Welcome to the private practice of Dr. Rick Butts, LPCC-S. I am thrilled that you are taking a few moments to explore what I have to offer you. I am glad that you have taken what I believe could be the first step toward a more fulfilling and rewarding life. This is my goal and why I invite you to consider my practice. 

My practice with individuals and couples is an invitation to look at your life and begin to make movement in your healing journey from the first session ! 

I encourage all those with whom I work to reflect on their lives through a developmental and relational perspective.  This wholistic view helps you as an individual, or as part of a couple of family, to more fully understand your story. I use a variety of approaches to reach this end including, but not limited to:

• Mindfulness practice
• Insight oriented and Cognitive Therapy
• Experiential practices based in the Gestalt tradition
• Somatic Experiencing and 
• EMDR therapy

I value and support spiritual practices and allow space for this to be a part of your treatment.

I encourage you to have hope, no matter why you're seeking therapy at this time, because I believe you can experience lasting change in your life and relationships.  I offer traditional hour sessions for individual therapy or if you are seeking therapy as a couple, I ask that you consider longer sessions that allow for more in depth time to explore your shared life and the concerns that are bringing you to therapy.

I also encourage those I work with to attend intensive weekend workshops called  HEALING OUR CORE ISSUES  based on the work of Pia Mellody. The weekend experience is life changing. Those who have attended report that the workshop has given them a deep and lasting healing allowing them to achieve new insights and learn new behavioral skills that will enhance every area of their life. 

This kind of treatment results in more satisfaction and joy in your life and encourages you to incorporate a practice of being relational in your life.

I have had the pleasure of working with great teachers and mentors during my 30-plus year career. The ones who have most influenced how I practice today are: Terry Real, LICSW (Relational Life Therapy) and Pia Mellody, RN (5 Core Self Skills and Healing the Wounded Child, Adaptive Child and Growing the Functioning Adult). Their writings and trainings have shaped how I counsel today. I have also had the privilege of having mentors who have invested deeply in my life and career. Dr. Vietta Keith, (psychodynamic) Dr. Jayne Triene-Yager (gestalt) and Dr. Doug Reed (cognitive-behavioral) are three individuals who have supported me in my development and influenced my thinking. 

For further information please contact me at 513-204-5843 or email via my Contact Form .