The Therapist’s Therapist
No skills. No pills. Just therapy.
For those who want to get to the root of their problems, not just manage the symptoms.
Dr. Jim Mosher, PhD, ABPP
Being a therapist:
My life’s calling.
Hi, I’m Dr. Jim Mosher. Thanks for visiting.
I love being a therapist, it’s what I was meant to do. Some of the most powerful moments of my life have happened in the therapy room—witnessing clients face their fears and change their lives.
I don’t dismiss pills or skills—they help many. But for plenty of people, they’re not enough. The therapists who work with me are usually looking for something deeper.
So, if we work together, we won’t stay on the surface. We’ll go to the root.
Because change begins with discomfort.
Let’s get uncomfortable.
Who “holds” the “holder”?
Many therapists—maybe you—grew up as the holder of others.
Whether your parents were chaotic, absent, emotionally immature, or simply maxed out. You became the reliable one, the parentified-child in a home that needed someone to step up.
Then you became a therapist.
But who holds you?
Often, therapists enter therapy—consciously or not—seeking someone who feels solid, someone who can hold them. In your therapy this will be our aim: Creating a space where your needs are at the center.
Depth-Oriented Therapy for Therapists
Tired of looking for a therapist?
For many therapists, finding the right fit is tough—I know it was for me. Maybe some of these feel familiar:
➤ You don’t always feel challenged enough by your therapist
➤ You’re smart and want someone who can go toe-to-toe with you
➤ If you were parentified, and want someone who feels “bigger”
➤ You want a therapist with opinions, not just reflections
➤ Maybe you just want someone who isn’t so fucking proper
➤ You know why you’re stuck, but you feel the same anyway
What makes me any different?
There are many ways to do good therapy and many good therapists doing it. Here are a few ways I might differ:
➤ Above all, I want to do deep, meaningful, life-changing work
➤ For better or worse, I tend to swing for the fences
➤ My style is active—I’ll support you and I’ll challenge you
➤ I focus on depth, interpersonal process, and disrupting defenses
➤ I integrate paradox, humor, and directness to spark change
➤ I’m pragmatic and philosophical—grounded but not manualized
➤ I have over 14 years of experience in trauma-focused and inpatient-psychotherapy as well as supervising other therapists
Okay, but how do we do it?
I practice what I call Functional Psychotherapy—a non-pathologizing, relational model rooted in science, guided by memory reconsolidation, and responsive to each person. Its core precepts include:
➤ Pain is a signal, calling you to examine your life
➤ Change begins when we stop avoiding pain and turn toward it
➤ We resolve pain by understanding its function rather than numbing it
➤ To do that, we explore the experiences, thoughts, and feelings underneath and disrupt the defenses blocking access to them
➤ We then discern adaptive from maladaptive emotions and support or challenge them, accordingly
➤ Memory reconsolidation guides how we navigate change
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Individual therapy
Dive deep into yourself, confront your fears, and step into your most authentic self.
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Supervision
Integrative supervision that considers your roles as therapist and as person.
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Non-therapists
When the fit is right, I also work with regular folks, too. Give me a call and let’s talk.
