Therapists in 98117
The world is real rough sometimes isn't it? Let's find a gentle place for you to land. You might find your heart racing thinking about a stressful conversation or notice that you struggle to breathe after being reminded of a trauma from the past. You’ve been living with this for a while and thought it would just ease with time, but it feels like something in your nervous system is just mis-wired. Through body-based, creative, and relational work we can create a space that allows your body to soften and settle, to find a little more peace.
The world is real rough sometimes isn't it? Let's find a gentle place for you to land. You might find your heart racing thinking about a stressful conversation or notice that you struggle to breathe after being reminded of a trauma from the past. You’ve been living with this for a while and thought it would just ease with time, but it feels like something in your nervous system is just mis-wired. Through body-based, creative, and relational work we can create a space that allows your body to soften and settle, to find a little more peace.
With over 10 years of experience working in education and mental health, I am dedicated to supporting children, teens, and parents navigating today’s unique challenges. Finding the right support when our children are experiencing big feelings or behavior challenges can feel overwhelming and isolating. I specialize in facilitating communication between kids and parents, helping to rebuild trust. By creating a safe, strength-based environment, I support families in reconnecting, understanding one another better, and fostering a sense of safety. My goal is to help children thrive as their happiest, most confident selves.
With over 10 years of experience working in education and mental health, I am dedicated to supporting children, teens, and parents navigating today’s unique challenges. Finding the right support when our children are experiencing big feelings or behavior challenges can feel overwhelming and isolating. I specialize in facilitating communication between kids and parents, helping to rebuild trust. By creating a safe, strength-based environment, I support families in reconnecting, understanding one another better, and fostering a sense of safety. My goal is to help children thrive as their happiest, most confident selves.
The poet Mary Oliver asks,
"What is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?"
Let's figure that out together.
I work with adults and teens dealing with depression, anxiety, relationship issues, adjustment issues, loss, grief, and life transitions.
I am LGBTQIA+ affirming, trauma-informed, and embrace body positivity and neurodiversity.
The poet Mary Oliver asks,
"What is it you plan to do
with your one wild and precious life?"
Let's figure that out together.
I work with adults and teens dealing with depression, anxiety, relationship issues, adjustment issues, loss, grief, and life transitions.
I am LGBTQIA+ affirming, trauma-informed, and embrace body positivity and neurodiversity.
I see the therapeutic process as a collaborative one. My approach is to provide a safe, warm and respectful space for my clients to navigate through any challenges they are experiencing, or areas they would like to improve upon in their own personal journey. Many times these obstacles may hinder an individual from moving forward. My role is to assist them in this process to move towards living a more fulfilling and whole life.
I see the therapeutic process as a collaborative one. My approach is to provide a safe, warm and respectful space for my clients to navigate through any challenges they are experiencing, or areas they would like to improve upon in their own personal journey. Many times these obstacles may hinder an individual from moving forward. My role is to assist them in this process to move towards living a more fulfilling and whole life.
You may understand yourself well and still find that the same struggle returns. Anxiety can persist beneath a life that looks steady from the outside. Therapy may have helped you name what is happening, yet the struggle continues. I work with adults who are tired of living as a problem they must solve. Our work does not begin from the premise that something is wrong with you. We attend closely to how the struggle forms in the present and becomes yours to overcome. When that movement is seen clearly, what seemed fixed can begin to loosen.
You may understand yourself well and still find that the same struggle returns. Anxiety can persist beneath a life that looks steady from the outside. Therapy may have helped you name what is happening, yet the struggle continues. I work with adults who are tired of living as a problem they must solve. Our work does not begin from the premise that something is wrong with you. We attend closely to how the struggle forms in the present and becomes yours to overcome. When that movement is seen clearly, what seemed fixed can begin to loosen.
I believe that healing begins with being truly seen and understood. My approach is rooted in warmth, humor, and a genuine, non-judgmental partnership. Having lived and worked in diverse, low-income communities, I witnessed firsthand how systemic gaps leave many—especially BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ individuals—without the support they deserve. I am here to bridge that gap. Together, we will navigate your unique story in a space where you can be your authentic self, supported by someone who values your individuality as much as your mental health.
