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Jory Kaiser
LMFT
Good question, glad you asked. Ask yourself another one, do you hate shoes? Cause Jory does, so shoes are optional in his therapy room. Back to the more important first question though, Jory loves to understand how people work. Additionally, and probably more pertinently, Jory has had a long struggle with mental illness himself. Anxiety, depression, and BPD are illnesses Jory is well acquainted with and loves to help those struggling find healing and movement in their journey. Jory is also trained in EMDR, a trauma treatment modality used to help those with all types of trauma in their healing process. He is also trained in Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), which is another trauma treatment modality. In addition to EMDR and ART, he utilizes Emotionally Focused Therapy, Narrative Therapy, and dips his toes in the Gottman Method. Normally, Jory uses an integrated approach and tailors the therapy to each person. Jory works with depression, anxiety, borderline, bipolar, sexual trauma, faith transitions, and general trauma.
Jory believes that healing is not acute. It’s an ongoing and proactive experience that helps people live their lives in the way they want to live them. When we live our lives the way we want, life is just easier and more fulfilling. Jory also believes that healing can come in waves at times; healing is tough and we need time to recover from the hard work of processing what we have been and are going through. That is okay, Jory will hang out with you during those times as well.
Jory Kaiser also believes in the power of connection. He wants you to feel connected to him because when we are connected, therapy is more effective (some researcher somewhere discovered this) and that makes it a more enjoyable experience for both the therapist and therapee. The most important thing that Jory seeks for is you receiving the care you need and want. If he isn’t a good match, you can let him know, and he will do his best to help you find someone who will fit. That being said, he thinks you’re cool and would love to work with you.
Jory Kaiser received his Bachelor’s Degree from Brigham Young University in Provo, UT in family services with a minor in psychology. He went on to get his Master’s Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy from Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas. He likes to tell people he got the same degree from BYU twice and that it was useless both times. Good way to spend a solid sixish years of his life, eh?
Jory’s approach to therapy is blunt – literally. He doesn’t feel the need to beat around the bush and has very little issues telling people how it is. He feels that therapy is a time and place to work and achieve healing and wants to make sure his clients feel that their time is being used well. He also thinks humor is an important part of the healing process and encourages his clients to find humor and joy in the mundane things in life. Jory believes that what you bring to the therapy room is just as important as what he brings. He can’t follow you around all day every day for several reasons, mostly because that would be a little creepy. You are the person living your life, inhabiting your brain, and your body. Jory doesn’t always get things right which makes the expertise in your life very important because you can correct when Jory is way off the mark. Jory also believes that both healing and hurt don’t happen in a vacuum. Change and therapy are what we make of it. He will do his best to help, and the more effort and exploration that you do makes both jobs easier.
While he may be the therapist, Jory isn’t a dentist and pulling teeth isn’t something that he likes to do. Therapy is work, so he will bring his expertise, compassion, humor, and hard work. You bring yourself, your life expertise, and a willingness to talk and explore. Jory wants to see everyone succeed, and he is hopeful that he can work with you to enable you to do just that. Jory likes to think he is funny (You can be the judge; it won’t hurt too much if you disagree.) and brings, what is considered by some, an unhelpful amount of humor to therapy. Different accents, the inability to hide emotional reactions at times (working on it, sorry previous teachers), and
generally being a rather silly fellow is something you will be working with. Fear not though! He is capable of being quite serious when the situation demands it.
Jory acknowledges how difficult therapy can be. Therapy involves a lot of self-reflection, exploration, feeling emotions, and facing difficult truths that are often about our own self. That can be hard. It can also be one of the most rewarding things we can do. The more we learn about us, the better we understand how to change in ways that are helpful and healthy. It takes time but is worth it. Even in the low moments, Jory will be by your side, even if all he does is cry with you.
Outside of therapy, Jory enjoys tabletop role-playing games such as Dungeons and Dragons, Lord of the Rings: Journeys in Middle Earth, and other board games as well as PC gaming. Jory is attempting to enjoy outdoor activities such as hiking, climbing, and canyoneering. He loves to dance, read, sleep, and eat. He spent time on BYU’s ballroom and folk-dance teams.
Lets face it, who likes to talk about their crap with other people?
If you’re like most clients, you’re used to being judged despite hearing so many people talk about non judgment and when you do open up, it seems like the more you share, the less likely you are to get compassion.
We’ve worked our butts off to create a clinic where the unfiltered, real you, can show up and heal, so dammit give therapy a chance!
We love the unfiltered real you, let’s heal together. – Utah Family Therapy Team
