Todd Werkhoven
Todd is in his final term earning a Master’s Degree, and brings years of experience as both a writer and author, as well as an in-home Personal Support Worker for several dozen families with children who are neurodiverse or have special needs. Additionally, Todd has decades of experience working with families and children through after-school science classes and summer camps, and over 20 years of volunteer Sunday school teaching.
Todd aims to support people working on issues of self-worth and self-acceptance, depression and anxiety, people rebuilding their lives after addiction or divorce, families experiencing neurodiversity, those struggling at the intersections of spirituality and culture, and people working to better understand themselves and their place in the world around them through healing and introspection.
Building on years of experience communicating with a broad spectrum of people through writing, caregiving, teaching, and lifeskills training, Todd approaches his clinical work using person-centered, strengths-based care, believing that each person and situation is unique and worthy of support that fits each personality and context. He uses a variety of methods including:
-CBT
-Psychodynamic Therapy
-Mindfulness
-Art and Narrative Therapy
-Acceptance and Commitment Therapy,
-Psychoeducation
Todd has been in successful recovery for over 15 years, and understands the hard work, resiliency, and focus it takes to make lasting change of any kind. And he also knows that while change is difficult, it is wonderfully possible. Working with clients who are new to counseling or therapy is part of his drive to pursue his Masters, carrying the torch of his own positive counseling experiences forward to other individuals, parents, families, and children who may be new to deep self-exploration.
Todd is practicing under the clinical supervision of Dane Ward, LCSW (dane@connectionsfirst.org), and will adhere to the code of ethics set by the National Association of Social Workers (NASW) Code of Ethics.