Geriatric Therapists in Belfair, WA
Are you ready to make positive changes in your life? I specialize in nurturing personal growth and inner peace by fostering connection between the body, mind and spirit. My approach involves working to transform negative thinking patterns, increase bodily and emotional awareness, and improve communication with others. I listen carefully to discover how to build upon your strengths and design an action plan that fits your personality and your current challenges. For example, depending on your needs, written exercises, psychological tests, values clarification, or yoga-based anxiety reduction techniques may be used.
Are you ready to make positive changes in your life? I specialize in nurturing personal growth and inner peace by fostering connection between the body, mind and spirit. My approach involves working to transform negative thinking patterns, increase bodily and emotional awareness, and improve communication with others. I listen carefully to discover how to build upon your strengths and design an action plan that fits your personality and your current challenges. For example, depending on your needs, written exercises, psychological tests, values clarification, or yoga-based anxiety reduction techniques may be used.
I use an interdisciplinary approach, which means I use different styles of counseling to meet the different needs and personalities of clients. I always allow their feedback so they remain comfortable. I try and meet their perceptual needs, emotional needs, cognitive needs, situational needs, and respect their individual personalities. I have worked with all ages, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds (including the Middle and Far East), and social economic backgrounds.
I use an interdisciplinary approach, which means I use different styles of counseling to meet the different needs and personalities of clients. I always allow their feedback so they remain comfortable. I try and meet their perceptual needs, emotional needs, cognitive needs, situational needs, and respect their individual personalities. I have worked with all ages, sexual orientations, ethnic backgrounds (including the Middle and Far East), and social economic backgrounds.
It is my desire to work alongside individuals, couples, and families in moving toward your goals with rich insight, hope, and expectation. Whether you are an individual working on self improvement through a deeper personal understanding or navigating the stressors of today; a family or a single parent striving to balance and reach your optimal success; a couple making adjustments through communication and actions; a member of our military services; or someone who is working through the effects of crisis or trauma, we can find a way to reach your goals together.
It is my desire to work alongside individuals, couples, and families in moving toward your goals with rich insight, hope, and expectation. Whether you are an individual working on self improvement through a deeper personal understanding or navigating the stressors of today; a family or a single parent striving to balance and reach your optimal success; a couple making adjustments through communication and actions; a member of our military services; or someone who is working through the effects of crisis or trauma, we can find a way to reach your goals together.
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My ideal client is ready to contemplate change to relieve their suffering. It is a joy to see clients meet their goals of feeling better from anxiety and depression. I love to work with clients who are willing to identify their strengths and their challenges to become more connected with themselves and those who are close to them.
My ideal client is ready to contemplate change to relieve their suffering. It is a joy to see clients meet their goals of feeling better from anxiety and depression. I love to work with clients who are willing to identify their strengths and their challenges to become more connected with themselves and those who are close to them.
I work with women facing infertility, pregnancy, and postpartum challenges, as well as older adults managing anxiety, grief, end-of-life concerns, and caregivers of individuals with dementia, who are often balancing profound responsibility with emotional exhaustion.
I emphasize a respectful, collaborative, and trusting therapeutic relationship. Rather than applying a one-size-fits-all model, I tailor our work to your specific circumstances, values, and goals—helping you develop practical tools while also making sense of the larger emotional landscape you’re navigating.
I work with women facing infertility, pregnancy, and postpartum challenges, as well as older adults managing anxiety, grief, end-of-life concerns, and caregivers of individuals with dementia, who are often balancing profound responsibility with emotional exhaustion.
I emphasize a respectful, collaborative, and trusting therapeutic relationship. Rather than applying a one-size-fits-all model, I tailor our work to your specific circumstances, values, and goals—helping you develop practical tools while also making sense of the larger emotional landscape you’re navigating.
Do you wish to become more adaptive to life's challenges? Are you hoping to discover and increase healthy coping skills, or break out of negative ways of thinking that hold you back from attaining important life goals? If so, I'm pleased to be of service to you. I have experience working with adults from many different backgrounds. I enjoy providing a positive psychology approach that honors strengths and offers hope. Yet I'm also reality-based and I don't shy away from a client's expression of painful experiences. Sometimes we need to bring this out and share to heal. I'm ready to walk this walk with you toward your life goals.
Do you wish to become more adaptive to life's challenges? Are you hoping to discover and increase healthy coping skills, or break out of negative ways of thinking that hold you back from attaining important life goals? If so, I'm pleased to be of service to you. I have experience working with adults from many different backgrounds. I enjoy providing a positive psychology approach that honors strengths and offers hope. Yet I'm also reality-based and I don't shy away from a client's expression of painful experiences. Sometimes we need to bring this out and share to heal. I'm ready to walk this walk with you toward your life goals.
