Thomas Stafford (He/Him)

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) helps people move out of the struggle with painful thoughts and feelings by focusing on values and committed action. I use ACT to support clients in noticing and accepting their inner experiences without judgment, while building practical skills to live more fully. Together we work on clarifying what matters most, developing resilience, and creating space for growth, balance, and authentic connection.

I use CBT to help clients understand the connection between their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, especially when anxiety, OCD, or overwhelm take over. We identify the patterns that keep them stuck, challenge unhelpful thinking, and build practical skills that create real change in daily life. My approach is steady and collaborative. Focused on helping clients feel more grounded, capable, and in control of their responses.

I help clients work with intrusive moral and existential doubts—the “what if I’m a bad person,” “what if I made the wrong choice,” or “what if none of this means anything” loops that feel impossible to resolve. Using ACT, we focus on reducing the urge to analyze, confess, or find certainty, and instead build the capacity to let these thoughts exist without getting pulled into them. I integrate ACT with ERP so clients move toward their values even with guilt, fear, or philosophical hurdles.

I help clients understand and work through intrusive thoughts, mental loops, sensory‑based obsessions, and the compulsive patterns that form around them. My approach is steady and practical, using ERP, CBT, and ACT to reduce avoidance and build tolerance for uncertainty. I focus on helping people recognize the difference between OCD’s alarms and their own values, so they can move toward a calmer, more flexible relationship with their thoughts and sensations.

I help people understand what sits beneath their worry, overwhelm, and racing thoughts. My approach is steady and grounding, focused on reducing shame, building clarity, and finding practical ways to calm the mind and body so life feels more manageable.

I help teens and adults understand how ADHD shows up in their daily lives—focus issues, overwhelm, emotional intensity, task initiation, and the constant mental noise that makes everything feel harder than it should. My work is practical and steady: building routines, strengthening executive functioning, improving follow‑through, and reducing shame around ADHD patterns. I blend CBT, behavioral strategies, and nervous‑system‑based work so clients can feel more regulated and confident.

I help people understand what’s happening beneath their anxiety instead of fighting it alone. My work focuses on slowing the mind and body, building practical skills, and untangling the patterns of worry, tension, overwhelm, intrusive thoughts—that keep anxiety looping. I use CBT, ACT, and exposure‑based approaches in a way that feels steady, supportive, and doable.

I specialize in working with clients whose OCD shows up as intrusive thoughts, mental checking, rumination, and internal reassurance rather than visible compulsions. My ERP approach focuses on helping people notice the urge to analyze or neutralize, and then practice letting the thought be there without solving it. We build tolerance for uncertainty, reduce mental rituals, and create exposures that feel steady, paced, and doable so clients can move toward a calmer, flexible inner relationship.