Evan Kottle is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with an M.A. in Counseling from Southwestern College and a B.A. in Jazz Studies from Sonoma State University. Evan worked in children's mental health for seven years, where he learned to transform conflicts into learning opportunities and encourage self-growth and reflection. Believing that our “problems” hold great value towards personal healing, he works to help clients see why specific challenges arise and how to both listen to and learn from them.
Grounded in depth psychology, Evan uses elements of narrative therapy and parts work to help clients explore themselves. He believes that each of us has a unique journey to find and develop our inner strengths and come into alignment with our larger selves. He facilitates sessions to gain familiarity and compassion for the parts of ourselves that might be causing trouble and running amok in our lives, and works with clients to find new ways to be with and help these parts integrate as functional parts of our whole self. Additionally, Evan works with elements of story from mythology, folktales, fairytales, films, and television as a means of exploring timeless tales of conflict and growth and seeing how they can provide useful templates, mirroring the ups, downs, and turnarounds we face in life.