Kyle Rose - Clinical Mental Health Counseling

Counseling and

Psychotherapy

Clinical mental health counseling:
"the application of principles of psychotherapy, human
development, learning theory, group dynamics, and the etiology
of mental illness and dysfunctional behavior to individuals,
couples, families and groups, for the purpose of promoting
optimal mental health, dealing with normal problems
of living and treating psychopathology” (AMHCA, 2023).

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Scope of Concerns and Issues for Collaboration:

Focused Areas of Clinical Care: transitions and life changes, general emotional support and insight development, LGBTQ+ affirming therapy, social- and self-awareness, grief and bereavement, interpersonal challenges, emerging/young adult issues, academic and career exploration, political distress and social [in]justice, existential concerns, identity development and personal growth, depressive disorders (major, persistent, seasonal) and subclinical depression, anxiety disorders (generalized, social, separation) and subclinical anxiety, adjustment disorder.

General Areas of Clinical Care: mental health evaluations and diagnosis, social identity exploration & anti-racism, obsessive-compulsive disorder, illness anxiety disorder, neurodivergence [ADHD/ ASD], suicidal ideation, cultural conflict & identity dynamics, spirituality (disaffiliation, transition, & development), prolonged grief disorder, stress management, trauma & stressor related disorders.

My Approach:

I love being a counselor and deeply enjoy psychotherapy, but my enthusiasm is blended with a naturally gentle demeanor, dedication to critical consciousness, commitment to social justice, and reverence for the concerns and experiences that each person brings to our work together. An effective therapeutic relationship creates an experience of being understood and of belonging, while also uncovering strategies for healing and growth through self-discovery, meaning-making, relationship connections, and empowerment for social change. I approach our collaboration with warmth, respectful curiosity, and an integrative style that draws methods from several theories of counseling and psychotherapy, depending on the interests and needs of each person. I appreciate the counseling relationship as a growth-mechanism itself, emotion as a source of information and as a therapeutic process, and collaborative constructions of meaning and insight that mobilize strengths. I work to understand individual, interpersonal, cultural, and political contexts of “presenting concerns” to destigmatize mental health, identify therapeutic and advocacy needs, and help individuals empower themselves for a variety of purposes.

Theoretical Frameworks:

Relational-cultural, phenomenological, social– and critical– psychoanalytic, existential and post-existential, intersubjective-systems, constructive, systemic, and critical theories

Therapy Modalities:

Relational-cultural, person-centered, existential, contemporary psychodynamic, intersectional-feminist, emotion-focused, discursive, CBT, ACT, mentalization, psychoeducation, and solution focused therapies

Provisions & Parameters:

Scope of Collaboration: Ethical, theoretically-textured, evidence-informed mental health services for open-ended, long-term, and intermediate timeframes (brief counseling available on a case-by-case basis).

Commitments to Praxis: Contextually-nuanced, insight-oriented, systemically-informed, and trauma-responsive psychotherapy and counseling, based upon relational ethics, cultural humility, critical reflexivity, theoretical pluralism, advocacy principles and processes, and commitments to social justice.

Aspirations for Care: Growth-fostering relationships built through mutual empowerment, empathy, and respect; care that aims for non-coercive, liberational, intersectionally aware, community-connected, and clinically efficacious collaborations.

By be[com]ing a counselor and acquiring credentials through academic, professional, and legal systems, these institutions permit me to 'provide' counseling and psychotherapy services. My priority is to honor the mutual values, processes, and contexts that emerge throughout our collaboration. At the same time, the possibilities and limitations of our collaboration are influenced by these same institutions. I strive to preserve autonomy, enhance agency, and cultivate relational empowerment in our work, while abiding the laws and fulfilling the ethics of my profession. I am an adherent to the ethical codes of the American Counseling Association (ACA), the American Mental Health Counseling Association (AMHCA), the National Board for Certified Counselors (NBCC), and the Counselors for Social Justice (CSJ), as well as the AMHCA Practice Standards and the Society for Sexual, Affectional, Intersex, and Gender Expansive Identities (SAIGE) competencies. For in person services, as well as telehealth in Pennsylvania, I am held to Pennsylvania regulations articulated by the State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Professional Counselors. For telehealth services when you are located in the state of Texas, I am held to the statutes of the Texas Behavioral Health Executive Council. For telehealth services when you are located in Virginia, I am held to the regulations articulated by the Virginia Board of Counseling.