Locker McDonald Counseling LLC

Hello, my name is Locker McDonald. I am an Associate Licensed Counselor under the supervision of John Thorington MA, LPC-S, SRT, Dmin in Huntsville, AL. I’m passionate about helping adults learn about how their past is impacting their present. Symptoms like anxiety, depression, anger, and addiction are so often the result of stories of wounding. My approach is an attachment- and systems-informed, phase-based integrative approach to complex trauma, combining body-based regulation, parts work, trauma processing, cognitive and values-based skills, narrative meaning-making, and client-led Christian contemplative practices when desired. I work to create safety and regulation, understand protective patterns of unwanted behaviors and relationship issues, process traumatic experiences at a tolerable pace, and reconnect with personal and/or spiritual meaning and values. I am trained in effective modalities such as EMDR and IFS, and I have years of experience working with client's who have been impacted by the complexities of child-hood trauma, spiritual abuse, divorce, toxic work environments, and more.