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Often when people think about therapy, they do so with the story of “what’s wrong with me.” My perspective, however, is that “you are not the problem; the problem is the problem.” So, although I am interested in walking alongside you as you tackle the things that are getting in the way of having the life you desire, I bring a slightly different approach--one that focuses on alternative versions of our personal stories, writing the future we hope to have, thinking through the roles we perform, and finding your strengths and what works and building upon them. I do not believe that any one approach works for every problem and every person any more than we could use a single tool to make every home or auto repair. If you feel like you could use someone to come along side of you in this portion of life’s journey, I invite you to contact me at Hope Haven Therapy, PLLC. We will work together to identify the right tools to do the work at hand.

Education:

  1. •Bachelors of Science in Psychology and minor in Theatre Arts (Virginia Tech)

  2. •Bachelor of Arts in Spanish (Virginia Tech)

  3. •Masters of Science in Marriage & Family Therapy/Family & Child Development--ABT (Virginia Tech)

  4. •Master of Arts in Hispanic Literatures (University of Kansas)

  5. •Masters of Science in Counseling Psychology (University of Kansas)

  6. •Doctor of Philosophy in Latin American Literature, minor in Psychology and Research in Education (University of Kansas)


Experience:

  1. •Founder, owner, and psychotherapist at Hope Haven Therapy, PLLC

  2. •Intern in Counseling Psychology at the NC Art Therapy Institute

  3. •Teaching Associate Professor of Romance Studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill--in addition to teaching language, literature, and culture, I write and speak internationally on trauma, power, performance, and identity

  4. •Director of Summer Language Institute in Puebla, Mexico

  5. •Counseling Psychology Practicum Therapist at Christian Psychological Services of Kansas City

  6. •Director of Adventure Based Therapy for Seriously Emotionally Disturbed Children and Youth at the New River Valley Community Services Board

  7. •Community Services Developer for The Family Resource Team

  8. •Private Translation and Interpretation (English/Spanish)

  9. •Case Manager at Virginia Tech

  10. •Therapeutic Instructor for Montgomery County Schools

  11. •Children’s Activities Coordinator for Project FAR (Families at Risk)

  12. •Minister of Youth and College Students

  13. •Volunteer Staff for InterVarsity College Ministry

Strengths:

  1. •Empathy, hope, creativity, patience, humor, and tenacity

  2. •Diversity of experience and education

  3. •Personal experience of meeting trauma with resilience

  4. •Bilingual/Bilingüe (English/Spanish), with some basic comprehension of other Romance Languages

  5. •Being a voracious learner

  6. •Integration of faith with psychology

  7. •Holistic thinking

  8. •Crossing cultural borders


Areas of Interest:

  1. •Trauma--single event, complex, and institutional

  2. •Issues of identity

  3. •Issues of faith

  4. •LGBTQ community

  5. •Internal Family Systems Therapy

  6. •Narrative Therapy

  7. •Sex addiction

  8. •Depression

  9. •Relationships

  10. •Cross-cultural counseling

  11. •Pop culture, identity, and therapy

  12. •Personal performance

  13. •Power

  14. •Career counseling

  15. •Dreams

  16. •Drama Therapy and Psychodrama

  17. •Hypnosis

  18. •Thinking-Feeling-Acting Therapy

  19. •Solution Oriented Therapy

  20. •Bibliotherapy

  21. •Physical health

  22. •Human Development and Learning

  23. •Expressive Arts Therapies

Michael "Raúl" Brown is listed at AllTherapist.com and Psychology Today