Guiding Light Counseling Associates - Careers

Guiding Light Counseling is a private practice located in Middlebury.

We offer a variety of services including individual, couples and family therapy; as well as medication management.

Clinical Values

🧠 Ethical integrity- Clear boundaries, confidentiality, and transparent communication about care.
🧠 Cultural humility- An ongoing practice of learning, unlearning, and adapting to each client’s lived experience.

🧠 Strength‑based approach - Focusing on resilience, skills, and potential rather than deficits.
🧠 Collaboration- Therapist and client work as partners; progress is co‑created.

Human‑Centered Values

💛Compassion- Meeting clients with warmth, patience, and non‑judgment.
💛 Respect for autonomy- Supporting clients’ choices, pace, and goals rather than imposing a one‑size‑fits‑all plan.
💛Dignity- Treating every client as a whole person, not a diagnosis.