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The Cottage Counseling
South Side - South Bend Location
Supervision & Training
The Cottage provides regular, scheduled supervision in addition to biweekly group supervision. We also offer in-house training on a variety of topics. Here are a few examples of topics that have been covered so far:
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disordered eating/intuitive eating
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the complexities of abusive relationships
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understanding codependency
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overview of sex therapy
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personality disorders
Furnished Offices
All offices are fully furnished with new furniture, rugs, desks, & wall art. Therapists are able to make the space their own by adding art, decor etc IF they wish to. They're pretty cute if we may say so ourselves!
Who are we looking for?
When we purchased the building on Ironwood we dreamed that it might be a child therapy practice. If the universe sees fit to bring us enough child therapists that's what it will be. It may also be an office with a variety of clinicians or perhaps it will be something else entirely.
We're trusting that the right therapists will end up here. Whatever your area of interest/expertise/preferred population, feel free to apply!
Meet The Owners
Andrea Eriks
What do you like most about running a group practice?
Watching The Cottage evolve into what it has become is truly so amazing and humbling. Danika and I have learned to be so intentional about integrity and the environment integrity brings. Because we disciplined ourselves to be that, we were able to see that in others. Working with a large group of people who want the same thing genuinely creates a wonderful and collaborative workplace. I couldn't imagine doing this work in a toxic culture or an isolated place. The group is this beautiful reminder that none of us have to do such hard work alone.
If you had a title at The Cottage what would it be?
Insurance Guru. This role is so bittersweet. Insurance is such a messy and complicated world. While no part of me loves dealing with insurance issues, it is nice to generally know what to do to solve a problem.
What is your style as a therapist? What are your areas of passion?
I remember very distinctly as a child playing in my backyard and having the very profound thought, "I want to take away people's pain." It would take many years before I understood therapy is a place where I can help people find that "better place" or healing. In my experience, the relational world is a core place where people look to find that healing.
My style is centered around attachment, trauma, and sexology. In my work, I want to best understand the most intimate aspects of people's lives in a calming and present way. In my work, I move slowly and intentionally to really learn who a person or couple is and build enough trust to walk with them as they work to build self awareness and understanding which ideally then gives people the tools/resources necessary to make choices or potentially changes that will lead to growth and healing.
Danika Lowry
What do you like most about running a group practice?
Well, once a month or so I strongly consider starting a new career as a barista. For real, though, I guess what I love most is that we seem to have found this really nice balance of autonomy and support and it seems to support people in a way that lends to thriving. Watching therapists begin to find their areas of passion and expertise is just a cool thing to watch and I get a front row seat to it.
If you had a title at The Cottage what would it be?
Spreadsheet creator in chief. Crunching numbers is also my coping mechanism so it's a good role for me.
What is your style as a therapist? What are your areas of passion?
When I was in 1st grade, the teacher told my parents that I seemed more interested in observing people than the lesson being taught. Nothing has changed. I find the complexities of relationship dynamics absolutely fascinating. Passion or fixation, I'm not entirely sure.
I started working with a Gestalt therapist a few ago and that inspired me to start training in 2023. It's my therapeutic home, for sure. In short, Gestalt is all about what is happening in the here-and-now; finding a delicate balance between support and risk; and using creativity to develop experiments for clients to use to begin making change.
I offer intensive couples therapy and also enjoy individual therapy with women working to move out of codependent ways of living and loving.