I believe that healing begins with being truly seen and understood. My approach is rooted in warmth, humor, and a genuine, non-judgmental partnership. Having lived and worked in diverse, low-income communities, I witnessed firsthand how systemic gaps leave many—especially BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ individuals—without the support they deserve. I am here to bridge that gap. Together, we will navigate your unique story in a space where you can be your authentic self, supported by someone who values your individuality as much as your mental health.
Therapy works best when it is tailored to your needs. My job is to provide a safe and welcoming place for you to show up just as you are, to feel heard and supported, and to work through the issues that are causing distress. Sometimes we know why we are feeling what we are feeling and sometimes we don’t—both are great places to start therapy. Together we can explore what is happening in your life and find solutions that best suit you. I enjoy working with teens and adults on a wide range of issues and most recently spent time working with adolescents as a school-based therapist in middle school and high school.
Therapy works best when it is tailored to your needs. My job is to provide a safe and welcoming place for you to show up just as you are, to feel heard and supported, and to work through the issues that are causing distress. Sometimes we know why we are feeling what we are feeling and sometimes we don’t—both are great places to start therapy. Together we can explore what is happening in your life and find solutions that best suit you. I enjoy working with teens and adults on a wide range of issues and most recently spent time working with adolescents as a school-based therapist in middle school and high school.
You're exhausted in a way that sleep doesn't fix. Your nervous system never gets to unclench — and you've been white-knuckling it for so long that you've forgotten what ease even feels like. Maybe it's burnout that no amount of self-care tips can touch. Maybe it's anxiety that runs underneath everything, or old trauma that keeps showing up in your relationships, your body, your capacity to just get through the day. Maybe you've always felt like you're wired differently and you're tired of masking your way through it. You're not broken. You've been surviving — and that took everything you had.
You're exhausted in a way that sleep doesn't fix. Your nervous system never gets to unclench — and you've been white-knuckling it for so long that you've forgotten what ease even feels like. Maybe it's burnout that no amount of self-care tips can touch. Maybe it's anxiety that runs underneath everything, or old trauma that keeps showing up in your relationships, your body, your capacity to just get through the day. Maybe you've always felt like you're wired differently and you're tired of masking your way through it. You're not broken. You've been surviving — and that took everything you had.
Life is weird, messy, beautiful, and occasionally a total dumpster fire. I help clients navigate transitions including identity exploration, complex trauma, anxiety, emotional dysregulation, burnout, and relationship challenges. I focus on being trauma-informed, as well as healing-informed. I identify as part of the LGBTQ+ and neurodivergent communities. My personal background as the child of an adoptee and professional experience working with families impacted by the child welfare system means I’m well attuned to the impacts of intergenerational, complex trauma, and systemic harms.
Life is weird, messy, beautiful, and occasionally a total dumpster fire. I help clients navigate transitions including identity exploration, complex trauma, anxiety, emotional dysregulation, burnout, and relationship challenges. I focus on being trauma-informed, as well as healing-informed. I identify as part of the LGBTQ+ and neurodivergent communities. My personal background as the child of an adoptee and professional experience working with families impacted by the child welfare system means I’m well attuned to the impacts of intergenerational, complex trauma, and systemic harms.
I specialize in work with AuDHD relationships and individuals; neurodivergent identity affirming support; psychedelic preparation, navigation skills, integration; non-normative relationships and families; outlaw lifestyles; and neuroqueers who use drugs.
I specialize in work with AuDHD relationships and individuals; neurodivergent identity affirming support; psychedelic preparation, navigation skills, integration; non-normative relationships and families; outlaw lifestyles; and neuroqueers who use drugs.
Working together we can help you with what gets you into trouble, being stuck, a loss, difficulties in a relationship, and achieving your goals. If you are a parent, we will work together to reestablish optimal development and family functioning. Therapy works in many ways. It helps us surrender unhelpful ways of protecting ourselves, learn how to be increasingly self-reflective, develop greater capacities to repair ourselves and our relationships, and augment resilience and happiness. I believe that the deepest understanding and change comes from knowing oneself better, becoming increasingly self-reflective, and experiencing oneself differently in the context of a relationship.
