Dennis Pottenger, LMFT, CA | Psychotherapist

About Dennis Pottenger

Focus areas

Anxiety

Emotional Disturbance

Stress

Bereavement / Grief Counseling

Life Transition

Women's Issues Therapy

Depression

Relationship Struggles

Clientele seen

Young adults (18-24)

Adults (25-64)

Couples

Treatment approaches

Attachment-based

Feminist

Compassion Focused

Interpersonal

Existential

Jungian

Identity

Gender

Male

Ethnicity

White

Languages spoken

English

Getting to know Dennis Pottenger

Hi there, I'm Dennis! I'm Dennis Pottenger, a marriage and family therapist with experience guiding clients through dark and painful places. I've found that attention to the unconscious helps those suffering transform conflict, anxiety, depression, or grief into meaning, fulfillment, and greater personal wholeness and authenticity. My approach In therapy sessions, I create a safe, welcoming environment, responding to your needs with humanistic, Jungian, psychodynamic, relational, and trauma-informed approaches that are nonjudgmental and non-pathologizing. These perspectives foster self-understanding, a more positive self-view, greater self-confidence, and more fulfilling relationships. My focus I work with adults struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, life transitions, relationship problems, and identity issues, including those from sociocultural biases and injustice. Therapy often includes discussing life concerns, exploring dreams, and creative activities that lead to self-healing and discovering new possibilities emerging from within you. My communication style I help create a space where you feel safe and heard without judgment, with compassion and understanding. My goal is to help you uncover the healing and wisdom hidden within your struggles so you can move forward with new possibilities and feel better about yourself and your life. My journey to mental healthcare I was a journalist earlier in life. After a personal crisis left me depressed and anxious, a book on Jungian psychology I found in a bookstore helped me find my way through darkness to deep healing. This led me to change careers and pursue a Master's in Counseling Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute.

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Popular visit reasons

Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Childhood Trauma

Depression

Postpartum Depression

Prolonged Grief Disorder (PGD)

Psychotherapy

Psychotherapy Intake / Initial Visit

Therapy

Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)

Childhood Trauma

Depression

Postpartum Depression

Education and background

Practice names

Rula Health - Central CA

Education and training

Pacifica Graduate Institute, Master's in Counseling Psychology

NPI number

1366888513

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What practice does Dennis Pottenger work with?

Dennis Pottenger works with Rula Health - Central CA.

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