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About Steven L. Earll

Steven L. Earll, Colorado Springs counselor

Steven L. Earll, MA, MS, LPC, LAC, is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Addictions Counselor in private practice in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Steve specializes in family trauma, addictions, co-dependency and recovery issues. He has worked in the field of addictions and trauma for more than 45 years as a counselor, consultant, trainer and clinical director of treatment programs for adults and adolescents, and their families.

Steve approaches family trauma both professionally and personally. From abuse in his childhood to the death of his wife, Rachel, Steve knows firsthand how unexpected trauma can affect people and relationships. From the loss of his wife through first a traumatic brain injury and then a terminal illness, he has walked his own road of grief and loss. Steve lives in Colorado Springs with his wife, Carrie.

Steve has worked professionally with Sharon Wegscheider-Cruse, Vernon Johnson, Virginia Satir and other nationally known therapists in the field of family therapy and addictions. He learned experiential therapy from Virginia Satir and Sharon Wegscheider-Cruse. He trained with Satir when she served as a consultant for the program where he worked, and he authored a therapist manual on Satir's family sculpture techniques.

Steve has conducted training seminars for therapists, educators, and churches concerning issues of addictions and family trauma in the United States, Canada, Europe and the Middle East.

Books, talks, and media

Steve is the author of Family Sculpture Techniques: A Therapist Manual and Chemical Dependency and Recovery Are A Family Affair, a contributing author of Portraits of Courage, and the author of the audio series "Unmasking Troubled Families." He has also released a 6-chapter video series on experiential therapy techniques entitled Beyond Words. Steve is featured in the Focus on the Family video "Physician Assisted Suicide, Not Worth Living."

He is accepting counseling clients in Colorado Springs. To reach him, visit the contact page or call (719) 528-1929.