Emotionally Focused Therapists in Seattle, WA
Anchor Light Therapy Collective
Counselor, MA, LMHC, CHT
Verified Verified
Seattle, WA 98119
We work with individuals, couples, families, teens, and children. Our therapists are trained in various psychotherapy modalities such as EMDR, The Gott man Method, EFT, Hypnotherapy, and Cognitive Behavioral therapy. We help clients address issues related to relationships, self-esteem/confidence, anxiety, depression, trauma, and improving overall mental health and well-being.
We work with individuals, couples, families, teens, and children. Our therapists are trained in various psychotherapy modalities such as EMDR, The Gott man Method, EFT, Hypnotherapy, and Cognitive Behavioral therapy. We help clients address issues related to relationships, self-esteem/confidence, anxiety, depression, trauma, and improving overall mental health and well-being.
Dawn Lyman Meyer
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Seattle, WA 98102
I have advanced training in Gottman Method Therapy and EFT (Emotion Focused Therapy for Couples).
I am passionate about working with couples who are struggling with conflict resolution and communication. I enjoy teaching couples new skills that can help them have the relationship they have always hoped to achieve. I also find it rewarding to work with adults who are struggling with anxiety, depression and trauma. I also enjoy supervising new clinicians as they work toward their license. I currently teach and supervise in the MAP program of Seattle University. I have my PSYPACT certificate and am able to see clients from any PSYPACT state for telehealth.
I have advanced training in Gottman Method Therapy and EFT (Emotion Focused Therapy for Couples).
I am passionate about working with couples who are struggling with conflict resolution and communication. I enjoy teaching couples new skills that can help them have the relationship they have always hoped to achieve. I also find it rewarding to work with adults who are struggling with anxiety, depression and trauma. I also enjoy supervising new clinicians as they work toward their license. I currently teach and supervise in the MAP program of Seattle University. I have my PSYPACT certificate and am able to see clients from any PSYPACT state for telehealth.
Anna Gray Baker
Counselor, MA, LPC, LMHC
Verified Verified
Seattle, WA 98125
I draw upon powerful techniques like Emotionally Focused Therapy and EMDR.
Are you feeling trapped in an unending cycle that leads to frustration and pain? Whether it's the patterns within you, your relationships with your partner, children, colleagues, or friends, life can start to feel like a relentless struggle. I specialize in guiding individuals, couples, and families through breaking free from the grip of inevitable loneliness. I approach my work with unwavering empathy. My ultimate aim in each session is to provide a secure haven where you can confront these negative cycles and delve into the narrative of your life.
I draw upon powerful techniques like Emotionally Focused Therapy and EMDR.
Are you feeling trapped in an unending cycle that leads to frustration and pain? Whether it's the patterns within you, your relationships with your partner, children, colleagues, or friends, life can start to feel like a relentless struggle. I specialize in guiding individuals, couples, and families through breaking free from the grip of inevitable loneliness. I approach my work with unwavering empathy. My ultimate aim in each session is to provide a secure haven where you can confront these negative cycles and delve into the narrative of your life.
Katie Unterreiner
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW
Verified Verified
Seattle, WA 98126
I use Emotionally focused, Narrative, IFS, CBT, expressive arts, Somatic & Mindfulness to support women processing grief, and unprocessed emotions that may be creating emotional blocks.
Are you looking for a beginning that pays attention to the subtle healing and shifts that you are making and wanting to bring into the world? Often times the areas of our life that are not working well are guided by trauma informed emotional patterns and feeling habits, that pull us away from our own wisdom, progress and health. Fear and the energy it holds can unconsciously play a role in self sabotage, anxiety and counter manifesting. Using expressive arts, IFS, food science, poetry, spiritual awareness and a holistic approach, I can help you connect with your elevated self. I also provide walk and talk therapy in West Seattle.
I use Emotionally focused, Narrative, IFS, CBT, expressive arts, Somatic & Mindfulness to support women processing grief, and unprocessed emotions that may be creating emotional blocks.
Are you looking for a beginning that pays attention to the subtle healing and shifts that you are making and wanting to bring into the world? Often times the areas of our life that are not working well are guided by trauma informed emotional patterns and feeling habits, that pull us away from our own wisdom, progress and health. Fear and the energy it holds can unconsciously play a role in self sabotage, anxiety and counter manifesting. Using expressive arts, IFS, food science, poetry, spiritual awareness and a holistic approach, I can help you connect with your elevated self. I also provide walk and talk therapy in West Seattle.
