Dr Brent Potter, PhD, PhD, PsyD
Dr Brent Potter, PhD, PhD, PsyD brings 30+ years of direct clinical, managerial, and executive administration experience to his current behavioral health work. More important than this, though, is his life experience.
The clients whom Brent has served often note that his past struggles and attempts at recovery make him more relatable. Classes and reading books are good and necessary, but there is no substitute for experience. This lived experience makes him more successful and effective in his engagement with clients.
From the notorious emergency homeless shelters of downtown Seattle, Brent began penning on a notepad what would become the 2013 existential psychoanalytic Amazon bestseller, Elements of Self-Destruction. He went on to publish another Amazon bestselling follow-up, Elements of Reparation: Truth, Faith, & Transformation in the Works of Heidegger, Bion, & Beyond.
Brent has also published, with co-author Jacqueline Simon-Gunn, Borderline Personality Disorder: New Perspectives on an Overused & Stigmatizing Diagnosis.
His forthcoming books, Elements of Faith and The Myth of Sobriety, are already garnering public attention.
Brent maintains positions on dissertation committees, editorial boards, and has published more than 100 professional articles, chapters, and reviews.
Brent earned multiple degrees including a BA in Psychology (Western Washington University), an MA in Clinical Psychology (Duquesne University), a PhD in Clinical Psychology (Pacifica Graduate Institute), a PhD in Psychoanalysis (Bircham University), and a PsyD in Psychoanalysis (Institute of Contemporary Psychanalysis). He holds a certificate to practice as a psychoanalyst from the Institute of Contemporary Psychoanalysis as well.
He holds multiple professional licenses and recognized specialties in behavioral health.
Brent is much sought after for his clinical skills, consultations, supervision, speaking events, and interviews.
Brent lives with his beloved wife, Gene Rose, and their children, Sean (two-years-old), and daughter, Sumner (six-years-old), in beautiful South Carolina. Their other home is in a remote province in the Philippines.
