Therapists in 98110

I was drawn to psychology by the passion to understand the factors that create and support human health, creativity, resilience and happiness. Psychotherapy provides the means for growth and optimal performance as well as healing from the pain of depression, anxiety, addiction, trauma and chronic illness. If you would like working collaboratively to achieve positive life changes and goals or to resolve painful life issues using evidence-based methods incorporating cognitive-behavioral therapy, mindfulness, emotionally focused and eye movement desensitization reprocessing that have had their beneficial results validated by research and years of application, I would love to develop a plan of action with you.

I work with career professionals, adults, couples and teenagers who are experiencing difficulty in the office, at home or at school. I work with clients whose life experience is impacted by: trauma, relationships issues, midlife, leaving home, relocating, job loss, grief, anxiety, depression, culture shock or other significant life events including simply feeling stuck or at a loss. I bring over 30 years of professional and personal development to my work with individuals, families, adolescents, and couples. I hold a safe, secure, non-judgmental space in which to explore emotions, behaviors, thoughts, and feelings.

Over the past 30 years, Dr. Rutberg-Self has specialized in child/adolescent testing, primarily for assessing learning and behavioral problems, including dyslexia, dysgraphia, ADHD, autism, and complex mood disorders. These assessments are comprehensive in nature and involve intelligence, academic, personality, and neuropsychological batteries. Dr. Rutberg-Self also conducts classroom observations and consults with multiple parties, such as teachers, pediatricians, counselors, etc. These evaluations are often critical for generating the accommodations children and teens need in school, as par of IEP and 504 plans.

The emotional wounds caused by trauma, or by not getting our needs met when we are young, left untreated, continue to cost us dearly. They underlie our feelings of depression, anxiety, insecurity, and rage; our unhealthy patterns including addictions, eating disorders and insomnia; and the toxic, repetitive dynamics that keep playing out in our closest relationships, despite our best intentions. These wounds also compromise our motivation to move forward in our lives, and our ability to focus our attention, to make healthy decisions and to respond appropriately to what's happening around us.

Nuri Kahn, DBH, LMFT, MHP is the clinical director of NW Family Psychology – Bainbridge Island. Dr. Kahn provides psychotherapy and other behavioral health services to children, adolescents, and adults seeking treatment for a wide range of clinical issues including anxiety, depression, impulse control, phobias, somatoform disorders, trauma, adjustment challenges, relationship discord and behavioral disorders. Dr. Kahn also specializes in behavioral health interventions for patients struggling with a variety of stressors including chronic illness, pain management, insomnia/fatigue, and health-related anxieties.

I welcome you to heal and grow from past/present stressful situations in a professional, emphatic and validating therapeutic environment. I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist at Wellness Counseling Inc. with 12 years of experience working with individuals, couples and families. I am English-Spanish bilingual.

I have helped clients engage and integrate helpful ways of looking at themselves and their world with resiliency and confidence. Those who have in some way witnessed abuse, major losses, or other overwhelming events often experience anger, depression, sleep disorders, new fears, and troubled relationships. The effects of trauma can impact victims long after the incident. Trauma victims have difficulty expressing their experiences directly and effectively through words. I am passionate about healing mind, body and spirit and truly care about my clients well being.

Are you bright, curious and know the depth that resides within you deep inside? Are you feeling depressed or anxious or a sense of loss or trauma from life not going as planned? Is your relationship or job suffering? Are you feeling parental moodiness or crankiness? Are you grieving a life that was? If so, I can help you! Together, we can create concrete plans to live more positively and carve a pathway of hope! If you are wholeheartedly interested in investing in your well-being right now, contact me! Together, we’ll explore how to get to a place where your self-doubt, worry and stress no longer run your life.

I am vested in helping clients find deeper tranquility, clarity, and relief from emotional anguish and personal loss. Despite the darkness and uncertainty of our time, I believe psychotherapy can be a powerful tool in cultivating inspiration and vitality, which are essential for personal growth and healing. I am currently completing a lengthy writing project. Therefore, I am not accepting new clients. Based on client circumstances, I may make an exception and take on a new client.

