I am a licensed clinical social worker in the state of Kentucky with 18 years of professional clinical experience. I have extensive experience and expertise in working with children, adolescents, young adults and adults on a number of different specialty areas, including medical stress, life adjustments, trauma, goal planning, life transitions, relationship issues, stress management, anxiety, codependency issues, blended family issues, multicultural issues, personality disorders, self-esteem issues, substance abuse issues, sexual dysfunction issues and depression. I obtained my master’s degree in social work from Spalding University and has since worked with thousands of individuals, couples, and groups. I am specially trained in dialectical behavior therapy and eye movement desensitization reprocessing therapy. I am a board-certified clinical social worker who has done research and completed scholarly peer review journal articles on substance abuse, child welfare legal representation, foster youth in post-secondary education and mobile app services for the child welfare system. I am currently an adjunct faculty member in social work at Utica College. I have extensive experience in training and teaching social work students. I am trained in solution focused therapy and my goal is to reduce mental health stigma and providing high quality treatment in the mental health field. I have experience in helping clients with stress and anxiety, coping with addictions, relationship issues, & motivation, self esteem, and confidence. I believe in treating everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion. I will tailor our dialog and treatment plan to meet your unique and specific needs. Taking the first step to sign up for therapy can take courage and I am proud of you for getting started!
Additional areas of focus: LGBT, Family conflicts, Trauma and abuse, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Eating disorders, Sleeping disorders, Parenting issues, Anger management, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Coping with life changes, Coaching, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, Abandonment, Adoption and foster care, Antisocial personality, Attachment issues, BDSM, kink, and alternative sex culture, Blended family issues, Body image, Caregiver issues and stress, Codependency, Commitment issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Coping with natural or human-caused disaster, Dependent personality, Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD), Divorce and separation, Domestic violence, Drug and alcohol addiction, Emptiness, Family of origin issues, Family problems, Fatherhood issues, First responder issues, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Men's issues, Midlife crisis, Money and financial issues, Mood disorders, Multicultural concerns, Narcissism, Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Paranoia, Phobias, Polyamory / non-monogamous relationships, Postpartum depression, Post-traumatic stress, Pregnancy and childbirth, Prejudice and discrimination, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-harm, Self-love, Sex addiction, Sexual dysfunction, Sexuality, Smoking / vaping cessation, Social anxiety and phobia, Somatization, Women's issues, Workplace issues, Young adult issues
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I have see quite a few therapists over the year. I can honestly say that William is one of the best I have ever worked with. He understands everything that is going on in my life and is able to offer practical advice in a meaningful way. I definitely recommend working with him!
Written on Feb 24, 2023 after therapy with William for 5 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, self esteem, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes
Great Guy, very responsive and knowledgeable. I enjoy working with him.
Written on Feb 13, 2023 after therapy with William for 2 weeks on issues concerning addictions, relationship issues, and self esteem
I haven’t know him for long but I’ll say he care about who you are
Written on Jan 14, 2023 after therapy with William for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, eating disorders, sleeping disorders, self esteem, and adhd
Greatly helps. Husband and wife find it helpful.
Written on Dec 13, 2022 after therapy with William for 3 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, grief, intimacy-related issues, anger management, career difficulties, and compassion fatigue
William is a fantastic therapist. Kind and intuitive and very intelligent. His support had meant so much to me and has helped through very difficult challenges.
Written on Dec 02, 2022 after therapy with William for 2 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, family conflicts, grief, eating disorders, sleeping disorders, and coping with life changes
Dr. Washington is very kind, caring, and capable. The articles and surveys he sends me are very helpful as well. I feel cared for and am improving my outlook with all the tools and talk therapy.
Written on Nov 08, 2022 after therapy with William for 2 weeks on issues concerning family conflicts