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I find that the meaning we make of our situations does much to frame how we make sense of our lives. We can let setbacks define us and determine our path, or we can choose to grow through challenges and emerge on the other side as healthy people living intentional lives.
I pull upon a number of different psychological theories and my 20+ years of experience as a therapist to help every individual in my office understand themselves, how they got here, and where they want to take their lives. I especially enjoy working with couples, co-parents, fathers and men, people navigating midlife transitions, and individual adults managing demanding expectations.
Understanding why and how we learned to cope in certain ways helps us be compassionate towards ourselves today as we make similar mistakes. Insight is one of the keys to being able to choose a different path forward, and so talking about the past can be important.
That said, in addition to insight, a client needs to experience a new way of being with the therapist. Excellent clinicians find ways that patterns happening in the outside world can be experienced with the therapist in real time in the office. A new pattern emerges as the therapist and client forge a new dynamic in therapy. The client can then take these new patterns out into their relationships in the world.
I earned my Master's degree in Counseling Psychology from Santa Clara University. I trained for two years in the Palo Alto Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training Program, learning how ingrained habits can be identified and altered with careful analysis. I studied mindfulness-based meditation and cognitive behavioral interventions to learn ways our thoughts and choices can shape behavior and feelings in this moment. I've learned about couples counseling following the Gottman Method and the Developmental Model of the Couples Institute, and I've trained as a supervisor of apprentice psychotherapists. Ethics and integrity matter to me. As the founder and president of Family Matters Counseling Services, I value clinical excellence and business professionalism.
Therapy helps us understand our past experiences, appreciate how we did so much so well to survive, and choose how we want to operate moving forward. Therapy can be a way to make peace with our past and our anxious minds. We can choose to focus on gratitude and forgiveness, once we have spoken our truth. We can accept our feelings, consider our thoughts, and choose our behaviors. Therapy is the best way that I know to accomplish these goals for living well. I hope to hear from you.
About Kent
Kent Campbell, LMFT #43704, LPCC #1546, in California and #61157679 in Washington, has worked with children, teens, young adults, working professionals, couples, families, and groups. He offers supervision and consultation. He teaches "Ethical and Legal Issues in Counseling" to graduate students at Santa Clara University and serves on the CAMFT Ethics Committee, which reviews ethics complaints and guides therapists across California on the ethical issues of psychotherapy. Kent has completed training in Collaborative Practice and serves as a divorce coach.