Ross Artwohl, Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
Couples & Individual Therapy | Olympia, WA | Teletherapy
When you feel comfortable with your therapist and hopeful about the process, therapy is more likely to produce the results you want.
My therapy is rooted in psychodynamic, gestalt and differentiation-based approaches. Learn more about my training (click here). At your pace, we’ll work together to restore flexibility, reduce emotional pain and support the intimacy you desire. My experience as a therapist and clinical supervisor spans nearly three decades. This allows me to guide therapy toward deeper and more lasting change.
I look forward to talking with you.
Individual therapy
My approach is rooted in psychodynamic and gestalt therapy. A primary goal of these approaches is to better understand why difficult experiences tend to recur. This may include depression, anxiety and problems in living at work or love.
Couples Therapy
My couples work is grounded in a Crucible Therapy approach. This emphasizes differentiation as the foundation to deep intimacy. “Holding onto yourself” in close connection with your partner is challenging for us all. This work helps couples improve communication, improve sexual desire and work toward resolution of recurrent conflicts.
The Power of Psychotherapy - Click on images below
Psychotherapy - The School of Life
Having some psychotherapy is just about the most significant and interesting thing you could do to improve your chances of contentment - in relationships, at work, and with friends and family.
Recognition of Psychotherapy Effectiveness
American Psychological Association
Getting to Know Me
By Jonathan Shedler, Ph.D.
Psychodynamic therapy has been caricatured as navel-gazing, but studies show powerful benefits.
New Contemporary Gestalt Therapy
By Robert Resnick, Ph.D.
How Does Psychotherapy Compare? - The Data
Effect size - Listed in parentheses below, this is a simple way to measure how big, important, or practical the difference is between two groups (like a treatment group vs. a control group).
Psychotherapy (.8 - 1.2)
Couples Therapy (.8)
Bypass Surgery (.8)
ECT for Depression (.8)
Arthritis Medication (.6)
AZT for AIDS Mortality (.5)
Sources:
Lipsey, M. W., & Wilson, D. B. (1993). The efficacy of psychological, educational, and behavioral treatment. Confirmation from meta-analysis. The American psychologist, 48(12), 1181–1209. https://doi.org/10.1037//0003-066x.48.12.1181
Shadish, W. R., & Baldwin, S. A. (2003). Meta-analysis of MFT interventions. Journal of marital and family therapy, 29(4), 547–570. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1752-0606.2003.tb01694.x
