I am a Master's level social worker with a license in clinical social work in Montana, and have over 20 years of experience. I have worked with clients with a wide range of concerns including depression, anxiety, relationship issues, parenting problems, career challenges, OCD and ADHD. I have also helped many people who have experienced physical trauma or emotional abuse. I have worked as a therapist in a busy internal medicine practice helping patients improve their quality of life in as few as five sessions. Conversely, I have been a school social worker working with students and parents for an entire school year and in my private practice even longer, often using creative modalities such as music in therapy. (I am an avid musician and songwriter).
My counseling style is first and foremost geared at getting to know clients as unique individuals. I believe in treating everyone with respect, sensitivity, and compassion, and I don't believe in stigmatizing labels. I have seen too many people completing counseling, but never understanding what counseling even is, and how it works. So therefore, my approach is to first listen and become very familiar with your current issues and then I like to move on to psycho education. During this phase I like to lay the ground work of understanding so we can talk about your issues using the same lingo and framework of understanding for some of your questions like: "what is happening?" "why is this happening" and "how can I work toward meaningful lasting change? "
I believe that it's never too late to change. Change the way we look at things, change the way we live, or change the way we see ourselves. I also believe that stress is highly underrated. I can help you manage life stress, so that it does not have a negative impact on you physically, socially and emotionally. The strongest people are those that know when it's time to ask for help, and then follow through.
I look forward to working with you,
Tim Nordstrom LCSW
Additional areas of focus: Coping with addictions, Relationship issues, Family conflicts, Coping with grief and loss, Intimacy related issues, Parenting issues, Anger management, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Coping with life changes, Compassion fatigue, Concentration, memory and focus (ADHD), Abandonment, Aging and geriatric issues, Autism and Asperger Syndrome, Blended family issues, Cancer, Caregiver issues and stress, Chronic pain, illness, and disability, Co-morbidity, Codependency, Commitment issues, Communication problems, Divorce and separation, Emptiness, Fatherhood issues, Forgiveness, Guilt and shame, Impulsivity, Isolation / loneliness, Life purpose, Men's issues, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Self-love, Social anxiety and phobia
Clinical approaches: Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy
MT LCSW BBH-LCSW-LIC-567
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he is a great listener and responds with valid points that are well thought out. i really like his tone and how he expresses ideas.
Written on Aug 16, 2021 after therapy with Timothy "Tim" for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, career difficulties, and compassion fatigue