Therapists in 98402
Ruby Howes
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
1 Endorsed
Tacoma, WA 98402
Not accepting new clients
I am a trauma-informed therapist that strives to create a collaborative relationship to build safety and trust so that you can move towards healing and growth. I help clients by identifying how their past is still affecting them in the present, process difficult and painful memories, and use cognitive approaches to challenge feelings of shame and fixed negative beliefs. In addition, I explore with clients the impact trauma and family dynmaics has on their relationships and teach skills to help them meet their emotional needs with friends, family, and partners.
I am a trauma-informed therapist that strives to create a collaborative relationship to build safety and trust so that you can move towards healing and growth. I help clients by identifying how their past is still affecting them in the present, process difficult and painful memories, and use cognitive approaches to challenge feelings of shame and fixed negative beliefs. In addition, I explore with clients the impact trauma and family dynmaics has on their relationships and teach skills to help them meet their emotional needs with friends, family, and partners.
Working with the patient to help them better understand healthy ways forward from mental illness.
Working with the patient to help them better understand healthy ways forward from mental illness.
Utilizing evidence-based interventions, we specialize in helping individuals & couples achieve greater personal growth, manage stress, enhance relationships, and improve their overall health & well being. In addition to relieving distress and helping you break free from unwanted patterns in your relationships with self and others, we also work to help you learn new coping skills and gain greater insight into yourself to prevent future difficulties.
Utilizing evidence-based interventions, we specialize in helping individuals & couples achieve greater personal growth, manage stress, enhance relationships, and improve their overall health & well being. In addition to relieving distress and helping you break free from unwanted patterns in your relationships with self and others, we also work to help you learn new coping skills and gain greater insight into yourself to prevent future difficulties.
You trusted someone completely, and the betrayal turned your world upside down. You may feel unsettled, anxious, or unsure of yourself, replaying the past and doubting what you knew. Even small decisions can feel impossible. You want to feel safe again and understand what happened to you. Together we calm your nervous system first, then regain clarity, rebuild self-trust, and move forward with steady confidence, healthy boundaries, and a stronger sense of self. I work with adult women of all ages. To reach me, please use the form on my website. I read every one personally and reply within 48 business hours.
You trusted someone completely, and the betrayal turned your world upside down. You may feel unsettled, anxious, or unsure of yourself, replaying the past and doubting what you knew. Even small decisions can feel impossible. You want to feel safe again and understand what happened to you. Together we calm your nervous system first, then regain clarity, rebuild self-trust, and move forward with steady confidence, healthy boundaries, and a stronger sense of self. I work with adult women of all ages. To reach me, please use the form on my website. I read every one personally and reply within 48 business hours.
I specialize in couples counseling and work with couples experiencing communication problems, recurring conflict, disconnection, trust issues, intimacy concerns, major life transitions, and uncertainty about staying together. I also help couples who aren't in crisis but want a stronger, more fulfilling relationship. Whether you're having the same arguments over and over, feeling more like roommates than partners, recovering from betrayal, or wondering if your relationship can be repaired, I can help you understand what's keeping you stuck, reconnect with each other, and find a path forward that feels right for you both.
I specialize in couples counseling and work with couples experiencing communication problems, recurring conflict, disconnection, trust issues, intimacy concerns, major life transitions, and uncertainty about staying together. I also help couples who aren't in crisis but want a stronger, more fulfilling relationship. Whether you're having the same arguments over and over, feeling more like roommates than partners, recovering from betrayal, or wondering if your relationship can be repaired, I can help you understand what's keeping you stuck, reconnect with each other, and find a path forward that feels right for you both.
My professional experience involves working with individuals navigating immediate and residual impacts of trauma, addictions, relational difficulties, and life transitions, as well as assisting those with persistent mental health challenges in identifying safe and healthy ways to cope. Creating a healing space that is affirming and welcoming of authenticity is a priority of mine. I encourage my clients to foster a compassionate view of their present challenges and to move toward living in alignment with their personal values. I provide services to individuals ages 13 and up, couples, and families.
My professional experience involves working with individuals navigating immediate and residual impacts of trauma, addictions, relational difficulties, and life transitions, as well as assisting those with persistent mental health challenges in identifying safe and healthy ways to cope. Creating a healing space that is affirming and welcoming of authenticity is a priority of mine. I encourage my clients to foster a compassionate view of their present challenges and to move toward living in alignment with their personal values. I provide services to individuals ages 13 and up, couples, and families.
