Life Coaching Therapists in Ocean Shores, WA

Sometimes, we simply need someone to hold space for us, someone to offer a safe, non-judgmental, accepting environment to feel heard and seen. Therapy is a time for just that: a time to explore yourself and to create self-awareness of your cognitions and social systems in ways that impact your feelings and behaviors. Therapy is a journey, a commitment to whole person healing for lasting change. I believe that clients have the power to reclaim their stories, as the experts of their own lives. I am committed to working with you to explore what might be keeping you from living and loving authentically.

Hello! I am Rachel, an individual and family therapist and licensed independent clinical social worker. I work with teens and adults, offering both individual and family therapy. I specialize in working with clients who have anxiety, panic attacks, ADHD, autism, and depression. I also support clients experiencing phobias, OCD, grief/loss, and trauma. I partner with clients seeking to strengthen their stress/coping skills, relationships, communication skills, boundaries/self-care, and esteem/self-acceptance. I welcome LGBTQ+ identifying clients. I have taught meditation for 30 years, for those who would like to learn in-session.

Love. Joy. Ecstasy. Awe. In my 18 years of clinical experience, I’ve discovered that we each have far more capacity for these expansive feelings than we often realize. Whether you are contending with many challenges, or feel ready to fly through the stars, I can work with you collaboratively to shape a life that fulfills your highest dreams, and maybe even soars beyond them. I’m eager to share what I’ve learned about our abilities to break out of old patterns of pain, fear, and shame into fruitful creativity and communion with the most inspiring aspects of being alive.

I am a Nationally Credentialed Mental Health Counselor and an Internationally Credentialed Clinical Addictions Counselor working with individuals struggling with mental health or substance use issues in Washington, Colorado, and North Carolina. I use a strengths-based approach and believe that everyone has the tools to solve their own problems and that each person is the expert of his/her own life.

Sometimes life can feel a bit overwhelming and cause you to feel alone. I believe that asking for help takes courage and is a powerful move in making a difference in your life. You do not have to go through the struggles of life alone. I view counseling as a collaborative process, where you are the master of your life, and I am joining along for the ride. I hope we can work together to find the answers you may be looking for within you. I am here to help with any life challenges you may be going through.

How often have you heard you're too sensitive? Are anxiety & overwhelm too familiar, and have found yourself in unhealthy relationships? Do you feel misunderstood like you don't fit in and often get hurt? Do you cringe with small talk, yearn for deep meaning & authenticity? Maybe you're a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) like 20 to 30% of us who have heightened senses. We are born empathic, deeply moved, highly affected by grief, violence, and affected by trauma. We feel and notice everything so we need someone who understands us with kindness and compassion because it's hard to be sensitive in an insensitive world, especially now.

I work with youth, age 13+, and adults across the lifespan. I'm passionate about LGBTQIA+ and gender affirming mental health therapy, I support folks in navigating and exploring relationship to self and others (sex and body positive, ethical non-monogamy and poly affirming), anxiety, depression, trauma, family of origin, disability, chronic-illness, grief, substance use, life transitions and challenges. I have an intersectional, anti-oppressive approach to therapy— highlighting how our relationship to ourselves, community, environment, and historical legacies impact and affect each other.

Certain phases of life can leave us feeling directionless or uncertain about who we are and what is next. While these time periods are difficult to navigate, they can be times of deep transformation. As your therapist, I will support you in developing curiosity and clarity around your decisions, your relationships, and your internal experience. From a place of collaboration and warmth, I will work with you to navigate life’s obstacles, meet your challenges, and take steps towards becoming your most authentic self.

I am a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) in the State of Washington (LW61263458). I hold my Bachelor’s in Social Welfare and my Master’s in Social Work from the University of Washington. I was born in Germany to Vietnamese refugees and relocated to the United States at the age of ten. Being an immigrant has enriched my lived experiences and exposed me to both the complexity of cultural and generational divides, as well as the importance of embracing one’s own cultural identity.

I am accepting new clients. Do you want more balance and joy in your life? I am committed to listening to your struggles and helping you formulate a strategy to address what concerns you most. I focus on helping you to grow from your struggles and move forward in your life. For more information please go to my group affiliation website at www.PRN365Counseling.com.

I view therapy as an opportunity to recognize the strengths of each person, the uniqueness of each story, and to find ways to use those strengths to create change and growth. I enjoy having the chance to walk alongside people through all types of challenges and triumphs as a willing listener who can provide empathy, a non-judgmental view on current and past experiences, and support to work towards meeting goals.

I believe that we as humans are multifaceted and contain multitudes. Everything in life is a balancing act, between all of yourselves, those who you are close to, the environment around you and the culture of which you identify with and are from. It's easy to feel lost and overwhelmed. You are the navigator of your own life and when we work together you are welcome to let go of outside expectations and discuss what you want to move through your life as your most honest, comfortable, and authentic self everyday.

You can heal by recognizing how important your thoughts and feelings are in navigating this world. We often use our minds to solve everything and sometimes we "solve" ourselves into trouble. We become fragmented when we problem solve without taking the time to tend to our whole self. Use all of you to integrate what has been fragmented by trauma, be it divorce, depression, anxiety, family issues, grief, etc. In a Christian setting I will be guide you to access your thoughts, feelings, and spirituality to help you become more authentically yourself, allowing you to use your strengths and create more peace in your life.

As your counselor, I will help you recognize where your true hope and peace can be found. Whether you’re dealing with trauma, PTSD, depression, anxiety, or other issues, I will work with you to find healing in your own mind, heart, and soul, as well as relational healing with those around you. I have witnessed the amazing work of God in my own life and so many others, and it would be my privilege to walk with you as you seek to discover Him as your true source of lasting hope.

Hello, I'm Samantha. In my clinical practice - I work with clients to discover their strengths, hold space for hope, and build personal agency. I believe in talking about where you're at, where youʼve come from and where youʼre going - helping you heal and return to a sense of wholeness.

You know you shouldn’t. It's bad news for your health, you're sick of the embarrassment, and tired of feeling like a social pariah. In fact, people would probably rather swim with piranhas than smell your breath. Plus there are the scary visits to the doctor. Lord, it would be nice to impress your partner, but right now that respect seems like a dream. Add in the guilt that your kids don't even know what you do. Unfortunately, the conviction to quit is at odds with the urge to chain smoke. And it never sticks. Unfortunately, each failure leaves you feeling more broken and hopeless than last time until you don’t even want to try.

Life is full of unexpected twists and turns, and there are times when we can feel overwhelmed and stressed. Our emotions are not good or bad, they offer signals of what may be wrong or need attention. I provide individual and couple therapy by offering a safe, compassionate, and non-judgmental space to process life’s complexities. I view the counseling process as forming an alliance with clients to explore the nature of their pain, trauma, and disconnection. Often it is in a relationship with others where we are harmed, but it is also in a relationship with God and others where we can find healing.

Does your life or relationship need a major overhaul or maybe just a "tune up"? I can help you with either. Having successfully worked with a broad range of client issues from families in transition or conflict, to individuals with severe trauma and depression, I have been exposed to enough that nothing you tell me will shock me. I will not judge you. Often it is our unconscious patterns and life stories that influence the way we feel, think and behave. I can help you understand "why" so that you can change and feel better.... or perhaps gain the tools needed to ask someone else to change.