Grayson Wallen LPCC

I help relationships manage their conflicts and foster friendship that lasts a lifetime. I have been working with relationships my entire career as a therapist and was personally and professionally drawn to the Gottman Institute’s research and trainings to help relationships overcome their deepest disagreements and replace the bitterness of disagreement with friendship. I am currently completing certification track through the Gottman Institute and have completed clinical trainings 1, 2 and 3 as well as Treating Affairs and Trauma training and Couples in Addiction Recovery training courses.

Outside of relationship therapy, I also have significant training in a form of psychoanalytic therapy called, Intensive Short-Term Dynamic Psychotherapy (IS-TDP). IS-TDP focuses on getting to the heart of issues that make people depressed and anxious. IS-TDP also works very well for people with early childhood trauma or trauma that was in the context of an attachment relationship like parent, caregiver, spouse/partner, or someone in authority. I have been training and reading and applying IS-TDP theory to my sessions for the past 5 years and have various specialized trainings and supervisions. I am also enrolled in the International Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy Association’s Core Training for IS-TDP, which concludes late 2025.

My current focus in therapy is to help those with mood disorders, trauma and relationship distress. I do my best relationship therapy when couples are considering separating and wish to save their relationship. I also have personal and professional experiences helping first responders and military service members.

I generally see significant improvement in individual therapy after the first session; people who work with me tend to have significant symptom reduction within the first 5 sessions. Relationships go through an Assessment process which takes about 3-5 sessions and after that see changes within the next 3-5 sessions as well.

In the past I have also worked with hospice clients, both for those who are dying as well as in the bereavement process. I facilitated a spouse loss support group that met weekly to process and heal from the trauma of losing a spouse and moving forward after loss.

I also have professional experience working with people of faith seeking to work out their feelings with their faith. My master’s training was in a seminary which was a personal decision for me as a person seeking to make sense of faith and psychology together. I do not enforce, imply or suggest religious integration but can help out here if that is what people would like help doing.

Education

• M.A., Counseling, Phoenix Seminary, 2018
• B.S., Psychology, Grand Canyon University, 2015

Professional Affiliations

• American Counseling Association
• National Board of Certified Counselors

Why I Write for Choosing Therapy

I write articles that promote emotional-relational health for ChoosingTherapy.com because I value research-based content to be accessible and attainable to anyone. In the age of social media experts, I think that the content’s focus should come from a licensed mental health provider, carefully edited, and medically reviewed.