John Bundrick

LPC, LAC, ICGC-II

Professionally

I am a Licensed Professional Counselor in Louisiana and Colorado, as well as a Licensed Addiction Counselor in Colorado. I am also an International Certified Gambling Counselor-Level II. I have worked in treatment settings across the continuum of care, including inpatient and residential facilities, partial hospitalization programs, intensive outpatient programs, and outpatient care.  These settings have focused on clients seeking treatment for substance use issues, mental health disorders, and problem gambling. Additionally, I have specific training in working with clients that have experienced medical trauma.

Theoretically

I employ a combination of and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Schema Therapy, and Family Systems Theory. I also like to incorporate elements of existential philosophy throughout treatment to examine issues that all of us face in our search for identity, connection, and purpose. 

Personally 

I came to the decision to be a counselor later in life after other careers. Originally from Louisiana, I moved to New York City at age 23 to pursue a career in acting. I studied at a training program that focused on improvisational acting. I loved the thrill of performing in front of a live audience, not knowing what was going to happen next or where a scene might be going. I worked as a professional actor in the entertainment industry until my early 30’s.

I later moved back to Louisiana and worked in corporate sales, a drastic change from my previous world. I could not see at the time that this was not who I was as a person nor what I needed to be doing with my life. The result was a period of crisis, a time of questioning, and a need for rediscovery of purpose. That purpose came in the form of a career change to counseling.

I believe that these experiences inform my approach to counseling much in the same way that improvisation was the foundation for my approach to acting—there are spontaneous periods of excitement, knowing where we are heading and other times feeling the frustration and fear of not knowing what lies ahead.