731 East 8600 South
Sandy, Utah 84094-6312
801-561-9987 ext. 27
800-530-1934 ext. 27
Jerry
Budd, MC
Licensed Associate Marriage & Family Therapist
Office Ext. 27, Office Locations: Magna, Sandy, and Park City
My awareness of God’s touch on my life began as a youngster; however, I did not receive Christ as my Lord and Savior until I was a senior in high school. The Baptism in the Holy Spirit occurred as I became more aware of the need for a deeper relationship with Jesus Christ.
Following
graduation from high school, I attended San Diego State University for
2 years, completed service in the California National Guard, and returned
to Nevada Southern University (now UNLV), graduating with a degree in
Secondary Education in 1965. My desire to become a clinical counselor
led me to return to the University of Phoenix to complete my MC in 1999.
I worked as a clinical counselor, primarily with adolescents and adults,
for 5 years in California prior to coming to Utah. Prior to coming to
CCCU, I worked as a therapist in the Salt Lake County Jail and Valley
Mental Health. I am licensed as an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist
currently under the supervision of Kent D. McDonald, MS, Licensed Marriage
& Family Therapist, and Rob Pramann, PhD, Clinical Director of Christian
Counseling Centers of Utah..
My special interests include therapy and spiritual gifts, the addiction
process, 12-step programs, adolescent challenges, criminal justice, spiritual
growth, and healing of the whole person. General practice specialty areas
include adults, adolescents and children, individual, couple/marriage,
and family systems development.
I have
had training in Integrating faith based principles with clinical mental
health issues, substance abuse prevention, domestic violence, 12-Step
work, and correctional mental health. My therapeutic orientation is primarily
focused on what is happening in life right now and real life events which
affect day to day functioning as well as influencing the way my clients
see their world. I utilize therapeutic models as indicated for specific
situations, including but not necessarily limited to holistic treatments,
family systems viewed through experiential conceptualizations, and a special
emphasis on developing a desire for building solutions. It is my belief
that learning to tolerate differences, making realistic choices and developing
self responsibility to increase the possibility of change, as well as
maintaining the gains achieved in therapy, are crucial for progress in
the therapeutic process.
My personal life has been a learning and experiential process with successes
and seeming failures. The failures have become opportunities to teach
myself the best path, the one that works for attaining goals I’ve
set to reaching spiritual maturity. Jesus Christ has been the prime mover
in that process, and He never fails. I am pleased that my wife has found
an opportunity to work with World Outreach, a missions agency. I have
served in various ministries at The Fellowship, including involvement
with small group ministries, evangelism, teaching, and ushering. I enjoy
mountain biking, camping, travel, reading, and walking. (more-vita)
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