Jordan Brand
Counselor, MA, LMHC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Seattle, WA 98117
Our stories contain places of profound beauty and great pain, and so often relationships are where we experience the deepest joys and wounding. It’s my hope that through building a trusting relationship, we can work together to bring greater flourishing and healing in your relationships with self and others. I enjoy working with couples, families, teens, and adults from an attachment-oriented and trauma-informed framework, and my training in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) guides the way I hold the experiences and emotions that my clients bring with them and gives us a roadmap of where to go based on your goals.
Our stories contain places of profound beauty and great pain, and so often relationships are where we experience the deepest joys and wounding. It’s my hope that through building a trusting relationship, we can work together to bring greater flourishing and healing in your relationships with self and others. I enjoy working with couples, families, teens, and adults from an attachment-oriented and trauma-informed framework, and my training in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) guides the way I hold the experiences and emotions that my clients bring with them and gives us a roadmap of where to go based on your goals.
Renewal Therapeutic Services
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, LMFTA
Verified Verified
Seattle, WA 98102 (Online Only)
Hello, my name is Matthew Mixon and I am presently a Marriage and Family Therapist Associate in Seattle Washington. My concentration when working with individuals, couples, and children, are based upon connection, collaboration and curiosity. I adhere to the position that as an Emotionally-Focused Therapist . I typically focus upon addressing emotions and interactions within therapeutic sessions, instead of concentrating on homework or worksheets for clients. Curiosity is important because it lets us get immersed in the process instead of caring so much about the result.
Hello, my name is Matthew Mixon and I am presently a Marriage and Family Therapist Associate in Seattle Washington. My concentration when working with individuals, couples, and children, are based upon connection, collaboration and curiosity. I adhere to the position that as an Emotionally-Focused Therapist . I typically focus upon addressing emotions and interactions within therapeutic sessions, instead of concentrating on homework or worksheets for clients. Curiosity is important because it lets us get immersed in the process instead of caring so much about the result.
Michael J Rubbinaccio
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, LMFTA
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Seattle, WA 98101
For nearly 25 years in HR and communications, I have helped corporations with communication and relationship issues with employees. I now help individuals and relationships directly with life challenges. I believe communication is central to how we interact with the world and how the world interacts with us--from our loved ones at home to strangers on the street--and it informs how I do therapy. I use Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) while drawing on communications theory, and an Integrated Couples Therapy perspective, taking parts of EFT and Gottman Therapy, for a phased approach to relationship therapy.
For nearly 25 years in HR and communications, I have helped corporations with communication and relationship issues with employees. I now help individuals and relationships directly with life challenges. I believe communication is central to how we interact with the world and how the world interacts with us--from our loved ones at home to strangers on the street--and it informs how I do therapy. I use Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT) while drawing on communications theory, and an Integrated Couples Therapy perspective, taking parts of EFT and Gottman Therapy, for a phased approach to relationship therapy.
Alyce Davie
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, LMFTA
Verified Verified
Seattle, WA 98105
As a relational therapist, I work with couples, families, and individuals, exploring patterns in our relationships as well as our larger connection to community, culture and society. Together, we examine how these different parts of our system impact us and each other. I see therapy as a collaborative space where we can deepen our understanding of our experiences and move toward change and healing.
As a relational therapist, I work with couples, families, and individuals, exploring patterns in our relationships as well as our larger connection to community, culture and society. Together, we examine how these different parts of our system impact us and each other. I see therapy as a collaborative space where we can deepen our understanding of our experiences and move toward change and healing.
Lori Means
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, LMFTA
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Seattle, WA 98116
We will work together using a variety of evidence-based practices: emotionally focused therapy, the developmental model of couples therapy, mindfulness practices, polyvagal theory, the Incredible Years parenting program, focusing (somatic therapy) and cognitive behavioral therapy.
Relationships can be hard, especially the parenting one. My style of therapy is based on the latest research in how the brain (neuroscience geek!), body, and emotions work together. For 20 years, I've partnered with individuals and couples, facilitating thriving relationships: parent-child, partners, co-parenting couples, divorcing couples. The most important relationship is the one we have with ourselves. I can help you explore relational wounds and teach you new skills to experience more satisfying relationships. Let's talk and see if we're a good fit.
