Jed Thorpe, CMHC, NCC

I feel like I’ve hit the jackpot in life. Not because it’s been smooth or easy - far from it. It's more because every loss, setback, and near-ending helped me learn something I couldn’t have discovered any other way.

I’ve survived more than most people know. Some of it I’ve talked about. A lot of it, I haven’t (and probably won't...but I might).

 

Near-death experiences, heartbreaks that rerouted my life, moving out of the house when I was 17. Years lived in chaos and places most people would run from. And other places I'd love to revisit (Africa)... Those early chapters shaped me, but they were only the beginning. The best part of having difficulty is what comes afterward; the learning, the rebuilding, and the kind of clarity that usually only comes after walking through the hard stuff. Maybe I learned more from the hardships than I ever would have on easy-street.

 

And that’s a little of I bring to the table as a therapist.

Amazingly, I’ve somehow made it past the half-century mark in this world. And I’ve been married to my wonderful wife, Natalie, for over 20 years and it seems like we only get better together as time goes on. We even have kids! Not as many as we hoped, but the two we were able to have keep life busy, loud, meaningful, and entertaining enough to make up for it.

 

"My Story" 

 

Truth is - I’ve never really connected with the idea that “my story” was anything special because...isn't it a lot like yours? Aren't all of our "stories" difficult, meaningful, painful, beautiful… and deeply human? Mine happened to begin with loss when my biological father died in a motorcycle accident (I was 3). A few years later, I moved with my mom from the sunny beaches of Del Mar, California to a single-wide trailer in the high deserts of Southern Utah. Life wasn’t glamorous growing up in a single-wide trailer with wood-burning stoves for the winter and swamp coolers in the summer (yep, I can fix those).

 

I don't tote my story because - don't we all have a unique and amazing story?

Anyway, somewhere in my story, I realized that healing doesn’t always come from fixing what’s broken - it comes from learning how to hold it, carry it, and walk forward anyway. That’s what I try to model in life and through my therapy practice, and it’s what I hope people feel when they work with me.

Here’s my approach to therapy: It starts with connection and being genuine. I’ve trained in a lot of techniques, but what I’ve found is that being real and honest - even when it's not easy - is the fastest way to build trust. From there, reflection leads to awareness and that’s where breakthroughs happens.

 

And I love being a therapist.
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Here’s what I believe: You are not broken. People can change. Most relationships can heal. And you’re stronger and more resilient than you know. And I can prove it.