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Thom Keenan-Hunt
Therapy with Thom
Are you feeling overwhelmed by these turbulent times? Feeling stuck in relationships, jobs, or beliefs about yourself that may not be entirely accurate? I may be able to help.
Unhealthy thoughts, feelings, behaviors, and attachments can create patterns that lead to anxiety, depression, addiction, and more. If you want help in learning how to break the cycle, therapy can be a powerful tool in helping you identify problem areas and begin your personal transformation. The process begins with having someone who will listen, understand your needs, uncover stressors, and assist you with seeking solutions.
Being a psychotherapist is a second career for me. Prior to my work as a therapist, I worked in the entertainment industry as an actor on stage, in television, and film, as well as behind the scenes in production. Of course, that means I was a waiter and bartender as well!
In 2008, I experienced a career shift and entered the recovery industry, working for the next two years as an office manager and substance abuse counselor at Frank's House, a residential treatment center in the Silverlake area of Los Angeles. In 2010, I received my certification as a Drug & Alcohol Counselor from Los Angeles City College’s Human Services program.
Following that, I enjoyed a nearly seven-year career at the Los Angeles LGBT Center, serving in various capacities as a volunteer, an intern and an employee under the Center’s Mental Health Services department.
As the Outreach Specialist of the LGBT Center's Addiction Recovery Services, I conducted outreach efforts throughout L.A. County and on social media, saw individual and group clients as an addictions counselor, and co-facilitated weekly addiction education and relapse prevention groups for the Center’s Intensive Outpatient Program. A highlight for me was providing harm reduction groups for the Center’s annex, The Youth Center On Highland, working with homeless LGBTQ youth. Finally, my career at the Center culminated as an MFT trainee, where I completed my clinical internship in 2016.
I also worked for a year at CAST Centers in West Hollywood from 2020 through 2021 at the height of the pandemic, as well as joining Antioch University Counseling Center's School-Based Program to work with high school-aged teens.
I offer services through TeleHealth with limited in-person availability.
MY SPECIALTIES:
Gay men's issues, such as substance abuse and addiction, HIV/AIDS, sex and sexuality, relationships, and aging.
LGBTQIA+ Issues, including coming out, homophobia, and living in a heteronormative culture.
Addiction and recovery, from contemplation to harm reduction and abstinence-based models.
Gender identities and expressions; non-binary and intersex identities; sexuality and sexual expression.
Depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, and other mental health diagnoses.
Job and career issues, stress reduction, and anger management.
Relationship issues, effective communication strategies, and conflict resolution.
MY APPROACH:
Providing SPACE FOR YOU to EXPLORE PATTERNS and BELIEFS that NO LONGER SERVE YOU
We often feel stuck in patterns that no longer work, whether in relationships, jobs, or even problem narratives about ourselves we’ve become entrenched in. These unhealthy thoughts, feelings, behaviors and attachments can lead to ineffective coping mechanisms such as anxiety, depression or addiction. But how do you break these patterns? Having someone who listens, aligns with your needs, and who is trained in uncovering stressors and seeking solutions can be powerful. Therapy can help you identify these limitations and begin a transformative and empowering experience for you.
I work with individuals and couples, specializing in gay male/LGBTQIA populations. Utilizing psychodynamic, cognitive behavioral, narrative, family systems, and attachment theories, I consider unconscious processes, formative events and early attachments, and connect how they continue to influence your feelings, behaviors and relationships. I also consider the impact of growing up queer in a heteronormative culture, as well as how the intersection of multiple identities (sexual, gender, culture, racial, etc.) may continue to affect our current thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.
We can also re-write problem stories and beliefs about yourself instead of critical and judgmental negative self-views and stories we sometimes cling to because they are familiar but no longer serve you, and may even continue to hinder your growth.
My approach is an easy-going collaboration with you designed to shift ineffective patterns, in a safe and affirmative environment. Rather than tell you what you want to hear, I want to investigate things you perhaps aren’t seeing and help empower you in finding answers that feel right. Please reach out and contact me for a free consultation.
MY TRAINING:
EDUCATION
MA, Clinical Psychology, Antioch University
BA, Interdisciplinary Studies, George Fox University
LICENSURE
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the state of California (133219)
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the state of Oregon (T3434)
I am a licensee in good standing to practice
psychotherapy and marriage and family therapy in the states of California and Oregon.
I uphold the ethical values and standards of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists.
INSURANCE:
I am an in-network provider for the following plans:
Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) with a Visa or Mastercard logo
Health Savings Accounts (HSA) with a Visa or Mastercard logo
Out of Network (OON)
Private Pay
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