Couples Counseling and Addiction Therapy
My name is Mac Partlow, a masters-prepared, licensed therapist here in Seattle,
Washington.
From my own personal history in a twenty-three year
relationship, as well as my experience as a recovering addict and alcoholic
with twenty-two years sobriety, I am passionate about working with
individuals and couples on relationship issues and addictions like alcohol
abuse, substance abuse as well as sex addictions and Internet addiction.
I feel very
dedicated to some real fundamentals of the human experience, like our
need for good social and emotional skills, as well as subtleties like sexuality
and human intimacy issues. A lot of times stress, anxiety and depression
are actually the presenting symptoms to these, more root issues.
I base my therapy practice upon the principles that my job is to help you become
your own best therapist, to make you a strong, confident, psychologically
resilient person who knows how to interface successfully with the people,
places and situations in your life.
I tend to be very interactive with my
clients and try to make my room an experiential, inter-personal arena so
that they can immediately try out new perspectives and behaviors. Anything
less would be a waste of your money and my time.