Dr. Randy W Green, PhD

Dr. Green gave me the tools to make healthy decisions and the confidence to go through with my projects. He helps his patients find the best of who they are and spread that knowledge to others. He does not use “ old school” methods but goes deeper into how your body and mind are connected. He’s a caring person and I would highly recommend him.

I had been to therapists before for my anxiety. Coming from a dysfunctional family, I was very anxious and distrustful of others forever. After a serious argument with one of my sons, whereI lost control of myself, I looked up Dr Green. Oddly, he didn’t want details of the argument, or what upsets me when I think of growing up, because he said it just makes things worse. He just wanted to know what I wanted instead, and what “calm” was like for me, as rare as that happened! I learned how stress also affects your health and what I could do about it. He taught me mindfulness, something he called, “up-time”, where you put your attention on outside observations instead of internal bad thoughts, he taught me about reverse breathing (don’t ask, I still don’t understand but it worked!) and after about 2 months, I’ve never felt better. I highly recommend Dr. Green, who really thinks outside the box.

I brought my 12 year-old son to Dr Green because his grades have steadily declined from almost honor’s level last year to mid 70s by the end of first quarter of this academic year (Jan.2019). One teacher thought he had ADD. My husband and I thought he was withdrawn and that something was bothering him, but he wouldn’t tell us. He wouldn’t say much to Dr. Green at first, so Dr. Green just kept talking each session-- wanted to know my son’s favorite video games, sports, TV shows, movies, friends-- even foods. He introduced him to his dog, Chip, who my son loved. Then he told him stories where he’d stop in the middle and ask my son what he thought happened next. He started to respond. Then Dr. Green did some kind of heart wave biofeedback, which involved expressing feelings of gratitude and appreciation in order for my son to make stuff move on the screen--I’m not sure about that one, how it fit in, but Dr. Green just seemed to know how to lead my son back to being himself again. … The strange part (to me) is that in all this time, Dr Green barely asked about what was bothering him! His 2nd quarter grades went up, and he just seems happier. So I just wanted to express my gratitude and appreciation.

I’ve been to therapy a couple of times before Dr. Green, but I would often feel worse after sessions. I think it was because we mostly talked about how I feel when stuff goes wrong (which was “bad”, of course-how else would I feel?). Dr. Green’s work taught me how to mine for the “gold nuggets.” I don’t know how else do describe it, but his point was to shift attention away from stuff that upset me to things I either like or do well. At first I was very skeptical (how would this solve anything?). Once I started talking about those things, he kind of coached me to notice how it affects me in my body. Then he taught me how to hold that longer and longer. Then he introduced some exercises (including “exercise” at the gym!) about gratitude and how that changes your brain. I don’t know-- the bottom line is that for reasons I can’t explain, the stuff that used to bother me (kids’ behavior, co-workers, wife), doesn’t have the same effect, and I’m much happier. Thank you, Dr. Green

I’ve been on different meds for years to help with depression. Mostly, they made me groggy and interfered with my appetite. Sometimes, they must have helped and I felt better. But then I met Dr. Green, who has a totally different approach. He had me learn to shut down the “noise” in my head, and change the way I “held” depression in my body. I moved away from thinking about problems that made me feel bad, to putting my thoughts on what I actually wanted (which I didn’t know I wanted, till Dr. Green had me clarify that in my head!). I think him a lot for what I now have become-- every morning, when I wake up and think about all the things I’m grateful for in my life!

For years, I’ve been so anxious I would have difficulty sleeping, concentrating, both at home and work, and I had on and off stomach pains, that I assumed was from the anxiety. I saw Dr. Green for about 5 months. He comes at things very differently from other therapists I’ve been to-- in fact, he doesn’t think of his work as “therapy”, but instead, “change work”, in which he teaches you to pay attention differently. I learned to focus on what I wanted rather than what I didn’t; and he used 2 forms of biofeedback to get me what he called “balanced and centered”, and showed me reverse breathing (a way of increasing calm states). He also taught me to notice more on the outside of myself (sight, sound and feelings), rather than being inside focused on problems. There’s lots more that I can’t put into words, but the point is I feel so much better and would recommend him to anyone who is up for learning a different approach to feeling well. Thank you Dr. Green.