Have major parts of you been overshadowed by the stress of just trying to survive and get by? Have the expectations and demands from others to be a certain way left no room for self-discovery, acceptance and expansion? Painful past experiences, childhood trauma, and oppressive environments have taught many of us to silence our needs, prioritize others, not trust ourselves, and bury our true feelings. You are on the path to the next phase in your journey, and you don't have to navigate it alone. I know that even in light of the inner drive to reclaim authenticity, experiences from our past can linger and get in the way.
Have major parts of you been overshadowed by the stress of just trying to survive and get by? Have the expectations and demands from others to be a certain way left no room for self-discovery, acceptance and expansion? Painful past experiences, childhood trauma, and oppressive environments have taught many of us to silence our needs, prioritize others, not trust ourselves, and bury our true feelings. You are on the path to the next phase in your journey, and you don't have to navigate it alone. I know that even in light of the inner drive to reclaim authenticity, experiences from our past can linger and get in the way.
Hello! I’m River. As a graduate student therapist, I aim to create a safe and understanding space where you can explore your trauma and experiences to gain a deeper understanding of yourself and support your journey towards becoming the version of yourself you want to be. Utilizing Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Strength-Based Therapy, we’ll explore what changes you’d like to make on your mental health journey.
Hello! I’m River. As a graduate student therapist, I aim to create a safe and understanding space where you can explore your trauma and experiences to gain a deeper understanding of yourself and support your journey towards becoming the version of yourself you want to be. Utilizing Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, and Strength-Based Therapy, we’ll explore what changes you’d like to make on your mental health journey.
Hi! I’m Dreya (they/them), an Afro-Indigenous, neurodivergent queer, who finds joy dreaming about liberation and abundant futures. My approach to therapy values collaboration, creative autonomy, and ancestral/cultural wisdom. I hope to create spaces that allow my clients to bring their deepest truths, contradictions, grief, rage, and joy forward to be witnessed and tended to.
I tend to work with individuals (ages 12+), families, and those in relationships who are looking for a space to process: identity, life transitions, grief, systemic trauma, suicidality, neurodiversity, and intergenerational wounds.
Hi! I’m Dreya (they/them), an Afro-Indigenous, neurodivergent queer, who finds joy dreaming about liberation and abundant futures. My approach to therapy values collaboration, creative autonomy, and ancestral/cultural wisdom. I hope to create spaces that allow my clients to bring their deepest truths, contradictions, grief, rage, and joy forward to be witnessed and tended to.
I tend to work with individuals (ages 12+), families, and those in relationships who are looking for a space to process: identity, life transitions, grief, systemic trauma, suicidality, neurodiversity, and intergenerational wounds.
Moms do a lot on their own, so if this was easy to figure out alone you would have done so already. I know you are overwhelmed, unsupported, and isolated. I understand first hand how postpartum and motherhood can be more challenging than anticipated. My sole focus in my practice is to work with moms, whether you are struggling during the perinatal period or after loss, or you are well into your motherhood journey. In our work together we will sort through what you feel like is going wrong and how we can take steps for you to feel better.
Moms do a lot on their own, so if this was easy to figure out alone you would have done so already. I know you are overwhelmed, unsupported, and isolated. I understand first hand how postpartum and motherhood can be more challenging than anticipated. My sole focus in my practice is to work with moms, whether you are struggling during the perinatal period or after loss, or you are well into your motherhood journey. In our work together we will sort through what you feel like is going wrong and how we can take steps for you to feel better.
Are you worried about your teen, feeling overwhelmed as a parent, grieving a loss, or finding that your relationship isn't where you'd like it to be? If so, you're not alone—and you don't have to figure it out by yourself.
Life can be challenging, and sometimes the people who care the most for others are the ones who need support the most. Whether you're a parent trying to help your child, a teen struggling with anxiety or self-confidence, a couple longing to reconnect, or someone carrying the weight of grief, I strive to create a space where you can simply take a breath, be yourself, and know that you are truly heard.
Are you worried about your teen, feeling overwhelmed as a parent, grieving a loss, or finding that your relationship isn't where you'd like it to be? If so, you're not alone—and you don't have to figure it out by yourself.
