Jon B. Pease, LMFT

I founded Accel Counseling and Gritworks Collective. I don't do vanilla therapy. I'm a very interactive therapist.

For 5 years I was an Assistant Director at a nonprofit, running a program for at-risk youth and leading more than 20 clinicians. I also spent 10 years directing Not The Target, which helps kids recognize and respond to peer aggression. Today I work with high performers, leaders and couples who want to get at the core of what's going on.

I'm direct, and I'm gentle about it. Most of the work is learning to accept and be accountable for your feelings.

I help people quiet the "monkey mind." My goal is to get you out of your head and into your body, because you can't think your way out of a feeling. My book series, The Nine Energetic Betrayals, puts these ideas into plain words.

Whether it's a couple stuck behind their walls or a leader caught in shame, I keep coming back to one question: "What does this mean to you?"