Jacob Gotwals, MA

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EMDR Certified Therapist

Online Therapy

About Me

I specialize in relationship, sexual, and gender issues, trauma and attachment issues, and mindfulness. I serve all locations in Arizona, Florida, Colorado, and New Mexico (by video only) from my home city of Tucson, Arizona. In our therapy relationship, you’ll experience connection, acceptance, safety, and trust; this can be healing in itself. We'll start by exploring and making sense of your challenges, compassionately and collaboratively. We can also use EMDR, guided imagery, and mindfulness to activate your mind’s natural ability to heal, going deeper than words, into realms of feeling, imagination, and focused attention. I can help with relationship challenges like navigating dating, love, commitment, conflict, monogamy, polyamory, infidelity, and breakups. Throughout your relationship journey, I can provide insight, help you develop a more secure attachment style, and strengthen relationship skills like self-awareness, empathy, communication, collaboration, and boundaries. I take an open, non-judgmental approach to addressing sexual challenges (like high or low desire, shame/embarrassment about desires, and difficulty meeting sexual expectations). I can also help with gender-related challenges (such as clarifying/accepting your gender identity and clarifying how you want to express gender). I believe you’ll find that I bring exceptional clarity, integrity, and creativity to our therapy work. I look forward to connecting!

Education & Experience

I worked at Presbyterian Medical Services in Santa Fe, New Mexico from 2016-2021, where I gained supervised experience providing counseling to individuals and couples. I completed a master's in counseling in 2015 from Southwestern College in Santa Fe, New Mexico, and I also have a human sexuality certificate from Southwestern College.

Professional & Volunteer Affiliations

National Certified Counselor (National Board for Certified Counselors)

Specialty Area

  • Abuse/Neglect
  • Anxiety/Panic Attacks
  • Attachment Disorders
  • Depression
  • Family Issues
  • Gender Identity
  • Grief/Loss/Mourning
  • Marriage/Relationship Issues
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorders
  • Phobias
  • Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Sexual Dysfunction
  • Spirituality
  • Stress Management
  • Traumatic Incident

Population Served

  • Adults
  • Couples
  • LGBTQ+
  • Seniors

Language

  • English

Insurance


The only insurances I take (in-network) are Western Sky Community Care, Ambetter, and the New Mexico fee-for-service payment system.