Working together we can help you with what gets you into trouble, being stuck, a loss, difficulties in a relationship, and achieving your goals. If you are a parent, we will work together to reestablish optimal development and family functioning. Therapy works in many ways. It helps us surrender unhelpful ways of protecting ourselves, learn how to be increasingly self-reflective, develop greater capacities to repair ourselves and our relationships, and augment resilience and happiness. I believe that the deepest understanding and change comes from knowing oneself better, becoming increasingly self-reflective, and experiencing oneself differently in the context of a relationship.
You have already had a significant insight and made a brave choice by recognizing that you would benefit from additional support and seeking it out. I will be present with you in your current struggles and offer a safe space to explore them. I will offer kindness and compassion as you journey toward greater peace. I will also invite you to look beneath the surface and reflect on the stories that precede these struggles. I will offer tools and strategies for managing the challenges that arise for you.
You have already had a significant insight and made a brave choice by recognizing that you would benefit from additional support and seeking it out. I will be present with you in your current struggles and offer a safe space to explore them. I will offer kindness and compassion as you journey toward greater peace. I will also invite you to look beneath the surface and reflect on the stories that precede these struggles. I will offer tools and strategies for managing the challenges that arise for you.
Hi, my name is Carla Grace. My therapeutic style is interactive, inclusive and supportive. I facilitate my client's exploration of the root of traumatic events from a nurturing and empowering perspective. I view the healing process as a sacred and vulnerable experience and create a safe and empowering environment for exploration and healing. Initially, I help the client create supportive scaffolding by identifying and implementing healthy effective coping skills and identifying triggers. It is a privilege to walk alongside a person through their healing journey.
Hi, my name is Carla Grace. My therapeutic style is interactive, inclusive and supportive. I facilitate my client's exploration of the root of traumatic events from a nurturing and empowering perspective. I view the healing process as a sacred and vulnerable experience and create a safe and empowering environment for exploration and healing. Initially, I help the client create supportive scaffolding by identifying and implementing healthy effective coping skills and identifying triggers. It is a privilege to walk alongside a person through their healing journey.
I work with individuals, couples, and parents who feel overwhelmed, stuck, or disconnected from themselves, their relationships, or the life they imagined. Many of my clients are thoughtful, self aware people navigating anxiety, identity, life transitions, or the nuances of neurodivergence and parenting.
I work with individuals, couples, and parents who feel overwhelmed, stuck, or disconnected from themselves, their relationships, or the life they imagined. Many of my clients are thoughtful, self aware people navigating anxiety, identity, life transitions, or the nuances of neurodivergence and parenting.
Welcoming couples clients! Relationship problems are common, and you have taken a courageous step by seeking therapy. As one of the few psychologists specializing in couple therapy, I have supported hundreds of couples by providing effective, evidence-based treatments that scientific research has shown to bring significant and lasting improvement. My own research on relationships has been published in peer-reviewed journals, and featured here in Psychology Today, international media outlets such as Business Insider Germany & New York Times Best Seller Atlas of the Heart by Brené Brown.
Welcoming couples clients! Relationship problems are common, and you have taken a courageous step by seeking therapy. As one of the few psychologists specializing in couple therapy, I have supported hundreds of couples by providing effective, evidence-based treatments that scientific research has shown to bring significant and lasting improvement. My own research on relationships has been published in peer-reviewed journals, and featured here in Psychology Today, international media outlets such as Business Insider Germany & New York Times Best Seller Atlas of the Heart by Brené Brown.
I feel honored when others entrust their story with me, and it is my goal to offer a safe, supportive space in which to do so. I've had the pleasure of providing therapy over the past 13 years. Much of my work has revolved around themes of identity. I work with many clients who are processing complex and systemic issues related to race and ethnicity. Some may be first- or second-generation folks exploring multicultural identity, and at times intergenerational trauma, that can accompany the immigration experience. In addition, I support individuals navigating gender identity and gender transitioning.
I feel honored when others entrust their story with me, and it is my goal to offer a safe, supportive space in which to do so. I've had the pleasure of providing therapy over the past 13 years. Much of my work has revolved around themes of identity. I work with many clients who are processing complex and systemic issues related to race and ethnicity. Some may be first- or second-generation folks exploring multicultural identity, and at times intergenerational trauma, that can accompany the immigration experience. In addition, I support individuals navigating gender identity and gender transitioning.
