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, 2013. 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.  Fees for sessions are $75 per meeting, or $300 for any six meetings if paid in advance.

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 - 6:30 PM, except where noted*)

• Thurs., April 4
• Thurs., May 2
• Thurs., June 6
• *Mon., July 8, 6 - 7:30 pm
• Thurs., August 1
• *Mon., September 9, 6 -7:30 pm
• Thurs., October 3
• Thurs., November 7
• Thurs., December 5

SOCIAL ANXIETY GROUP (2nd Thurs. of the month, 5 - 6:30 PM)

• Thurs., April 11
• Thurs., May 9
• Thurs., June 13
• Thurs., July 11
• Thurs., August 8
• Thurs., September 12
• Thurs., October 10
• Thurs., November 14 
• Thurs., December 12

 PANIC SUPPORT GROUP (3rd Thurs. of the month, 6 - 7:30 PM, except where noted*)

• Thurs., April 18
• *Thurs., May 16 (5-6:30) NEW TIME
• Thurs., June 20
• Thurs., July 18
• *Mon., August 12
• Thurs., September 19
• Thurs., October 17
• Thurs., November 21
• Thurs., December 19

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

• Thurs., April 25
• Thurs., May 23
• *Mon., June 17  (NEW DATE)
• Thurs., July 25
• *Thurs., August 29
• Thurs., September 26
• Thurs., October 24
• *Mon., November 25
• *Mon., December 16

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

• Mon., April 1
• Mon., May 6
• Mon., June 3
• *Mon., July 15
• Mon., August 5
• *Mon., September 16
• Mon., October 7
• Mon., November 4
• Mon., December 2