"In 1979 I went
through a painful divorce which fundamentally changed my life. At the
time I had many woman friends who were empathic and supportive in my
process. Talking to them helped but at the same time I was angry, at
my wife, at women, at the circumstances of divorce. I felt like I
needed to talk to other men. I was living in Vermont at the time and
finding other like minded men was not easy to do. I started a small
men's group. In Boston, a few years later, I started another men's
group. I found that talking to other men, while it did not fix the
problem, gave me a way to express my feelings with guys who knew
what I was going through. I have been facilitating men's groups now
for over 20 years and I still find that I get as much from listening
to the participants in groups as they get from being in group. My
experiences from the early 1980's led to my becoming a leader in Men's
Issues, to learn from national leaders on men's issues! , to do a
dissertation on Father Wounds, and work with hundreds of men in the
past two decades. Since completing my doctoral degree in 1996, my
continuing education and interest has been focused in the area of
psychodynamic psychotherapy."
C.Tippins
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Dr.
Carl Allen Tippins has over 20 years experience in counseling
and psychotherapy. He holds a doctoral degree in psychology
which he earned from The Union Institute in 1996. He received a
master’s degree in education from Cambridge College in
1983.
Dr. Tippins is a
Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Washington State. He has led
seminars, groups, and workshops since the early 1980’s in New
England and in the Pacific Northwest. Dr. Tippins has held
administrative and clinical positions in human service
organizations since 1977. |
History
Dr. Carl
Allen Tippins became interested in counseling in the late 1970’s. He
participated in a training group facilitated by Dr. Dawna Markova.
This group met one weekend per month, for two years. The training
program utilized skills taught in Gestalt Therapy, Psycho-drama, Group
Process, expressive therapies, body work, movement therapy,
journaling, and Ericksonian Therapy.
In the
mid-1980’s Dr. Tippins began to study with a variety of trainers who
used skills taught by Milton Erickson. During this same time, Tippins
followed an early interest of his, in Men’s Issues, by following the
work of Robert Bly, Michael Meade, and other leaders in the
mythopoetic men’s movement.
One
outcome of his Doctoral work has been an interest in the contemporary
studies of psychodynamic or analytic psychotherapy. This varied study
in the field of psychotherapy gives Dr. Tippins a wide range of ways
of interpreting emotions, thoughts, and behaviors.
Contact Information:
1818 Westlake Ave. North Ste 316
Seattle, Wa. 98109
Office Phone: (206) 325-9920
Updated 2009
