Therapists in Riverton, UT

With over 20 years of experience, and through listening and collaboration, I am here to help you find solutions and paths toward more meaning in your life, more compassion for yourself, and healthier relationships. I am keenly aware of the importance of how to attach to others in healthy ways, and how to attach to oneself. I use a variety of evidence based strategies and incorporate your skills and strengths in the process of growth and change. You may schedule a complimentary consultation with me directly by phone or email.

Working together with clients to improve their life situation is truly a pleasure for me as a therapist. I engage with people from all walks of life and have an ability to connect. I have a likable and straightforward approach. My specialities includes couples counseling, addiction recovery/codependency issues, trauma and life transitions. Throughout the process of self examination in therapy I can help individuals achieve more satisfaction in their life.

Do you tend to be self-critical or make the same mistakes over and over again and believe it's too hard to change? Are you often overwhelmed or paralyzed by strong negative emotions? Become your own best friend by learning how to have compassionate and constructive conversations with yourself. Having an understanding and true compassion for all aspects of ourselves can alleviate symptoms of depression and anxiety, and transform the way we cope with strong emotions.

After living and working in UT for 17 years, I have relocated to CA and am providing telehealth, with in person visits every 6 weeks. I have 20 years experience treating eating disorders and work within multidisciplinary teams to provide a high level of care, outpatient. My practice has consistently been 95+% eating disorder clients, who also present with anxiety, depression, self-harm and related behaviors, PTSD and/or relational trauma. I approach eating disorder treatment with a strong focus on both physiological and emotional recovery, and am able to treat those with mild to severe eating disorders within the outpatient setting.

Finding help with someone that you trust and can relate to can be hard to find. When life seems overwhelming, I am here for you. I offer a safe, non-judgmental environment for adults and adolescents. I can help you through the therapeutic process of healing and changing for the better. I have experience treating a wide array of issues including, emotional issues, anxiety, depression, self-harming, behavior issues, self-esteem, abuse, and relationship challenges. I am passionate about understanding life's challenges and the complexities they entail. My straight forward approach quickly helps individuals learn healthy coping skills and develop a positive life outlook.

I'm trained and skilled in several treatment modalities including CBT, REBT, Motivational Interviewing and other evidence-based practices. I have experience working with pre-teens, teens, adults, veterans, active-duty military, couples and families experiencing trauma, addiction, anxiety, depression, mood disorders, panic, and relationship issues.

When people experience life stressors, life changes, and/or trauma they often find themselves lost and looking for relief. My great passion is to provide healing and relief to the lost looking for therapeutic relief from trauma, depression and stress issues. I have been helping adults, adolescents and children from all walks of life find new, healthier expressions of themselves, to finally find a peaceful wholeness and fulfillment; to be empowered. I specialize in the treatment of trauma, children and adolescent's disorders, Anxiety and depression along with personality disorders. I emphasize mindfulness, emotion regulation, Distress Tolerance and interpersonal relationship skills

Our office focuses on: Empower, Hope, Resolve. Life offers many challenges and when things get overwhelming, reaching out for help is the first step. You will find the help you are searching for in our office. I have worked with mental health issues for several years and have successfully helped children, adolescents and adults work through their issues. I have experience with postpartum depression, domestic violence, depression, anxiety, abuse, addictions and many other mental health diagnoses. I also specialize in marriage, family and relationship counseling.

At Firefly Addiction & Family Therapy, our mission is to empower each client in the recovery process and restore families from the effects of substance use and addiction. We believe addiction is a chronic condition that requires continuing care. Allow Firefly Addiction & Family Therapy to help you as you rebuild personal and family relationships using integrative, evidence-based treatment methods.

To heal it is important to be heard, understood, and seen. We go through different life events and can experience suffering along the way that impairs daily living. My goal is getting to the root of the present challenge to support lasting change so people can experience the well-being they deserve as a human right! I take an integrative, compassionate, and accepting approach meeting people where they are at focusing with experiential, emotion focused, DBT, ACT, mindfulness, psychodynamic, and person centered approaches to help people heal. I collaborate with clients to create meaning and draw out authentic living.

I have been providing therapy for adults for the past seven years. I have been primarily treating addiction with a secondary focus on depression, trauma, anxiety, crisis management, serious mental illnesses, relational stress, and grief and loss. I have worked extensively with those in the criminal justice system and those with a history of homelessness.

Your Story Matters! Life can sometimes feel stressful, chaotic, scary, hopeless, and unmanageable. You don't have to face these challenges alone. My Name is Guy Exon, and I have worked in residential treatment (for adults and teens), community mental health, hospitals, teletherapy, and in clients' homes. I work with individuals/couples/families suffering from depression, anxiety, trauma, obsessive thoughts, relationship struggles, anger management, parenting, addiction, personality disorders, and more. If this sounds familiar, there is hope, and I would love to be a part of your journey.

I enjoy helping families learn the skills of cooperation, compassion, and understanding to help the family unit work, communicate and grow with each other. I also work with couples with varying dynamics that are in a relationship. We work on restoring open and honest communication, breaking destructive patterns, and managing a relationship's different phases. I work to give the couples skills that they can take from the session into their daily lives; such as a deeper passion for each other and a greater sense of a more fulfilling relationship.

Life can be a puzzle, As a therapist, I work with children, adolescents, adults and families to help identify their strengths and help with solving their life puzzles. I have a wealth of experience with mood disorders, anxiety disorders,marital issues, childhood mental health disorders, as well as foster care and adoptive issues. I use individual, family, and couples therapy as needed for the situation. Give me a call and we can discuss if I can help and if not I can find a suitable referral for you.

In a perfect world, we would all be assigned a therapist at birth, just as we are a pediatrician. Mental health is health, after all. Having a therapist to listen, affirm, encourage, and maybe even challenge you is incredibly healing. I don’t believe that clients necessarily ‘need’ therapy, but that they deserve excellent therapy. I have a passion for working with millennials and young adults. My professional experience in wilderness therapy also drives my interest in working with outdoor enthusiasts who have a history of trauma or mental health concerns.

I am a graduate of Argosy University and earned my Masters degree in Marriage and Family Therapy. I am very excited and dedicated to my therapy career and I love helping others find their true selves through the process of healing. I believe in connecting to our emotions and experiences to better understand ourselves and to essentially grow personally and relationally. I also have a passion for helping people understand their trauma and learn how to heal from it. Finally, I look forward to collaborating with my clients to help them develop new skills and learn how to develop resiliency in the face of life's struggles.

You know you want to make changes, but you can’t make sense of your own behavior. You're worried that you may be getting in your own way. Maybe you feel driven by perfectionism, or maybe you can't figure out why you are stuck on something that seems obvious. Do you need another mind to show you different ways to move forward? I can help. There's a great metaphor in the Japanese culture, where they practice a form of ceramics, kintsugi, that repairs cracks with gold to create a new work of art. If you find your mind or life in pieces, let’s make sense of the pieces, build your confidence, and create something new together.