Wild Mind Counseling
Licensed Mental Health Counselor Associate , MA, LMHCA
2 Endorsed
Seattle, WA 98103
When imagining my ideal client, I picture someone who is looking to make meaning of the changes in their life. They might be individuals, couples, or families who are facing complex challenges that require creative solutions and intention. At the core, most clients want to move forward in their lives with confidence and are driven by a desire for growth— both in terms of make meaning of their life, but also to feel empowered to make the decisions that lead them to their goals. I hope to guide my clients toward these fundamental needs.
When imagining my ideal client, I picture someone who is looking to make meaning of the changes in their life. They might be individuals, couples, or families who are facing complex challenges that require creative solutions and intention. At the core, most clients want to move forward in their lives with confidence and are driven by a desire for growth— both in terms of make meaning of their life, but also to feel empowered to make the decisions that lead them to their goals. I hope to guide my clients toward these fundamental needs.
Adults/ older adults/caregivers/couples/families are welcome; please email or call me.
Are you looking to heal? To change? To accept challenges and cope with grace? Become more well balanced, enjoy life and relationships more, flourish in your chosen path? I welcome individuals and families coping with issues of aging such as chronic/progressive illness, pain, and cognitive changes; as well as those with trauma, ambiguous loss and disenfranchised grief; stress, depression and anxiety. I will be a witness, a listener, a partner and a guide as you use self-awareness, self-compassion, wisdom and intentionality to learn and cope with the practical and emotional tasks and challenges of your life with heart, mind and soul.
Adults/ older adults/caregivers/couples/families are welcome; please email or call me.
Are you looking to heal? To change? To accept challenges and cope with grace? Become more well balanced, enjoy life and relationships more, flourish in your chosen path? I welcome individuals and families coping with issues of aging such as chronic/progressive illness, pain, and cognitive changes; as well as those with trauma, ambiguous loss and disenfranchised grief; stress, depression and anxiety. I will be a witness, a listener, a partner and a guide as you use self-awareness, self-compassion, wisdom and intentionality to learn and cope with the practical and emotional tasks and challenges of your life with heart, mind and soul.
Hello! I’m Dr. Ashley. I support individuals going through major life changes, such as aging, divorce, moving, new medical diagnosis, chronic illness, loss of loved ones, job loss/retirement, and other challenges that can arise through our lives. I offer a space where people can explore grief, fear, identity shifts, and question their situations without judgement. Whether someone is adjusting to smaller or larger life transitions, health or independence status changes, or the approach of life’s final chapter, my framework is collaborative and person-centered, honoring each individual’s values, strengths, and lived experience.
Hello! I’m Dr. Ashley. I support individuals going through major life changes, such as aging, divorce, moving, new medical diagnosis, chronic illness, loss of loved ones, job loss/retirement, and other challenges that can arise through our lives. I offer a space where people can explore grief, fear, identity shifts, and question their situations without judgement. Whether someone is adjusting to smaller or larger life transitions, health or independence status changes, or the approach of life’s final chapter, my framework is collaborative and person-centered, honoring each individual’s values, strengths, and lived experience.
In addition, I supervise for Geriatric Mental Health specialization.
The treatment modalities I use are tailored for each individual. I draw from CBT, Motivational Interviewing, DBT, Inner Child Work, and more. This individualistic approach and my wealth of experience allows me to provide a richer experience for my supervisees.
In addition, I supervise for Geriatric Mental Health specialization.
The treatment modalities I use are tailored for each individual. I draw from CBT, Motivational Interviewing, DBT, Inner Child Work, and more. This individualistic approach and my wealth of experience allows me to provide a richer experience for my supervisees.
You may not know exactly when it shifted, but something feels different. Midlife and later life can arrive quietly—through subtle changes in your body, relationships, or roles. Recovery takes longer. Energy feels different. Parents need care. Retirement or career recalibration comes into view. Long-standing partnerships begin navigating new terrain shaped by health changes, shifting identities, or evolving intimacy. You may feel stretched between responsibility and reflection—wanting steadiness, clarity, and a place to think deeply about what this season means for you and your relationships. You don’t have to face it alone.
You may not know exactly when it shifted, but something feels different. Midlife and later life can arrive quietly—through subtle changes in your body, relationships, or roles. Recovery takes longer. Energy feels different. Parents need care. Retirement or career recalibration comes into view. Long-standing partnerships begin navigating new terrain shaped by health changes, shifting identities, or evolving intimacy. You may feel stretched between responsibility and reflection—wanting steadiness, clarity, and a place to think deeply about what this season means for you and your relationships. You don’t have to face it alone.
