Jul 3, 2018
Kevin received his Bachelor’s in Psychology from Washington
State University, before completing his Masters Degree in
Counseling Psychology at Pacific University. His focus remained on
anxiety and models for working with children, which led to
completing anxiety focused training during his tenure at Pacific
University. During this time, he authored three publications on
anxiety and completed his dissertation on the effectiveness of
Collaborative Problem Solving. Kevin has earned certification in
treating OCD and Hoarding Disorder from the International Obsessive
Compulsive Disorder Foundation (IOCDF) Behavior Therapy Training
Institute (BTTI). Though he has presented at local and national
conferences, he has found his true calling with public speaking on
the topic of anxiety, often being recruited for providing lectures
and workshops in the Portland community.
Kevin aims to provide effective, evidence-based treatment to
individuals struggling with anxiety disorders using humor,
kindness, and compassion. He believes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
(CBT) is effective when he is able to help clients shift their
relationship with anxiety while not taking themselves too
seriously. Kevin likes to empower his clients by saying (in regards
to Exposure Response Prevention) “you’re already miserable, you may
as well be miserable on purpose.”
In This Episode We Discuss
- Defining anxiety accurately
- “Am I doing the action based on fear or preference?”
- How to not be crippled by uncertainty
- Relationship between anxiety and depression
- Exposure therapy and evidence-based strategies used in practice
- Focused on the past: feelings of guilt, shame, perhaps depression. How do we prevent ruminating on things that happened in the past?