Welcome, I am pleased you have found your way to my site. I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and psychotherapist practicing in the Snoqualmie Valley since 1993, serving North Bend, Snoqualmie, Issaquah, Cle Elum and surrounding communities. My Eastside office is located in North Bend, Washington in a quiet rural setting, ideal for the introspective work of counseling and psychotherapy.
I work with adults and couples who are navigating through a diverse array of life's challenges, changes and losses. It is usually the uncomfortable presence of emotional symptoms that brings us to consider psychotherapy. The symptoms of depression, lingering grief, constant anxiety, or the loss of identity or relationship are always unpleasant, yet at the same time these are helpful psychological cairns that mark the paths to change.
I work with adults and couples who are navigating through a diverse array of life's challenges, changes and losses. It is usually the uncomfortable presence of emotional symptoms that brings us to consider psychotherapy. The symptoms of depression, lingering grief, constant anxiety, or the loss of identity or relationship are always unpleasant, yet at the same time these are helpful psychological cairns that mark the paths to change.
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I grew up in Southern California attending private and college prep schools, a rigorous environment that provided valuable educational discipline, but did not nurture my creative nature. In 1973 serendipity led me into the Fine Arts Department at California State University at Long Beach where I immersed myself in Drawing, Painting, Sculpture and Furniture Design.
My ongoing interest in creativity has helped me recognize the creative potential that each of us has to shape, change and direct our own lives. I honor this belief by taking a person centered approach to therapy, encouraging each individual to actively shape their own creative development in ways that promotes not only inner healing but healing in his or her relationships, family, community and environment as well.
However there is a familiar path that we will follow. The first sessions give you an opportunity to share with me the issues that are troubling you. I will ask questions to clarify the issues and gather relevant information that may be helpful to me in understanding the challenges at hand.
I will ask you to complete an intake summary that gives me an overview of your life, including general health questions, family history, stressors, and your goals for therapy.After 2 or 3 sessions I will share with you my assessment of the challenge in front of you, and propose ways we may go about addressing the issues you have presented.
I will ask you to complete an intake summary that gives me an overview of your life, including general health questions, family history, stressors, and your goals for therapy.After 2 or 3 sessions I will share with you my assessment of the challenge in front of you, and propose ways we may go about addressing the issues you have presented.
We most often seek therapy because we recognize that something in our lives is not working in the way we feel it should. Left unattended, the need for change and growth instead develops into symptoms of depression, anxiety, low self esteem, unresolved grief or a myriad of other stresses on our body and psyche.
Relationships bring to our lives some of our deepest joys and at other times our most challenging moments. While we consciously seek to find a partner who shares our values, interests and way of being in the world, we often unconsciously seek our opposite, providing a window into the part of ourselves that is incomplete, underdeveloped or out of our awareness.
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Kylene R.
Jan 03, 2018
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Couldn't be happier with his attitude, counseling philosophy and understanding. He is wonderful to work with and has been exactly what I needed to overcome some hurdles! He is easy to talk to, knowledgeable and kind. He is truly invested in helping people. I highly recommend talking to him if you're seeking a counselor. I've been seeing him for about 5 months.
