Experiential
As the name suggests, experiential therapy is a therapeutic approach that focuses on the idea of experiencing, encouraging clients to address issues through activities like role playing. Part of the theory behind experiential therapy is that by focusing the client on a task or activity, they are more likely to behave in an unguarded manner, allowing the therapist to make important observations and provide valuable feedback. The term experiential therapy can also be applied to numerous other therapeutic practices such as equine therapy, art therapy, music therapy, and wilderness therapy.
Local experts in Experiential
Carl Jensen
Licensed Professional Counselor
MS, LPC
I have significant background in Psychodrama therapy, as well as Gestalt therapy. When a client goes deep into a problem area, this approach may often be the most valuable. There are numerous therapeutic experiential interventions that have the potential to creatively begin healing or transform an individuals problem area.
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Ashley Adler (she/her/hers)
Marriage and Family Therapist Associate
Master of Arts in Marriage, Couples, and Family Therapy
Mindful experiential means that we might explore your thoughts, body sensations, feelings, memories from your past, beliefs and other layers of your experience. Slowing down in our fast-paced culture and tuning into different parts of your world can be powerful.
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Ajay Dheer (He/They)
Marriage and Family Therapist Associate
M.S. Marriage and Family Therapy
Experiential therapy was a large focus of my training in graduate school. My studies and my clinical practice have included various experiential based approaches, including but not limited to: mindfulness, breath work, role plays and other more traditional experiential techniques. These techniques can be particularly helpful when traditional talk therapy could use a boost.
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Emalee Assenberg, MS, NCC
Licensed Professional Counselor
I believe insights need to be directly experienced for them to create meaningful change. People come to me because they feel stuck or overwhelmed by negative emotions or relational conflict. I serve as a guide and help clients explore and experience new ways of relating with themselves and their loved ones. This in turn creates new pathways for self awareness and personal growth.
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Tori Morrison (she/they)
Marriage and Family Therapist Associate
M.A., Marriage & Family Therapist Associate
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Pearl Health Center
Licensed Professional Counselor
Our therapists are skilled in increasing clients' self efficacy by deepening their connection to their emotional experiences. Experiential approaches seek to focus on the here and now, highlighting connection between the brain and body and learning new ways to experience the self.
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Michaela Christopher (she/her)
Marriage and Family Therapist Associate
M.A. Marriage, Couple, & Family Therapy
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Brooke Vaille (she/her)
Student Counselor
I am training in Restoration Therapy under the supervision of Justin Little, LMFT and Emily Brems, LMFT. Restoration Therapy is a model based in attachment, family therapy and mindfulness to help clients identify ways in which they get "stuck" and how to form more loving and trustworthy ways of being and communicating.
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Lauren Stines (she/they)
Marriage and Family Therapist Associate
MA MCFT
Our experiences make up who we are. As an experiential therapist, I will invite you to explore how you are experiencing the content of your life within the 'here and now'. I do so by engaging my clients with mindfulness exercises that explore their present emotional responses to the content they bring to therapy.
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Stephanie Podasca (she/her)
Professional Counselor Associate
MA, LPC Associate, LMHCA
Somatic and mindfulness-based therapy is experiential at its core. By working in the present moment and including the body’s inner wisdom in our work, we can tap into connection with our most authentic Self. Experiential therapy gives us the real-time tools to track and engaged with both the joys and sorrows of the human experience. This type of therapy places more emphasis on the present and future rather than focusing too much on the past.
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Alicia Turgesen (She/Her)
Marriage and Family Therapist Associate
MA
It is through our experiences that we're able to open new doors to healing and growth. Through various experiential activities, you're able to consider new ways of being and therapeutically experience your emotions and thoughts.
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Joe Doherty
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Joe is certified as a breathwork facilitator and uses the chakra system to work with energy related to psychological stress. His PhD dissertation is published and titled 'The non-dualism of Shamanic Psychotherapy' ...
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Grace Silvia, LCSW (she/her)
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Whether talking about what happened yesterday or in your family growing up, we will work with what you experience as you explore it in the moment. That way the work is fresh, not a stale re-hashing of an old, stuck story. Using basic building blocks of gentle curiosity, compassion and honoring both what shows up as well as resistance to what shows up, deep transformation happens.
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Suzanne Sanchez (she/her)
Licensed Professional Counselor
LPC
I use experiential techniques to help clients access parts of their sub-conscious mind. Examples may include art therapy techniques, role-playing, writing, and play therapy. Through experience, insight is often increased, and as self-awareness grows so can self-esteem, self-confidence and motivation.
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Jen Yerty (She/They)
Licensed Professional Counselor
LPC, CADC I
I use a variety of experiential techniques, from visualization to expressive arts, from narrative to Gestalt, to get to move emotions in a way that words sometimes cannot.
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Jane Flanagan (they/them)
Professional Counselor Associate
Master of Clinical Mental Health Counseling
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Skyhook Counseling Center
Professional Counselor Associate
PSYD, LPC, LCSW, Professional Counselor Associate
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Savannah Torkelsen
Professional Counselor Associate
OR license # R7416, WA license # MC61259505
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Randy Zasloff, LPC, CADCI (she/her)
Licensed Professional Counselor
LPC, CADCI, NCC
I have often observed that 'doing' rather than just 'talking' leads to more rapid and lasting change. In my practice I draw on a variety of experiential therapies dependent on the needs and desires of my clients. These include walking, expressive art therapy, mindfulness practice, and equine facilitated psychotherapy. I am a Certified HEAL Equine Facilitated Psychotherapy practitioner.
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