My individual work is relationally based. Using our relationship as a place to explore parts of yourself more deeply, your relationship with and to yourself becomes more in focus when we work together. I find that within the safety of a therapeutic relationship, people can explore new parts of themselves, and these insights can lead to changes outside of therapy and often within other relationships that help them improve the problems in their life. I hope to be a warm and gentle presence, while also challenging you to examine parts of your life that aren’t working for you, & I share my observations with you with directness and care.
My individual work is relationally based. Using our relationship as a place to explore parts of yourself more deeply, your relationship with and to yourself becomes more in focus when we work together. I find that within the safety of a therapeutic relationship, people can explore new parts of themselves, and these insights can lead to changes outside of therapy and often within other relationships that help them improve the problems in their life. I hope to be a warm and gentle presence, while also challenging you to examine parts of your life that aren’t working for you, & I share my observations with you with directness and care.
I work with individuals navigating grief, caregiving stress, major life transitions, or even general life stressors. Many feel overwhelmed, emotionally drained, or unsure how to cope with what is ahead as life presents challenges or changes. I help clients process difficult emotions, navigate complex family dynamics, and build practical tools to move forward with more clarity, stability, and support.
I work with individuals navigating grief, caregiving stress, major life transitions, or even general life stressors. Many feel overwhelmed, emotionally drained, or unsure how to cope with what is ahead as life presents challenges or changes. I help clients process difficult emotions, navigate complex family dynamics, and build practical tools to move forward with more clarity, stability, and support.
Throughout your life, it has not always felt safe to be fully you. You’ve learned to be someone you’re not, tucking pieces of you away in order to simply survive or be worthy of love. If so, it makes sense that you would feel anxious or insecure, depressed or disenchanted with life, or deeply afraid to even know how to trust who and what is really you. Through a process of slowing down, tuning-in, and turning in, healing isn’t about “fixing” a “broken” self but about returning home to who you really are. We’ll move at your pace as we listen to the parts that are longing to be heard so that you can begin to see yourself more clearly.
Throughout your life, it has not always felt safe to be fully you. You’ve learned to be someone you’re not, tucking pieces of you away in order to simply survive or be worthy of love. If so, it makes sense that you would feel anxious or insecure, depressed or disenchanted with life, or deeply afraid to even know how to trust who and what is really you. Through a process of slowing down, tuning-in, and turning in, healing isn’t about “fixing” a “broken” self but about returning home to who you really are. We’ll move at your pace as we listen to the parts that are longing to be heard so that you can begin to see yourself more clearly.
As a fully-licensed, trauma-certified therapist in OR & WA, & a WA state Supervisor, I work with a wide range of issues, & specialize in grief, trauma, & illness. Whether recent circumstances are challenging, or aspects of the past need to be reconciled & faced, my clients work to process, cope, & reconnect with themselves & others. We can feel stuck, stretched, or hollowed by grief, trauma, or years of stress. Sometimes we need to heal from-or at least learn to carry-pain, from a death close to us, a future we envisioned, a critical diagnosis, or our changing world. Context matters, in therapy and supervision.
As a fully-licensed, trauma-certified therapist in OR & WA, & a WA state Supervisor, I work with a wide range of issues, & specialize in grief, trauma, & illness. Whether recent circumstances are challenging, or aspects of the past need to be reconciled & faced, my clients work to process, cope, & reconnect with themselves & others. We can feel stuck, stretched, or hollowed by grief, trauma, or years of stress. Sometimes we need to heal from-or at least learn to carry-pain, from a death close to us, a future we envisioned, a critical diagnosis, or our changing world. Context matters, in therapy and supervision.
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Number of Therapists in 98117
200+
Average cost per session
$165
Therapists in 98117 who prioritize treating:
| 97% | Anxiety |
| 97% | Social Anxiety |
| 97% | Health Anxiety |
| 97% | Driving Anxiety |
| 89% | Depression |
| 84% | Relationship Issues |
| 81% | Relationship Anxiety |
Average years in practice
10 Years
Top 3 insurances accepted
| 76% | Premera Blue Cross |
| 63% | Regence |
| 47% | Aetna |
How Therapists in 98117 see their clients
| 59% | In Person and Online | |
| 41% | Online Only |
Gender breakdown
| 79% | Female | |
| 16% | Male | |
| 5% | Non-Binary |