"Sometimes you have to play a long time to be able to play like yourself."
-Miles Davis

Hello! My name is Caleb Dodson. I'm a psychotherapist and psychoanalyst-in-training practicing in the Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. I work with individuals experiencing depression, anxiety, loneliness, powerlessness, relationship difficulties, obsession and compulsion, disconnection from themselves and others, religious trauma, grief, hopelessness, a dulling sense of life, major life transitions, existential concerns, infidelity, and divorce.

In our day and age, having an emotional life seems perilous. Finding someone we can be ourselves with and even ‘have it out’ with seems rarer. I provide a space of unconditional acceptance, curiosity, and an interpersonal engagement that’s at times startling - but inevitable awakening, enlarging, and vitalizing. We all need a alive and engaged environment, or air to breathe, to begin growing again. Like a snowball gathering momentum or a carpet unfurling, change happens gradually through hundreds of small moments of awareness and engagement with yourself and me.

My approach draws heavily from the Interpersonal and Existential traditions. Growth happens when we are powerfully met and seen for what we feel in the moment and for who we are. The past and future converge in the present moment, and therapy is a space where that meeting can be explored, and new experiences, what you could call ‘healing’ can occur. When you focus on the problem, you’ll inevitably miss or come up short most of the time. If you focus on experience, you’ll never miss and end up in a place far better than you thought. Focus on the experience.

If you're curious about the process or considering working together, I invite you to reach out for a conversation. Let’s see where it leads.