"When I look, I am seen, so I exist."
-Donald Winnicott

Hello! My name is Caleb Dodson. I'm a psychotherapist and in-training psychoanalyst practicing in the Queen Anne neighborhood of Seattle, Washington. I am also licensed in the state of Montana. I work with feelings of depression, anxiety, loneliness, powerlessness, relationship difficulties, a lack of connection to yourself and others, grief, hopelessness, trauma, dulling of life, major life transitions, divorce, and existential concerns.

I believe that who we are, our idea of what "the good life" is, is a personal experience that’s shaped, or more thwarted, in how we experience and handle the experience of our social and contextual relationships. When we're given space and attention and met with understanding, curiosity, and respect, something profound can happen over time. Most of all, therapy is where we get back in touch with our experience of being here. Like the snowball effect or a carpet unfurling, we become different and more connected to ourselves and life over time and with hundreds of small moves.

I've been formally trained in Existential Analysis and am currently a psychoanalyst in training at the National Institute for the Psychotherapies. I’m also finishing my Ph.D. in Psychology at Saybrook University - my dissertation focuses on authenticity in the therapeutic relationship. However, my most important training has come from my own personal work, looking at my own experience. It's our experience that we find ourselves and eventually grow. I like to say I do "the Caleb thing" because I believe we grow when we are genuinely met and seen by a fellow person for who we uniquely are and what is being created between us.

If you're curious about the process or working together, I encourage you to reach out for a conversation, and we'll see what comes.