Therapists in 98290

We all want to be seen and understood and at the same time are afraid of what we and others will find. We don't trust ourselves or our decisions. We suffer from anxiety, depression, traumas and a myriad of other relational issues. In counseling we learn to understand ourselves and others by telling our stories well. As a greek philosopher once said, "An unexamined life isn't worth living". When we learn to examine ourselves with curiosity, compassion, and truth our life becomes clear hopeful and fullfilling.

I offer tools and support many have found useful in enhancing the quality of their lives. Work-life balance, self-esteem, marriage, relationship issues, as well as executive and life coaching are the focus in my practice. I have worked in the community mental health and corporate settings for over 20 years. Please contact me if you feel ready to get going in a more positive and productive direction in your life by learning skills that will show you how to make choices that will get you there.

Now accepting new clients. We are made to belong and connect with those we love and can experience grief and frustration when those relationships result in pain and challenges. My desire is to bring hope to my clients and offer a safe place to be heard and affirmed. I look forward to walking alongside you as we navigate through difficult times. I believe we are created for a purpose and that walking through these challenges cause us to grow, strengthen our relationships and help us to see for what purpose we were made.

I congratulate you on taking steps to heal your relationships and yourself. In counseling you are not alone and I believe that people have a great capacity to change and grow to achieve full and gratifying relationships and lives when given the right support. My approach to counseling is to provide you with a warm, caring, and accepting environment in which to explore solutions to your concerns.

My hope is that therapy will be a safe place to process life and better understand who you are. I work most frequently with women as well as teenagers, young adults and adults. If you are seeking support around challenges with fertility, postpartum, pregnancy and adjustments to parenthood, I'd be honored to walk with you through this season and the myriad of feelings that come with it. If you are in seasons of transition and working to better understand who you want to be, therapy is a safe place to get tools to help you own your voice and how you want to show up in the world. It's okay to ask for help and prioritize yourself.

My approach is to help individuals create healthier, happier and more meaningful relationships and lives for themselves. I draw most heavily from Family Systems Theory, Humanistic and Cognitive/Behavioral therapy approaches however, I use a variety of modalities and tailor therapy to each client's needs and personality. My goal is to provide each client a safe and supportive environment in which to express them self.

At some point we all reach a place where we think: I really need to talk to someone. We just feel we've lost control of our lives and things are not going the way we want. That can feel terrible. I work with clients to help them make the necessary changes to feel better and function better in their lives and to live a life that is more fulfilling and rewarding. I provide a free initial appointment for clients to meet me and ask questions. I look forward to meeting you and working with you.

I am passionate about helping bring healing and change to peoples' lives. I create an emotionally safe environment where the individual feels heard and understood as we move together towards their goals. I specialize in trauma and bring a body awareness and psycho-ed approach to trauma.

As an attachment based trauma therapist, I believe that we are both hurt and healed in relationships. Traumatic injuries impact us deeply. They tend to shake us to our core. By working through your traumatic injuries and learning new ways to confront conditioned fear responses, you can learn to feel safe again. Healing is possible. You can create a life full of meaning where love and connection replace fear and disconnection.

Immediate openings! At CH Counseling, the clients we work with come into therapy with a variety of symptoms and concerns that are interfering with their every day life. My training emphasizes the importance of attending to the client’s whole social network when providing therapy. This includes you as an individual, your family of origin, as well as the larger communities you operate within. I also see the importance of collaborating with clients to determine what strategies feel most helpful for them throughout the therapeutic process.

For whatever has brought you here, I am so glad you have made it. Therapy may seem daunting, uncomfortable or overwhelming, but I believe that it is in those great moments of challenge that we find our greatest moments of change. My goal in therapy is to first and foremost give you the space to come as you are and have the space to be heard. I am passionate about helping people find healing, become empowered and to walk through and overcome those things that are creating chaos in your life. We are uniquely shaped by our journey in life including the trials, and perseverance but also by our passions, interests and outlooks.

Stories of Hope offers liberating healing processes with experience and evidence-based approaches. We celebrate diversity and are especially committed to QTBIPOC (Queer, Trans, Black, Indigenous, People of Color). We are rooted in social justice perspective and cultural humility for understanding diverse living contexts, values, and traditions. We provide bilingual and bicultural counseling in English and Spanish. Our identities, behaviors, emotions, and personalities are affected and shaped by relationships with family, friends, and people in general. Talking about relationships is an important piece of our counseling approach.

The thing that is universal to why someone is seeking therapy is that they want a place to talk about thoughts, feelings and relationships without fear of being judged or of hurting someone's feelings. It is always an honor to be trusted to hear people’s thoughts, feelings and experiences. I do not believe it is my roll to tell someone how to do things, how to feel about things or how to think about things. I believe my role is to ask you questions, offer relevant information and skills but mostly listen to what you what. To do this, I use a variety of different techniques, skills and theories.

Current Openings! At CH Counseling, the clients we work with come into therapy with a variety of symptoms and concerns that are interfering with their every day life. I view therapy as an opportunity for healing, support, and growth across a multitude of symptoms and concerns. As a LMFTA and clinical therapy associate at CH Counseling, I believe that the human experience is dynamic and unique for each person and therefore treatment should be tailored around the client as an individual. In this, I work to integrate several therapy models to address my clients' specific needs and create a "best fit" for their own therapy journey.

I am passionate about working with people, sharing in their stories, offering compassion, and providing guidance as able. In my counseling approach, I aim to present a personal and supportive therapeutic relationship, reinforced by strong and safe boundaries. You can expect a space that is distinctly warm, respectful, and deeply relational. I believe all individuals are full of the potential for self-actualization. With compassion and tenderness, I seek to be direct when calling out the best in individuals. I hope to help you obtain full responsibility for your health and well-being.

My name is Chris Pugh and I'm a Licensed Mental Health Counselor Associate. My primary purpose is to help you gain emotional freedom from any personal obsticles that you've encountered throughout your life. My goal is to work with you to develop your own personal tools to help you regulate your emotions and develop a personal sense of emotional independence and self-worth.

*** At this time, I am not accepting new clients *** With our fast paced full lives, sometimes we are left feeling anxious, overwhelmed, and worn out. Perhaps you are going thru a life transition such as surviving high school, starting college, changing jobs, becoming a new parent, or an empty-nester. Working as a team we will explore those things that are causing challenges in your life. Together we will utilize your strengths, to help you achieve the goals that we set to relieve the discomfort, so that you can go on living your best life.

Do you struggle with the basics of day to day functioning? Do you feel like you live in a world designed to hinder you at every step? Are you looking to find ways to improve your functioning and create systems and habits designed to help project you forward? Across the wide variety of diagnosis these are things that many people struggle with. I offer a safe space to explore the dysfunctions you are experiencing and work with you to create a mindset and a life you feel good in, a space in life you feel like you can grow and succeed to meet other non therapeutic goals.

Immediate openings! At CH Counseling, the clients we work with come into therapy with a variety of symptoms and concerns that are interfering with their every day life. I know from personal and professional experience that it is possible to live a life of joy and optimism. Within each of us are deep wells of untapped potential. No matter what our mistakes, no matter what our struggles, no matter how our past may have shaped us, each of us has the free will to rise above all obstacles and transform ourselves. . It is a courageous step to engage in the process of counseling, and well worth it!