What approach do you use for therapy?
I use a combination of Jungian Depth Psychology and Archetypal Psychology. This approach seeks to treat what ails you at a viral level. Going to those deeper places we can find the origin of the disturbances that have derailed you. Once clarified we begin to plot a course towards the restoration of your sense of agency.
I believe in the idea of empowerment and strive to give hope by showing you something within you, something that maybe you did not see or know. My goal is to give you a map of your soul and show you exactly how it is that you arrived at your current destination. You lead me to your shadow places, and as I listen to you, I learn about what it feels like to be there. Then I try to shine a light on what it is you can’t quite see, and I identify what it is and how it works. This process makes us both students and teachers as we consider the issues upon which you wish to shed light. I will seek to show you how your relationship with your internal universe is so critical to your happiness and quality of life. I will help you both clarify and alter your relationship with those characters that live there within the kingdom of your mind. With this process I hope to help you heal wounds, restore power, and cultivate the kind of hope that leads to growth and contentment.
Some things you may not know about Larry…
Back in my athletic days I played 4- years of college football as both quarterback and wide receiver. I biked 175 miles in a single day (twice!), I biked around the coast of Florida in three weeks, and I ran a half marathon in 1 hour and 26 minutes.
I originally came to St. Louis on a modeling contract with Talent Plus and modeled and acted for my first four years here in this “Little Big-Town.” I acted in four different plays, with my final performance taking place at the play-writer festival at Washington University.
I have published two books, a children’s book about self-regulation called, “The Pig in Your Head,” and a romance set in St. Louis under the pen-name Lawrence Gabriel entitled, “The Dreamwatcher Diaries – A St. Louis Love Story.”
