Female Therapists in Bainbridge Island, WA
Samantha Manaway
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, LMFTA, MS, RAAC
2 Endorsed
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
I work with clients who may be struggling with everyday life stressors and struggles with depression and anxiety with emphasis on understanding the triggers within the client’s life. With weekly therapy sessions, Everyone’s journey has many milestones, curves, and hills, I plan to collaborate with the each client by holding their hand every step of the way in their therapy journey.
I work with clients who may be struggling with everyday life stressors and struggles with depression and anxiety with emphasis on understanding the triggers within the client’s life. With weekly therapy sessions, Everyone’s journey has many milestones, curves, and hills, I plan to collaborate with the each client by holding their hand every step of the way in their therapy journey.
I am an Attachment Specialist, supporting my clients in the development and maintenance of healthy relationships (both with self and with others).
My approach to therapy is systemic and evidence-based. I utilize the core principles of attachment theory, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), and the Gottman Institute.
My clients consistently report a better understanding of self and increased relational satisfaction as a result of our work together.
I am an Attachment Specialist, supporting my clients in the development and maintenance of healthy relationships (both with self and with others).
My approach to therapy is systemic and evidence-based. I utilize the core principles of attachment theory, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), and the Gottman Institute.
My clients consistently report a better understanding of self and increased relational satisfaction as a result of our work together.
I hold a PhD in Counseling and am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in the State of Washington, providing both short-term and long-term individual psychotherapy to adolescents and adults. I believe that counseling/therapy is a relational endeavor with the ability to strengthen one's personal awareness and confidence by exploring life experiences, achievements, losses, challenges, fears, goals, and dreams. I provide a safe, supportive, self-reflective, and healing environment in order to do just that. Clients value my holistic, positive and humorous approach to working through life's difficulties.
I hold a PhD in Counseling and am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in the State of Washington, providing both short-term and long-term individual psychotherapy to adolescents and adults. I believe that counseling/therapy is a relational endeavor with the ability to strengthen one's personal awareness and confidence by exploring life experiences, achievements, losses, challenges, fears, goals, and dreams. I provide a safe, supportive, self-reflective, and healing environment in order to do just that. Clients value my holistic, positive and humorous approach to working through life's difficulties.
I provide a safe and supportive environment centered around working together to identify and build upon your strengths. My expertise is in the treatment of anxiety and life transitions throughout the life cycle. These include challenges of young adulthood, self-esteem/self-worth, work-related stress, relationships, family discord, parenting challenges, finding meaning in retirement, grief & anything in between. I will provide strategies to help overcome challenges that life may throw at you. Our work together will inspire you to move towards balance and find a sense of purpose.
I provide a safe and supportive environment centered around working together to identify and build upon your strengths. My expertise is in the treatment of anxiety and life transitions throughout the life cycle. These include challenges of young adulthood, self-esteem/self-worth, work-related stress, relationships, family discord, parenting challenges, finding meaning in retirement, grief & anything in between. I will provide strategies to help overcome challenges that life may throw at you. Our work together will inspire you to move towards balance and find a sense of purpose.
Is your child anxious, exhibiting challenging behaviors, or are you struggling with anxiety, feeling down, depressed, barely able to cope? Maybe you're feeling stuck, overwhelmed by events beyond your control. If you know you need help, but you're uncertain of whom to trust or where to begin, I am here. I offer a safe place along with respect, compassion, and warmth. I listen deeply, providing expert caring help for children and adults. Working with current challenges, past traumas, and future goals, I offer support to help develop inner resources, strengthen your sense of self ,and provide skills to increase resiliency and growth.
Is your child anxious, exhibiting challenging behaviors, or are you struggling with anxiety, feeling down, depressed, barely able to cope? Maybe you're feeling stuck, overwhelmed by events beyond your control. If you know you need help, but you're uncertain of whom to trust or where to begin, I am here. I offer a safe place along with respect, compassion, and warmth. I listen deeply, providing expert caring help for children and adults. Working with current challenges, past traumas, and future goals, I offer support to help develop inner resources, strengthen your sense of self ,and provide skills to increase resiliency and growth.
Healing begins at the root.
