Counseling for the Space Community

Support for astronauts, astronaut candidates and trainees, aerospace and space-industry professionals, and adult partners and family members navigating stress, transition, identity, relationships, and the human side of life connected to space exploration.

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The Human Side of Space Exploration

Behind every mission, launch, discovery, and achievement are people with inner lives that extend far beyond their professional roles.

Earthrise Counseling offers a thoughtful, confidential space for adults whose lives intersect with space exploration. A demanding or meaningful career can coexist with stress, uncertainty, grief, relationship changes, major transitions, questions of identity, and the search for meaning.

At times, high-responsibility or high-performance environments can also bring experiences that may not always feel easily understood outside that context.

Counseling does not require something to be “wrong.” It can offer a place to slow down, understand yourself more deeply, integrate meaningful experiences, examine patterns, navigate change, and reconnect with what matters.

Looking beyond and within with wonder.

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Supporting the People Behind the Mission

Earthrise Counseling welcomes:

Astronauts, astronaut candidates, and trainees navigating personal, relational, emotional, or existential concerns at any stage of their journey.

Aerospace and space-industry professionals navigating demanding work, high responsibility, uncertainty, transitions, or the challenge of sustaining personal well-being alongside meaningful professional roles.

Adult partners and family members navigating their own relationships, transitions, responsibilities, and identities alongside life connected to the space community.

The work may involve healing from something difficult, navigating change, understanding yourself more fully, or making room for questions that do not have simple answers.

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AREAS OF SUPPORT

Earthrise Counseling may be a good fit if you are seeking support with:

You do not need to fit neatly into one of these categories. Counseling begins with understanding your experience.

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An approach that honors the human experience

My work is grounded in an existential–integrative, humanistic, and trauma-informed approach to counseling.

That means we can attend to immediate concerns while also making room for the deeper dimensions of being human: meaning, identity, embodiment, relationships, loss, growth, values, and the search for a life that feels authentic and whole.

Depending on your needs and goals, our work may draw from:

• Existential–Integrative Therapy
• Humanistic and person-centered counseling
• EMDR
• Somatic approaches
• Mindfulness-based approaches
• ACT and CBT
• Jungian and depth-oriented perspectives
• Ecotherapy and transpersonal psychology

Therapy is collaborative and shaped around your needs, experiences, and goals.

My aim is to offer a space grounded enough for difficult experiences and expansive enough for the larger questions of being human.

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Why Earthrise?

Earthrise Counseling is rooted in a deep appreciation for the relationship between psychology, awe, human flourishing, nature, and the cosmos.

My longstanding interest in these questions includes my work as a co-author of The Overview Effect and Well-Being. The Overview Effect, a term introduced by Frank White, describes a profound shift in awareness reported by some astronauts when viewing Earth from space.

Themes associated with these accounts—including perspective, interconnectedness, awe, meaning, identity, and our relationship with the planet—intersect with questions I have explored throughout my academic and professional work.

My interest in serving the space community grows from that broader foundation.

While the Overview Effect describes profound shifts in perspective reported by some astronauts, no single experience defines the space community. Each person’s story is their own.

Earthrise Counseling offers a place where both the ordinary and extraordinary dimensions of human experience are welcome.

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Confidential, Independent Counseling

Earthrise Counseling is an independent private counseling practice and is not affiliated with NASA, another space agency, an aerospace employer, the military, or any government organization.

Counseling is confidential within the ethical and legal limits that apply to psychotherapy.

If employment, occupational requirements, security-clearance concerns, or other professional circumstances are relevant to you, we can discuss questions about confidentiality and its limits before beginning services.

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Online Counseling Across Multiple States

Sessions are provided through secure telehealth.

Earthrise Counseling currently provides online counseling to adults located in Arizona, Ohio, Minnesota, Florida, and Colorado, consistent with applicable state licensing and telehealth authorization requirements.

Because telehealth practice is generally based on where you are physically located at the time of a session, we will confirm that I am authorized to provide counseling in your location before beginning services.

If you travel frequently or anticipate relocating, we can also discuss how that may affect continuity of care.

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Begin With One Small Step

Finding the right counselor is personal, and fit matters.

I offer a complimentary 15-minute consultation so we can briefly connect, discuss what you are looking for, and explore whether Earthrise Counseling may be a good fit for your needs.

You are welcome to ask questions about my approach, telehealth, confidentiality, scheduling, or counseling itself.

Lisa Marie Persaud, LPC, NCC
Founder, Earthrise Counseling

EarthriseCounseling.com
LisaMarie@EarthriseCounseling.com
(602) 888-6729

Every healing journey begins with one small step.