Life can be challenging, and sometimes the people who care the most for others are the ones who need support the most. Whether you're a parent trying to help your child, a teen struggling with anxiety or self-confidence, a couple longing to reconnect, or someone carrying the weight of grief, I strive to create a space where you can simply take a breath, be yourself, and know that you are truly heard.
Kamara McMichael
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, LMFT, CMHS
2 Endorsed
Tacoma, WA 98402
Not accepting new clients
At Renewed Balance - Counseling Services, I envision a world where balance and stability are attainable, even in the midst of life's chaos. In the world today: identity, belonging, building healthy relationships and sustaining them are often challenged by social pressures and the mental gymnastics of trying to keep up with everyone else. I believe that no one should feel alone in their struggles, and I am committed to helping youth and families recognize that their present challenges don't define their future.
At Renewed Balance - Counseling Services, I envision a world where balance and stability are attainable, even in the midst of life's chaos. In the world today: identity, belonging, building healthy relationships and sustaining them are often challenged by social pressures and the mental gymnastics of trying to keep up with everyone else. I believe that no one should feel alone in their struggles, and I am committed to helping youth and families recognize that their present challenges don't define their future.
Are you navigating a major life transition or feeling overwhelmed by stress, relationships, or self-doubt? Maybe you’re a college student or first-generation adult balancing expectations while trying to care for yourself. Therapy can be a space to process what you’re experiencing, practice coping skills, and take on challenges that support growth. We’ll collaborate to better understand what’s getting in the way and explore practical tools you can use in everyday life. You don’t have to have it all figured out to begin.
Are you navigating a major life transition or feeling overwhelmed by stress, relationships, or self-doubt? Maybe you’re a college student or first-generation adult balancing expectations while trying to care for yourself. Therapy can be a space to process what you’re experiencing, practice coping skills, and take on challenges that support growth. We’ll collaborate to better understand what’s getting in the way and explore practical tools you can use in everyday life. You don’t have to have it all figured out to begin.
I have no ideal client. The best part of this job is getting to know such a wide range of people with so many types of issues. I have 30 years experience working with children, adolescents, adults and families in community as well as out-patient and in-patient settings . Geographically, I've worked with families and trained workers in Seattle, New York, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. I've done in-home work in the Bronx, and helped develop policy all over the country. I am now in private practice and address issues that can affect us all, such as, anxiety, depression, ADHD, PTSD and most mental health issues.
I have no ideal client. The best part of this job is getting to know such a wide range of people with so many types of issues. I have 30 years experience working with children, adolescents, adults and families in community as well as out-patient and in-patient settings . Geographically, I've worked with families and trained workers in Seattle, New York, Canada, Australia and New Zealand. I've done in-home work in the Bronx, and helped develop policy all over the country. I am now in private practice and address issues that can affect us all, such as, anxiety, depression, ADHD, PTSD and most mental health issues.
We will not try to make you do what somebody else wants you to do. We start with your goals & find ways to help you develop the necessary skills. We have found that, if a person's individual wishes are not represented in the solution, it will not work in the long run. So there is a strong emphasis on helping each person take responsibility and control over their own happiness. Some things are better handled individually, and some things are better handled with both people in the room. Our unique blend of individual & couples therapy is quite effective.
We will not try to make you do what somebody else wants you to do. We start with your goals & find ways to help you develop the necessary skills. We have found that, if a person's individual wishes are not represented in the solution, it will not work in the long run. So there is a strong emphasis on helping each person take responsibility and control over their own happiness. Some things are better handled individually, and some things are better handled with both people in the room. Our unique blend of individual & couples therapy is quite effective.
Hello! I am a licensed mental health counselor associate (LMHCA) working in Western Washington. I work with children and adults experiencing depression, anxiety, and behavioral issues. Struggling in any one of these areas can leave you feeling stuck, hopeless, helpless, and frustrated. I am an empathetic therapist who focuses on the client's needs. I will help guide you through these difficult emotions while helping to identify the root cause. I do not want to only help you alleviate the symptoms you experience but help you to deal with the underlying issue(s) at hand.
Hello! I am a licensed mental health counselor associate (LMHCA) working in Western Washington. I work with children and adults experiencing depression, anxiety, and behavioral issues. Struggling in any one of these areas can leave you feeling stuck, hopeless, helpless, and frustrated. I am an empathetic therapist who focuses on the client's needs. I will help guide you through these difficult emotions while helping to identify the root cause. I do not want to only help you alleviate the symptoms you experience but help you to deal with the underlying issue(s) at hand.
