Let me introduce myself.
Hi there! I’m Lyndsy Donnell.
Outside of counseling, I enjoy spending time with my husband and son, being outdoors, listening to music, and watching a good scary movie. My two Bengal cats and two German Shepherds also keep life interesting. Spending time outside helps me slow down and reset, and I rarely turn down the chance to enjoy a good craft beer or a glass of white wine. That said, if a board game comes out, my competitive side tends to show up pretty quickly.
I earned my Master's in Clinical Rehabilitation Counseling from Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center. Before becoming a therapist, I spent years working in academic advising and disability services, helping people navigate college, accommodations, career decisions, and other major life transitions.
Like many of the people I work with, I know what it’s like to go through seasons where life feels overwhelming, confusing, and harder than it seems to be for everyone else. Getting diagnosed with Autism and ADHD in my late 20s helped a lot of things finally make sense.
It didn’t magically fix everything, but it changed the way I understood myself, my needs, and the way I move through the world. It also shaped the way I approach therapy. I know what it’s like to spend years wondering why things feel harder than they “should,” and feeling like everyone else got a handbook you somehow missed.
At the end of the day, I think most of us are just trying to get through life with the information we have at the time. We mess up, we avoid things, we overthink, we get stuck, and sometimes we spend years carrying things we don't know what to do with. I've done my fair share of that, too. If therapy with me is anything, I hope it's a place where you can stop pretending, be honest about what's going on, and start figuring out what comes next.
I didn't start Lighthouse Counseling because I thought people needed another therapist telling them to think positively or practice more gratitude.
I started it because I've been the person sitting in the mess, trying to figure out why life felt harder than it seemed to be for everyone else. I've been overwhelmed, stuck, grieving, anxious, burned out, and searching for answers that never seemed to fit. What I needed wasn't another cliché. I needed someone willing to be real with me.
Lighthouses have always meant something to me. Part of that is simple: they remind me of the beach, which has always been my favorite place to be. But I've also always liked what they represent. They don't stop the storm. They don't tell you the storm isn't that bad. They don't magically fix anything. They're just there. Steady. Reliable. Easy to find when everything else feels chaotic.
That's what I wanted this practice to be.
A place where you don't have to pretend you're fine. A place where you don't have to explain why you're struggling "when other people have it worse." A place where we can be honest about what's going on without dressing it up, minimizing it, or trying to force a silver lining onto it.
Because sometimes life is hard. Not inspirational-quote hard. Actually hard. And sometimes having someone in your corner makes all the difference.
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