We will work together using a variety of evidence-based practices: emotionally focused therapy, the developmental model of couples therapy, mindfulness practices, polyvagal theory, the Incredible Years parenting program, focusing (somatic therapy) and cognitive behavioral therapy.
Relationships can be hard, especially the parenting one. My style of therapy is based on the latest research in how the brain (neuroscience geek!), body, and emotions work together. For 20 years, I've partnered with individuals and couples, facilitating thriving relationships: parent-child, partners, co-parenting couples, divorcing couples. The most important relationship is the one we have with ourselves. I can help you explore relational wounds and teach you new skills to experience more satisfying relationships. Let's talk and see if we're a good fit.
Kat Allen
Counselor, MA, LMHC
Verified Verified
Seattle, WA 98136
Waitlist for new clients
Experienced and insightful, I help clients find their way back to themselves and their relationships by increasing curiosity, compassion, and insight through the ability to self-reflect. Employing mindfulness, emotionally-focused and body-awareness therapies along with traditional talk therapy, I share ways to recognize ineffective patterns, increase somatic and emotional intelligence, understand and develop new coping skills, and enhance empathy and positivity.
Experienced and insightful, I help clients find their way back to themselves and their relationships by increasing curiosity, compassion, and insight through the ability to self-reflect. Employing mindfulness, emotionally-focused and body-awareness therapies along with traditional talk therapy, I share ways to recognize ineffective patterns, increase somatic and emotional intelligence, understand and develop new coping skills, and enhance empathy and positivity.
Amanda Ayling
Counselor, MA, LMHCA
Verified Verified
Seattle, WA 98104 (Online Only)
Amanda has specialized experience and training in Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), and Parenting Inside Out (PIO).
Whether it is to self or others, Amanda believes that a sense of connection is where individuals thrive best. She focusses on cognitive, emotional, behavioral, and spiritual aspects that impact everyone’s relationship to self and others. Amanda brings a warm and accepting approach where individuals feel safe and understood. She works from a strengths-based perspective allowing individuals and families capitalize on already existing skillsets to further their journey in healing and evolving.
Amanda has specialized experience and training in Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), and Parenting Inside Out (PIO).
Whether it is to self or others, Amanda believes that a sense of connection is where individuals thrive best. She focusses on cognitive, emotional, behavioral, and spiritual aspects that impact everyone’s relationship to self and others. Amanda brings a warm and accepting approach where individuals feel safe and understood. She works from a strengths-based perspective allowing individuals and families capitalize on already existing skillsets to further their journey in healing and evolving.
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Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, LMFTA, MA, MEd
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Seattle, WA 98104
My aim is to provide you with a warm and welcoming space for exploration, healing, and growth. I prioritize building a sound therapeutic relationship while supporting you in making the changes you want for your life including addressing depression and anxiety, overcoming shame, mending and building relationships, and helping you attune to your inherent wisdom and strengths. I provide individual (including teens), couple, and sex therapy. I incorporate Attachment Theory, Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), and Gottman Couples Therapy, and Internal Family Systems (IFS).
My aim is to provide you with a warm and welcoming space for exploration, healing, and growth. I prioritize building a sound therapeutic relationship while supporting you in making the changes you want for your life including addressing depression and anxiety, overcoming shame, mending and building relationships, and helping you attune to your inherent wisdom and strengths. I provide individual (including teens), couple, and sex therapy. I incorporate Attachment Theory, Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), and Gottman Couples Therapy, and Internal Family Systems (IFS).
Dream Again Therapy, LLC
Counselor, LPC
Verified Verified
Seattle, WA 98102 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
I've worked extensively with trauma survivors to help them find healing from their past, and to begin creating a life worth living for themselves in the present. I became a therapist because I wanted to work with clients who had experienced trauma, and while I specialize in working with LGBTQ+ clients, I have worked successfully with clients from numerous backgrounds.
I've worked extensively with trauma survivors to help them find healing from their past, and to begin creating a life worth living for themselves in the present. I became a therapist because I wanted to work with clients who had experienced trauma, and while I specialize in working with LGBTQ+ clients, I have worked successfully with clients from numerous backgrounds.
