Dr. Dug Lebel

The name of my practice is Creative Psychology because I bring an artist's eye and ear to my clinical services and am proud to say that I've been licensed as a psychologist since 2014. You can read more about that further below... If you'd like to know more about me as a person, read on!

In addition to being an artist, I'm an avid athlete (trail run, road run, spinning, hot yoga, swimming, hiking). I was born in NJ and have lived all over the country, although most of my life has been spent in the Seattle-Portland area. If you want to get a true sense of who I am, all you need to know is that I'm a die-hard Pacific Northwesterner and consider Hawaii to be my home-that-never-was. Currently, I live in NC with my husband and our geriatric cat and spend much of my day in my home office/studio.

I look forward to meeting you!

A few years ago, I moved away from CBT and now focus on clinical hypnotherapy for a variety of health problems and GI Health Psychology.

Both of these treatments are time-limited, meaning that I have increased access for new patients.

Clinical Hypnotherapy may range anywhere from 2-12 sessions in treatment of concerns such as panic attacks, nervousness around medical procedures, chronic pain, etc. GI Health Psychology is a treatment that is used as an adjunct to medical care for Disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction and some structural GI diseases, such as Inflammatory Bowel Disease. It includes clinical hypnotherapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy.

In our first session, I will briefly overview how I operate and answer any questions you may have, you'll be able to share what is bringing you to therapy, and we will start working on goal-setting so that both of us are clear about the path moving forward. I will likely also provide an initial hypnotherapy treatment that is just for de-stressing so that we both get a sense of how hypnotherapy feels for you.