Location
Offers online therapy
I see clients whatever way they are most comfortable: virtually, outside in rocking camp chairs, or, more recently, in my office.
About
I’ve been described (mostly affectionately) as a kick-ass therapist. I support my clients to deal with triggers more gracefully, take responsibility for the stories of their lives, and move towards what brings them true pleasure. I am also particularly good with navigating and transforming relationship issues and conflicts. My goal is to support those I work with to move towards greater presence, purpose, and play. Life can be intensely beautiful but sometimes we have to sort out our internal and external dynamics before we can be fully in the flow. I see people on a short-term or long-term basis, depending on their needs.
I love working with couples and believe that being in a relationship is one of the best ways to grow and wake up. The key is to develop healthy ways to manage triggers (old thoughts, feelings, and action patterns) that often come up in intimacy. Triggers, if skillfully managed, can lead to deeper intimacy.
Early on with each client, I offer a “mapping session”. This is a way to get the issues on the table, without judgement. These sessions are often deeply comforting and clarifying. Sometimes a mapping session is enough to get perspective and know how to move forward. My goal is to help my clients feel better quickly and also create deep and lasting change.
Erik Muten
“All the deep work that happens in therapy requires learning self-compassion & tenderness. I have a lot of experience with this journey.”
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Finances
- Cost per Session: $125 - $350
- Sliding Scale: Yes
Pay By:
Cash, Check, Paypal
Accepted Insurance Plans
- BlueCross and BlueShield
- Health New England (HNE)
I accept Blue Cross Blue Shield & Health New England for new clients.
Email me or call (413) 551-3011 with questions.
Qualifications
- Years in Practice: 37 Years
- License: Massachusetts / 4293
- School: Virginia Consortium for Professional Psychology
- Year Graduated: 1984
I am deeply qualified in looking at people's unconscious patterns and assisting them in being courageous to become self-transforming.
Additional Credentials
- Certificate: Southern Methodist University / MFA
- Certificate Date: 1979
- Certificate: Barrett Values Centre
- Certificate Date: 1997
Location
Offers online therapy
Specialties
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Marital and Premarital
Issues
- ADHD
- Addiction
- Anger Management
- Behavioral Issues
- Grief
- Life Coaching
- Life Transitions
- Men's Issues
- Mentoring towards Authentic Self
- Peer Relationships
- Personality Assessments
- Relationship Issues
- Self Esteem
- Sex Therapy
- Sleep or Insomnia
- Spirituality
- Testing and Evaluation
- Trauma and PTSD
Mental Health
- Dissociative Disorders (DID)
- Mood Disorders
Client Focus
Ethnicity:
Black and African American and Other Racial or Ethnic Background
I also speak:
Swedish
Age
- Elders (65+)
- Adults
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Attachment-based
- Coaching
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- EMDR
- Family / Marital
- Family Systems
- Focus of Development of Unique Self
- Humanistic
- Hypnotherapy
- Integrative
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Life Story through the 12 Forms of Capital
- Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
- Narrative
- Positive Psychology
- Psychodynamic
- Psychological Testing and Evaluation
- Reality Therapy
- Somatic
- Transpersonal
Modality
- Individuals
- Couples
- Group
Last Modified: 14 Aug 2022
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