Dean Olsher

I'm a licensed creative arts therapist and a board-certified music therapist with advanced training in the treatment of complex trauma.

I'm part of a therapeutic movement that questions the way our culture pathologizes the self. I believe what gets diagnosed as mental illness is often understood better as an adaptation to adversity that's no longer helpful. I use a variety of therapeutic approaches––including AEDP, EMDR, Internal Family Systems, music therapy, and more––to connect people to their innate resources.

My goal in therapy is to help you engage your creative self. To help quiet your thinking brain and to have a direct experience of your feelings. Change in therapy happens by exploring what's going on below the neck.