Reed Finlayson

Reed Finlayson is a licensed professional counselor in Idaho with 45 years of experience providing therapy to adults, families, and children.

His work begins with attentive listening to each person’s story and helping them clarify the future they want to create. He pays equal attention to what is working in a client’s life and why those things are effective, using those strengths as a foundation for addressing areas of difficulty.

Reed believes most people have developed useful skills over their lives, and his role is to help identify those abilities and guide clients in applying them to current challenges. He offers ideas and observations and, most importantly, asks questions for clients to consider.

He views meaningful change as arising from what clients ultimately say to themselves rather than from directives he provides. Reed has found that progress is often blocked when someone either does not know what they want or limits themselves to only familiar choices.

He encourages questions about the therapy process and asks for feedback about what feels helpful. Together with each client he develops a clear plan so both parties understand the direction of treatment and what life should look like when goals are achieved.