Leland Shields
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Leland Shields - Counseling and Psychotherapy Expert
Leland Shields Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Counseling and Psychotherapy, Dreamwork, Mindfulness and Meditation, Growth and Life Fulfillment
- Best Sellers
- Dreamwork Around the World and Across Time: An Anthology
- Career Focus
- Mental Health Counselor
- Affiliation
- American Counseling Association, Jungian Psychotherapists Association
My psychotherapy practice offers a variety of counseling approaches adapted to each individual. Counseling can be short-term or long-term and can change as needed. Befitting my client’s style and needs, our work together may utilize:
- Mindfulness or other awareness-based approaches to foster acceptance and change (in behavior, thoughts or mood),
- Jungian approaches to explore and express areas of the self, seen and hidden, or
- Humanistic and existential perspectives to search for meaning in our lives that inevitably end in loss.
I work with adults, couples, families, and teenagers who are looking for help with:
- Life and work issues
- Relationships and family stresses
- Growth and change
- Depression, anxiety, stress, and other symptoms interfering with living fully
- Problem-solving
- Purpose, meaning, and core life questions
Credentials: MA in Clinical Psychology from Washington School of Professional Psychology, Licensed Mental Health Counselor. Author of Dreamwork Around the World and Across Time: An Anthology
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Our work together can be a fit for you if you want psychotherapy for:
- an adult or teenager
You will have a safe and supportive place to explore the issues that motivate you to seek counseling. We will work together to review what you’ve tried, what may work best for you next, and how to tell if what we’re doing is helpful.
- A couple or family
We will create an environment where the two or more of you can safely express yourselves, choose common goals, and find ways to work together.
We can work together on issues such as:
- Depression: Are you sad or grieving, whether deeply or chronically? Is it difficult to get up the energy to face the day or work through the barriers in your life? Whether the causes are due to the recent circumstances in your life, old patterns, or your brain chemistry, we can explore directions toward change.
- Anxiety: We have many words for what so many experience daily in our culture: stress, worry, fear, tension, and more. Is the anxiety you experience in proportion to your life circumstances? Do you suspect that however real it feels, the anxiety is exaggerated in your mind? We will explore the causes, and find fitting Mindfulness and stress reduction techniques.
- Relationship and family stress: Are you having trouble finding or keeping connection? Do you find yourself repeating similar patterns? We usually learn how to act with others for a purpose that served us at some time in our life. Often gaining understanding about why we respond like we do helps foster change. Other times, our habits are so ingrained, we need to practice other ways of responding to break old patterns.
- Other specific issues: Did you have an issue that is not included on this list? I’m not surprised. There are many issues we can address together which don’t fit in neat categories. For example, I have a number of clients who experience emotions so intensely they become overwhelmed. And if by chance the issue you want to address is not in my area of expertise, I’ll refer you to someone who will help.
Life enhancement
Finding purpose, a first or new career, or a path
Deepening fulfillment and satisfaction
Seeking a sense of freedom
Sometimes I work with people who are doing well in many ways, but who want something more. Some of us have a sense of the truly profound potential for openness, awe and vitality we all share. If this is your aspiration, we can explore your path to deep engagement with yourself, those around you, and your life.