Welcome

Hello and welcome to my website. I am one of Washington State’s most experienced specialists in cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT). I help people to cope with anxiety and to live a healthy, balanced life. Working from a foundation of a caring and empathic therapy relationship, I can teach you scientifically supported skills to handle your life challenges more effectively. My goal is to help my clients regain their vitality and confidence through learning skills to resolve current problems and reduce troubling symptoms.

You can use this website to learn about me, the issues I work with in my practice, and my approach to helping you. In addition, this website offers you useful resources and forms related to my practice.

Sincerely,
Dr. David Kosins
dkosins@u.washington.edu
Seattle, Washington

What's New

I currently facilitate five different ongoing monthly support groups, listed below with dates through December, 2012.  These groups are designed to follow or complement a course of individual cognitive-behavioral therapy offered by myself or another therapist.  Please call me for further information or to register in advance for a group. If you have already attended a group at some time in the past, it is fine to drop in again.  Just phone to say when you'd like to come.

Future offerings may include groups for individuals with several specific phobias (heights, blood-injection-injury, enclosed spaces, vomit, etc.), a group to address problems with self-esteem, and a group to support people participating in the Beck Diet Solution.  Call me if you are interested. 

OCD SUPPORT GROUP (1st Thurs. of the month, 5 - 6:20 PM)

• Thurs., April 5
• Thurs., May 3
• Thurs., June 7
• Thurs., July 5
• Thurs., August 2
• Thurs., September 6
• Thurs., October 4
• Thurs., November 1
• Thurs., December 6

SOCIAL ANXIETY GROUP (2nd Thurs. of the month, 5 - 6:20 PM, except where noted*)

• Thurs., April 12
• Thurs., May 10
• Thurs., June 14
• *Mon., July 9, 6:00 pm
• *Mon., August 20, 6:00 pm
• Thurs., September 13
• Thurs., October 11
• Thurs., November 8
• Thurs., December 13

 PANIC SUPPORT GROUP (3rd Thurs. of the month, 6 - 7:20 PM)

• Thurs., April 19
• Thurs., May 17
• Thurs., June 21
• Thurs., July 19
• Thurs., August 16
• Thurs., September 20
• Thurs., October 18
• Thurs., November 15
• Thurs., December 20

BODY-FOCUSED REPETITIVE BEHAVIOR (Compulsive skin picking, hair pulling, etc.) SUPPORT GROUP (4th Thurs. of the   month, except where noted*, 6 - 7:30 PM)

• Thurs., April 26
• Thurs., May 24
• *Mon., June 18 (new date)
• Thurs., July 26
• Thurs., August 23
• Thurs., September 27
• Thurs., October 25
• *Mon., November 19
• *Mon., December 17

FEAR OF DEATH/HEALTH ANXIETY SUPPORT GROUP (1st Monday of the month, except where noted*, 6 - 7:30 PM)

• Mon., April 2
• Mon., May 7
• Mon., June 4
• Mon., July 2
• *Mon., August 13
• *Mon., September 17
• Mon., October 1
• Mon., November 5
• Mon., December 3