Rowen Burnett (she/they)

I have worked in both inpatient and outpatient clinics and worked with many individuals who have experienced sexual abuse or assault, as well as have worked in case management with children who have been sexually abused or assaulted.

I work commonly with the transgender, nonbinary, and genderqueer community, and work in an office known for being one of the queer safe counseling centers in our area. I am a member of the queer community myself, and often engage with other queer people in queer spaces.

I have a BA in Sociology and have worked in case management for a while. I have seen firsthand how the system is biased against people of color, queer people, indigenous individuals, and immigrants (to name a few).

I am a queer individual myself, and work predominantly with the queer community. I am bisexual myself, and associate predominantly within the queer community and queer spaces. While not polyamorous myself, I do have experience working with polycules. The counseling center I work for is also one of the queer counseling hubs in our area.

A big part of existential therapy is that you make your own meaning - and this is something I believe wholeheartedly. When working with clients who, whether due to religion, gender identity, sexuality, etc., it can be difficult to find one's own meaning. Existential therapy looks at the four givens of life - freedom, isolation, death, and meaninglessness - and rather than be overcome with these aspects of life, existential therapy gives you back the reins of your life.

Solution focused brief therapy focuses on seeing a problem, experiencing the problem, and finding a solution. Solution focused therapy focuses less on the 'how did I get here?" and more on the "now that I'm here, what can I do to change things?". Solution focused brief therapy helps you move forward and give you back agency of your decisions. The past may have helped build us, but it does not define us.