Healing isn’t about fixing what’s “broken.” It’s about understanding what shaped you—and supporting your nervous system in finding steadiness again.
I’m Iris Queen, psychotherapist and founder of Root-based Healing — a specialty psychotherapy practice intentionally structured as a boutique model to support depth, steadiness, and individualized care for adults navigating the impact of trauma.
Healing begins at the root.
Healing isn’t about fixing what’s “broken.” It’s about understanding what shaped you—and supporting your nervous system in finding steadiness again.
I’m Iris Queen, psychotherapist and founder of Root-based Healing — a specialty psychotherapy practice intentionally structured as a boutique model to support depth, steadiness, and individualized care for adults navigating the impact of trauma.
I am a relational psychodynamic therapist and narrative focused trauma care practitioner.
I fundamentally believe that we are made for connection and as such, healing happens through relationship. Together we can explore the deeper processes that silently and unconsciously shape and drive your thoughts, emotions, behaviors and desires.
I am a relational psychodynamic therapist and narrative focused trauma care practitioner.
I fundamentally believe that we are made for connection and as such, healing happens through relationship. Together we can explore the deeper processes that silently and unconsciously shape and drive your thoughts, emotions, behaviors and desires.
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 almost 40 years, helping individuals and couples gain a deeper understanding of themselves and each other so they can live whole-heartedly and in the present.
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 almost 40 years, helping individuals and couples gain a deeper understanding of themselves and each other so they can live whole-heartedly and in the present.
Anna Joy Gottlieb
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, LICSW
1 Endorsed
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
Waitlist for new clients
I love working with expecting and new parents; young children and their caregivers struggling with challenges like anxiety and tough behavior; teens and young adults navigating growth, change, and identity exploration; and parents at any stage facing the challenges and pressures of modern life. As a mother of two and an experienced therapist, I know firsthand the challenges that come with this journey and the importance of having support, and I have the tools to offer that support to others.
I love working with expecting and new parents; young children and their caregivers struggling with challenges like anxiety and tough behavior; teens and young adults navigating growth, change, and identity exploration; and parents at any stage facing the challenges and pressures of modern life. As a mother of two and an experienced therapist, I know firsthand the challenges that come with this journey and the importance of having support, and I have the tools to offer that support to others.
There is no pain on earth that doesn't crave a benevolent witness." (Sue Monk Kidd). Often the search for therapy begins when there is no benevolent witness to our pain. Depression, grief, abuse, and trauma are very difficult loads to carry alone. I work collaboratively with my clients to foster a relationship where these stories can be shared and explored. Through the therapeutic relationship we co-create new ways of being, seeing, and experiencing self and others.
There is no pain on earth that doesn't crave a benevolent witness." (Sue Monk Kidd). Often the search for therapy begins when there is no benevolent witness to our pain. Depression, grief, abuse, and trauma are very difficult loads to carry alone. I work collaboratively with my clients to foster a relationship where these stories can be shared and explored. Through the therapeutic relationship we co-create new ways of being, seeing, and experiencing self and others.
My approach is rooted in the belief that meaningful change happens when we attend to the whole person—mind, body, relationships, & sexuality. My style is conversational and collaborative, I am not quiet the entire time! I will address things that you have shared with curiosity and challenge, welcoming humor and difficult emotions as they arise. During our session, you will feel seen, understood and loved for exactly the way that you are. You will have space to ask for what you need and no topics are off limits, unless you want them to be. This is your space to speak freely, without added expectations or societal pressures.
My approach is rooted in the belief that meaningful change happens when we attend to the whole person—mind, body, relationships, & sexuality. My style is conversational and collaborative, I am not quiet the entire time! I will address things that you have shared with curiosity and challenge, welcoming humor and difficult emotions as they arise. During our session, you will feel seen, understood and loved for exactly the way that you are. You will have space to ask for what you need and no topics are off limits, unless you want them to be. This is your space to speak freely, without added expectations or societal pressures.
As a generalist, I work with individuals with a wide range of concerns from depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress, bipolar, and addiction, to life problems in relationships, trauma, grief, loneliness, anger management, stress and career choices, etc... Clients get results with me because my approach is practical, creative, and empowering, and I work hard to help clients gain new tools to overcome their challenges. I am a licensed psychologist with over a decade of experience providing individual, couples, group counseling, psychological evaluations, and teaching/training in university settings. My style of therapy is warm, genuine, attentive, and sensitive to clients' unique needs.
