Therapists in 97221

Mindful Therapy Group is a diverse group of over 400 independent mental health practitioners serving Washington and Oregon. Each licensed mental health professional that is a member of Mindful Therapy Group is a separate, independent business. Providers that are members of Mindful Therapy Group receive support with administrative tasks, insurance billing, client placement, and more, so they can focus on providing the best care to their clients. As a client, you can expect the highest quality administrative services, warm and professional offices, and a seamless Telehealth experience while receiving care from your provider.

Welcome! I help individuals, couples and families navigate difficult times, explore and integrate past traumas and become aware of unhelpful thought patterns and habits. My goal is to assist you in becoming your best self. The approach we take will be based on your unique needs and concerns. If anxiety and depression are at the forefront, we will tackle these issues by exploring thought patterns, habits and life stressors. If you are feeling lost or stuck, we will identify personal values and brainstorm long and short-term goals. Always, I will bring an open-minded perspective to the relationship.

Your relationship is far too significant to watch suffer. In your time with me, you'll find the healing guidance needed for unheard pain and defeating conflict to be transformed into a relationship worth keeping. Together, we can turn sabotaging dead end patterns and hopeless stuckness with your partner, kids, or even within yourself, into a new bond. The dead and dying spots of your life and relationships need not prescribe the rest of your existence. So, we start where you are, create safe space there and discover how your steps toward change can continue.

*Currently Accepting New Clients* Life hands us challenges, curve balls, and undesired paths that can make us feel derailed, stuck, repeating nonproductive patterns or fostering unwanted thoughts/ feelings. With guidance and support, I believe we have the innate ability to heal and move forward from whatever is holding us back. My goal as a provider is to support clients along their unique journey towards cultivating positive change while empowering to discover answers within themselves.

Life can be unpredictable, for better or for worse, and sometimes a little extra support is needed to get by. At especially challenging times, I offer warmth and compassion, in an effort to assure clients that they do not walk alone. Although therapy can sometimes be a messy process, I feel that the end result is worth every hectic moment.

ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS! Offering online therapy & office visits. Your child's anxiety and depression may have increased with isolation from friends, adjustment to online schooling, and disruption in schedule. Maybe you're a parent or caregiver who is frustrated with your child/teen's behavior at home? May be you are a parent who is overwhelmed and wants to parent mindfully. May be your child is struggling with anxiety &depression, and you are unsure how to help them and need a holistic approach. You may have noticed your child struggling with self regulation, high anxiety, sadness, anger issues, ADHD, and learning difficulties.

When you're going through a hard time, how to you speak to yourself? Do you speak harshly or with kindness as you would to a close friend? And if you have a partner, do you address concerns by starting softly? Many of us grew up learning to criticize ourselves. However, this way of showing up to our difficulties leads us to feeling alone and frustrated. I'm a great believer in offering ourselves and others compassion because this leads the way out of suffering, anxiety and depression. It helps with loneliness, grief and also trauma.

You've let go of the toxic relationship, addictive behavior, and self defeating patterns, and you want to remain empowered, strong, supported through it all. You seek someone you can talk to, someone other than friend or family. Whether you're recovering from a break-up or a major life event like Pandemic or career change, it's time to build support and concrete skills for the healthy, authentic life you've always desired.

I understand that seeking help or support from a therapist can be a scary and intimidating process, and I commend you for being brave in reaching out for support. I offer a safe and compassionate space in which you can explore difficult experiences, express vulnerable emotions, and identify barriers to your success. I believe you are the expert in your own life and my role is to help facilitate growth and change that you desire. I believe our life experiences offer opportunities for growth in our personal lives, as well as in relationships with others.

CURRENTLY ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS. I work with couples, families, children, adolescents, young adults, and adults. I believe it is an honor to be trusted with a person's deepest emotions. I am here to offer you a space that you feel supported, understood, and challenged to explore those difficult and seemingly hard to reach places within yourself. My hope is to foster a trusting relationship where, together, we can identify the strengths you already have, in order to cultivate change, growth, and healing. I approach therapy through an experiential lens (accepting and experiencing emotions that guide our behaviors).

Esther is a Licensed Professional Counselor. She earned a Master of Arts degree in Counseling with a youth and child specialization. She received a Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology. As a counselor, Esther is committed to serving clients by partnering with them in working toward healthy change, development, and growth. Her areas of concentration include PTSD, play therapy, neurofeedback therapy, and parent skills training, utilizing EMDR, brainspotting and peak performance training.

"Only when we are brave enough to explore darkness will we discover infinite power of our light - B.B". Through a healthier understanding of our patterns and past we will gain the ultimate goal of therapy: unconditional self-acceptance. I create a safe and respectful space for us to explore ways to reduce your suffering, while creating alignment and joy in yourself and your relationships. I continue to be inspired by the work and the progress I see my clients make every day. My goal is to empower my clients and provide them with the support and tools they need to move forward, feeling more insightful, intentional, and fulfilled.

I chose to become a therapist because helping others is my true passion in life. Having experienced and overcome family, relationship, and personal challenges in my own life, I use empathy and compassion to guide my practice. I help families, couples, and individuals understand the deeper meaning of what might be holding them back and how they can break free and reach their full potential.