Hi, I’m Lorin Puebla, MS, ALC, NCC, an Associate Licensed Counselor under the supervision of Anna James, MSCP, LPC-S. I provide trauma informed, neuroscience based therapy for adults, teens, and families in Bay Minette and throughout Baldwin County, Alabama.

I founded The Counseling Haven to provide a quiet, supportive space where therapy is structured, intentional, and focused on meaningful change. I work with clients experiencing trauma related symptoms, anxiety, intrusive thoughts, emotional dysregulation, and reactions that feel automatic, persistent, or unresolved through traditional talk therapy alone.

As a Master ART Practitioner and Accelerated Resolution Therapy Trainer, I have advanced training in using ART to support focused trauma processing. I integrate ART and other research informed approaches according to each client’s needs, readiness, and treatment goals. Therapy is carefully paced to support meaningful progress while reducing the risk of overwhelm or retraumatization.

Unresolved trauma and chronic stress can affect daily functioning, relationships, parenting, and a person’s overall sense of stability. The nervous system learns from experience, linking certain situations, sensations, or reminders with past emotional responses. When something in the present activates one of these learned patterns, the body may react automatically before the person is consciously aware of the trigger. Over time, repeated activation can strengthen these responses, allowing them to continue even when the present circumstances are different.

As regulation improves, clients may experience reduced emotional reactivity, greater clarity, increased stability, and a stronger ability to respond to present experiences without being overwhelmed by past patterns. These changes can support not only individual healing, but healthier relationships and family systems.

My goal is to help clients move beyond understanding why they struggle and toward lasting nervous system regulation, emotional stability, and meaningful change through compassionate, carefully paced trauma therapy.