Premera Therapists in Bayside, Everett, WA

Our uncertain times has likely increased stress and the “What if’s” into your or a loved one’s life. The constant change and uncertainty can foster stress and other emotional reactions. This may look/feel like feeling isolated, frightful, irritable, outraged, sad, guilt or even exhibiting maladaptive behaviors (e.g., substance use, risky behaviors, eating habits, sleeping habits, etc.). While there’s no one-size-fits-all approach, having a harm-reduction approach, focusing more on what we can control and less on what we can’t, decreasing stress, reducing your triggers and focusing on our strengths and supports can help.

Our services are designed to help you and the ones you love overcome personal, relationship and family difficulties. Whether you are experiencing challenges in your personal relationships, or struggling with depression, anxiety, stress or addictions, we are here for you. We help you develop skills and insights that can immediately make a positive difference in your life. We know that everybody needs help through tough times. Our Mill Creek Family Services counselors are here for you, helping you get your life back on track.

My name is Mekenzie (she/her), and I am a Health at Every Size® and fat-positive therapist and Certified Nutritionist. Like many in this field, my call to this work came from my own long journey with mental health, body, and food, and the life-saving discovery of the fat-positive world, Intuitive Eating, Body Trust®, and social justice/anti-racism/anti-colonialism work that helped me realize my body was not the problem. I do this work now in hopes to walk alongside others as they discover their body is not the problem either, and other truths on their unique path to healing. (www.mekenziesutton.com)

Therapy is an opportunity to renegotiate your relationship with yourself and important others in your life. It starts with understanding who you are and deepens into an investigation of whatever it is that hinders you from living an authentic, purposeful, joyful life. As your therapist, I'll support you in identifying what you need to experience meaningful engagement in your life and to embody that self-knowledge in creative, powerful new ways.

As your counselor, I will listen to you and your story without judgment, working alongside you with your best interests in mind. My goal is to provide you with the support you need and help you achieve your goals for healing and restoration. My hope is that through our sessions you will see an improvement in your quality of life, and an increase in your joy and freedom. I hope to help you create your own methods of dealing more effectively with the life you live and become more successful at handling the challenges you will face in the future.

I offer individual therapy for adults & adolescents. My approach is to be real, actively engaged, and supportive of your process, as you work through difficult issues. I believe that change can happen when you allow yourself to start where you are at in the present moment. I offer compassionate support and encouragement, and help you build new skills, including developing mindful awareness, as you make new choices that support you personal growth. I believe that you can become more self- accepting, self aware and empowered in your life as you heal and grow. I utilize an eclectic approach depending on your own individual needs.

Looking for answers to difficult questions about addiction and alcoholism? Needing a solid plan for yourself or a family member? Maybe I can help. I have been fully credentialed for thirty years and opened Port Gardner Bay here in Everett twenty years ago. With my time in the field there isn’t anything so difficult that it can’t be addressed. It’s why I am here. Addiction can be a direct path to piles of guilt and shame. We can’t change what’s happened, it’s done. It’s time to stop talking about and it’s time to take action.

I am excited to announce our next Hold Me Tight couples workshop: October 5 & 6, 2024! Check under Groups for more information. I enjoy working with individual adults and couples. I meet my clients with warmth and acceptance, and provide a safe, calm, and grounding space that supports them in dealing with issues such as grief and loss, life transitions, anxiety and depression, distance or conflict in relationships, developing personal identity, working through trauma, and parenting issues.

I am passionate about assisting individuals and families in achieving joy and satisfaction. I have special expertise with psychological assessment for many diagnoses, with short term cognitive behavioral therapy, ADHD coaching, and therapy for anxiety. I work with children and teens in improving school performance, life skills, and family tranquility. Parents often work with me to enhance and strengthen their relationship and parenting skills, adults come to me for help with ADHD, anxiety, depression, spiritual issues and stress, and seniors often seek help navigating the aging process.

Immediate Openings for Premera, Aetna, and Cigna. Email preferred. Feeling stuck? Ready to make changes but are unsure where to start? Do you find yourself self-sabotaging before you reach your goals? Have you experienced past trauma that seems to be impacting your present? I'm here to lend a hand through collaboration and therapeutic modality's designed to address your needs, and help you get "Unstuck"

Gabe (they/them) is a Licensed Marriage and Family Associate Therapist who works with adolescents, adults, intimate partnerships and families. Gabe’s work is rooted in the conviction that you are worthy of experiencing peace, safety, satisfaction in relationships, spiritual well-being and self-love. You deserve these things without having to sacrifice or push down essential parts of yourself.

Maybe you already know you have a problem with alcohol or drugs, or maybe someone else thinks so. I start by asking what you think. The question is not what label to give you, but what, if anything, you might be considering changing. You might be surprised to hear me ask what is good about your use. What are your reasons to keep doing what you already do? And then we can look at what is not so good about it, from your point of view. No change is going to happen that does not make sense to you.

I have a dual Master of Arts Degree in Mental Health Counseling and Child, Couple, Family Therapy. I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC), a Child Mental Health Specialist (CMHS), a Certified Anger Resolution Therapist (CART), a Certified Clinical Telemental Health Provider (CTMH), a Certified Clinical Anxiety Treatment Professional (CCATP), and a Certified Dialectical Behavioral Therapist (C-DBT). I have experience with Inpatient & Outpatient Treatment, School and Work Support, Probation Requirements as well as facilitated Couple, Family and Group Therapy since 2001.

If you have difficulty of letting go of negative thoughts, if the anxious feelings and feelings of sadness hinder you to live a content life and you want support to understand yourself, feel empowered with your story, and make a difference in your life, then counseling is for you. If you are tired of your critical mind, and you are ready for self-discovery journey to feeling better and learning effective ways of coping with diverse situations, then counseling is for you. If you have powerful emotions that are difficult to navigate alone and you want to achieve balance and control over your emotions, then counseling is for you.

Our services are designed to help you and the ones you love overcome personal, relationship and family difficulties. Whether you are experiencing challenges in your personal relationships, or struggling with depression, anxiety, stress or addictions, we are here for you. We help you develop skills and insights that can immediately make a positive difference in your life. We know that everybody needs help through tough times. Our Mill Creek Family Services counselors are here for you, helping you get your life back on track.

I believe that therapy is a place where you work through difficult issues with another individual, a counselor. The therapeutic relationship is different from relationships with friends and other natural supports. The counselor assists you in developing your own strength and wisdom that is within yourself.

Not Taking Any Clients, And Waitlist is Closed At This Time. Feelings of depression, anxiety and loneliness can stem from a multitude of experiences. These can include those who have experienced trauma; or, someone who is Neurodiverse and is attempting to navigate their life and understand who they are in this world. Sometimes the depression and anxiety are absolutely crippling, to the point where it feels like there is just no way out. Or, you may be a parent with a child who is just struggling and you feel like you have tried everything possible, to help and understand your child but it seems like nothing has worked.

Part of being alive is facing challenges, but often when challenges come we begin to think we are doing something wrong. I believe support, compassion, and help from someone who hears and understands can help with hard times. You can find new meaning out of the challenges in your life, no matter how difficult things seem right now. Let me help you find that meaning.

Collaboration and problem solving are my specialties. Difficult feelings and moods make everything that we do more challenging--they keep us alone and afraid and hopeless. Do you find that you are good at "faking it" but if people really knew what was going on, you worry that they wouldn't stick around? You desperately want to get back to what you used to have. Just having a feeling of "being on the right track" would feel so good.