Holistic Jungian therapist specializing in trauma and relationships
I am a licensed psychotherapist in California and Utah with over 50 years of professional experience. I have extensive successful experience helping individuals deal effectively with stress/anxiety, depression and helping clients reset and renew their efforts to achieve their life goals. I also have considerable experience helping clients deal with alcohol and drug related difficulties. I also help build and support goal setting, motivation, self esteem and work to increase confidence. This often involves relationship issues, and coping with previous loss, grief. and trauma. The overall strategy is identifying and Challenging the Inner, often unrealized Personal Potential. I work with my clients to create an open and safe environment where thoughts ,feelings and behaviors can be shared without judgment. It takes courage and willingness to seek out a more fulfilling , happier and meaningful life. I have a depth of life experience and a spirit that is a strength and resource in this personal growth.
I thoroughly enjoy supporting my clients as they take their first steps towards positive change and healthy progress. Therapy is a collaborative process with clients in setting issues to work on in therapy and setting achievable goals and time setting for their progress. Active client participation in setting therapy goals is essential. I am here to support & empower you in that journey.
I am focused on helping you improve your developing comfort, happiness and success in your life. I am All In! I want you to overcome, accept deal with and Improve your :Life whatever the Challenges may be!
Note: I have co-produced several Documentary films to Support Full Recovery from alcohol and chemical dependency. “Living Sober Class of ’76” was acclaimed by Marty Mann Founder/Director of the National Council on Alcoholism as “The Best Film ever Made in the Field of Alcoholism”. It was helpful in remove to some degree the Stigma of Recovery.
I have also been a guest faculty in the Summer School on Alcohol Studies at the University of California at San Diego with Topics such as “Intimacy, Sexuality and Recovery. I helped in the Publishing of ” I’m Back and I’m Sober” by Chaney Allen Washington. Her book was a Ground Breaking Success with many publications. I assisted the State of Montana with increasing Liquor Taxes to help fund the “Alcoholism Programs of Montana”. I was able to serve as a personal consultant to the late Joan Kroc, McDonald Owner regarding her producing treatment and recovery documentary films for her Operation Cork Program.
Joan Kroc donated $1,700,000,000 to the Salvation Army prior to her passing.
These funds have helped many, many individuals recover from alcohol and drug use and continue to do so.
Most recently my wife Shirley and I wrote and published via Amazon, “Rebirth of the Broken Branches’” a True Love Story! It emphasizes the Positive Aspects of Recovery. It is being considered by an Academy Award Winning writer for a televised movie.
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Burton “Burt” Swaim is a licensed clinical social worker practicing in California and Utah with five decades of professional experience. He holds CA LCSW 2658 and UT LCSW 11201705-3501, indicating licensure to provide clinical social work services in both states.
Over his 50-year career he has worked extensively with stress and anxiety, depression, addictions related to alcohol and drugs, intimacy and relationship concerns, self-esteem and motivation, coping with life changes, grief, trauma and abuse, anger, and family issues. He focuses on helping people reset goals, increase confidence, and reclaim personal potential that may have been overlooked or unrealized.
Mr. Swaim creates an open, nonjudgmental space where thoughts, feelings and behaviors can be explored collaboratively. He emphasizes active client participation in identifying therapy goals, setting achievable steps, and measuring progress over time. His approach is grounded in encouraging courage and willingness to pursue a more fulfilling, happier and meaningful life.
In addition to clinical practice, he has co-produced documentary films supporting full recovery from alcohol and chemical dependency, including Living Sober Class of ’76, which received acclaim from Marty Mann, Founder/Director of the National Council on Alcoholism. He has served as guest faculty at the Summer School on Alcohol Studies at the University of California at San Diego, addressing topics such as intimacy, sexuality and recovery, and assisted with the publication of I’m Back and I’m Sober by Chaney Allen Washington. He also consulted on public programs, including work that supported funding initiatives for alcoholism programs in Montana, and advised Joan Kroc on producing treatment and recovery documentary films for her Operation Cork Program. Joan Kroc later donated $1,700,000,000 to the Salvation Army, funds that have supported many recovery efforts.
Most recently, Mr. Swaim and his wife Shirley wrote and published Rebirth of the Broken Branches, a true love story available via Amazon that emphasizes positive aspects of recovery; the project is being considered by an Academy Award winning writer for adaptation. He continues to enjoy supporting people as they take first steps toward positive change, bringing a depth of life experience and a committed spirit to the work.
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