About Robert Odell, LICSW

As of 2026, I have been a licensed psychotherapist in Seattle for 27 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 an emeritus member of the Clinical Social Work Association,  past Board President of the Washington State Society for Clinical Social Work, 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