Russ Pool Therapist

My practice involves two very different populations:  adult and children.  For adults I bring a  combination of empathic listening and insightful questions to my clients.  As a listener, I communicate realness, caring and a deeply sensitive non-judgmental understanding.  I practice participative and empathic listening, while allowing his client to freely vent their feelings.

Simultaneously I brings discordant elements into a mutual, self-disclosing confrontation.  My approach deals with the hear-and-now.  I focus attention on immediate behavior.  While clients often feel fragmented, with at least some perceptions, feelings, behaviors or thoughts that are puzzling, unrelated, troubling or discordant, I help you discover and align these various aspects.

For children, I present a very different set of skills.  First, there’s an extensive assessment period that may last as long as a month – including sessions with parents, guardians and children together and individually.  With parents and guardians, I act as a fact-finder – understanding what’s been happening and your attempts to make improvements.  For children, I act as a fun, happy adult-playmate who assesses their experiences through attachment and play-based testing.  With the parents, I then discuss what I have observed and potential therapies specifically tailored to your child’s needs.

As a leader at one of the country’s largest personal growth facilities for 14 years I learned to listen to the multiple depths of my clients and encourage their strengths.  My approach is both client-centered and body oriented.  After a dozen years honing these team-building skills in the business arena, Russ completed his Master’s Degree in Counseling, two years of specialty training and supervision  in Internal Family Systems Therapy.  Currently, I have begun seeing children while I complete an intense supervision with the areas leading child psychologist.

Learn more at: www.RussPool.com