As a therapist, I help clients navigate the process of change in a caring and supportive environment. I believe counseling is an opportunity for healing and growth, for ourselves and our relationships. Throughout our lives we all have experiences that shape who we are and how we view the world. These experiences impact us in both positive and negative ways. Understanding how the past informs our present can empower us to make changes towards a more authentic future.

My counseling approach is to first help you clarify your presenting problems from an integrated mind-body-environment perspective. I utilize mindfulness to help you to develop clarity in the present moment, and art therapy and focusing-oriented psychotherapy to help you explore and embrace your inner wisdom and natural capacity for healing. Through CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy) and DBT (dialectical behavior therapy), we can compose an action plan together to develop new coping skills and better support your recovery. When working with children, I utilize art therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, mindfulness approaches, children focusing techniques, and sensory integration concepts from my occupational therapy experience.

I welcome you to heal and grow from past/present stressful situations in a professional, emphatic and validating therapeutic environment. I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist at Wellness Counseling Inc. with 12 years of experience working with individuals, couples and families. I am English-Spanish bilingual.

Life presents many challenges. Our 23 licensed clinical psychologists, social workers, marriage & family therapists and mental health counselors at Peninsula Psychological Center, Inc., P.S. are ready to assist you. We work with people from age 3-90, with experienced therapists in our multispecialty center, helping our clients and their families to clarify their specific concerns and to achieve their goals in therapy. We often help people with depression, anxiety, ADHD, PTSD, panic, grief, insomnia & relationship problems. Individual therapy, family therapy, couples therapy, and psychological assessment services are available.

Kylie is a licensed mental health counselor, licensed marriage and family counselor, and licensed chemical dependency counselor. She brings a high level of expertise, clinical experience, and a big heart to NW Family Psychology in helping children, adolescents, and their families work through tough issues, such as depression, anxiety, substance abuse, school failure, peer bullying, mood swings, parent-child conflicts, procrastination, failure to launch syndrome, etc.

I work with clients who want more satisfaction and meaning in life and relationships. Difficult experiences like anxiety, low mood, ADHD, addictive or compulsive behaviors, transitions, loss, trauma, or relational distress may fuel the desire for a better life. They are open to knowing themselves more deeply--through the heart and felt-sense experience, as well as the intellect. To grow beyond the safety of the familiar self in meaningful ways, they are willing to face some discomfort and vulnerability, and commit to useful behaviors and habits. They value this one precious life they have here, and want to make the best of it.

Change, though necessary and unavoidable, is never easy. Though our resistance to change is a normal reaction I believe that these moments of our life can be an opportunity to see ourselves and our world in a new and more inclusive way. It continues to be my great privilege to support my clients through these transitions.

After 30 plus years of clinical practice, my concern continues to be enhancing the emotional and psychological well-being and functioning of individuals, couples and families. Experience and research validates that no person is an island, but functions best in secure relationship. My goal is to foster this safe base within the therapeutic relationship as well as within your other significant life relationships. Woven through my practice is my fascination with factors which foster resilience. Research in this area now provides important skills that allow us to respond and recover effectively from life's small, persistent and most daunting challenges.

I provide a safe, supportive environment for you to explore the areas in your life in which you are struggling. We all have challenges, and, at some point, we are ready to experience lasting change and healing. Seeking help takes courage and commitment but can lead to a more meaningful life and overall well being. My approach is based on genuine compassion, understanding and mutual respect. I have over 15 years of experience in the mental health field and would love to help you discover your personal strengths and resources, regaining your inherent vitality for life!

My therapeutic approach views each person as an individual with unique strengths and challenges, and emphasizes the value of building a therapeutic relationship with the individual. When working with a child, I also want to build a relationship with the caregiver. Developing the client and family's strengths will be the foundation to support the change.

