Gregory "Greg" Dunford

Gregory “Greg” Dunford brings 28 years of counseling and coaching experience to his work, using a compassionate, trauma-informed, and client-led approach that emphasizes practical, research-based tools. He supports people as they explore self-discovery, healing, and growth with the aim of becoming more conscious, integrated, and self-directed in their lives and relationships.

Greg integrates solution-based brief therapy with cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Jungian psychology, and other modalities. He has received training in sexual addiction and betrayal trauma and has extensive experience running addiction groups for the last 12 years.

He specializes in helping people re-imagine and rebuild healthy, generative, and sustainable relationships of many kinds. His practice covers relationship and intimacy challenges, sexual shame recovery, LGBTQ+ affirming care, discovering healthy sexuality from a sex-positive perspective, depression, anxiety, trauma, grief, anger management, emotional regulation, and somatic work including mindfulness.

Greg has a long personal history that informs his practice. He was a high school teacher for 20 years, managed residential ranch programs for troubled teen boys and girls, and later opened a family-run bakery and deli. He has lived and worked in a variety of settings, including time spent in Israel, Hawaii, Alaska, and Mexico, and he served a two-year mission for his church.

He has been married to his best friend for 38 years and is the father of six children. He and his partner Julie experienced the loss of their oldest son in a four-wheeler accident 13 years ago, and that personal grief work has shaped his ability to support others through loss. Greg and Julie have also navigated mental health challenges, addictions, codependency, faith transitions, and a mixed-faith marriage, which has deepened his empathy and practical insight.

Greg is licensed in Utah as a Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (UT LCMHC 9503767-6004) and holds licensure as a Licensed Professional Counselor in Wyoming (LPC, WY). His certifications include ART (Accelerated Resolution Therapy), HeartMath, DBT, CBT, trauma healing work with Bessel van der Kolk, addiction recovery therapy, and betrayal trauma therapy. Throughout his career he has worked alongside clients to share tools and witness progress as people face life’s challenges and seek connection and healing.