Counseling was my first love and first work.  Although I have roamed away from traditional Freudian psychotherapy in studying and practicing alternative therapies, I am still grounded in traditional mental health counseling and am a licensed mental health provider and I am happy to be able to integrate it with the other services I offer.  I also find that the counseling I offer is very much enriched and informed by the other things I have learned, and by the life I have lived in the meantime.  I LOVE to incorporate the use of personal symbology/mythology/folklore (Joseph Campbell & Jean Houston stuff) – we’re all really living a mythic tale, and looking at that not only brings perspective and answers to life’s dilemmas, but creates a sense of context and richness to life itself.  I’m also a firm believer in transgenerational psychology – the idea that dynamics become embedded in ancestral lines and continue to affect future generations until they are brought into consciousness and worked through – and have several tools for unearthing, addressing, and releasing these dynamics.  I believe that counseling is really about finding, releasing your blocks to, and optimizing your full human potential. Which is really very exciting, isn’t it?  😉

Counseling Services~

I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (Eastern WA University), as well as a Certified Child and Adolescent Mental Health Specialist (State of Washington), a certified EMDR practitioner (EMDRIA), and a licensed/certified hypnotherapist (Foundation of the Sacred Stream Depth Hypnosis Program & National Board of Hypnotherapists).  I have practiced both in agencies and in private practice for over 21 years, specializing in child and adolescent therapy, treatment of trauma and abuse, PTSD, attachment issues, and family therapy.   I have also worked extensively with soldiers returning from war.

I offer several specific counseling modalities, though my preference is to combine some or all of these modalities to best effect change and healing for clients.  The modalities I offer are as follows~

Traditional counseling~

You know, good old talk therapy. I tend to practice from a more spiritually oriented perspective (strictly non-denominational – I believe that the belief system that works for you is the right one), though I am firmly grounded in the field of psychology.

EMDR~

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing.  EMDR uses guided eye movements or tapping to trigger the brain to process emotion, particularly that related to trauma.   It is a crossover between traditional counseling psychology and energy work. You can read more about EMDR here:

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Depth Hypnosis~

The particular modality of hypnotherapy I offer is Depth Hypnosis.  Depth Hypnosis draws from elements of Buddhism, hypnotherapy, shamanism, energy medicine and transpersonal psychology, and offers an opportunity to achieve profound and long-lasting results on a spiritual, emotional, and physical level. Recognizing that every person is unique, Depth Hypnosis actively involves you in the process of discovering what is needed to effect the changes you are seeking. This way, you are empowered and become in touch with your ability to heal yourself. By following current life issues to the root (through dream recall, inner child work, and regressions), you learn what is needed to resolve and move beyond unconscious dynamics. Through this process, you can have a more positive relationship with yourself, others, and the world around you. Depth Hypnosis is great for conditions of imbalance such as depression, anxiety, autoimmune dysfunction, addiction, and relationship dysfunction. Depth Hypnosis is akin to guided meditation (ie you’re very much aware of, and in control of, what’s going on during the session),  and is ideal for resolving past trauma, especially from childhood, and for releasing problematic patterns of thought, emotion, and behavior.  Depth Hypnosis can and sometimes does involve past life regression.

NeuroAffective Relational Model & NeuroAffective Touch~

This is an integration of psychodynamic and body-centered/somatic modalities (developed by Dr. Aline LaPierre, PsyD, MFT, SEP) which is grounded in polyvagal theory and developmental neuroscience.  It uses somatic mindfulness and mindful touch to bring unconscious memories held in the body into conscious awareness and to heal/resolve early childhood/infancy/prenatal relational trauma (i.e. emotional abuse/neglect and dysfunctional attachment experiences and patterns).

Art Therapy~

Creative/expressive art therapy, including visual art, narrative/storytelling, movement, vocalization to resolve trauma and to facilitate and improve authentic self expression.  Delightful for inner child work.

Integrative Health Practitioner Certified Health Coach~

I am an Integrative Health Practitioner Certified Health Coach, through the Integrative Health Practitioner Institute.  This program is an integration of the principles of Ayurvedic Medicine, Functional Medicine, Bioregulatory Medicine, Orthomolecular Medicine, Chinese Medicine/Herbalism, Traditional Naturopathy, and Eastern Philosophy (psychology).  As such I am able to assess physical symptomologies accompanying/causing/correlating with emotional symptomologies and trauma(s), identify imbalances, and provide coaching and suggestions for correcting those imbalances.  This is particularly helpful for those who have experienced complex trauma, PTSD, etc and who struggle with the autonomic dysregulation, immuno-dysregulation/autoimmune disorders, hormonal imbalance, weight gain or loss, and other such physical problems that often accompany trauma.

Hakomi/Body Communication/Psychology of Presence~

This is a combination of several modalities I have studied, and is definitely one of my favorites. It uses a system of tuning into and focusing on the places where emotion is trapped in the body and bringing presence and awareness to that place and that emotion, which processes and releases the emotion.  This provides relief from depression and anxiety, as well as alleviating associated behavior patterns and physical maladies.

Services & Fees~

All counseling services are offered at rate of $160 for a 60 minute session. Some sliding fee discount may be available based on income.

I accept Premera Blue Cross/Blue Shield/Regence and all affiliated programs, Life Wise, Ambetter, Kaiser, and SOME Tri-Care/Tri-West plans. If you are insured with another provider, I am licensed in the state of Washington, so your insurance may reimburse you for these services if out-of-network providers are allowed on your policy (you will still need to pay upfront, and I will provide the necessary receipts to submit).   Feel free to ask me more about this.

Jaeden Roberts

504-621-0359

2017 W. 4th Ave.

Spokane, WA 99201