Career

Andrew  is a licensed professional counselor who has been practicing for Thirty years. The past twenty-six have been in Star Valley, Wyoming.​

 

Approach to therapy

His approach is to meet people where they are at, respect their values, and recognize that most people want a better life and are doing the best they know how. Adhering to practices proven to be effective, Andrew helps people find more skillful and effective ways to deal with problems.

 

Andrew takes people seriously, but is easy going, incorporates humor into his treatment, and is known be irreverent at times.

 

Training

A general cognitive behavioral foundation is utilized with other specific treatments. In addition to having had specialized training, Andrew has provided training and supervision to other counselors in the following:

 

Dialectical Behavioral Treatment (DBT)

Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT)

Spiritual Self Schema Therapy (3S)

Individual and Group Therapy

 

Adapting the treatment to the individual's needs (rather than the other way around), while adhering to principles of proven treatments is the formula for successful growth and change.

 

Education

Bachelor of Arts, Psychology; University of Wyoming, 1992

Master of Science, Counselor Education; University of Wyoming, 1994

 

Personal

Andrew loves the mountains and enjoys any opportunity to be in them. 

 

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