Therapists in Seattle, WA

Have you found yourself, and your partner(s), wanting some extra support? Needing to reflect on and better understand your relationships, with both yourself and the people in your life? I provide a safe place for you, and your partner(s), to talk through life's problems. I offer the support, understanding, and objectivity that most friends and family cannot. Some words clients have used to describe their experience, our work together, and my approach include: relatable, honest with humor, collaborative, supportive, and conversational.

We live in an overly stimulated world even while hiding from a virus, with constant choices regarding how we spend our time and energy and procure our needs. The amount of content we engage with daily has most people overloaded and unfocused. Which means, most of the time, we are not truly listened to or seen. For some, stepping into therapy is the first time they have experienced being heard and seen, wholly, genuinely, and comprehensively. The initial experience of being heard, can have a profound effect on one’s life. That is where we will begin. In a space with presence, non-judgmental empathic listening, and acceptance.

Therapy is a deeply personal process and I consider it a privilege to be invited to be a part of your journey in healing and improving your life and relationships. I see therapy as a collaborative process in which I support you in identifying your goals for therapy and assist you in achieving those goals. I work with individuals, couples and young adults. I am physically located in Seattle, but also licensed in Utah and able to provide tele-health services to clients located outside Seattle.

How can you live your truth and personal authenticity? As a therapist, I thoroughly enjoy building nurturing and therapeutic relationships with my clients. Providing a safe space for adults and couple's to discover their truth and authenticity. We live in challenging times where balance and harmony with oneself and our world can be difficult to master. This results in depression, anxiety and self-doubt. By identifying the false stories we tell ourselves and patterns that no longer suite us, meaningful work can be done to create new stories and healthier coping with emotional resilience.

You already have within you a wealth of knowledge on your experiences and needs, and I'm here to honor that. Whether you're looking to integrate traumatic experiences and heal from them, explore the strengths of neurodiversity, or find authenticity and joy in your sexuality, I bring an optimism and enthusiasm to our work together. My role is to walk alongside you, offering compassionate support through a trauma-informed, attachment-based, and psychodynamic lens.

Hi, I'm Marina. With me, no topic, feeling, or situation is off-limits in the counseling space – I will treat you with respect to help you overcome what's hurting you. I work with individuals, couples/poly relationships, and families between the ages of preteen and elder. As a sex therapist, I have extensive experience working with kink and BDSM, polyamory, LGBTQ issues, gender therapy, sexual pleasure and dysfunction, pain with sex, negative body image, high or low libido, sex work, sex abuse, sexual trauma, and/or sexual shame, among other topics.

I help couples at an impasse move to a place of clarity. The love is there, but the issues between them feel insurmountable. My approach is systemic to ensure that the individuals in every relationship I work with feel heard while working toward a resolution.

I have been treating clients and couples for two decades. I specialized in bi-polar and other mood disorders before becoming a certified multiple addictions, sex addiction therapist and couple's counselor. I was certified by the International Institute for Trauma and Addiction Professionals with Patrick Carnes in 2008. I treat those who suffer from mood, sexual addiction/compulsion issues, I treat spouses/partners who have betrayal trauma and help couples find their way back to each other. I am able to offer insight, compassion, levity and support. I do not treat sex offenders. I am not certified in sex offender treatment

Are you wishing for better relationships? Feeling anxious, down, lost, or wondering about the meaning of life? Would you like to feel more confident? Hoping to heal after trauma? Going through loss or life transition? We need lots of self-compassion so we can heal and find a better approach to our lives and relationships. I offer a non-judgmental space to be open about your struggles and explore what it means to live in your values. It is through our common humanity that I relate to my clients. I believe the struggles we face also occur in the systems of race, class, gender, sexuality, age, ability, religion, and national identity.

We live in an absurd world, running into expected narratives about how life should be and how we should feel and think. These experiences can lead to suffering: overwhelm, feelings of isolation, meaninglessness, and permanence, leaving us feeling broken. We cannot change our experiences, but we can change our relationship with those experiences, what they mean, and how we approach them. I have extensive experience working with emotional laborers, adolescents, women, LGBT+ challenges, body and sex/kink positive, identity difficulties, and attachment wounds.

