Bea Gatchell (They/them)

I am a member of the community and my life has been spent working with this community, both in private practice and community mental health. I am very familiar with working around the barriers that exist in this world around identity, sexuality, and gender. My areas of specialization in working in the community are: child sexual abuse, sexual violence, domestic violence, community-based violence, spiritual abuse, couples/relationship issues, traumatic familial experiences, and community building

My area of practice is working with clients in the relationships spectrum from cisgender heterosexual monogamous couples to more expansive identity and consensual non monogamous relationships. I am kink and poly friendly. I specialize in working with high conflict, apathy, mismatched libidos, sexual practices, consensual non monogamy, values-based issues, infidelity/trust, healing, and how to end a relationship well.

I specialize in both the processes of healing from burnout and, for clients who are still engaged in their careers, how to lessen the impact until room is created to explore more expansive options. I want to work with the client to break the gigantic problem of burnout in to smaller more manageable pieces that we can work on and adapt skills around.

I have been working with folx who have experienced childhood sexual abuse, sexual violence, incest, domestic violence, spiritual abuse, community-based violence, and systemic violence. I have worked with these clients as a therapist, a legal services manager, a case manager, and a community member. I prioritize safety in all interactions.

Relationships are an incredibly important part of our lives, including with our therapist! The largest indicator of whether a client will be successful in therapy is if the client and the therapist are able to build a trusting and healthy relationship. You and I will practice relational skills in our session by setting boundaries, observing our limits, and working towards growth.

I practice from a place of Radical Acceptance which is learning how to accept life on life's terms. I work with clients to build the skills to engage in present moment awareness, instead of avoidance or anxiety. We will practice building awareness of patterns and limiting thinking in order build practices around meaningful living.

I specialize in working with folx experiencing anxiety and how anxiety symptoms interrupt meaningful living. We first understand the symptoms of anxiety and where they stem from, then holistically work to understand how somatic responses are connected to our histories and experiences. I will work with you to develop a specialized plan of both insight and skills to address how anxiety shows up in the body and interrupt anxiety's influencing of the mind.