Get to Know Me
I believe a strong therapeutic relationship is an essential component of therapy.
I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in WA and a Provisionally Licensed Professional Counselor in MO. I graduated with distinction from Colorado Christian University with a graduate degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. I have worked in private practice, community mental health, and medical/clinical settings. My varied work experience has allowed me to successfully work with diverse populations and provide treatment for a wide range of mental illnesses and presenting challenges.
I believe there are four essential components to successful therapy. These include a patient who recognizes an area for potential change/growth, a patient who desires to successfully enact the identified change, a strong therapeutic relationship between patient and clinician built on trust, and hope within the patient that what they are doing will successfully bring the change they want. I seek to demystify and uncomplicate the therapeutic process. I prefer to avoid academic or clinical language, and patients often tell me they appreciate my "conversational" approach. I believe counseling is most effective when the parties choose to simply share information and relate to one another. Many of my patients have referred to sessions as feeling "less like I'm talking to a counselor and more like I am talking to a trusted friend." I have worked successfully with a diverse range of populations, including persons who are either new to counseling or failed to establish a quality relationship with previous therapists.
I am passionate about helping people identify what they consider to be a meaningful or purposeful existence and empowering that person to make choices that lead them toward that definition. Numerous mental illnesses can manifest when one does not feel meaning in one's life. These challenges intensify when we feel "stuck" or "trapped" in our current situation. I work with patients to eliminate negative symptoms associated with conditions such as anxiety or depression for example; however, more importantly, I work with the patient to discover why those symptoms manifest so that they do not return.
My name is Erik Fox, LMHC, PLPC
“For God gave us a spirit not of fear but of power and love and self-control.”
2 Timothy 1:7 ESV
