David Boschen

Greetings, my name is David Boschen. I'm licensed as a Marriage and Family Therapist, having worked with families, individuals, and businesses since 1985. I have guided countless clients over my diverse career who gained insight about themselves and were provided practical methods to sustain their personal growth and improve their relationships.

My approach

My theoretical approach for individual clients is Cognitive Behavioral which offers a wide range of applications for the varied and unique needs of each individual. Deeper issues can be accessed while at the same time using the immediate circumstances to improve or learn new skills to replace ineffective traits. I utilize a Family Systems approach when working with couples, families, and family businesses for the broader picture of gaining shared understanding and identifying individual and/or shared responsibilities. I use the phrase “Understand to be Understood” as a guide to effective relationships.

My focus

I appreciate that my personal life and my career as a therapist have shaped my understanding and appreciation for all ages of people and their varied life circumstances. My clients have changed over time, now consisting of older youth through post-employment years of age. With this recent advent of telehealth, I’m a firm believer that younger children benefit most from in-person tactile experience.

My communication style

Most clients comment on my ability to see beyond their immediate presenting problems in a gentle way that gives them confidence in being seen and feeling heard. I strive to give practical tools based on individual or relational presented needs that can be applied between sessions, to strengthen motivation to keep working on current issues while growing in personal life changes.

My journey to mental healthcare

I have a natural bent toward being in service to other people that was evident early on in my youth. I went on to college at age 21, having worked to own my business out of high school, but not feeling it was the best lifetime career. When presented at a college seminar about the new program for marriage and family therapy I knew my direction and have never turned back. I have remained in this field out of my love to be part of people’s lives in a variety of settings including directing an adoption agency, going overseas to work on orphanage projects, teaching Psychology courses at a University, and maintaining my private practice since 1989. I have found that my career describes what I do, but who I am is better understood having been married 41 years, launching 3 adult married children with families that make up our current 7 grandchildren. I consider my life as a lab to test what I share in my professional work, sometimes out of a book but more often out of applied knowledge in practical experience.

My goals for you

Goals are important for giving focus on the priority of where your energy is going to be directed. “You can’t hit what you are not aiming at” is a saying that has its truth for therapy. Goals can change as insight grows, or success is achieved. Renegotiating goal priorities reflects what happens in normal life, and is part of the working relationship I have with my clients.

My first session with you

Since therapy is a unique professional relationship, it is important the first session is used to determine confidence in the connection. I know I’m not a fit for all clients, but I do know I can provide an honest professional opinion to give direction to your presented needs. That is useful whether continued in our work or helping find the best fit in a new referral. I don’t want to leave you without a next step.