About Will Hector, LMFT
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Madison WI
Hi, I’m Will Hector (he/him), a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Madison WI offering psychotherapy for individuals and couples. I provide a trauma-informed, somatic, and evidence-based approach grounded in mindfulness and relational therapy.
My work supports clients navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship challenges, identity questions, addictive patterns, life transitions, and existential concerns. I serve clients in the greater Madison area and offer secure online therapy in Wisconsin and California.
My Approach
An overarching principle of my work is helping you discover and trust your inner wisdom. I see therapy as a collaborative process where safety comes first. When you feel safe, you can be honest with yourself and begin to move beyond inherited roles, automated responses, and social expectations.
Conflicting messages about success, gender, identity, class, and worth often begin in childhood and are reinforced by culture. These pressures can lead us to abandon aspects of ourselves that are creative, intuitive, assertive, playful, or compassionate. When we lose touch with those parts, anxiety, depression, anger, and addictive behaviors can take hold.
My role is to help you challenge limiting narratives and reconnect with your authentic self. Together, we explore what motivates your thoughts and behaviors, how you learned to express emotion, how you resolve conflict, and how you respond to fear and adversity. Understanding these patterns opens the door to sustainable healing.
Treatment is individualized. Early sessions focus on creating safety and assessing nervous system and relational functioning. Over time, we develop skills you can apply in real life so you can live with greater authenticity, flexibility, and resilience.
Therapeutic Methods
My work integrates relational, somatic, and evidence-based modalities, including:
Hakomi Body-Centered Therapy
EMDR Therapy
Emotionally Focused Therapy
Internal Family Systems
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Mindfulness and grounding practices
Somatic work is central to my approach. The body plays a critical role in how we process stress, trauma, and emotion. By tracking nervous system responses and increasing body awareness, clients learn to regulate distress, interrupt reactive cycles, and build self-trust.
For couples, I use structured communication tools and Emotionally Focused Therapy to identify attachment patterns, reduce conflict, and rebuild trust and emotional connection.
I also support interfaith spiritual exploration when relevant and incorporate non-verbal methods such as journaling, art, poetry, movement, focusing, and experiential techniques when helpful.
“Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakes.”
- Carl Jung
Training and Background
I graduated from John F Kennedy University in the San Francisco Bay Area with a master’s degree in Somatic Counseling Psychology.
My training includes Psycho-Physical Therapy, Hakomi Body-Centered Psychotherapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Internal Family Systems, Focusing, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT). I have also trained with the Center for Energetic Studies, the EMDR Institute, Joanna Macy’s “Work That Reconnects,” and the Relational Life Institute.
I have studied with leaders in somatic psychology and body-oriented psychotherapy, including Stanley Keleman, Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen, Marion Rosen, Emilie Conrad, Ron Kurtz, James Kepner, Bill Bowen, and others involved in Somatic Experiencing and progressive body-centered modalities.
Ongoing professional development keeps me current with research in trauma, attachment, nervous system regulation, and culturally informed psychotherapy.
I am a cisgendered male cognizant of the prevailing and historic cultural patriarchy.
What You Can Expect
Therapy with me is heart-centered, practical, and grounded in compassion. I emphasize empathy, trust, and collaboration so you feel secure enough to have difficult conversations and explore the roots of your struggles.
Together, we work to:
Increase self-awareness
Heal trauma
Improve communication and relationships
Develop emotional regulation
Break negative relational patterns
Build resilience and self-acceptance
The goal is not to change who you are, but to expand your access to your full self so you can live with greater clarity, creativity, and integration.
Beyond the Therapy Room
When I’m not working, I’m an avid yogi, musician, and life-long student who loves exploring the inner workings of the human relationship with self and other.
I feel fortunate to accompany individual souls on this wild, challenging experience we call life. Staying engaged in learning and self-reflection helps me bring greater presence, compassion, and curiosity into the therapy room.
Schedule a Consultation
I invite you to learn more about my practice and approach to helping individuals and couples. Please feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns, and call 608-561-8821 to set up your free consultation or initial appointment.
Online therapy available throughout Wisconsin and California.