Dr Dorian Kondas
MA, PhD
He / Him / His / They
Awakenings Counseling
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Licensed states
AlabamaArizonaArkansasColoradoConnecticutDelawareFloridaGeorgiaIdahoIllinoisIndianaKansasKentuckyMaineMarylandMichiganMinnesotaMississippiMissouriMontanaNebraskaNevadaNew HampshireNew JerseyNorth CarolinaNorth DakotaOhioOklahomaPennsylvaniaRhode IslandSouth CarolinaSouth DakotaTennesseeTexasUtahVermontVirginiaWashingtonWashington, DCWest VirginiaWisconsinWyoming
At a glance
Services Provided
Group Therapy
Individual Therapy
Sex Therapy
Individual Therapy
Sex Therapy
Ages Served
Adults (18+)
Young Adults (18-25)
Young Adults (18-25)
Languages Spoken
English
Gender Identity
Man
Faith Communities Served
Agnostic
Atheist
Baháʼí
Buddhist
Catholic
Christian
Hindu
Interfaith
Jain
Jehovah’s Witness
Jewish
Multifaith
Muslim
Secular and Non-Religious
Sikh
Spiritual
Taoist
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Unitarian Universalist
Wicca/Paganism
Atheist
Baháʼí
Buddhist
Catholic
Christian
Hindu
Interfaith
Jain
Jehovah’s Witness
Jewish
Multifaith
Muslim
Secular and Non-Religious
Sikh
Spiritual
Taoist
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Unitarian Universalist
Wicca/Paganism
Telehealth Availability:
I'm usually available for teletherapy sessions by phone and video conference online almost every weekday. Group therapy sessions are online using Zoom.
PLEASE NOTE: Contrary to what it says below, I am NOT licensed in most of the states listed at the bottom of this page. But I can still PRACTICE in these states with you through teletherapy because the states listed participate in PSYPACT legislation. I am credentialed with PSYPACT and licensed in Vermont and Ohio.
About this provider
Clients I Work With
I've had the privilege of working with a wide variety of diverse adult clients--perhaps like you! I provide individual and group therapy (currently not couples or family therapy). Coming from both a generalist and specialist background, I'm able to work with many concerns that could include any of the following:
PTSD and trauma (of many kinds)
Queer / LGBTQ issues
Racial/Ethnic concerns
Depression and anxiety
Grief, loss, transitions
Relationship or family conflict
Aging, chronic illness / pain / HIV/AIDS
Sexuality, gender, body shame
Sexual addiction / compulsion
Academic stress and achievement
Recovering from narcissistic abuse
Interpersonal issues in group therapy
Religious trauma, conflict and cult recovery
Job stress, burnout, and finding "calling"
Student, academic and career concerns
Adverse experiences from prayer and meditation
Racial discrimination / recovering from hate crime
Climate change distress / political anxiety / social justice concerns.
Approach
I provide relationship-focused therapy with body-mind holism based on the best of theory, science and simple human connection. The best research tells us that it is the therapy relationship that heals! To say it more technically, our relationship (meeting you as a unique, distinctly different individual at many intersections of culture, attachment style, racial/ethnic differences, identity, sexuality or gender, personal history, family of origin background, age, life-stage, career development and so on) becomes the basis for helping you heal relationship ruptures of the past and the present--and your relationship WITH YOURSELF. Abuse, trauma, neglect, violence, abandonment, and shame-- all of these are relationship-based injuries. Consequently, I will prioritize building trust, safety, warmth, genuine connection and "gentle mending." It's as if you have a flashlight in the darkness and I must follow you very closely and faithfully, really being PRESENT, and always going at your own pace, not mine, wherever you choose to shine the light.
Beliefs & Lived Experience
I like Dan Seagal's term "Mwe." ME plus YOU equals the MWE of our therapy relationship. Through therapy you may develop as a healthier MWE with yourself and others through the dares and risk-taking of intimacy, which to me is what therapy is all about. Therapy is like a dress rehearsal for the relationship challenges of our lives. We practice in therapy to become a living and happy MWE with friends, family, community, coworkers and with ourselves. I have to practice this in my own life. If I didn't, I would not be able to join with you as a living, joyful and healing MWE in therapy.
Once you develop or "internalize" the MWE of YOU and ME, then very naturally, organically there should be a ripple effect that spreads outwards into the varied issues of your life and relationships. It may not always be a QUICK fix but a DEEP fix. Yes, you CAN heal, you CAN shift attachment style, you CAN recover, you CAN change the quality of your relationships as the MWE of we in therapy joins the MWE in you with others.
Additional Credentials & Training
EMDRIA Certified; Trained in EMDR 2.0
Advanced Certification in Gestalt and Applied Existential Psychotherapy
Masters in Transpersonal (Spiritually-Informed) Counseling Psychology from the Buddhist school Naropa University.
PhD in Counseling Psychology from Penn State with research specialization in spiritual distress in lesbian, gay, and bisexual populations.
Specialties & approaches
Specialties
AgingAnger ManagementAnxietyAttachmentBehavioral IssuesBurnoutCareer CounselingCaregiver SupportChronic Pain and IllnessCodependencyDepressionDivorceEnd-of-LifeFaith-Based CareGender IdentityGriefInfidelity / Affair RecoveryLife TransitionsMen’s Mental HealthOut-of-Control Sexual BehaviorPanicRelationship IssuesReligious Trauma & Spiritual AbuseSelf EsteemSexual AbuseSpiritual AbuseSpiritualitySuicidal IdeationTrauma & PTSD
Therapy approaches
Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)Attachment-BasedBuddhist PsychologyCognitive Behavioral (CBT)Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I)Cognitive Processing (CPT)Compassion Focused TherapyCulturally Responsive TherapyDialectical Behavior (DBT)DreamworkEgo State TherapyEMDRExistential TherapyExperiential TherapyFeminist TherapyFlash TechniqueGestalt TherapyHumanistic TherapyInsight Oriented TherapyIntegrative TherapyInternal Family Systems (IFS)Jungian TherapyMindful Self CompassionMindfulnessMindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)Person-Centered TherapyPolyvagal Informed TherapyPositive PsychologyPsychodramaPsychodynamic TherapyRelational TherapySomatic TherapyTrauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral (TF-CBT)Yoga Therapy
Specialized Experience
12-step friendlyArtists & Creative ProfessionalsAsian / Asian American clientsBIPOC clientsBiracial / Multiracial clientsBlack / African American clientsBody-positive / Health at Every SizeDisability-informed careEducatorsEntrepreneurs & ExecutivesHispanic / Latino clientsLGBTQ+ AffirmingMiddle Eastern / North African clientsNative American / Indigenous clientsOpen relationships / non-monogamyRace & cultural identityRacial justice frameworkSelf-Employed & Freelance ProfessionalsSex work-affirmingSex-positive / kink friendlySouth Asian clientsTherapists & Mental Health ProfessionalsTrans-affirming careVeterans / Military Service
Fees & insurance
Session Fees
$160
$320
Payment Accepted
Credit
Health Savings Account (HSA)
Out of Network (Superbills Provided)
Private Pay (Superbills Not Provided)
Sliding Scale
Insurance Notes
I use Simple Practice to coordinate payment and insurance. All payments through Simple Practice are required to be in credit or debit card form. Card brands and types accepted include the following:
Visa
Mastercard
American Express (AmEx)
Discover
JCB
Diners Club
Debit cards bearing those network logos
FSA (Flexible Spending Account) cards
HSA (Health Savings Account) cards
Insurance Accepted
AetnaAnthemCignaMedical MutualOhioHealthyOptumUnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH