I serve on the staff as a therapist at Open Hearts Family Wellness located in Phoenix, AZ. I am not currently taking new clients.
Bio
Javen believes that struggles in the present tell a story about the past. He views his role as a therapist as one who helps clients to slow down, pay attention, and listen to what their bodies are saying. He is confident that healing is possible and desires to help clients be present to both the beauty and pain of their experiences.
As a person-centered therapist, he does not see himself as the expert who teaches, rather as one who sits alongside and prioritizes relationship over focusing solely on strategy. He hopes that clients experience their time in sessions as a place of compassionate inquiry and reconnection to parts of themselves that may have become isolated. Javen’s experience working with multi-cultural youth in downtown Phoenix, other diverse communities, and in prisons has affected his appreciation for an Internal Family Systems, Nonviolent Communication, and Emotionally Focused Therapy approach to therapy. Consequently, he seeks to cultivate understanding, connection, and empathy to help his clients understand themselves and move forward in their life.
When working with Javen, you may notice his emphasis on exploring the environments where you grew up as well as the one in which you currently live. He believes that awareness of the values and expectations of the spaces where we live is key to understanding our own story. Javen works with clients to discover and articulate an authentic story within their world. He works with children, adolescents, adults, and couples.
email: jbear@openheartsaz.org
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