Carlisle Bergquist

Carlisle Bergquist is a Kansas-licensed Clinical Marriage and Family Therapist (KS LCMFT LCMFT 169) with 35 years of professional experience. Before returning to Kansas he practiced in California, working at a school for troubled children and later providing therapy within a maximum security jail.

Over the course of his career he has supported people with a wide range of disorders and with challenges involving relationships, family conflict, intimacy, motivation, self-esteem, confidence, and experiences arising during spiritual emergence. His academic background includes study in Transpersonal psychology at John F. Kennedy University and Saybrook Institute in the San Francisco area.

While he draws on several therapeutic approaches, his session work is primarily Rogarian. He places high value on treating everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion, and he holds a strong belief in the resilience of the human spirit and its capacity for healing with encouragement. Carlisle views his role as a participant, encourager, and witness to a client’s growth and recovery, and he adapts the work to meet each person’s unique needs.

Carlisle recognizes that beginning therapy requires courage and a commitment to change, and he emphasizes the importance of finding a therapist one can trust and with whom one can share life details. He asserts that forming a strong therapeutic relationship often makes the greatest difference. Having heard many life stories over his years in practice, Carlisle welcomes the opportunity to listen to those who feel he may be the right fit for them.