Rick grant-coons, PsyD

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Therapy is at its best when it’s truly collaborative. The client is the expert of their own life, and my intent as a therapist is to support the process of self-discovery and growth.  Side by side, we work together to find the most effective strategies and tools to accomplish the therapeutic goals.

I’ve been specializing in providing LGBTQ+ Affirmative Therapy for 20 years. I also incorporate Humanistic/Existential techniques as well as Dialectical Behavioral Therapy depending on what will work best for the client.  

Working with the LGBTQ+ community is deeply personal to me. As a member of the community, I have greatly benefited from LGBTQ+ Affirmative Therapy and know first-hand how it works to transform shame and foster empowerment. LGBTQ+ Affirmative Therapy paved the way for working with other marginalized communities. All kinds of people have experienced the consequences of oppression and shame and as a result have been held back from realizing their full potential. No matter where we come from or how we identify, we all know pain and suffering. An empowerment approach to therapy seeks to embolden anyone who has ever felt less than or not worthy so that they can live a life of authenticity and purpose.

Empowerment through collaboration and building upon the inherent strengths of the client.

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Dr. Grant-Coons received his masters (MA) in clinical psychology from Antioch University in Los Angeles specializing in LGBTQ+ Affirmative Therapy in 2007.  He then received his doctorate (PsyD) from the California School of Professional Psychology in Los Angeles with an emphasis in Multicultural and Community Psychology in 2011. He acquired clinical expertise at various training programs including AIDS Project Los Angeles, Los Angeles LGBT Center, South Central Training Consortium, Los Angeles Children’s Hospital-High Risk Youth Program, Institute for Sexual Health and the DBT Recovery Center.

 After he obtained his license as a Clinical Psychologist from the state of California in 2012, he worked as the Clinical Director of the DBT Recovery Center in Beverly Hills and then as the Lead Clinical Supervisor at Didi Hirsch Mental Health Services – Suicide Prevention Center in Culver City, CA. He has also been in private practice since 2009 providing individual, couples, and group therapy in Los Angeles, Sacramento, and now Cincinnati, Ohio.

LICENSE: CALIFORNIA / PSY25285

                  OHIO / P.08444

                  APIT / 15466