Couples Counseling Therapists in Bainbridge Island, WA

I am a licensed marriage and family therapy associate. I work with individuals, families, and couples of all ages and backgrounds. Issues I address include lifecycle transitions, post-partum, parent coaching, caregiver support, neurodiversity, individualized education plans, gender identity, sexuality, couples counseling , chronic illnesses, elder care, trauma recovery, and grief counseling.

I specialize in helping adults, couples , and families struggling with anxiety, depression, and trauma resolution. From day one, I am transparent with my clients about how their brains work (using biological neuroscience) and why I am asking them to engage in a certain exercise or dive into a specific aspect of their past. Knowledge is power and my goal is to empower my clients to not only reach their goals in therapy but to develop the insight, wisdom, and skill necessary to enhance all aspects of their lives.

I counsel children, teens and their parents, as well as adults and couples who are experiencing a wide range of psychological and relationship difficulties due to parent child conflict, major life transitions, grief and loss and recent or historic trauma. My approach is systemic, meaning that I try to understand human problems in terms of the complex set of psychological and social systems in which they are embedded - family, social, cultural, educational and emotional experiences. I have specialized training and experience in treating anxiety and depression and trauma/PTSD using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT).

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.

Are you in the midst of a difficult, traumatic, or confusing transition? I work with clients facing difficulty around trauma, relationships, midlife, leaving home, parenting, relocating, job loss, grief, anxiety, depression, culture shock or other significant life events including simply feeling stuck. I bring over 30 years of professional and personal development to my work with individuals, families, adolescents, and couples . I hold a safe, secure, non-judgmental space in which to explore emotions, behaviors, thoughts, and feelings.

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.