Exposure Response Prevention (ERP) Therapists in 98053

I am a clinical psychologist who specializes in working with anxiety, worry, stress, panic attacks, indecision, uncertainty, perfectionism, and low self-esteem. I use evidence-based treatment for anxiety & related disorders, including generalized anxiety disorder, social anxiety disorder, panic disorder, agoraphobia, phobias, and OCD. I love working with clients who are interested in personal growth/development, and who want to improve the quality of their relationships (and their lives!). Ultimately, I am passionate about assisting you in developing a deeply meaningful way of life.

Unbridled Counseling helps clients find growth through multiple approaches to therapy. We offer traditional talk therapy, equine therapy, telehealth, and outdoor therapy. I have a special interest in eating disorders, infertility, pre and post natal care, anxiety, depression, and relationships. We also offer lower cost/sliding scale sessions with graduate level interns to reach more of our community. Our interns treat families, couples, kids, teens, and adults with a variety of topics and specialties.

The decision to start therapy is not always an easy one to make. It’s very common to have many questions about starting and or understanding how the process works. I greatly value the importance of providing you with a space in which you can feel safe, emotionally validated, and free from judgment. I work to provide you with a relational experience that is both authentic and compassionate in nature. I believe an important element in your success is working together to help facilitate new insights, healthier ways of thinking, and relating to yourself and others.

I see tweens, teens, college students, adults, and parents: One of the hardest things as a parent is watching your child/teen suffer, whether it be from anxiety, OCD, depression, intense emotion, or social challenges. You want to support your child but feel at a loss. You may feel like the tools you've used for parenting and connecting with your child no longer work. Navigating the demands on your time and the emotions of your child feels impossible. You're suffering, too.

My approach to therapy is based on Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT). A core idea in ACT is that trying too hard to get rid of or control our emotions tends to backfire. Instead of trying to get rid of unwanted thoughts and feelings (e.g., anxiety & depression), I will help you learn to react differently to them so that you can keep your focus on living a meaningful and fulfilling life based on what’s important to you. We will work together to set meaningful goals to address your concerns–whether they relate to life transitions, depression, anxiety, body image, grief/loss, job or academic stress, or gender & sexuality.

www.paradoxtherapy.com/lauree. It's difficult to find a therapist, especially if you’re a multiply-marginalized individual who must cope with not just day to day stressors, but also the stressors of living within systems of oppression against multiple parts of your identity. If you’re in that situation, you may wish to find a therapist with an amount of lived experience, if only to lessen the burden of “explaining” how these systems affect you, and I’m passionate about helping people like you receive services that will more deeply understand the impacts of your environment on you, even if we do not have the exact same identities.

You've been dealing with this thing forever–depression, anxiety, or maybe just that relationship issue that keeps popping up. That thing that makes you question your relationship or inevitably leads to its dissolution. You don't need somebody to tell you "what" it is, you've lived with it for this long and you're fairly clear on that point. But "why"? Why is it there? What is motivating it? Why does "this" keep happening? What are the unseen forces that you feel, but can't seem to name? Until we know why, we can never get down to the root of the problem–we will only be dealing with the symptoms and not the cause.