Lighthouse Counseling

Our Story

Professional Career Mr. Dean F. Anderson is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. He has been a practicing therapist since 1987. He has been in private practice since 1991, providing individual, marital and family therapy for adults and adolescents. In June 2006 Dean added Life Coaching to his repertoire of therapeutic techniques in his private practice to assist individuals and couples in negotiating life and its challenges. Dean has also made a career at Wasatch Mental Health since 1989 where he is currently the Director of the Westpark Family Clinic. Here, he is administratively and clinically responsible for approximately 30 staff including therapists, secretaries, and Ph.D. and Masters level Graduate students. In addition to administrating the department and training therapists, he has had a career of providing thousands of hours of group, marital, and individual therapy and has developed a large number of therapeutic specialties. Dean has also been employed at LDS Family Services where he assisted the agency and LDS Bishops by providing therapy and Life Coaching to individuals, couples, and families for a few hours per week. Dean also enjoys speaking and giving professional and motivational presentations. He has presented at numerous professional and religious conferences. He speaks on a variety of different topics such as grief and loss, domestic violence, building and maintaining emotionally close relationships, depression, anxiety, coping with stress, and changing life patterns through changing the brain, to name a few. Education and Training After completing his Associates of Science Degree at Snow College, Dean received his Bachelors and Masters Degrees in 1985 and 1987 respectively from Brigham Young University in Social Work. He has received specialized training in Life Coaching and therapy for such issues as Life Adjustment Difficulties, Depression and Anxiety, Grief and Loss, Marital Difficulties, Post Traumatic Stress, Bi-polar, Mental and Physical Disabilities, Personality Disorders, Sexual Dysfunctions, Physical, Emotional, and Sexual Abuse, and Domestic Violence to name a few. Personal Information Dean is blind as a result of an inherited eye disease called Retinitus Pigmentosa. This potentially debilitating eye condition has been a major catalyst for success in his life. With a tenacious work ethic, resilient attitude, and support from family and others, including personal and professional coaches, Dean is effectively negotiating life and its transitions. He is a successful businessman, Life Coach, Therapist, administrator, husband, and father. He has been married since 1981 and has five children, three daughters-in-law, a son-in-law, and eight grandchildren. His passions are: to travel and spend time with his family; train, mentor, and encourage his staff; and provide quality care for the individuals, families, and couples under his care. Awards In 1987 he was awarded the Joseph N. Symons Social Worker of Promise Award from Brigham young University Graduate School of social Work. In 2001 he received the Wasatch mental health Leadership Award. In 2007 he was again honored by Brigham Young University who presented him with the W. Eugene Gibbons Social Worker of the Year Award.