Counseling is a way for people to bridge the gap between the unhealthy and the healthy. Through counseling clients gain tools and therapeutic insights that help them to make healthy changes, learn healthy habits, and address mental health concerns. Our team is ready to guide you and your family as you meet and overcome these challenges. We come to you with a breadth of experience and expertise. We use a blend of therapeutic approaches to meet your needs. We currently offer appointments Monday through Saturday. Clinician schedules accommodate appointments between 9:00am and 8:00pm depending on the clinician and the day.
Counseling is a way for people to bridge the gap between the unhealthy and the healthy. Through counseling clients gain tools and therapeutic insights that help them to make healthy changes, learn healthy habits, and address mental health concerns. Our team is ready to guide you and your family as you meet and overcome these challenges. We come to you with a breadth of experience and expertise. We use a blend of therapeutic approaches to meet your needs. We currently offer appointments Monday through Saturday. Clinician schedules accommodate appointments between 9:00am and 8:00pm depending on the clinician and the day.
Welcome! I'm so glad you landed here! My name is Sharon and I am a therapist (LICSW) based in Washington State. I have over 25 years of experience helping people navigate life transitions, manage stress and anxiety, sadness/grief/loss, and explore relationship challenges. Whether you have experienced past trauma, or are currently are experiencing life changes, medical/health issues, or supporting a family member, these moments also represent key opportunities for growth. I can support you with tools and understanding to move through these challenges with confidence and resilience.
Welcome! I'm so glad you landed here! My name is Sharon and I am a therapist (LICSW) based in Washington State. I have over 25 years of experience helping people navigate life transitions, manage stress and anxiety, sadness/grief/loss, and explore relationship challenges. Whether you have experienced past trauma, or are currently are experiencing life changes, medical/health issues, or supporting a family member, these moments also represent key opportunities for growth. I can support you with tools and understanding to move through these challenges with confidence and resilience.
I specialize in women's empowerment across the lifespan. Do you need support with relationships, body sovereignty, attachment issues, neurodiversity, alternative lifestyles, attuned eating, health at every size, re-imagining your Elderhood? Philosophically, I see therapy as an honoring of the sundered, the incomplete, the subdued that lives within ourselves, and within our world. Our faults, our mistakes, our regrets, our heartache, can be mended, and they need not be so hidden. They can even be treasured. Think of this for yourself: Our wounds and our healing make us stronger, just as the golden joinery on kintsugi-mended pottery.
I specialize in women's empowerment across the lifespan. Do you need support with relationships, body sovereignty, attachment issues, neurodiversity, alternative lifestyles, attuned eating, health at every size, re-imagining your Elderhood? Philosophically, I see therapy as an honoring of the sundered, the incomplete, the subdued that lives within ourselves, and within our world. Our faults, our mistakes, our regrets, our heartache, can be mended, and they need not be so hidden. They can even be treasured. Think of this for yourself: Our wounds and our healing make us stronger, just as the golden joinery on kintsugi-mended pottery.
I am a certified Geriatric Mental Health Specialist, but today I work with ALL adults ages 22-100.
I often work with people who report feeling depressed or anxious. My background in research and clinical trials means I care deeply about using evidence-based practice models. However, we get to be creative in how we use these tools!
As a GMHS I also offer consultations with families of an aging loved one who may benefit from a capacity evaluation.
I am a certified Geriatric Mental Health Specialist, but today I work with ALL adults ages 22-100.
I often work with people who report feeling depressed or anxious. My background in research and clinical trials means I care deeply about using evidence-based practice models. However, we get to be creative in how we use these tools!
As a GMHS I also offer consultations with families of an aging loved one who may benefit from a capacity evaluation.
Caring for your person living with dementia, Alzheimer's, or Parkinson’s can slowly consume every part of your life.
Therapy with me is a space where all parts of you are welcome. Together, we make space for the complicated emotions of caregiving: grief, guilt, worry, frustration, sadness, resentment, and love. I’m here to help you manage stress, communicate more effectively, cope with difficult emotions, and set healthier boundaries while caring for yourself, too.
Caring for your person living with dementia, Alzheimer's, or Parkinson’s can slowly consume every part of your life.
Therapy with me is a space where all parts of you are welcome. Together, we make space for the complicated emotions of caregiving: grief, guilt, worry, frustration, sadness, resentment, and love. I’m here to help you manage stress, communicate more effectively, cope with difficult emotions, and set healthier boundaries while caring for yourself, too.
