MEET CONNOR K., LPC, LCPC (HE/HIM)

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Connor specializes in helping adult children of emotionally immature parents recover from codependent behaviors learned as survival skills in childhood. Adult children are defined as humans “whose actions and decisions as an adult are guided by childhood experiences grounded in self-doubt or fear.” 

Connor’s work helps to gently challenge limiting core beliefs developed in childhood while helping develop the adult skills necessary to live a meaningful life. As adult children are often taught to abandon their experiences and needs to favor the immature caregivers’ needs, therapy sessions focus on reconnecting with one’s voice, experiences, and boundaries.

Connor has trained in levels I and II Sensorimotor Psychotherapy. Because our bodies are the central way we experience our lives, somatic approaches help us discover healing from a “bottom up” approach, centering the wisdom of the body to inform new thought patterns and beliefs. 

Whether virtual or in-person, sensorimotor psychotherapy is an effective tool to reconnect with one’s full lived experiences to dismantle negative self-talk, build healthy boundaries, and heal from traumas and childhood wounds.

Connor has training in multiple therapeutic methods for couples and relationship counseling, and utilizes those approaches with queer couples of all diversity to better repair trust ruptures and wounds, re-establish safety, assist in identifying triggers in conflict and learning to regulate throughout, and improving communication between the couple/relationship. 

Currently working on his sex therapy certification with AASECT, Connor loves helping clients establish healthy sexual lives within their relationships and improve communication and safety somatically and emotionally with one's partner(s).

Connor specializes specifically in the treatment of alcohol use disorder, marijuana use disorder, and methamphetamine-sex fusion often experienced by gay men. With 4 years of experience working in an Intensive Outpatient Program setting and over 10 years in private practice, Connor has helped his clients navigate their recovery goals and reintegrate into personal, professional, and academic settings effectively. 

Connor utilizes abstinence and Harm Reduction Models in the therapy space for those with both a history of substance use/abuse, as well as in current use. Please note that those in active addiction might need to work with additional sources of support in tandem with Connor, such as IOP settings, support groups, sobriety coaches, or more.