Megan Maloney
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
Seattle, WA 98108 (Online Only)
The goals of therapy are directed toward providing a positive and collaborative forum to ease presenting difficulties; and draw on the individual's strengths and resilience to enable greater contentment and satisfaction in life. The foundation from which I view issues is from a systems approach. Thus, my focus is on the relational context that each individual resides within. Additionally, I borrow ideas from Attachment , Emotionally Focused, Cognitive-Behavioral, and EMDR constructs when tailoring goals developed for each person's unique needs.
The goals of therapy are directed toward providing a positive and collaborative forum to ease presenting difficulties; and draw on the individual's strengths and resilience to enable greater contentment and satisfaction in life. The foundation from which I view issues is from a systems approach. Thus, my focus is on the relational context that each individual resides within. Additionally, I borrow ideas from Attachment , Emotionally Focused, Cognitive-Behavioral, and EMDR constructs when tailoring goals developed for each person's unique needs.
Jenée O’Brien
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, LMFTA
Verified Verified
Seattle, WA 98119 (Online Only)
I often incorporate EFT, DBT, CBT, SF, NT, Prepare-Enrich, guided meditations, and much more.
I am a lifelong student of psychology, and a fellow work-in-progress. In my experience, secure relationships, self-care, healthy habits, and routines are foundational components of good mental health. I treat couples, individuals, and families as unique individuals with a systemic orientation. This means that I seek to learn each client's perspective and consider both the internal and external influences and relationships that may be impacting them. Imagine a safe place to come as you are, and be who you are. I will help you to see you are enough. We start by loving what is and grow from there.
I often incorporate EFT, DBT, CBT, SF, NT, Prepare-Enrich, guided meditations, and much more.
I am a lifelong student of psychology, and a fellow work-in-progress. In my experience, secure relationships, self-care, healthy habits, and routines are foundational components of good mental health. I treat couples, individuals, and families as unique individuals with a systemic orientation. This means that I seek to learn each client's perspective and consider both the internal and external influences and relationships that may be impacting them. Imagine a safe place to come as you are, and be who you are. I will help you to see you are enough. We start by loving what is and grow from there.
Bob Matthews
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
Seattle, WA 98109
Our approach is based on the Emotionally Focused Therapy model.
I work together with my wife, Karin, to help couples who are struggling with conflict, emotional distance, or distress. If you're fighting too much, avoiding important issues altogether, or feeling disconnected from your partner, we can help you learn how to better navigate your differences and experience a deeper, more compassionate connection with each other.
Our approach is based on the Emotionally Focused Therapy model.
I work together with my wife, Karin, to help couples who are struggling with conflict, emotional distance, or distress. If you're fighting too much, avoiding important issues altogether, or feeling disconnected from your partner, we can help you learn how to better navigate your differences and experience a deeper, more compassionate connection with each other.
Laura Elizabeth Dennis
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Seattle, WA 98105 (Online Only)
My work is rooted in evidence-based work from the gottman method, emotionally focused therapy, & cognitive-behavioral based approaches.
Do you find yourself spending hours going in circles talking or thinking about something with no resolution, & in the end feel unheard and alone? Which then in turn perpetuates worries, the inability to trust your own thoughts, & then feeling like its better to do everything on your own. Without connection we are merely surviving & perpetuating the idea that we have to experience this life on our own. While under the surface we wonder why we feel out of control and lost.
My work is rooted in evidence-based work from the gottman method, emotionally focused therapy, & cognitive-behavioral based approaches.
Do you find yourself spending hours going in circles talking or thinking about something with no resolution, & in the end feel unheard and alone? Which then in turn perpetuates worries, the inability to trust your own thoughts, & then feeling like its better to do everything on your own. Without connection we are merely surviving & perpetuating the idea that we have to experience this life on our own. While under the surface we wonder why we feel out of control and lost.
Bil Kareta
Counselor, MAPC, LMHC, SD
Verified Verified
Seattle, WA 98117
Life is a difficult and confusing journey for all of us. Occasionally we get "stuck" along the path. Sometimes that growth is blocked because of issues, patterns and behaviors from the past which affect the way we feel, do or react in the present. If you are experiencing issues such as depression, anxiety, stress and relationship concerns. I can offer you: a combination of heart, skill, and understanding to help you find your own solutions to these problems that face you. Through the use of solution-oriented, emotionally focused, and reality based techniques, can help you and your relationships overcome obstacles and achieve your goals.
