Kent Baumhover, LPCA, LAC, MS, CCTS

About

Pre-Licensed Professional in Phoenix, AZ. Works with Thinking Disorders, Mood Disorders and Addiction. Sees clients online only. Takes Aetna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna and other plans. Accepting new clients.

Areas of expertise

• Anger Management
• Anxiety
• Coping Skills
• Depression
• Life Coaching
• Relationship Issues
• Stress Management
• Trauma and PTSD

Types of therapy

• Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)Helps people make room for difficult thoughts and feelings instead of fighting them, and commit to actions that fit what matters to them.
• Attachment-basedLooks at early bonds with caregivers and how they shape relationships and emotions now, and works toward a greater sense of safety and connection.
• Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)A structured, practical therapy that looks at how thoughts, feelings and actions affect each other, and teaches skills for changing unhelpful thinking and habits.
• Cognitive Processing (CPT)A structured therapy for PTSD that helps people examine and change beliefs about themselves and the world that formed after a trauma.
• Dialectical Behavior (DBT)A skills-based therapy grown out of CBT. Teaches ways to manage intense emotions, get through crises, stay present and handle relationships.
• Experiential TherapyUses activities such as role-play, movement, art or guided imagery to work through feelings in the moment, not only to talk about them.
• Motivational InterviewingA collaborative style of conversation that helps people explore mixed feelings about a change and find their own reasons to make it.
• Person-CenteredA warm, non-directive approach: the therapist listens with empathy and without judgment, and trusts the person to find their own direction.
• Positive PsychologyFocuses on well-being, strengths, gratitude and what makes life fulfilling, alongside working through difficulties.
• PsychodynamicExplores how past experiences, relationships and feelings outside awareness shape how a person thinks and acts today.
• Rational Emotive Behavior (REBT)A form of cognitive therapy that finds rigid beliefs, such as 'I must be perfect', and replaces them with more flexible ones.
• Schema Therapy
• Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)A short-term, goal-focused approach that spends less time on problems and more on what already works and the small steps toward what the person wants.
• SomaticBody-focused therapy that pays attention to physical sensations, posture and breathing, on the view that stress and trauma are held in the body as well as the mind.
• Trauma FocusedTherapy for people affected by trauma. Puts safety and pacing first, and helps process painful memories so they have less hold on daily life.

More details

Sessions

Online only

Accepting new clients

Yes

Specialties

Thinking Disorders, Mood Disorders, Addiction, ADHD, Anger Management, Antisocial Personality, Anxiety, Autism, Bipolar Disorder, Borderline Personality (BPD), Career Counseling, Codependency, Coping Skills, Dementia, Depression, Dissociative Disorders (DID), Impulse Control Disorders, Infidelity, LGBTQ+, Life Coaching, Personality Disorders, Relationship Issues, Stress, Substance Use, Trauma and PTSD

Insurance

Aetna, BlueCross and BlueShield, Cigna and Evernorth, UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH

Fees

Individual sessions $95, couple sessions $115; sliding scale available

Payment methods

American Express, Cash, Discover, Health Savings Account, Mastercard, Venmo, Visa, Zelle

Ages

Teen, Adults, Elders (65+)

Works with

Individuals, Couples

Communities

Aviation Professionals, Gay Allied, Queer Allied, Transgender Allied

Languages

English

Gender

Male

Years in practice

3

Other offices

Phoenix, 85015

Education & qualifications