Brad Galvin

Attachment difficulties - feeling at ease and connected with yourself and others - can be painful as we can sometimes feel overly dependent on others or avoidant of others. We can get caught in boundary extremes where we have no boundaries, walls for boundaries, or vasillate between the two in a frustrating dance. My training in EMDR, IFS, and DNMS inform my approach, giving me tools to help you to develop a secure attachment style within yourself and in your most important relationships.

EMDR is considered the gold standard for treating PTSD and I’ve done over 5,000 hours of EMDR with clients. I also am trained in IFS and DNMS, both of which complement EMDR well in that they encourage healing of attachment wounding that can be at the root of PTSD symptoms.

I am Chair of the WA Gambling Counselor Certification Committee and have over 15 years experience as a gambling counselor. I will work with you both on practical ways to manage excessive gambling losses as well as helping to heal the roots of addiction and what drives the behavior. I do so using EMDR and IFS, as well as the EMDR-related technique called the Feeling-State Addiction Protocol.

Attachment difficulties - feeling at ease and connected with yourself and others - can be painful as we can sometimes feel overly dependent on others or avoidant of others. We can get caught in boundary extremes where we have no boundaries, walls for boundaries, or vasillate between the two in a frustrating dance. My training in EMDR, IFS, and DNMS inform my approach, giving me tools to help you to develop a secure attachment style within yourself and in your most important relationships.

I have been a substance use counselor for 20 years and a gambling counselor for 15 years. I use creative approaches to treat all of you - you aren't an addictive behavior you've developed over time to cope. We will address both the addiction and factors that helped it to develop and sustained it. We will get to the root of pain that underlies every addictive behavior.

EMDR is the gold standard for treating trauma and how trauma often manifests itself - trauma response symptoms and depression. I have seen great growth in my clients after just a few sessions and I believe this approach can dramatically change lives. For that reason, I do EMDR intensives, meaning longer sessions starting with a thorough intake including a workbook that I review so we hit the ground running at our first session.

IFS dovetails very well with EMDR in that it is a model for how our psyches seem to be as humans. When we are addressing traumas in EMDR, we are also connecting with younger parts of ourselves that are holding pain. Through combining IFS with EMDR, I can help you recognize what's happening in your psychological system and heal parts of you so that you might experience emotional freedom.

I have been a substance use counselor for 20 years and a gambling counselor for 15 years. I use creative approaches to treat all of you - you aren't an addictive behavior you've developed over time to cope. We will address both the addiction and factors that helped it to develop and sustained it. We will get to the root of pain that underlies every addictive behavior.