About Robert Odell, LICSW

As of 2024, I have been a licensed psychotherapist in Seattle for 25 years.  I earned my Master’s degree in Social Work in 1994. (Further detail in the intake form’s disclosure statement.) My professional bio is here.

I am a member of the Clinical Social Work Association, the National Coalition for Sexual Freedom and past member of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality.

I’m a Ukrainian/Romanian lineage American, cisgendered, monogamish polysexual, raised with middle class privilege in New York City.  NYC provided daily physical & personal contact with diverse people for 28 years. I’ve lived and practiced in places and settings that expanded my understanding of people of  different origins and cultures.

I disclose the personal information here that I believe is relevant for clients to know:

• Parental lineages in Romania & Ukraine, both Jewish. Holocaust destroyed paternal line
• Trauma history: Witnessed suicide at 9, fatal accident at 32. Sexually molested (10), assaulted at 18 (unreported);
• Personal mental healthcare: Individual or relationship therapy client, mid-20s to mid-50s
• Grief & caregiving: Father (Alzheimer’s-type dementia); mother (7 yrs. distant caregiving & management); late older brother (bipolar disorder)
• Relational: History of serial monogamy and ENM; currently married
• Parent: One adult daughter
• Kink: community active