| Office: |
Northwest Expressway and N. Council Rd.
Oklahoma City, OK 73162
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| Phone: |
(405) 397-3546
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| E-mail: |
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| Web Site: |
www.doctorgassaway.com
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| Profession: |
Psychologist
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| Services: |
Psychotherapy/Counseling
Coaching
Psychoeducational Evaluations
Psychological Evaluations
Psychological Testing
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| Practice Description: |
In my way of working with you, I lay my personal issues aside for our time together and permit my internal responses to fall into an accurate resonance with your emotional state. This is commonly called empathy, but psychologists often refer to it as an"informative empathic response" because the way we use it, it offers a pretty clear window into your personal experience. When I put this together with my formal training in psychology, I am then able to begin to reflect on what might be wrong; to sense "how" you're hurting.
As our work proceeds, the therapy hour becomes an emotionally safe space for you to expand your internal world and begin finally to make sense of difficult feelings. Old compulsions then come to have less power over you as a new way of being emerges.
I maintain my office in a comfortable residential-style setting in northwest Oklahoma City. I generally work in 55-minute sessions once or twice weekly during afternoon and evening hours.
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Practice Specialties or Interests:
(Strengths are
in bold text) |
Sexual Addiction
Adult Male Survivors of Sexual Abuse
OCD
Adjustment Disorder
Adoption Issues
Adult Children of Alcoholics
Anxiety Disorders/Phobias
Bipolar Disorder
Co-dependency
Cognitive Disorders
Crisis/Trauma
Depression
Dissociative Disorders
Divorce/Dissolution
Eating Disorders
Ethnic/Cultural Issues
Gay/Lesbian Issues
Gender Identity
Grief/Loss
HIV/AIDS-related Issues
Impaired Professionals
Impulse Control Disorders
Life Transitions
Men's Issues
Personal Growth
Personality Disorders
PTSD
Relationship Issues
Schizophrenia
Self-esteem
Sexual Abuse
Sexual Dysfunction
Smoking Cessation
Spirituality
Stress Management
Couples and Family Therapy
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| Age Specialties: |
Adults
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| Session Formats: |
Individual
Couples
Family
Group
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| Treatment Approaches: |
Object Relations
Person-Centered
Psychodynamic
Self Psychology
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| Demographic Specialties: |
Buddhist
Christian
Jewish
Middle Eastern
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| Education: |
Ph.D. (Doctoral)
New School for Social Research, NYC., 2001
M.S. (Masters)
New School for Social Research, NYC, 1994
Certificate in Dynamic Psychotherapy
Newport Psychoanalytic Institute, Tustin, CA, 2005
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| License #: |
1026 |
| License State: |
Oklahoma |
| Additional Licenses/ Certifications: |
New York Psychologist license no. 68 016781 |
| Professional Affiliations: |
APA, OPA, Oklahoma Society for Psychoanalysis
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| Fee Schedule: |
$120 per 55-minute session |
| Accepted Insurance: |
Health Choice for OK state employees
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| Office Hours: |
afternoons and evenings, by appointment |
| Additional Comments: |
The single most precious gift we possess is our human self-awareness; it holds our potential for pleasure, for love and for meaningful work. Emotional problems can rob us of this potential and lock us in a sort of experiential darkness. As a therapist, I gently assist others on the difficult and very personal journey from pain into self-awareness and greater personal freedom. |
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