Scott Whittle LMFT

Whether it is you, or you and your partner, or you and your family, I will join with you, gather information and help assess your situation. Then we will begin a process of prioritizing what is important to start addressing. We will co-construct goals and get to work. Sometimes that work includes intentional problem solving. Sometimes it involves experiential work. Sometimes it includes clarifying what you want and don’t want and developing communication skills to address these. Therapy can take on any shape that is needed in order to meet your needs. There will be times when I guide you. At other times I’ll just be a focused and empathic listener. You will be treated with the kindness and compassion you deserve. You will learn a lot as you grow and heal through this process.

The main contributor to success in therapy begins with the relationship you build with your clinician. This relationship will be the foundation for using a range of helping strategies. I integrate a mix of ways that will be tailored to meet your needs. Having decades of experience, I am well versed in many therapeutic approaches and will recommend courses of action to assist you in your growth and healing. Some of these approaches are brief and focused on solution building here and now. Other approaches include challenging automatic negative thoughts. Still others will deal with backlogged emotions and historical trauma. Some will include systemic thinking to get to the roots of your problems. Others will be about changing behaviors to interrupt dysfunctional patterns of relating.

• Kentucky, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, 277781