I am a licensed clinical psychologist trained to provide psychological assessment and therapy for individuals struggling with chemical dependency, co-occurring disorders, mood disorders, neurocognitive impairment, learning disabilities, eating disorders, trauma, and adjustment disorders. I utilize empirically-supported testing and clinical interviewing techniques to provide thorough psychological assessments and differential diagnoses. My treatment approach is grounded in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy. I use evidence-based mindfulness exercises, cognitive-behavior therapy, and biofeedback training to help clients gain increasing awareness of their vulnerabilities and strengths. Clients change by learning to monitor and redirect dysfunctional thoughts before they manifest into undesirable behavior.

Sometimes clients who reach out to me are struggling with identifiable issues - depression, anxiety, addictions, stress, grief, life transitions, or illness. Sometimes they're couples grappling with the fallout of infidelity or suffering from a loss of intimacy. And sometimes new clients don't even know what the problem is. They just know something isn't working. I've been practicing for over thirty years, helping individuals and couples gain a deeper understanding of themselves and each other so they can live whole-heartedly and in the present.

I work with men and women who are struggling with symptoms of depression and/ or anxiety, issues of grief and loss, compulsive eating, relationship/family and family-of-origin issues, as well as life-phase-transition issues. I am particularly attuned to how early life attachment relationships impact clients' interpersonal functioning as adults. Other special interest areas include working with clients with adrenal fatigue, individuals/ couples struggling with issues as related to fertility challenges and working with/ diagnosing clients with ADHD. I am qualified and licensed to conduct ADD/ADHD assessments and to assign a diagnosis accordingly.

I am a licensed clinical psychologist with training from the University of Washington School of Medicine and Utah State University. I offer individual, couples, and family psychotherapy for issues related to depression, anxiety, health concerns, grief, and/or adjustment difficulties due to life changes. I have worked with many successful professionals who require the services of a highly trained doctoral level provider.

One great beauty of humanity is in our ability to change and grow in the face of enormous challenges. I believe strongly in the body’s innate resilience and ability to heal, and enjoy helping others reconnect to their own inner strength using mindfulness-based practices.

My approach is grounded in science, guided by intuition, and designed to free the wisdom of your body-mind. I help people like you back to your genuine self, where peace, competence, and relationship come more easily. It's not magic, but science inspired--combining the best of neuropsychology and energy work into a practice that meets you where you are, expanding into where you're going. Clients express gratitude for the ease and effectiveness of my unique approach, developed from professional experience and my own attention to genuine self. Bringing it to you is my purpose and passion.

I work in an impactful and caring manner helping individuals, couples and families who are experiencing anxiety, depression, relationship issues, life transitions, career challenges, parenting support, sexual concerns, and changing families including separation, divorce and blended families. Additionally, I specialize in helping children and adolescents who are having difficulty in school, with peer relationships and experiencing loss and changing family dynamics. I use a holistic and client centered approach; working together to co-create greater insight, wholeness, self awareness and understanding and increased emotional health. My work includes the use of cognitive-behavioral, gestalt, insight, and solution focused approaches.

Angela Lujan, LMHC, CMHS, is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor and Child Mental Health Specialist. Angela has worked over the last several years with children/teens/young adults and their families, helping navigate relational hardships and conflicts. Angela is particularly drawn to working with youth and adults who struggle with interpersonal relationships, bullying, self-image issues, anxiety, depression, self-harm, grief and loss, trauma, learning disabilities, behavioral disorders, concerns with school performance, and various other emotional and behavioral challenges.

As an LMFT, I treat individuals, children, adolescents, couples, and families with concerns including anxiety, depression, attachment and relational difficulties, anger management, trauma, identity issues, and gender questioning. I utilize an integrative, collaborative, systemic, humanistic, emotionally-focused perspective to help clients work through conflict, life transitions, blended families, grief, and loss. I use evidenced-based approaches like CBT+ and Lifespan Integration to help clients move towards their goals. Additionally, I am an AAMFT Approved Supervisor and a Washington State Supervisor offering supervision.