https://www.leifmoaanderson.com/home daily 1.0 2026-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1618497259178-6XJGK9GR6YAVBQL5L519/20140301_Trade-151_012-2.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ec321c2af33de48734cc929/1607694583486-2PQT0LQ193RL7MCB6DX4/20140228_Trade+151_0046.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617703484b1be410f5c22209/e7c0d48d-affe-4560-8d31-fd2c35e9c0a0/Profile-leif--moa-anderson.jpg Home - My approach to therapy: I have studied many modalities of therapy, but I do not focus on one modality in particular. Instead, I believe that everyone is unique and my job is to invent a new therapy for every client. I use elements of all the modalities I have learned as sets of tools and I continue to learn more modalities to add to my tool box. I use all these tools to build a custom therapy suited to each individual, couple, or group. I will work to understand the uniqueness that is you (and those you bring with you). I will listen with my over ten years of experience as a therapist and my unique background in philosophy. I believe strongly in working to be as objective and without judgement as possible. I will build the direction of therapy based on what is important to you. If you don’t know what is important to you, then that is where we will start. I will work to understand the whole of you, and in doing so, help you to become your whole self. https://www.leifmoaanderson.com/contact daily 0.75 2023-07-06 https://www.leifmoaanderson.com/about-me daily 0.75 2026-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617703484b1be410f5c22209/57356ff7-930e-4223-873d-ed52538ca536/IMG_3059.JPG About Me - My Background I received a Masters degree in Systems Counseling Psychology from the Leadership Institute of Seattle (LIOS) in 2010. I had previously completed a BA in Philosophy from the University of Washington. I have certifications in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). I have studied many other forms of therapy including Process psychology (Jung), Psychoanalysis (Freud), Existential therapy, mindfulness practices, and Internal Family Systems therapy. In between undergrad and grad school I worked in residential construction for four years. In those years I also got back into martial arts, mediation, and mindfulness. I kept thinking about my undergraduate thesis, which was about emotions and decided to go back to school for psychology. I expanded upon my undergraduate thesis for my graduate thesis and am now working on a book that incorporates those ideas. The book is about the folly of morally judging our feelings and emotions and (from my theses) a model for examining and communicating about our emotions without that moral judgement getting in the way of us managing and changing our behavior. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617703484b1be410f5c22209/039d43a2-0263-40e4-bc60-bd357c22c01e/both+cats.jpg About Me - A little about me as a person. I live in Portland with my partner of 11 years, two cats, and four chickens. We like gardening and have planted more fruit trees on our little property than you’d think was possible (I like tending to the trees). We both enjoy cooking, especially cooking together, and learning new recipes and techniques. Sometimes we take cooking classes or other random classes, just for fun. I grew up here in the north west doing outdoor activities and still enjoy skiing, hiking, backpacking, and camping. 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This will be a dive, as deep as you want to go, into all the relationships that have shaped you and what drives your behavior. From this understanding, I will help you reshape who you are and who you will be. Therapy is at whatever pace and depth works for you; twice a week, every week, twice a month, once a month, or whenever works for you. $135/hr https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/617703484b1be410f5c22209/d00a9d56-fd2a-4a00-885f-6060fcb323e0/Relationship_cows.jpg Services - Relationship therapy Why not just say couples therapy or marriage therapy? Because, just as how you relate to others may be shaped by your relationship with yourself, you are also shaped by all your relationships. Relationships with others is also one of the best ways to learn about ourselves. 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