Meet Our Team

Christian Hawes

ACMHC

Christian graduated of UNLV with a degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling after serving as an Intelligence Officer in the U.S. Air Force. He believes that the counseling process is a collaborative effort between client and therapist. He also believes that clients are the experts in their lives, and, within the framework of the therapeutic alliance, clients can access their inner resources and experience change. Client-centered therapy, based on the work of Carl Rogers and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) inform his theoretical approach. Client-centered therapy presupposes that people are basically good and have a natural desire to grow and ACT helps individuals learn skills to handle painful thoughts and emotions while choosing value-based behaviors that can lead to living a richer, more meaningful life. He incorporates elements from other approaches including Mindfulness, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Existential Therapy. His goal is to empower individuals to direct their own lives.