Arthea Larson, MA, LMFT

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Arthea Larson is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in Iowa, Illinois, and California, as well as a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Louisiana and a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) in Idaho. She is a Cognitive-Behavioral Therapist who works with individual adults, teens, and children.

Arthea’s specialties include youth on the autism spectrum, teens, and LGBTQ youth. With adult clients, Arthea helps them redefine their lives as they look back and question how they got there. She believes that we all create narratives for ourselves based on the thoughts, beliefs, and feelings that result from our experiences. “When those stories stop working for us,” she says, “therapy can be an important tool in writing a new story.” Her goal as a therapist is to help people see themselves from new perspectives and an opportunity for change. Arthea feels strongly that therapy is a cooperative endeavor and, for those new to therapy, advises to find a therapist with whom you feel you can easily form a trusting, professional connection. 

Arthea grew up in Southern California and went to college in Central California at the University of the Pacific. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a specialty in applied behavior analysis and then attended West Virginia University where she received a Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology. Through 40 years as a clinician working in 8 states, Arthea has had a wide range of experience working with children and families from many different walks of life and cultures and has learned valuable lessons from each experience.

Favorites:

  • Favorite alternative career: lounge singer

  • Favorite happy place: a lake in Maine

  • Favorite road trip destination: I’ve been to all 50 states so don’t want to play favorites

  • Dogs or cats?  Dogs, big ones, several of them

  • Favorite concert attended: Crosby, Stills and Nash at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles

  • Most unique adventure: helicopter ride, landing on an oil tanker that was still moving in the Gulf of Mexico, international waters