Dino Koutsolioutsos

I am a 79 year old Greek American gay man. I started in mental health in 1980, and I worked clinically primarily with the LGBTQ community, so but I also worked for several years providing crisis intervention and stabilization to people who were in the middle of an active psychotic episode, I also taught at a graduate program in Marriage and Family Therapy for 13 years, several different courses about the mental health profession, and I was the Coordinator of the Clinical Training Program.

I provide eclectic therapy, using any and all theories and techniques, according to the specific moment of therapeutic interaction. I work with my clients as I talk with my friends. I am honest, I try to help them, as I would a friend, and I try to support them in their life path, no matter what that path is. I say when I don't know, and I do advise, when I think an advice is warranted. I am honest but I also respect the fragile space in which my client may be finding themselves temporarily.

The client will feel more stable about the crisis or the problem they introduced in the beginning of the session. The client will have examined the problem, have worked at understanding the causes and the issues involved. The client will have contemplated what positive and negative forces they bring to the problem, and should have started working on a plan to address the issues involved. And the client should feel that they have a ally in the therapist, in the resolution of any and all issues.