UPDATE: I have room for 2-3 new clients that can pay out of pocket (I hate writing this, but it's the reality for therapists in the world of managed care).However, I am also diversifying my career and and am open to many clients as a trauma writing mentor/editor and more. Writing through healing is at least of equal value to psychotherapy. If you are interested in these services, visit me at www.elihastings.com) - I would be so delighted to work in tandem with other therapists, so please do consider if your clients might benefit!

Our culture is deeply sex-negative, which means that we are conditioned to view sexual pleasure with shame, guilt, and disgust. This repressive influence can especially impact those who are non-monogamous, kinky, LGBTQIA+, folx with disabilities/chronic pain, and/or larger bodies. While many believe sexual problems are purely physical, as a holistic sex therapist, I’ll work with you to identify, explore and address mental, emotional, and relationship issues in tandem with the physical.

We are queer therapists committed to helping adults and adolescents on their mental health journey using compassion, humility, and humor. Our work focuses on trauma-informed, sex-positive, and intersectional identity development.

I am a bilingual therapist offering services in English and Spanish. I am Latinx therapist that enjoys working with people from different backgrounds through lifes challenges. I have a collaborative and empathic approach to therapy while gently challenging clients. I seek to honor the stories and goals of each of my clients. Together, we can explore narratives surrounding sex and sexuality, navigate through experiences of depression, anxiety, guilt, sexual assault, shame, and discuss matters related to gender expression. My ultimate goal is to empower my clients and provide a safe space where they can feel seen and heard.

The Only Cure Is Strength. Our work together will focus on your needs. Psychoanalytic Therapy, integrated with other perspectives, is a powerful and effective way to help individuals and couples address life's most urgent issues. Together we can work through, overcome, or improve: Depression, stress and anxiety, Love and intimate relationships, Family conflict resolution, Sexuality and body image, Parent-child conflicts, Drug abuse and eating disorders, Balancing work and personal life, Managing emotions effectively, Strengthening the will/ego, Artistic and athletic creativity, and Creation of meaning. Every effort in therapy should be focused on achieving an aesthetic self-creation.

I offer therapeutic sessions for individuals, couples, youth, and families. I help facilitate a process where people can develop insight and understanding of what may be holding them back from wellness, joy, and personal growth. Sometimes this may involve family patterns, behaviors that are not in line with one's values, or relationships that are no longer serving you. My job is to create safety for people to share their authentic selves, honoring strengths and navigating challenges together. My intention is to honor your gifts and to expand new ways of thinking or approaching situations to better meet your goals.

Do you feel like you keep attracting unhealthy romantic partners? In relationships do you find yourself often people pleasing and putting your needs second? Sometimes even when we think we are breaking this pattern we end up in the same type of relationship. Often this is due to how we have learned to cope with past traumatic or unhealthy relationships. Together we will help you understand your past and heal from hurtful experiences, so you no longer feel stuck in this cycle. You will learn to better understand your relationship triggers and seek relationships where you feel loved, seen, and cared for.

My approach to therapy is humanistic, existential, integrative, and holistic - grounded in the belief that you have everything you need within you to heal and thrive.  I utilize a variety of practices to help with grounding, mindfulness, psycho-education, and somatic work. By listening to and trusting the whispers of your intuition as our guide, we can uncover and move through what has gotten in the way of living a life that is authentically yours. Our work together will be centered on presence, embodied meaning, and relationship.

5.2024 - Accepting waitlist clients. Are you here because you feel overwhelmed, stressed, sad, or overly anxious? Perhaps you have experienced a major change in your life that makes the day-to-day harder than it ever was before. My gentle approach can assist with issues of depression, stress, and anxiety as a compassionate, non-judgmental, and trauma-informed psychodynamically oriented therapist, helping you bring back joy into your relationships and your life. Our work together will guide you to sort through challenges and obstacles to find a greater sense of well-being and satisfaction in your life.