Locke Risius, LMSW
Unconventional in ways that make finding a therapeutic fit hard?
Hi, I’m Locke!
Stop by an event if you’d like.
Lasting Results
My specialty is complex trauma, including the universal social aspects of PTSD not in the diagnostic criteria. My eclectic approach include brain-based therapies such as brainspotting (with bilateral music), MBSR, the flash technique, and EMDR—some of which can lead to positive results in just a few sessions. Rationality-valuing, polyamorous, kink-friendly, & LGBTQ+ neurodivergents with complex trauma report the most relief working with me, but my trauma treatment through individual and couple’s counseling can benefit anyone. I can use Gottman-informed brain-based modalities for couples too.
Tailored Sessions
Whether you want to use sessions for poetry therapy, silent brainspotting, or cathartic chats, I’ll aim to make it possible. I start most sessions with: what can we cover in this session that would help you the most? Survivors, including those who don’t wish to talk about their trauma, are as accommodated as those who do.
My résumé gives a list of some of the techniques I have been trained in—feel free to comment or suggest anything on it if there is a technique you’d like me to learn!
Email lockerisius@proton.me to set up a session. Clients interested in talk therapy will use Protonmail for our communications unless otherwise requested. Clients interested only in adjunctive, brain-based therapies can use any email if they do not mind that all my emails will be password-encrypted and expire in 4 (or fewer) weeks.