About Reed
Reed Finlayson is a licensed professional counselor in Idaho with 47 years of experience. He listens first and helps people decide what they want their next chapter to look like. Reed pays attention to both what is struggling and what is already working in someone’s life.
He focuses on practical strengths people already have and shows how to use them to meet current challenges. In sessions he asks clear questions and offers observations to prompt new thinking.
Background and approach
Reed does not tell clients what will change for them; he helps them arrive at their own answers. He believes lack of progress often comes from not knowing what you want or sticking only to familiar habits. Reed works with common concerns like stress, anxiety, depression, grief, and addictions.
He also helps people facing parenting strain, relationship and family issues, and problems with communication or control. Other areas he addresses include codependency, guilt and shame, loneliness, life purpose, and trauma-related concerns. His approach blends client-centered listening with practical techniques from cognitive behavioral therapy and dialectical behavior therapy.
Mindfulness and motivational interviewing are also tools he uses when helpful. The goal is always to create a clear plan together and test small steps that move a person toward their goals. Reed encourages ongoing feedback during therapy so sessions stay useful and focused.
He helps people set reachable goals, track progress, and adjust the plan when needed. This makes sessions feel collaborative and directed toward real change.
How approach and online options work together
Client-centered therapy focuses on listening and helping people decide their own goals. It emphasizes understanding a person’s values and building on what already works in their life. Cognitive behavioral therapy, or CBT, looks at how thoughts and behaviors keep problems going and uses practical exercises to change them; it often helps with anxiety, depression, and panic. Dialectical behavior therapy, or DBT, teaches skills for emotion regulation and better handling intense feelings and strong reactions.Finding the right mix of approaches is part of the work. Reed will talk with each person about their needs, goals, and preferences and then suggest methods to try. Together they set small, testable steps and adjust the plan based on what helps most. That collaborative process helps people see what fits and what doesn’t.
Online therapy offers flexible ways to meet through video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or text-based messaging. Video lets people use visual cues and longer conversations. Phone sessions work well when bandwidth is limited or a shorter check-in is needed. Live chat and messaging are useful for quick updates, brief coaching, or when writing feels easier than talking. These options make it simpler to keep therapy consistent while fitting sessions into a busy life.
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Trauma and abuse
- Parenting issues
Also listed
- Addictions
- Anger management
- Codependency
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with life changes
- Depression
- Family conflicts
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Forgiveness
- Grief
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Post-traumatic stress
- Relationship issues
- Self-love
- Social anxiety and phobia
Therapeutic approaches
- Experience
- 47 years
- Licensed
- Idaho
- Languages
- English