Anthony Boyd, Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor

What's My Approach to Therapy?

My Practice & Services

I offer individual therapy for adults in a confidential, thoughtful, and collaborative setting. Sessions are available both in person and via secure telehealth, allowing flexibility while maintaining consistency and depth in the work.

My practice is intentionally structured to support focused, engaged therapy rather than crisis management or drop-in care. I value reliability, clear boundaries, and mutual commitment to the process. Therapy works best when it is treated as a meaningful investment of time, attention, and effort, and I strive to create a space where that kind of work can happen, whether we meet in person or online.

Specific Issue(s) I'm Skilled at Helping With

I'm especially skilled at working with adults who feel stuck in repeating emotional or relational patterns, often despite being thoughtful, self-aware, and capable in other areas of life. Many of the people I work with describe a sense of frustration or fatigue: knowing why they struggle, but still feeling unable to change how things actually play out.

I commonly work with people navigating:
- Anxiety and depression that feel chronic, subtle, or woven into identity rather than episodic
- Longstanding relationship patterns involving distance, over-responsibility, people-pleasing, or emotional shutdown
- Shame, guilt, or internal conflict related to identity, sexuality, desire, or self-expression
- The aftereffects of growing up in rigid, critical, or emotionally limiting environments, including religious or purity-based systems
- A sense of disconnection from self, meaning, or direction, even when life appears stable on the outside

I also have particular experience working with LGBTQIA+ adults and men who are exploring emotion, intimacy, sexuality, and the cost of emotional suppression. Many clients come to me after previous therapy experiences that felt supportive but ultimately didn't lead to lasting change. The work we do focuses less on managing symptoms and more on understanding what keeps them in place, so something genuinely different can emerge over time.

My Role as a Therapist

My role is not to fix you, manage you, or tell you how to live your life. It's to help you understand yourself more honestly and to notice the patterns that quietly shape your choices, relationships, and sense of self. I'm active and engaged in the work. I listen closely, ask direct questions, and name patterns as they emerge, especially the ones that are easy to avoid or explain away. At times this looks like reflection and slowing things down; at other times it means gently challenging familiar ways of thinking or relating that no longer serve you.

I see therapy as a collaborative process. You bring your lived experience, curiosity, and willingness to show up. I bring perspective, steadiness, and an ability to hold complexity without rushing toward answers. Together, we create a space where difficult emotions, contradictions, and desires can be explored without judgment, so something more integrated and authentic can take shape.

My Therapy Focus

My therapy focus is depth-oriented and relational. Rather than concentrating only on symptom relief, I focus on understanding the emotional patterns, defenses, and relational dynamics that shape how you experience yourself and others over time. Much of our work involves slowing down and paying attention to what tends to get overlooked: emotions that are pushed aside, needs that feel risky to acknowledge, and ways of coping that once made sense but now feel limiting. We look at how past experiences continue to live in the present, not to stay stuck there, but to loosen their hold so you have more choice in how you respond.

I'm especially interested in the intersection of insight and lived experience. Understanding why something exists matters, but so does noticing how it shows up in your body, your relationships, and the space between us. Therapy becomes a place where patterns can be seen clearly, felt safely, and gradually shifted in a way that feels real and sustainable.

On the Fence About Going to Therapy?

It's common to feel unsure about starting therapy. You might wonder whether your concerns are "serious enough," whether talking will actually help, or whether this will just become another place where you explain yourself without much changing. Therapy with me is about creating a space where you can slow down, get curious, and understand what's actually happening beneath the surface of your experience. I'm not here to convince you that you need help or push you to open up before you're ready.

You don't need to have the right words or a clear goal at the start, just a willingness to show up and pay attention. If you're uncertain, that uncertainty becomes part of the work rather than a barrier to it. Over time, clarity tends to emerge not from pressure or reassurance, but from being met thoughtfully and honestly where you are.

Importance of the Client-Therapist Alliance

The relationship between client and therapist matters because it's where patterns show up in real time. How you relate, protect yourself, withdraw, engage, or seek reassurance often appears in the therapy room just as it does elsewhere in your life.
I pay close attention to the therapeutic relationship and use it thoughtfully as part of the work. When something feels confusing, uncomfortable, or stuck between us, we can talk about it directly rather than working around it. That kind of honesty is often where meaningful change begins. A strong alliance isn't about constant comfort or agreement, it's about enough trust to stay present, curious, and engaged, even when the work becomes challenging.