Trauma Focused Therapists in 98020

I am currently accepting new clients! I specialize in working with adults and teens who are seeking help with trauma, attachment wounds, relationship issues, anxiety, life transitions, grief, depression, and/or addiction. I also work with couples who may be experiencing challenges with communication, mutual understanding, connection, and strengthening their bond.

I work primarily with teens and adults with struggles associated with Anxiety, ADHD, Depression, Life Transitions, Attachment, navigating the struggles of being human in a difficult world, and more. Clients are experts in their own lives and therapy is a journey where we will travel together focusing on arriving at your destination. Together we will identify your strengths, further strengthen skills that work well, and identify adjustments to achieve your goals. Through our collaboration, you will develop skills and tools that you can use right away, as well as, in the future.

Please email to join the waitlist. Life can be meaningful even when painful events happen. I believe the path out of suffering is when we pass through our struggles, instead of running away from them. I am honored to be your secure emotional support through your personal and relational struggles. I hold a Master's in Marriage and Family Therapy and work with a broad spectrum of challenges including depression, anxiety, trauma, and substance addiction. I help my clients improve their self-esteem, process grief, and heal from painful events. My clients often find strength, relief, acceptance, and growth from working with me.

Sometimes we struggle to make meaning where life has thrown us a curveball: a death, a divorce, coming out, or even a pandemic. It’s overwhelming trying to bring order to chaos, at times having to impossibly reconcile competing truths. “It gets better” fails to appreciate the acute pain of the moment, only going so far in moving the needle towards hope. In an age where humans are increasingly polarized, buoyed by deeply held beliefs, there remains a need for something more than personal happiness alone. As a relational Therapist, I help clients find sustainable wellness; prioritizing relationship with self and others over ideology.

Hello, I’m Angela, and I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Associate. More specifically, I help spark change in people’s lives and relationships. I call my style of therapy “real talk”, because it is different than talking to a blank face that nods and takes notes. I am a real person who relates to my clients in a genuine way, and works collaboratively to listen, offer insights, and uncover what may be blocking the path towards healing. Little known fact: humor is not off-limits in therapy.

I work with children, teens and parents who are struggling with big emotions, difficult behaviors, and power struggles that leave everyone feeling disconnected and unheard. As a parent, I understand that at the root of things, nothing compares to the love you have for your child. Seeing them struggle can be heartbreaking. Even though nobody knows your child the way you do, it's oftentimes hard to understand what's underneath their emotional outbursts, worries and fears. I support families in decoding their kid's behaviors, repairing emotional connection, and build on natural strengths to make lasting changes.

Trauma may increase physical, mental, and emotional distress, leading to symptoms of anxiety, depression, PTSD, and more. In my practice, I work to reduce distress to improve these symptoms by helping you find your inner strength and learn how to cope. I have experience and training helping individuals through trauma, anxiety, depression, PTSD, eating disorders, and more, utilizing a trauma-informed, strengths-based approach. I am also experienced working with survivors of sexual and domestic violence.

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.

I am accepting new clients! My name is Katie Musso, and I specialize in Trauma-Informed Care, intimate partner violence (IPV) and substance use issues. You and I will collaborate, show up authentically and walk together towards your goals, healing and growth! I believe the therapeutic alliance to be a great source of healing that honors where you have been, where you are, and where you are going. I'm anti-racist, and the LGBTQIA+ community is deeply important to me, personally and professionally, and is a large part of who I serve. I embody love, care, and inclusivity and can't wait to share it with you and learn together!

Couples or individuals struggling with conflict, stress, or overwhelming circumstances will find a safe place here to sort their thoughts and feelings about the issues while learning to repair and create deeper connections with loved ones. As a systems therapist, I understand the challenges of life transitions and help strengthen couple relationships and family cohesion and resilience through various life challenges. For clients struggling with past family of origin issues, we work to heal difficult memories. I help clients grow from brokenness, trauma, grief and loss to find healing, hope, peace and a new direction.

I help people affected by anxiety and depression related to the difficulties of life, people who are having difficulties overcoming traumatic life experiences, or people of all ages who need some assistance finding direction as they move through life. I can help you discover and remove barriers that are keeping you from achieving the most in life. I bring knowledge and wisdom gained in over twenty years of experience working with children, youth, adults, and families to my current practice at Whispering Winds Wellness, PLLC.

I work with people who are motivated to go deep because working on the surface has not brought results. If you are seeking therapy, it's likely that you are in some sort of pain and are looking to move through and beyond that pain to a place of greater safety and trust. Together we can commit to walking a healing path. We can address your needs for a fulfilling life in the here-and-now while processing old issues that perennially impact your ability to freely and joyfully relate to yourself and others.

There are so many challenges arising in the world, especially right now. If you're a sensitive person you've probably been feeling particularly overwhelmed or even checked out, and uncertain about your life path. Therapy can help you better understand what's coming up and what you can do, offering life-long skills and strategies. It can be tough to stay grounded and focused if you are struggling with anxiety, past traumas, or an eating disorder. Working as a team, we'll identify approaches to help you achieve your goals while staying true to your most important values.

Now accepting new clients! It is an honor and a privilege to journey alongside you as we work towards understanding the barriers that are preventing you from meeting your goals. I work to create an authentically safe space where you can explore life's obstacles that are preventing you from meeting your goals. I am here to support you as you journey towards living the life you desire to live.

We all crave connection, peace, a sense of worth and belonging and we all go through periods of struggling to find wholeness. I see therapy as a partnership where I work to support you on your particular path towards healing, wholeness and thriving in your relationships. I believe my most important task is creating safety within the therapeutic encounter so that my clients have a place where they can vulnerability heal.

Life's stressors can be overwhelming. Therapy shows us new ways of being and engaging through practicing adaptive skills and mindfulness. I help my clients uncover connections between past experiences that shape their current ways of coping. This leads to the ability to recognize inner strengths, identify and embrace discomfort, and cultivate self-compassion to find peace and true connection. With empathetic listening in a safe environment, I strive to be my client’s ally. I use cognitive and somatic modalities to connect mind and body and tailor my approach to your needs, even using humor when appropriate!

After many years of ignoring my desire to be in the counseling field, I am humbled and excited to be in a profession where I can make contributions towards a client’s journey as they pursue healing, understanding, and self-discovery.  Life can certainly have many challenges and these circumstances may cause stress, anxiety, fear, pain, grief, discomfort, …etc.  Asking for help in these difficult times requires a lot of courage due to the risks of being vulnerable and I am honored to join you in your journey.

People look at you and think you have it all put together, but inside you are falling apart. Feeling like food or your appearance is the only thing you can control in your life is frightening, especially when you start feeling like you're not even really in control of that. The loneliness that can come with that is devastating. You're anxious, uncomfortable, lonely, and miserable. You're feeling out of control with food: bingeing, purging, restricting, counting, weighing.... It's maddening. You're ashamed and afraid of what anyone might think if they found out. You put on the mask and pretend you're fine.

Have you or your loved ones experienced trauma, loss, or unmet needs? Are you feeling defeated and hopeless about your relationship with your child or spouse? If your messages to yourself are critical and self-defeating, or your communication with family members is strained and ineffective, you are continually bumping up against the same walls. Understanding and nurturing are necessary for your healing and growth. With awareness and support you can have peace in your heart and joy in your relationships.