Therapists in 98109

You are a high performer who is stuck & looking for outside help. You want to have a secure & loving relationship. You want to heal from past hurts, connect with your inner compass & shift towards healthier ways of living. In couples counseling, my husband & I work as a team to help couples grow together. As former high tech & legal professionals, we understand how work demands can impact your quality of life. As parents, we get how children are both a joy & a stressor in relationships. As an intercultural couple, we recognize the challenges in bridging different world views.

I work with individuals, families, and those in intimate partnerships who are experiencing distress in their relationships with one another and/or their peers, work, and community. I use goal oriented and solution focused approaches to help clients manage symptoms of anxiety, depression, behavioral challenges, and problems with communication. I am using my many years working with families in crisis to help clients manage the current circumstances, including feelings of isolation, financial hardship, anxiety, panic, sadness, low motivation, managing work at home with children, and balancing autonomy with togetherness.

My hope is to partner with children, teens, and young adults on the journey of becoming their best selves. We all have challenges in life- it's what we do with those challenges that makes us stumble or grow. Having a supportive guide along the way can make all the difference- this is my goal in working with you. Together we can pave a path toward greater connection and happiness. I have worked with children, teens, and families since 2007, assisting with family transitions, grief and loss, anxiety, depression, identity formation, and more.

As a mental health therapist, I believe my role is to support you in navigating life, relationships, and mental health in ways that are aligned with your needs and values. I do this through an intersectional, social justice, and strengths-based approach that is grounded in the unique experiences of each individual. I am fluent in Spanish and English, and offer bilingual services.

I provide therapeutic care and support for children and young adults facing changes or challenges. In my work with this age-group over the past 7 years, I have found that an incredible amount of development, exploration, and identify formation occurs during these stages of life. It can be difficult at times to separate out who we really are, from the problems and situations we may face. Through my strengths-based approach, I aim to provide a safe and encouraging space for each of my clients to work through their unique experiences, identify their individual strengths, find healing, explore their goals, and recognize their potential.

**Accepting New Clients** I use a relational and attachment focused approach in working with individuals and couples. I aim to help my clients understand where their concerns stem from, in order to facilitate personal growth and clarity in their personal lives.

Feeling stuck or lost? Do you find yourself in patterns or ruts that hold you back from thriving? Let’s work together to unpack what is holding you back from achieving your goals, embracing your purpose, and fully embodying your identity. There is a lot going on in our world, on top of managing already full lives. Therapy is your space to process any and everything as we create a soft place for your mind to land in the midst of it all.

We all have times in our lives where it can be difficult and a struggle. We have inherent strengths, self-determination, and resiliency to aid in recovery, overcome adversity, heal and live a meaningful, fulfilling, empowered life. Therapy is a safe and trusting environment where you work on yourself, gain understanding to who you are, build yourself, identify and work towards your goals and become the change you desire to be. It is a time where you reflect on yourself, your past, your present and your future. It is a secure place where you get to talk and process your daily life. It is a safe space for processing feelings and emotions. Therapy is a process that is conducive to healing and recovery. It is a learning opportunity for personal growth and exploring ways of living life healthier and fulfilled.  

I enjoy helping my clients find their unique strengths and building on them in a confidential and supportive setting. I feel it is important for people to gain understanding and insight into behavior patterns that are creating problems in life and learn how to change them. I also work with clients to enable them to find a satisfying work/life or school/life balance. I utilize cognitive behavioral and brief solution focused therapy.

Worried about your relationship? Feeling lost, anxious, down or stuck? Struggling with traumatic experiences? We need lots of self-compassion so we can heal and find a better approach to our lives and relationships. I offer a non-judgmental space to be open about your struggles. It is through our common humanity that I relate to my clients. I believe the struggles we face also occur in the systems of race, class, gender, sexuality, age, ability, religion, and national identity. To book a session now online copy and paste this link in your browser: https://forrestertherapy.clientsecure.me

Have you struggled to help your counselor understand the true nature of your relationship because you believe one of you may be autistic? Most well-intended couple counseling techniques are ineffective with couples like you because they are insight-based and emotion-focused, both of which are challenges for someone who is autistic. I can offer insight into what it means to be autistic and what it means to be neurotypical, so that you can see where growth and change might be possible. Together, we can identify communication strategies that will be more effective and goals that make sense to both of you. You are not alone.

I am a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and Clinical Supervisor. I have been providing mental health services to adults and adolescents for over ten years. My approach to therapy is driven by both personal and professional experience. I draw mostly from a trauma informed lens and solutions focused framework. Whether you are feeling stuck or thriving in your life, therapy can be an opportunity to become more aligned. Many of us have wounded parts, masked by deep discomfort with self and others. Therapy can be a place where we work through mind/body wounds together.

As a psychologist, I ensure that evaluation and treatment services are comprehensive and tailored to meet the needs of each client. I have an expertise and passion for working with preteens, teens and young adults. I have a humorous, warm, and down to earth style of counseling that teens appreciate. My treatment approach emphasizes evidence-based practice that works toward building skills and strategies including *Cognitive Behavioral Therapy *Acceptance and Commitment Therapy *Dialectical Behavior Therapy-informed coping and skill building *Exposure and Response Prevention *School collaboration *Parent consultation

I’m Dr. Amy Phillips, EdD, LCPC, LMHC and I’ve received culturally informed competence training as both a counseling psychologist and an international psychologist. Please visit the “About Dr. Amy” page on my website at www.cahanincounseling.com. We can work together to better understand the challenges in your life. As a therapist, my goal is to help you lead a life that is worth celebrating. By applying complementary therapy approaches and techniques, we will work together to help you reach your best fulfilling and meaningful life.

My therapeutic orientation encourages me to see people as unique individuals who have particular strengths. While building on these strengths, we focus on issues in their past and current relationships that are causing difficulties. Within the context of an empathic and confidential relationship, psychological growth and comfort are possible.

Flow is mental health. Feeling stuck is a mental illness. My job is to help you unstuck. Trauma makes you stuck. Your brain creates defense mechanisms based on the traumatic event. Your body remembers the impact. I believe that many problems are rooted in trauma including attachment wounds. I work with anxiety, addiction, identity, unhelpful thought/behavioral patterns, cultural transition, and spiritual abuse through the lens of trauma. I attend to your body closely in the session for metabolizing your stuck feelings and thoughts. Body-mind integration brings mental health where allows a flow.

As a Couple and Family Therapist, I am honored to collaborate with clients in deciphering what may be holding you back from the freedom to live a more whole, robust life. A concentration of mine is in working with those who have attentional difficulties or learning differences such as ADHD, whether in a couple, family, or individual setting.

Life presents us with pain and conflict that we have trouble navigating alone. Why is it that we often find ourselves in scenarios that seem to repeat themselves, even though we want differently?

Whether you are in a job that you find little meaning in, working up the corporate ladder and feeling deflated, adjusting to a new city, going through life’s changes this may be the time to explore ways in which you can realign your balance so that you can live a life of fulfilment and meaning.

**I am not accepting new clients at this time** Are you feeling overwhelmed or unmotivated? You are not alone. My name is Sally Neumann, and I am a mental health counselor based in Seattle, Washington. I work primarily with adults, and focus on mitigating anxiety and building self-esteem. I operate from a space of deep curiosity about your life, and a strong belief in the importance of your story and your agency over it. It would be a gift to meet you.