Life is a difficult and confusing journey for all of us. Occasionally we get "stuck" along the path. Sometimes that growth is blocked because of issues, patterns and behaviors from the past which affect the way we feel, do or react in the present. If you are experiencing issues such as depression, anxiety, stress and relationship concerns. I can offer you: a combination of heart, skill, and understanding to help you find your own solutions to these problems that face you. Through the use of solution-oriented, emotionally focused, and reality based techniques, can help you and your relationships overcome obstacles and achieve your goals.
Eliza Cady
Counselor, MA, LMHC
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Seattle, WA 98119
I enjoy working with couples, adults, and teens to guide healing, positive change, and growth. Couples: I support couples from all backgrounds to improve communication, conflict patterns, and heal from relational wounds. My work is grounded in the Gottman Method, Emotional Focused Therapy (EFT), and tailored to the unique needs of each relationship.
I enjoy working with couples, adults, and teens to guide healing, positive change, and growth. Couples: I support couples from all backgrounds to improve communication, conflict patterns, and heal from relational wounds. My work is grounded in the Gottman Method, Emotional Focused Therapy (EFT), and tailored to the unique needs of each relationship.
Dominique Walmsley
Counselor, PhD, LMHC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Seattle, WA 98103 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
I use Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy because of its focus on attachment in couples, and the unique needs they have.
I use a person-centered approach, in which the client's unique set of values and interests guides me in shaping the path for growth and change. To support this collaboration, I provide knowledge of relaxation techniques, behavioral modification, exploration of childhood experiences, and philosophical or spiritual frameworks that give structure to enduring change. I specialize in couples therapy, guiding them toward reliance on one another, and fulfillment of personal goals. With individuals, I look for their motivational direction, and help them form a satisfying life around their own interests. I aim to be clear and connective, as well as efficient.
I use Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy because of its focus on attachment in couples, and the unique needs they have.
I use a person-centered approach, in which the client's unique set of values and interests guides me in shaping the path for growth and change. To support this collaboration, I provide knowledge of relaxation techniques, behavioral modification, exploration of childhood experiences, and philosophical or spiritual frameworks that give structure to enduring change. I specialize in couples therapy, guiding them toward reliance on one another, and fulfillment of personal goals. With individuals, I look for their motivational direction, and help them form a satisfying life around their own interests. I aim to be clear and connective, as well as efficient.
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Who is emotionally focused therapy for?
Emotionally focused therapy (EFT) is for couples who are emotionally distressed, stuck in an unsatisfying relationship pattern or feeling deeply alienated. They may even believe the relationship is beyond repair. Very often, the partners display intense anger, fear, grief, loss of trust, or a sense of betrayal in the relationship. In addition, EFT is helpful to couples and individuals who have difficulty expressing emotions and those who have trouble regulating emotions.
Why do people need emotionally focused therapy?
People need emotionally focused therapy because the need for others is built into the brain, but the pressures of daily life can erode feelings of love, and couples often do not have the skills to find their way back to the comfort of each other. Instead, they may be stuck in repetitive patterns of anger, fear, grief, loss of trust, or a sense of betrayal. Emotionally focused therapy regards such strong negative feelings as expressions of protest over the loss of connection and turns them into pathways of reconnection.
What happens in emotionally focused therapy?
Over the course of eight to 20 weekly sessions, couples de-escalate their negative emotional reactivity to one another so that they can listen to each other and be responsive to each other’s needs. Then the deep emotional and physical bond is restored, giving partners a sense of comfort and security, which they can use to solve whatever problems come their way. The therapist plays an active role, helping partners understand how anger and withdrawal are actually misguided cries for connection.
What problems does emotionally focused therapy treat?
EFT is designed to help couples stuck in dysfunctional relationship patterns regain closeness and rebuild their relationship. Typically, such couples experience considerable distress, with partners feeling alienated and distrustful of one another, not certain their relationship can survive. EFT is also helpful to individuals experiencing attachment-related fears of loss; it helps them learn to use their fears as a way of eliciting the closeness they desire.