationship with her is actually healthy for you. Therapy does not have to be about labeling or blaming your mother. It can be about understanding what happened to you, how it continues to show up in your life and relationships, and what you want to do differently now.
Together, you can work on boundaries, guilt, self-trust, relationship patterns, identity, and learning that caring about someone does not require abandoning yourself.
The phrases narcissistic mother and narcissistic traits can describe a lived experience. They do not make a diagnosis of another person.
Suicide loss & bereavement
When loss is complicated, support matters.
As a survivor of suicide loss, Mieke understands how uniquely painful and confusing this kind of grief can be. She lost her sibling to suicide in July 2016 and knows firsthand that this is not simply grief. It can come with unanswered questions, guilt, anger, confusion, and emotions that can be incredibly difficult to make sense of.
Working with survivors of suicide loss is something Mieke feels deeply connected to, both personally and professionally.
You do not have to explain or minimize your experience here. There is room for all of it, the pain, the questions, the anger, the love, and the parts of you that are still trying to find your footing after a loss that changed everything.
Ready to take the next step?
Finding the right therapist can make all the difference.