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Derek West

Therapist
4 years of experience
  • Virtual
  • Anxiety, Depression, Family issues, Stress management, Trauma
  • Individual therapy, Couples therapy, Child or adolescent therapy

Great to meet you!

I have worked with all ages in helping them identify and process challenges from childhood where they'd like to experience healing. Childhood proves to be such a foundational time in life and trauma we experience in childhood and growing up impacts us in many ways. Some common phrases you might say to yourself are "I'm too young to feel this old", "I don't really feel like an adult", or "I never really had a childhood".

My approach to therapy

All of these phrases point back to childhood trauma. My practice offers a space to reprocess these experiences and develop resources to help you feel more like YOU. To help my clients process childhood trauma, I work from a theoretical framework of attachment theory, which emphasizes how past relationships impact current relationships. Focusing on my client's strengths and creating an open environment in therapy are also important principles I utilize in my practice.

What you can expect from me

Specific modalities of therapy I've been trained in include EMDR, Gottman Method Couples Therapy, and Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy. EMDR helps to process specific trauma, while my training in couples therapy provides relational tools to improve relationships impacted by trauma. Please reach out to see if I might be a good fit for you!

About me

  • I identify as
    Caucasian, Man
  • My style is
    Participatory, Open Minded, Empowering

Qualification and insurance

  • Years of experience
    4 years of experience
  • Training
    MA (Master of Arts) at Whitworth College
  • License type
    LMFT (Licensed Marriage/Family Therapist) (New York, North Carolina)
  • Insurance accepted
    Aetna, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, Blue Cross Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Cigna, Horizon Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Jersey, Oscar, Oxford, Providence Health Plan, United Healthcare

Cost

Care details

  • Top specialties
    Anxiety, Depression, Family issues, Stress management, Trauma
  • More specialties
    Anger management, Men's issues, Relationship issues, PTSD
  • Therapy methods
    Attachment Based, Strength-Based, Motivational Interviewing, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Trauma Focused CBT, Gottman Method / Gottman Couples, Internal Family Systems Therapy (IFS), Play
  • Care types
    Individual therapy, Couples therapy, Child or adolescent therapy
  • Ages served
    Adults, Seniors, Adolescents
  • Languages
    English