I believe in our innate capacity to heal and I am excited to help you find your own answers to life's challenges. I help couples and individuals find stability when they are struggling with relationships, anxiety and stress. I specialize in Anxiety, Couples Counseling, PTSD, Identity and Spirituality. I am proud to work with military veterans and service members as well as law enforcement officers and their families.

Lucy Banic, LMHCA, was initially trained and educated in British Columbia, Canada, and has been a mental health counselor in Washington state since 2017. She earned her BA in Psychology from Simon Fraser University in 2010, and then her MA in Clinical Counseling at City University, Seattle, Washington, in 2014. Lucy has received advanced training in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) through Harborview Center for Sexual Assault and Traumatic Stress, as well as has experience in using components of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), narrative therapy, emotion-focused, and expressive art therapy techniques.

"The journey we are on takes us in all different directions, testing us at every turn. There is help and hope. I have been honored to hear people's stories at various points of their journey; witnessing, observing, supporting, empathizing, listening and reflecting. Through hearing their stories, I have learned how fragile the human condition is, and at the same time, the empowering strengths and resiliency each one intrinsically has in adapting and surviving the difficulties put before them."

My clinical area of interest is founded on systemic psychology. That means I consider the big picture with my clients: their interpersonal relationships and their larger social context. Together we examine how they experience life emotionally, physically, socially, culturally, and spiritually. My work is compassion filled, strengths based, and focused on bonds with others.

As a somatic-based counselor, my aim is to support you in reinhabiting your innate wisdom and sense of belonging. Many of the difficulties that we encounter are due to separation, whether it be from caregivers, community, or our own body and heart. Healing can begin by reaching out to another for guidance and reestablishing connection. Many of my clients seek me out to reconnect to their sense of self and embodying their values. I work often with others in their journey through identity explorations, anxiety, stress, grief/ loss, body image, disordered eating, spirituality and the healing of trauma.

I am a licensed clinical psychologist with training from the University of Washington School of Medicine and Utah State University. I offer individual, couples, and family psychotherapy for issues related to depression, anxiety, health concerns, grief, and/or adjustment difficulties due to life changes. I have worked with many successful professionals who require the services of a highly trained doctoral level provider.

We are living through a difficult time. Being able to live in this space of not knowing what the future holds can be disorienting. I provide support for anyone experiencing any form of distress, depression, or anxiety. I often work with clients on questions of purpose and direction. Overarching my approach is an interest in the creation of meaning. How do we make sense of a shifting world? How do we navigate life’s challenges and build our reserves of flexibility and adaptability? I have additional expertise in working with clients with medical issues, and Autism spectrum disorders.

Many people are struggling with a current or anticipated life transition and I provide the kind of support that keeps a light on all the way through. They might be wondering what they want to be “when they grow up”; maybe they’re exploring how to live again after losing or launching a loved one; they might be a couple eager to know how or if they should stay together; perhaps they’re individuals considering gender transitioning; or – regardless of age – they’re hoping to create a great life after leaving in-patient treatment. Whatever their reason, they want support-that-works with the challenges of uncertainty.

Do you feel unbalanced and overwhelmed? Feeling trapped by your own life? Sometimes people and life expect more and more out of us, leaving nothing for us but a full schedule and an empty life. You may also fear expressing our emotions because you're not sure what will happen if you do. Whether it’s problems with work, home life, a relationship, chronic illness or a specific event like a major transition, accident, or sudden death, I can help by providing a safe place for you to open up and feel heard.

These unique times can be scary and require a safe place to work through your individual and collective challenges. I believe in the power of hope to help you heal and enable you to find a new way to a more settled and satisfying life. I have spent thirty-plus years serving others as an executive in the media and non-profit industries and believe the lessons I have learned as a professional, father, husband, and son have prepared me to serve you as you move forward with your life.

I counsel children, teens and their parents, as well as adults and couples who are experiencing a wide range of psychological and relationship difficulties due to parent child conflict, major life transitions, grief and loss and recent or historic trauma. My approach is systemic, meaning that I try to understand human problems in terms of the complex set of psychological and social systems in which they are embedded - family, social, cultural, educational and emotional experiences. I have specialized training and experience in treating anxiety and depression and trauma/PTSD using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).