With 50 years as teacher/educator, probation officer and mental health therapist, I am a member of The National Board of Certified Counselors and have been licensed in Montana, Oregon, Alaska. I am presently licensed in Washington State. I provide psychotherapy for individuals to include children, adolescents, and adults, as well as, couples and family therapy. My initial orientation began with Rogers and client-centered therapy, and moved to integrative, and recovery, utilizing client strengths moving to resilient mental health. My speciality is of a multi and cross cultural orientation given my Native American and African Heritage. I have amassed considerable experience working with gay, lesbian, bisexual, and same sex clients, and the unique psychological issues present in the Native/African American Heritage, I spent six years on The Salish/Kootenai Reservation in Montana and four years working with Alaskan Natives in Fairbanks, Alaska. My experience with adolescents has been in a residential“positive peer orientation” to include individual, group and family therapies, cross-culturally.
Formal Education and Training: I hold the Bachelor of Arts Degree, with Majors in Psychology-Sociology, with (research in suicidality), Education, Theatre and Fine Arts from Western State College of Colorado; Master's Degree in Education, Psychology, Guidance and Counseling from the University of Northern Colorado; Masters of Fine Arts from The University of Montana, with major course work in theatre and group psychotherapy to include two independent studies with Robert Ammons Senior, Psychological Test Specialists, publisher of the KTSA. I also became a certified clinical hypnotherapist as I had gained experience as a hypnotherapist with Jack and Helen Watkins, utilizing "Ego-State Therapy. Finally, I completed major course work in clinical psychology toward the PsyD, at George Fox University, Newberg, Oregon. My most recent employment was as a group therapist providing “mindfulness “ training for emotional regulation, given a varied population to include those suffering depression and anxiety as a result of PTSD associated with violence and severe abuse. This has been inclusive of anger management associated with domestic violence and bipolar disorder. My specialization with cognitive therapy with schizophrenics was experiential over a five year period wherein I collaborated with the unit psychiatrist.
Additional areas of focus: Addictions, LGBT, Relationship issues, Family conflicts, Grief, Eating disorders, Sleeping disorders, Parenting issues, Anger management, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Coping with life changes, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, Adoption and Foster Care, Body image, Chronic pain illness and disability, Dissociation, Domestic Violence, Forgiveness, Gender Dysphoria, Infidelity, Isolation / loneliness, Military and Veterans Issues, Money and financial issues, Multicultural Concerns, Personality Disorders, Phobias, Polyamory / Nonmonogamous Relationships, Post-traumatic stress, Prejudice and Discrimination, Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-Harm, Sex Addiction, Sexual Assault and Abuse, Sexual Dysfunction, Sexuality, Social anxiety and phobia
Clinical approaches: Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Existential Therapy, Hypnotherapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy
WA LMHC LH 60198446
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Gary is a phenomenal therapist. I’ve worked with many folks prior, across many ages and demographics. He is by far the person who has given me the most tools and has worked to really make use of the time we have together. I feel that my feelings, opinions, perspective, time & money are respected. Highly recommend him to all!
Written on Jun 26, 2023 after therapy with Gary for 2 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, lgbt, trauma and abuse, grief, self esteem, coping with life changes, and adhd
Gary is exactly what I needed in a therapist. He is very attentive and pulls on the right thing to help me pull the information out of me that I need to in order to grow. He has helped me see life from a different perspective and provided be active tools to apply to my life to continue thriving.
Written on Mar 30, 2023 after therapy with Gary for 2 weeks on issues concerning addictions, relationship issues, and trauma and abuse
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Written on Feb 03, 2023 after therapy with Gary for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, grief, sleeping disorders, self esteem, career difficulties, and coping with life changes
I am glad I could find a therapist of the same color as me, and that knows what he is doing!
Written on Jan 15, 2023 after therapy with Gary for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, sleeping disorders, self esteem, and coping with life changes
Gary Grant is a helpful, knowledgeable and approachable counselor. I have enjoyed working with him.
Written on Jan 03, 2023 after therapy with Gary for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, and sleeping disorders
Amazing man. Very grateful for him.
Written on Dec 17, 2022 after therapy with Gary for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, family conflicts, grief, sleeping disorders, self esteem, career difficulties, and coping with life changes