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Harry Dreyfuss, MFT Intern* is a therapist who works with children, teens, couples, and families, especially those shaped by complicated family histories. He came to therapy through an unusual door: years as a performer, improviser, and teacher convinced him that people change most deeply when they're engaged with their whole selves, including the body, the imagination, and the relationships right in front of them. His clinical experience spans addiction recovery, school-based therapy with elementary and middle school students, and private practice with individuals, couples, and families. When a teen is shutting down or acting out, when a relationship is strained, or when old family patterns start showing up in your parenting, Harry helps families understand what those patterns once protected and begin choosing something more honest and flexible.
Sessions with Harry Dreyfuss, LAMFT are priced at $175 per session with a recommended minimum of 4 sessions to establish continuity of care. Sliding scale is available.
* Idaho license approval pending
About Harry
Harry Dreyfuss, MFT Intern earned his Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies in San Francisco. He grew up in the Wood River Valley, and his return here brings together deep local roots and clinical training in some of the most engaging, active forms of therapy available. His experience includes addiction recovery work, therapy with children and teens in elementary and middle school settings, social and emotional learning facilitation, and private practice with individuals, couples, and families
Professional Focus
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Therapy for children, teens, and families
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Couples therapy
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Trauma recovery
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Addiction and recovery support
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Social and emotional learning for young people
Therapeutic Approach
Harry's approach starts from a simple observation: many of the patterns that cause us pain live deeper than words. Anxiety, old family roles, the residue of difficult experiences; these are held in the nervous system, in the body, and in how we relate to the people around us. Talking matters, and Harry pairs it with methods that engage creativity, play, movement, and the live relationship in the room, because that's where change becomes something you can actually feel rather than merely understand. With kids and teens, this means therapy that is active and creative enough to actually reach them. With couples and families, it means slowing down so each person can see what they're bringing from their own history. Harry's specialized training in Developmental Transformations (an improvisational, play-based therapy) and Trauma-Centered Psychotherapy gives this work both spontaneity and clinical rigor.
Areas of Expertise
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Children, preteens, and adolescents
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Couples and family relationships
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Trauma, anxiety, and ADHD
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Addiction and recovery
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Grief, shame, and family estrangement
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Experiential, play-based, and body-aware approaches
Credentials
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Marriage and Family Therapist Intern, Idaho
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Associate Marriage and Family Therapist, California (AMFT #152546)
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Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology, California Institute of Integral Studies, 2024
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Specialized training in Developmental Transformations (DvT)
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Specialized training in Trauma-Centered Psychotherapy (TCP)
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Experience in addiction recovery and school-based therapy settings
Community Involvement
Harry grew up in the Wood River Valley and previously facilitated experiential workshops for the Flourish Foundation, supporting social and emotional learning for young people in this community. He creates widely viewed mental health education content that makes ideas about trauma, relationships, and emotional health accessible to general audiences, and he is a facilitator in a USC neuroscience study on playfulness and cognitive function.
Harry's practice is grounded in the belief that everyone deserves to feel genuinely glad to be alive, and that the path there runs through honest relationships, engaged bodies, and a little more play than most of us were taught to expect from therapy.