Dr. Patrick J. Hart
Codependency Roles: Dysfunctional Relationships:
Help to Stop Enabling and Enduring Problems of Addiction
People visit my practice for solutions to a variety of psychological difficulties. Clinical work includes mental health evaluation and counseling or psychotherapy for the treatment for depression and problems of anxiety like panic or phobia. Counseling services provide resources and skills-development for the management of behavior, mood and emotions–anxiety, stress, grief, frustration, anger–fear. Behavioral problems involving "process addictions" like pathological gambling, compulsive internet us, sexual compulsivity and similar problems can also be addressed

I provide mental health evaluations to help people determine the nature of their mental health concerns. This includes “treatment matching” and counselor referral recommendations to select psychologists and other practitioners when clients present with difficulties that are beyond the scope of my practice. You may desire referrals to psychiatrists for evaluation for medicines, or to medical doctors, chiropractors, and alternative specialists like naturopathic physicians, acupuncturists or massage therapists. I maintain a referral base of clinical neuro-psychologists and forensic psychologists for clients that require psychological tests and measures and empirically based psychological assessment inventories.

Counseling and Psychotherapy: Maintain Your Mental Health!My practice offers a relaxed and entirely private setting for anyone wishing to explore their personal growth and resolve mental health challenges. As a practicing psychotherapist, and mental health counselor, I enjoy working with people that are feeling perplexed or overwhelmed by the complexities of their psychological life. Individuals that have experienced trauma, abuse, or domestic violence are welcome to speak safely with me about options for renewal and change. Convenient to Seattle and Bellevue.

Couples and Marital Counseling: Harmonize Your RelationshipsMy practice provides solution-focused counseling and skills-based behavioral counseling for couples in conflict. I enjoy helping committed couples develop coping strategies to resolve relationship problems, and adjust to the changes, challenges, and stressors that are implicit in living in vital relationship. I also work as a counselor and therapist for “recovering couples” that are rebounding from “codependent” relationship roles.

Behavioral Health Counselor: Manage Your Self-Limiting HabitsSolution oriented counseling services include behavior-regulation (health and life defeating habits or compulsions like spending, Internet, gambling, credit) and various relapse-prevention strategies (e.g., smoking, eating, alcohol and other drug abuse). Frequently people present to my seattle practice with challenges that involve avoidance, self-regulation, impulse-control, and habit management. My philosophy of mental health emphasizes cognitive change, skills-development and the maintenance of behavioral-health.

Psychologically Based Alternatives to Twelve-Step ProgramsAs an alternative or addition to “twelve-step” programs like alcoholics anonymous, alanon, narcotics anonymous or codependency anonymous – I offer my clients contemporary “cognitive behavioral” and “skills-based” approaches for learning “self-regulation” to enhance their behavioral health. Through such methods I assist people in changing life defeating habits or “compulsions” like codependency, spending, internet, eating, gambling, pornography and the like. I teach various behavior management skills that target diminished impulse control, and employ avoidance reduction strategies to enhance goal directed outcomes that clients wish to achieve in their lives. Behavioral health is the key to functional living!

Cautious Individuals Seeking Circumspect Care are Welcome:

• Health professionals and other wary individuals of public profile
• Principals and executives of professional organizations or groups
• Vigilant associates and friends of compromised-defensive individuals
• Private and confidential evaluation and treatment recommendations
• Counseling for defendants arrested for drunk driving or drug charges in Seattle.

Telephone Conference Options

My services are also readily available via telephone conference. If you prefer this form of contact with me, we can schedule a convenient time. Many clients have found satisfaction in this form of communication – substantial gains may be accomplished – even by telephone.

I am a preferred provider Licensed Mental Health Ccounselor (please note: I am not designated as a licensed clinical psychologist) for many seattle based insurance companies. For clients without mental-health benefits, I am willing to negotiate an appropriate fee. Reasonable-cost services are offered for problems excluded by many insurance plans (e.g., habit-control, mood management, adjustment difficulties, “codependency” and similar relationship problems, motivational family intervention).