Outpatient Behavioral Health

Outpatient Behavioral Health (OBH), is a private group practice in Salt Lake City owned by Clifton R. Uckerman, LCSW, a long-time community advocate with a longstanding & positive reputation as a helper. OBH is focused on the underlying traumas that form to express as anxiety, depression, bi-polar disorder, addiction, and even ADHD as well as personality disorders such as anti-social and narcissism. If you have more than three diagnoses, we call that a “Trans-diagnostic Matrix” which is often an indicator for PTSD, especially if you are on more than the FDA recommended number of psychotropic medications. We use an Evidence-Based Eclectic and Integrative Model with an Anti-oppressive Approach. Our primary modality is emotionally-focused, compassion-based, humanistic, and rooted in the latest neuroscience research. We pass no moral judgement and are non-punitive in our design. We believe PTSD can take many different forms, show many different symptoms (or sets of symptoms) and result from many different life events and changes in the chronosystem including epigenetic & generational trauma. We use a Sacred Healing Practice which means we aren't always obsessed or fixated on measuring and quantifying progress. Intuitively, we know that the change process takes time and requires patience. We believe that through the honest and transparent therapeutic relationship, people can and do change in unmeasurable and sometimes intangible ways that are more spiritual and deeply psychological which deserves appreciation, honor, and respect. Our mission is to help people heal in a non-administrative healing environment that is self-directed, self-paced, and self-invested. We individualize Trauma-Focused Intensive Treatment Plans with each patient, no two are the same. We cater to and accommodate diverse communities including communities of color, sexual minorities, and men. As Salt Lake City’s premier liberation clinic and sanctuary we aim to dismantle the impact of the system of privilege so that folks that are marginalized and exiled by the system can find acceptance and refuge. We are a beacon of hope and faith for those that have lost faith in humanity and hope in salvation. No one ought to be kicked out, forced to start over, or displaced from the therapeutic relationship they have built just because of a positive drug test result, a mistake made, or a regression or relapse that serves as a learning opportunity. We will never refuse you access to our services solely for financial reasons. All we ask is that you make a personal investment in your own safety, health, and well-being and that you avoid divestment in the self, even if that comes down to paying a little bit out of pocket for the things that are most important and matter to YOU. We want you to learn how to have a transactional and mutually reciprocal relationship with your provider, give and take. You will always get what you are willing to pay for.