As a generalist, I work with individuals with a wide range of concerns from depression, anxiety, post-traumatic stress, bipolar, and addiction, to life problems in relationships, trauma, grief, loneliness, anger management, stress and career choices, etc... Clients get results with me because my approach is practical, creative, and empowering, and I work hard to help clients gain new tools to overcome their challenges. I am a licensed psychologist with over a decade of experience providing individual, couples, group counseling, psychological evaluations, and teaching/training in university settings. My style of therapy is warm, genuine, attentive, and sensitive to clients' unique needs.
Psychotherapy and psychoanalysis address the roots of mental and emotional struggle, rather than just symptoms. In my practice, we can explore your strengths and challenges, discovering over time what motivates you, what may be contributing to your difficulties, and what helps you thrive. You will have the opportunity to get to know yourself and find ways of living that feel satisfying and fulfilling. My approach is intended to help create more room for your experience and navigate your thoughts and feelings with understanding, compassion, and skill.
Psychotherapy and psychoanalysis address the roots of mental and emotional struggle, rather than just symptoms. In my practice, we can explore your strengths and challenges, discovering over time what motivates you, what may be contributing to your difficulties, and what helps you thrive. You will have the opportunity to get to know yourself and find ways of living that feel satisfying and fulfilling. My approach is intended to help create more room for your experience and navigate your thoughts and feelings with understanding, compassion, and skill.
Shelly Huffman, LMHC, LCPC, LLC
Counselor, MA, LMHC, LCPC, LLC
2 Endorsed
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
Clients who work with me feel empowered and reassured on their first visit, and they continue with me, because they notice changes happening. For the past 22 years, I've worked in private and group practices, providing counseling and other services to people from many different walks of life. I help people re-evaluate, become closer to a loved one, process difficult decisions or transitions and grieve significant losses. I enjoy helping people become more truthful about themselves and live with integrity. I fiercely protect the privacy and confidentiality of my clients and provide a private, safe setting for our work together.
Clients who work with me feel empowered and reassured on their first visit, and they continue with me, because they notice changes happening. For the past 22 years, I've worked in private and group practices, providing counseling and other services to people from many different walks of life. I help people re-evaluate, become closer to a loved one, process difficult decisions or transitions and grieve significant losses. I enjoy helping people become more truthful about themselves and live with integrity. I fiercely protect the privacy and confidentiality of my clients and provide a private, safe setting for our work together.
I am a community elder! My 40 years of practice has allowed me to utilize my wisdom as a therapist, as well as from a life well lived. I am a mother, daughter and a grandmother. I have experienced grief and loss. I am deeply rooted in family systems theory and understand much of our perceptions and points of view stem from our family of origin. I am also keenly steeped in Mindfulness and know that we have greater potential than we often realize. I hope our work in therapy will resonate with you and will bring you to a deeper awareness within.
I am a community elder! My 40 years of practice has allowed me to utilize my wisdom as a therapist, as well as from a life well lived. I am a mother, daughter and a grandmother. I have experienced grief and loss. I am deeply rooted in family systems theory and understand much of our perceptions and points of view stem from our family of origin. I am also keenly steeped in Mindfulness and know that we have greater potential than we often realize. I hope our work in therapy will resonate with you and will bring you to a deeper awareness within.
I invite you to a better second half of your life than your first was. My specialties? Healing childhood abuse, couples, & brain injury. So often we settle for less—take a step towards a life full of more. Your life is a story that intersects with those around you. Who you are, the patterns in your life & how you relate to others is all rooted in your formational experiences. In a kind and conversational style, I invite you to take off your shoes and step into the earth of those places. For, by walking through the sacred earth of your deepest heartache, and how you were shaped by it, you can find your truest self.
I invite you to a better second half of your life than your first was. My specialties? Healing childhood abuse, couples, & brain injury. So often we settle for less—take a step towards a life full of more. Your life is a story that intersects with those around you. Who you are, the patterns in your life & how you relate to others is all rooted in your formational experiences. In a kind and conversational style, I invite you to take off your shoes and step into the earth of those places. For, by walking through the sacred earth of your deepest heartache, and how you were shaped by it, you can find your truest self.