I believe every person is creative, worthy, and capable if given the right support and care. My clients are often queer or trans, many identify as disabled or chronically ill, and most of them have experienced trauma throughout their lives. Many of my clients also identify as neurodivergent and want to understand how to work with their brains more effectively without judgment. Most of my clients have been taught that their body-minds are inconvenient, shameful, or difficult.
I believe every person is creative, worthy, and capable if given the right support and care. My clients are often queer or trans, many identify as disabled or chronically ill, and most of them have experienced trauma throughout their lives. Many of my clients also identify as neurodivergent and want to understand how to work with their brains more effectively without judgment. Most of my clients have been taught that their body-minds are inconvenient, shameful, or difficult.
Welcome! If you're feeling overwhelmed, stuck in old patterns, or unsure how to connect with others or yourself, you’re not alone. I offer a warm, collaborative space to explore what’s happening beneath the surface. My approach is relational, person-centered, and grounded in the belief that healing happens through connection. Together, we’ll work to understand your experiences, build self-trust, and move toward a life that feels more balanced, grounded, and aligned with who you are.
It's important to me to make therapy as accessible as possible, so I do offer a sliding scale fee structure for those paying out of pocket.
Welcome! If you're feeling overwhelmed, stuck in old patterns, or unsure how to connect with others or yourself, you’re not alone. I offer a warm, collaborative space to explore what’s happening beneath the surface. My approach is relational, person-centered, and grounded in the belief that healing happens through connection. Together, we’ll work to understand your experiences, build self-trust, and move toward a life that feels more balanced, grounded, and aligned with who you are.
It's important to me to make therapy as accessible as possible, so I do offer a sliding scale fee structure for those paying out of pocket.
Trauma doesn't always look like flashbacks. Sometimes it's being on edge and not knowing why, going blank when it matters most, anger that scares you, or feeling nothing at all. Somewhere you learned which feelings were safe and which ones you'd better handle alone, and keeping that up is exhausting. I work with LGBTQIA+ adults and teens on PTSD, complex trauma, dissociation, anxiety, and depression. Nothing you feel is too big to bring here, and we won't stop at getting you through the week. We'll build skills for what's hardest right now and work toward a life that feels like yours.
Trauma doesn't always look like flashbacks. Sometimes it's being on edge and not knowing why, going blank when it matters most, anger that scares you, or feeling nothing at all. Somewhere you learned which feelings were safe and which ones you'd better handle alone, and keeping that up is exhausting. I work with LGBTQIA+ adults and teens on PTSD, complex trauma, dissociation, anxiety, and depression. Nothing you feel is too big to bring here, and we won't stop at getting you through the week. We'll build skills for what's hardest right now and work toward a life that feels like yours.
You're the person everyone counts on. You handle the crisis and solve the problem. From the outside, you look like you've got it all together; inside, you're running on empty. I work with high-achieving adults, healthcare professionals, first responders, and people in demanding transitions. My style is practical, evidence-based, and genuine. Together, we figure out what's keeping you stuck, so you can move toward a life that feels more manageable and like your own. NOW accepting new clients, evening appts available!
You're the person everyone counts on. You handle the crisis and solve the problem. From the outside, you look like you've got it all together; inside, you're running on empty. I work with high-achieving adults, healthcare professionals, first responders, and people in demanding transitions. My style is practical, evidence-based, and genuine. Together, we figure out what's keeping you stuck, so you can move toward a life that feels more manageable and like your own. NOW accepting new clients, evening appts available!
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Number of Therapists in 98402
500+
Average cost per session
$150
Therapists in 98402 who prioritize treating:
| 93% | Anxiety |
| 93% | Social Anxiety |
| 93% | Health Anxiety |
| 93% | Driving Anxiety |
| 84% | Depression |
| 78% | Trauma and PTSD |
| 78% | Complex PTSD |
Average years in practice
7 Years
Top 3 insurances accepted
| 78% | Regence |
| 77% | Aetna |
| 74% | Premera Blue Cross |
How Therapists in 98402 see their clients
| 50% | Online Only | |
| 50% | In Person and Online |
Gender breakdown
| 75% | Female | |
| 22% | Male | |
| 3% | Non-Binary |