Introduction: * Couples Counseling
* Mens Groups & Issues
* Anger Management
* Life Transitions
* Parenting
* Depression
* Grief & Loss
Don collaborates with clients to help them to cultivate a more intimate and compassionate connection to what they are experiencing in the moment. He believes therapeutic change can occur as soon as the therapeutic encounter begins, and that it happens in small, but potentially very significant steps.
He is committed to proceeding at each client's unique pace, integrating complementary theories and techniques to personalize and tailor his approach to meet each client's needs.
Don has received specialized professional training in the following therapeutic modalities:
* Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples
* Collaborative Couples Therapy
* Psycho-Biological Couples Therapy
* Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy
* Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy
* Resource Based Psychotherapy - Bowen Psycho-Physical Therapy
* The Hakomi Method of Experiential Psychotherapy
* Domestic Violence Victims Resources Training
* Hospice Training Program for Caregiver and Bereavement
Volunteers
Testimonials:
I came to see Don during a time of immense upheaval in my life. Within a few visits he helped me re-imagine my life after divorce. This foundational work was something I needed to be doing anyway, which speaks to the beauty and simplicity of Don's approach. His collaborative and experiential-based approach allowed me to re-program some of the thought patterns that no longer served me, and gave me a useful set of practical tools that I'm able to draw from on a daily basis. As well, I am particularly grateful for the male role model Don provided. A little more than a year removed from this period of crisis, I feel like I'm back on track, leading life with a creative passion that I wasn't previously.
- Peter
I have worked with Don Waxman for almost two years and find him to be the most effective therapist I have ever used. Don has the ability to be empathetic and directive in a way that works for me. His use of somatic tools with me has been dramatic in my self exploration and healing. He is very knowledgeable and creative and has a great set of tools to help you get to your goals.
- Kent
I have found Don's therapy to be very beneficial. I have learned
innovative and effective ways to redirect old negative habits and to be more present in my relationships, and more present in the moment at hand. I really like Don's style - he's a great guy, and he calls me on my BS. I think he has great therapeutic skill and knowledge, which has been really helpful to me.
- Ray
I've been working with Don for six months now, and he has really helped me deal with not only my anger issues, but with my grief as well. With Don, I've enjoyed a better level of communication not only with others, but myself as well. He's shown me how to confront my feelings, to deal with them, give them their space to exist, and eventually get over them, instead of simply turning them all into frustrated anger and never dealing with anything. I used to live by the phrase "keep on moving," but Don helped show me how this can be unhealthy, and that a better phrase would be "let it keep on moving," and simply accept where you are, and know that no matter what's going on, you're doing what you're supposed to be doing. I've improved relationships with family and friends, all from using the techniques Don has gone over with me. A very nice man, very attentive, and very helpful.
- Dana
Don was instrumental in bringing my thoughts and focus back to center. Divorce, severe financial pressure and physical health issues were colliding in my experience. During a period of time when there was an immense amount of pressure, stress, confusion, delusion, and despair, Don was able to help me regain my footing. The primary takeaway was that Don helped me focus on myself and not on how others framed their perceptions of who I am. At that point and time it is exactly what I needed to help compartmentalize the areas that I needed to work on versus issues that were not mine, and which I had no control over. This bit of clarity helped tremendously then, and is something I continue to use to this very day.
- Kim
Don was able to provide us a comfortable environment to work on our issues. He was very good at keeping the conversations on point and finding common ground where it seemed there was none in sight. More than once I thought the relationship with my partner was beyond fixing, but Don showed us (myself especially) that sometimes the issues we have with our partners are not what they seem; that you might need to look carefully at yourself. In therapy with Don, I learned a lot about myself and I use this knowledge in all types of relationships- personal, work, etc.
- Ted
