Paying attention to what you actually want.

Therapy for individuals and couples in Washington & Colorado.

Two long curlicues representing a couple in distress.
Two interconnected spiraling shapes symbolizing a relationship in distress that has come back into trust and love through couple therapy.
Long curlicue.

I'm going to level with you: I'm not especially hopeful about the human species.

We've made a real mess of things and the systems we've built don't seem to be helping. I do, however, have hope for individuals—for the possibility that a person can grow even when the bigger picture looks bleak.

It's more efficient to engage with the world as it is than to fight against it.

To let go of what we can't control and focus on what we can. I'm not terribly concerned with diagnoses—we all suffer in our own ways. My focus is on helping you understand that suffering, make peace with it, and move with or through it.

Ornate curlicues with plants growing out of them represents growth and healing in therapy.

Most people know what they think they should want.

Far fewer know what they actually want—for themselves or for their relationships. This gap between the life we're performing and the one we desire is usually where the trouble lives. And so that's where we start.

A grouping of long curlicues representing relationships, growth and healing in community.
A close-up of green textured paper with visible fibers and small specks.

Therapy
for individuals.

Two curlicues as adornments for Bob Goettle's work with individuals in Washington and Colorado.

Therapy
for couples.

Two curlicues as adornments for Bob Goettle's work with couples in Washington and Colorado.