COLE PUTMAN, LPC-MHSP (Temp)

Cole Putman is a professional therapist pursuing licensure in the Nashville Area. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Social Work from the University of Mississippi, and a Master's of Education in Human Developmental Counseling – Clinical Mental Health from Vanderbilt University. Before graduate school, Cole worked in a nonprofit setting and in higher education as an admissions counselor. Cole also has experience with a local trauma center counseling clients with depression/anxiety, religious trauma, spiritual reintegration, and life transition.

Cole is especially passionate about working with LGBTQIA+ clients and with clients facing a new life transition. He identifies as a queer affirming, trans-affirming therapist – striving to create a therapeutic environment that is both safe and supportive. Cole’s approach to therapy is acceptance-based and relationally driven. His therapeutic orientation is primarily drawn from Internal Family Systems, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy. 

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“It is one of the greatest honors of my life to walk beside my clients through sorrow, anxiety, joy – all the experiences inherent in being human. I seek to aid clients in recognizing their own strengths as well as assist them in developing new coping skills to greet life’s challenges. As a therapist, I aim to greet every client, every session with nonjudgment, radical acceptance, and a genuine interest in every client's wellbeing.” 

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Outside of work, Cole is an avid coffee drinker, devoted live music attendee, and passionate poetry reader. 

Cole is currently fulfilling the Tennessee licensure requirement of post-masters supervision and is receiving supervision from Dr. Kristi Marshall, an approved supervisor by the state of Tennessee.