T.Lee (say TEElee) Shostack

I have expertise in treating anxiety and related challenges including PTSD. I work extensively with "helping professionals" of all kinds including other therapists. I’m conversational, directive when asked for it, and use humor as part of the work. Laughter is clinically as important as tears! Jargon and fancy words can be a way to distance people, and so I don’t use them. I hear from a lot of clients that the work I do is very different than they have experienced with other therapists. Most therapists only use one or two ways of helping people, and they apply that to everyone. Being in the field for over a decade, I have a lot of training and experience working with a lot of people on all kinds of things, and in session, I use everything I've learned so I can offer you a full toolbox of options and choices to work on your challenges and issues. Many people find this mix of a lot of experience and training to be really helpful when they thought their problems were insurmountable, and discover that there are a lot of different ways to approach things. Sessions with me are to work on what you want to work on, and I’ll ask you what you would like to focus on each time we meet. Its your time - you and your needs. If you don’t know, that’s ok, we’ll determine together where to start and where to go from there together. If there is a problem, you are not the problem. Problems exist outside of people, not inside. I don’t mean that you don’t have anxiety, or any other mental health issues! The thing you are anxious about (for example) is the problem. We’ll look at any problem together and discover what is possible to do to support you dealing with it. Let’s reduce your stress, or help you navigate your depression, or whatever else is going on! The environment you are in, which includes people, systems, ecology — all the things that surround us — influence and impact us every day. These things are also important to name, to make sure we know what the context is for what is happening that is hard to deal with. I hope this has given you enough information so that if you have more questions, you’ll reach out and ask.