Albert Staley

Albert Staley, LMHC, practices in Washington and brings a background that combines clinical counseling with long experience in ministry and apologetics. With four years licensed practice in mental health and approximately forty years as a non-denominational pastor and teacher, he offers a perspective that attends to both psychological patterns and the questions people raise about meaning, belief, and purpose. Early training in Rational Emotive Behavioral Therapy informs his interest in thoughtful, reasoned dialogue about feelings and behavior.

His work addresses a range of concerns including stress, anxiety, relationship difficulties, trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, grief, parenting, intimacy-related issues, and coping with life changes. Additional focus areas include abandonment, attachment and codependency issues, family problems, domestic violence, aging and end-of-life concerns, and first responder issues among others noted in his profile.

Staley uses an array of approaches to match different needs: Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Existential Therapy, and Mindfulness Therapy are among the methods he draws from. At a client’s request, he is willing to engage exploration of existential or spiritual questions and provides faith-sensitive or spiritually integrated options when that fits the person seeking help.