Therapists in 98109

I am a licensed clinical psychologist who is focused on helping adults who are experiencing distress in their lives. My areas of specialty include, but are not limited to, trauma, Posttraumatic Stress, depression, anxiety, and dissociation. I emphasize an individual's strengths and work to help people feel empowered in their daily lives. I use a variety of tools to do this, including EMDR, DBT, and other evidence based practices.

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.  

The complex experience of being human can leave us feeling exhausted, numb, discouraged, fearful and hopeless at times. I work with my clients to find clarity and hope by helping them connect to their values to take steps towards meaningful change. Therapy can be a space to explore different parts of yourself and cultivate a tool box of skills to help you effectively cope with the challenges life can bring. I approach therapy with openness, compassion, and utilize evidence based practices to guide my work. I provide individual and family therapy to children 10 and up, adolescents, and adults.

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.

As a fully certified Emotionally Focused Couples Therapist, and a Level 2 EFT Individual Therapist Joseph's approach is rooted Attachment Theory. Joseph assists his clients to become fully aware of unrecognized, unshared, connective primary emotions and reactive, disconnecting secondary emotions. He helps couples, men, and women cultivate greater awareness and acceptance of emotion. With empathic support he will help you develop the ability to communicate primary and secondary emotion in powerful ways that will foster increased intimacy with partners, spouses, and others.

I approach therapy with the understanding that you have specific issues that need attention and issues that you haven't identified. It's my job to help you address both and together find a new way forward. I help you understand and know yourself in ways that will enable you to continue becoming the person you are, with more freedom and deeper enjoyment in life. In order to do that I address confusing, painful or unconscious aspects of your life and together we discover how you are struggling, and give you the tools you need for relief and care.

You may be seeking change, healing, or understanding as you exist in the relationships and situations around you. Whatever your reasons may be, my hope is to provide a safe space for transformation to occur. I work within the context of relationship, believing they are what shape us, harm us, and ultimately heal us. Therefore we will work together as we explore opportunities for you to step further into your own voice and longings, finding freedom from anxiety, stress, depression, and fear. Making the decision to enter therapy is admirable. I look forward to meeting you wherever you may be.

UPDATE: I’m here to help with Covid-19-related grief, stress, fears, uncertainty, reduced self care, work ineffectiveness, isolation, home-schooling & cooped-up family challenges. While in normal times my practice focus is helping adults & older teens with ADHD lead more effective and satisfying lives, I’m also experienced in treating mood disorders including generalized anxiety, social anxiety, PTSD and depression, and sleep issues. I understand that all these issues, including ADHD, are worsened and even harder to manage when life is suddenly so completely uncertain, scary and stressful. You don’t have to manage this by yourself!

I invite you to work with me to create solutions to whatever challenges you may be facing. While we can't change the past, we can understand how to relate to it in the present. By applying complementary therapeutic approaches and techniques, we can untangle habitual patterns of thinking, feeling, acting which will, in turn, influence your thoughts, behaviors, and relationships now, and in the future. If you're looking for support and guidance to navigate a challenging situation, or you want to move in a new direction, I look forward to working with you to help you achieve your goals.

As human beings, we never stop developing, and yet along the way we may get stuck in various ways as we seek to adapt to an ever-changing and utterly unpredictable world. Furthermore, the most difficult experiences in life often require another attentive mind and heart to help make sense of, and eventually, to truly work through emotionally. My psychoanalytic approach is aimed at helping people to know themselves more deeply, including in those places where light has not shined enough. In so doing, we can discover what may still be possible yet, and also to mourn what has truly past.

As a Millennial women, you have had to deal with financial, political, and environmental crises. You have probably delayed major life milestones or just desire to do things differently than other generations. You are a maverick and want to excel in the workplace. However, in your job you feel like an imposter and your anxiety keeps you from succeeding. You may be struggling with relationships or feel lonely. Society says that your body should look a certain way. You have tried everything and your self-esteem still isn’t where you want it to be. You’ve been told you can have it all, but somehow your life isn’t how you want it to be.

My approach to therapy is client centered utilizing evidence based therapies and customizing treatment to the client.

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.

As a licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LH61170692), I work with adult and adolescent clients 11+ to identify and create positive life changes. My approach to counseling is brief, strength-based, and solution-focused, my style, active, collaborative, and client-centered. Founded on the principles of positive psychology, my strength-based, solution-focused counseling model consists of three phases: (1) Clarification of the problem the client wants to resolve; (2) Identification of the solution to the client’s problem; and (3) implementation of solution-strategies to create positive changes.

**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.

Karen Cooper has extensive training and experience from over twenty-three years successfully working with individuals experiencing substance use, sex and love addiction, trauma, and mood and anxiety disorders. She has worked with expert thought leaders in the field of sex addiction such as Dr Robert Weiss, Phd, and has been trained in Dr Patrick Carnes's Phd task based model of recovery from sex addiction. Karen has also been an active member of the recovery community for many years. She has the experience and expertise to empathize, understand, and skillfully address those issues that interfere with healthy sobriety.

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

Stuck in a pattern that's no longer serving you? I offer neurofeedback treatments that can break you out of maladaptive cycles (anxiety, pain, depression, etc) in as little as one session. Whether you've been stuck for a couple of weeks or a few decades, you can expect to feel more energy, motivation, and focus, a stabilized mood, reduction in pain, better sleep, and/or fewer social barriers. These treatments are safe and effective for any age group and can also optimize athletic, school, or work performance.

I work with men who have difficulty identifying with their feelings, struggle with depression and anxiety, or have issues with their work/life balance. My clients typically struggle with expressing themselves in their relationships. They feel lonely, hopeless, and isolated. They are overworked and under loved. In our work together, I will give you support, feedback and insight, and constructively challenge patterns and beliefs that may be getting in your way. Together we can strive to understand the roots of the struggles you are experiencing in your life.

While all six of us in our practice - Dan, Mary-lynn, Bill, Corey, Lisa and I - can help you, the couples who call for help are typically wanting to reduce fighting, distance, and sexual disconnection, and wanting to enhance their closeness, communication, and emotional & sexual intimacy. The individuals who often seek me out are looking to feel less stress, less worry, less depression/anxiety, and wanting to experience more joy, contentment, and peace within themselves. *Please note: to book with us, please visit ClarityCounselingSeattle.com rather than emailing through PsychologyToday.com.