If you are a woman in transition, or are feeling disheartened, depressed or stuck, I will give you assistance in identifying and uncovering your strengths, and recovering your joy of life! Or, if you are a member of a couple or family having difficulties, I will offer support and teach communication skills, which can deepen and enhance those relationships closest to you. It is often difficult to identify our stuck places and painful patterns. I have found that talking things through with someone with sound professional training and experience can offer new perspectives and life possibilities, allowing change to happen!
If you are a woman in transition, or are feeling disheartened, depressed or stuck, I will give you assistance in identifying and uncovering your strengths, and recovering your joy of life! Or, if you are a member of a couple or family having difficulties, I will offer support and teach communication skills, which can deepen and enhance those relationships closest to you. It is often difficult to identify our stuck places and painful patterns. I have found that talking things through with someone with sound professional training and experience can offer new perspectives and life possibilities, allowing change to happen!
I don't have an ideal client, per se. I am moved and inspired to support those seeking wellness, change, and community. I am especially drawn to clients engaged in deep healing work from trauma.
I don't have an ideal client, per se. I am moved and inspired to support those seeking wellness, change, and community. I am especially drawn to clients engaged in deep healing work from trauma.
Are you in the midst of a difficult, traumatic, or confusing transition? I work with clients facing difficulties 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 and families. I hold a safe, secure, non-judgmental space in which to explore emotions, behaviors, thoughts, and feelings.
Are you in the midst of a difficult, traumatic, or confusing transition? I work with clients facing difficulties 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 and families. I hold a safe, secure, non-judgmental space in which to explore emotions, behaviors, thoughts, and feelings.
As a Jungian Psychotherapist, my work concentrates on identifying healing potentials within each person to develop a meaningful life. I’m passionate about working with dreams, synchronicities, and other manifestations of the unconscious mind. The process of exploring these inner messages can often lead the way to rich creative endeavors as well as to meaningful work life and enriched personal relationships. I have over 25 years of training and experience as Psychotherapist.
As a Jungian Psychotherapist, my work concentrates on identifying healing potentials within each person to develop a meaningful life. I’m passionate about working with dreams, synchronicities, and other manifestations of the unconscious mind. The process of exploring these inner messages can often lead the way to rich creative endeavors as well as to meaningful work life and enriched personal relationships. I have over 25 years of training and experience as Psychotherapist.
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Female Therapists
Does it matter what gender my therapist is?
In general, there is no relationship between a therapist’s gender and their efficacy. Some clients, however, prefer to see therapists of a particular gender, whether due to their own past experiences with men and women, or because they feel more comfortable with a therapist of their own gender due to shared life experiences or perspectives. Considering what one wants to address in therapy can help someone determine whether their therapist’s gender may matter or improve their therapeutic experience. The most important consideration is that a client is able to build a trusting relationship with their therapist.
Should I see a female therapist?
Many people—not just women—prefer to see a female therapist. For women, this could be because they believe that they will be able to better connect with a woman, and that a female therapist will be able to relate to their specific challenges and personal issues. It may be particularly beneficial for women to see a female therapist, for example, for gender-specific issues, such as sexism in the workplace, relationship issues, and gender roles. The most important factor in therapy is the client-therapist connection, and a therapist's gender as well as many other factors may play an important role in this.
Do therapists get specific training to help with women’s concerns?
Therapists are trained to provide care to clients of any gender. However, some therapists may pursue additional training in feminist therapy, gender-specific issues, or women’s mental health. Female clients may wish to ask prospective therapists whether they have received specific training in the client’s primary area(s) of concern, or whether they have worked extensively with women on issues similar to their own.
How can I inquire about a therapist’s experience in treating women?
It’s OK—even encouraged!—to ask a therapist directly whether and how often they have treated women in the past, or whether they have treated women dealing with the client’s most prominent concern(s). Competent therapists will be happy to share their educational background, preferred treatment modalities, and prior client experience to help an individual find the therapist best suited to their needs.