Therapists in 98027

I specialize in life transitions, trauma, improving parenting skills, and transitions in caregivers in foster care or adoptions, as well as working with families and gender expansive or transgender children or teenagers. One of my particular passions and areas of expertise is supporting families through medical issues, whichever family member is diagnosed. Additionally, I specialize in neurodiversity and helping teens and adults feel empowered in their specific strengths and gifts and create a life they love.

Are you feeling stuck in your relationship? Do you feel paralyzed by anxiety and worry? Have you tried to fix things yourself and feel frustrated with the results? I am dedicated to helping clients who are seeking more connection in their marriage and who want to make life more manageable. My typical clients are those who struggle with anxiety and/or sexual dysfunction. This includes issues of sexual desire, arousal, orgasm, or out-of-control sexual behavior/addiction.

Something needs to change, you can feel it! The confusion, loss, and flashes from one emotion to another seem to turn every day upside down. Gratefully, stepping from where you and your loved ones are to where you long to be is so much more possible than you may now realize! Together we can create a better way forward.

Does stress in life feel overwhelming? Struggling with diminished focus, difficulty motivating yourself or managing negative thoughts in your head? Is grief or loss overwhelming causing it to feel as if no one understands your pain? Do you have a history of negative self talk or critique? Need a new perspective or learn behaviors to help manage stress that causes us to feel insecure and sad?

I work with individuals of all ages, couples, and families to help them address the most important issues in their lives. I enjoy helping clients empower themselves by expanding emotional flexibility, building positive communication patterns, and contradicting negative self-concepts and feelings of isolation.

Let's face it, therapy can be scary! It is hard to talk to a stranger about your inner struggles and battles. That is why I am here to validate your needs, concerns and help you discover a life worth living. My commitment is to meet you exactly where you are at and together work with you towards your life worth living goal. If you are looking for a counselor that will hear you out and at the same time challenge you towards change, you have found the one. I would love to meet with you and get to know you a little more.

Hi, my name is Vanessa. I am a licensed mental health counselor associate (LMHC-A) and certified nutritionist (CN) works with adult individuals and couples in Washington State. I graduated from Bastyr University with a master’s of science in nutrition and a master’s of arts in counseling psychology. I aim to create an honest, open, and supportive environment in order for us to explore your current concerns, thoughts, feelings, and establish an internal sense of self-acceptance and empowerment. My hope is to support you in finding your own personal values, meaning in life, and self-acceptance.

I strive to help my clients build confidence to handle life challenges, self & social pressure, so that they can voice their concerns and continue to seek the support they need to overcome any obstacle long after they are done with counseling. Counseling is setup to help provide you with tools/ skills specific to your innate skills and strengths. We work collaboratively to identify environmental factors and your support system.

Serving people for 30 years in various settings (hospitaIs, schools, outpatient), I have learned what skills, attitudes, and attributes contribute to our sense of well-being and purpose and what boosts our confidence in handling life challenges. Youth as well as adults will understand the connection between feelings, behaviors and thoughts and modify those that don't work well for them. Whether a crisis, divorce, or relationship problem at home or school, difficulty being the parent or partner you wish, or self-sabotaging behaviors, I will help you harness these situations, and use them as springboards to becoming the person you most want to be.

I primarily utilizes cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) where the focus is goal oriented and takes a hands on practical approach to problem solving. I also incorporate experiential and movement therapies whenever possible, helping children and adults learn about themselves and their capabilities through physical movement and fun activities. My goal is to guide and support her clients as they navigate through this journey of self-exploration and empower children and families with tools to succeed in meeting their identified goals.

My goal is to assist my clients with healing from old wounds, coping skills, adjusting to life transitions, goal setting, self-esteem, depression, anxiety, and provide encouragement and compassion along the way. My passion is listening to others, offering support and empowering you to reach your goals whatever they may be.  I have an extensive background working with all ages but my focus is working with women and men between ages 18-55 yrs of age. I genuinely enjoy working with clients to help find hope, peace and acceptance of themselves and difficult situations.

Live and love beyond all limits. Find connection in your relationship through holistic couple’s therapy. I help process trauma, repair injury and co-create new connections in the moment. Together, we increase secure love for yourself, the world, and relationships. Meditation, presence, and safety allow you to show up as your authentic self and connect like never before. I offer a unique focus on holistic nutrition, couple’s meditation, & attachment theory. I believe your healing has already begun and is in your hands, I collaborate to teach you the tools to live out your dreams.

You've been dealing with this thing forever–depression, anxiety, or maybe just that familiar relationship issue that keeps popping up. That thing that makes you question your relationship or inevitably leads to its dissolution. You don't need somebody to tell you "what" it is, you've lived with it for this long and you're fairly clear on that point. But "why"? Why is it there? What is motivating it? Why does "this" keep happening? What are the unseen forces that you feel, but can't seem to name? Until we know why, we can never get down to the root of the problem–we will only be dealing with the symptoms and not the cause.

Do you feel that a better version of you is waiting to emerge? I believe there is. Do you want to be happier? Have a better relationship? More fulfilling career? I believe you can have all those things. I also believe the seeds of change are within each of us. Whether changes are subtle or more global, I can help. My job, as your therapist and coach, is to help find the pathways within you to move toward change. I believe we have the answers within to the dilemmas we face, although we may need guidance to find those answers.

Understanding our emotions is a skill we all must learn to prevent relationship conflict and to promote inner peace. There are reasons we have the deep feelings we experience. We just need to understand why we have our feelings and what causes us to suffer so much from them. We suffer from our emotions because something else is going on inside of us that we may not understand. It does not need to be this way. You can learn to know yourself better, sooth your emotions and improve your relationships with partners, kids, co-workers and friends.