Chris Rossvanes is a Therapist based in the USA. My areas of speciality include Anger Management, Career Counseling, Chronic Illness, Divorce, Life Coaching, Narcissistic Personality, Peer Relationships, Self Esteem, Sexual Addiction, and Stress. This profile is currently unclaimed; please validate the details are current when communicating with the mental health professional.
Therapist Overview
I am interested in treating individuals who feel emotional distress. This could be from anxiety, depression, grief, trauma and social/relational issues. Many people engage in dysfunctional coping strategies that only produce short-term relief, but actually perpetuate the distress. This ultimately makes them distress intolerant. I am interested in motivating my clients to manage their distress more effectively. I have over 20 years of clinical experience. I have graduate degrees in Clinical Psychology and Social Work. I individualize treatment as much as possible. I use a life span approach to help clients understand how reactions to early experiences bond to thinking and emotion, producing the ineffective coping that gets triggered by life situations. I use various strategies to then modify thinking, emotion and resulting behavior. I recognize that our issues are as unique to us as our fingerprints. Empathy and sensitivity are staples of my practice. I encourage my clients to view my o