The relationship between a therapist and a client is essential to successful therapy. In therapy, it is important that you, as the client, feel safe and comfortable. Special emphasis on “Safe”. When a person decides to allow me to assist them with their therapeutic journey, I feel honored as the journey you are about to take is a very personal journey. I bring over 30 years of experience in the mental health/medical field.
I am licensed in Oregon and Washington.
The relationship between a therapist and a client is essential to successful therapy. In therapy, it is important that you, as the client, feel safe and comfortable. Special emphasis on “Safe”. When a person decides to allow me to assist them with their therapeutic journey, I feel honored as the journey you are about to take is a very personal journey. I bring over 30 years of experience in the mental health/medical field.
I am licensed in Oregon and Washington.
I help women, older adults, and trauma survivors address issues such as life transitions, PTSD, and long standing emotional wounds.
I work with adults 18 and older. I understand the courage it takes for those first steps in therapy. Whether you feel anxious or depressed or have experienced trauma during your life it can be affirming simply expressing your thoughts and feelings. I work to help you build skills and insight to assist you in creating the emotional health you want.
I help women, older adults, and trauma survivors address issues such as life transitions, PTSD, and long standing emotional wounds.
I work with adults 18 and older. I understand the courage it takes for those first steps in therapy. Whether you feel anxious or depressed or have experienced trauma during your life it can be affirming simply expressing your thoughts and feelings. I work to help you build skills and insight to assist you in creating the emotional health you want.
I am a native Texan and licensed therapist in the state of Texas with experience supporting individuals in drug and alcohol addiction and hospice care. I am trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), mindfulness, and talk therapy, and I work with clients navigating life transitions, rebuilding their lives, and working toward meaningful goals. I believe everyone deserves the opportunity to be heard, supported, and respected. My approach is compassionate and collaborative, focused on helping clients restore balance, develop resilience, and move forward with greater clarity and confidence.
I am a native Texan and licensed therapist in the state of Texas with experience supporting individuals in drug and alcohol addiction and hospice care. I am trained in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), mindfulness, and talk therapy, and I work with clients navigating life transitions, rebuilding their lives, and working toward meaningful goals. I believe everyone deserves the opportunity to be heard, supported, and respected. My approach is compassionate and collaborative, focused on helping clients restore balance, develop resilience, and move forward with greater clarity and confidence.
Having a local Geriatric Care Manager can ease some of the burden and worry around safety, care and placement concerns.
I am a licensed Mental Health Counselor with the State of Washington and have over 35 years experience in this field. I am a Certified Geriatric Care Manager. My private practice focuses on serving elders and families in transition. In addition I run a number of support groups for people living with Parkinson's.
Having a local Geriatric Care Manager can ease some of the burden and worry around safety, care and placement concerns.
I am a licensed Mental Health Counselor with the State of Washington and have over 35 years experience in this field. I am a Certified Geriatric Care Manager. My private practice focuses on serving elders and families in transition. In addition I run a number of support groups for people living with Parkinson's.
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FAQ - About Geriatric Therapy
What can a geriatric psychologist help with?
Geriatric therapists specialize in the cognitive and neurological challenges that often accompany aging, including dementia, memory loss, and age-related cognitive decline. They also address the psychological conditions that frequently co-occur with these issues, such as depression, anxiety, and grief. Geriatric therapists and psychologists are trained to assess cognitive functioning, identify symptoms that may warrant further evaluation, and conduct or refer for formal neurological assessment when needed. In many cases, geriatric therapists also work closely with medical doctors to manage a client's overall health, and they may support caregivers and family members navigating the demands of caring for an aging loved one.
Why might someone seek a geriatric psychologist?
Someone might seek a geriatric therapist when they or a loved one begins experiencing cognitive or neurological changes and is unsure whether those changes are a normal part of aging or something that requires clinical attention. A geriatric therapist can help connect families with appropriate next steps. They are also commonly sought following a new diagnosis, when clients and families are working to understand what that diagnosis means practically and emotionally, and what to expect as a condition progresses. When seeking a therapist, it can be helpful to consider whether a clinician with a stronger psychotherapy focus or one with more of a social work orientation, who can help connect clients with assisted living or medical resources, would be the better fit.
What type of therapy might a geriatric therapists specialize in?
Geriatric therapist often combine psychotherapy with psychoeducation, helping clients and their families understand cognitive and neurological conditions and what to expect as they progress. For clients experiencing anxiety or depression alongside cognitive decline, therapists may draw on Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) or mindfulness-based approaches. For clients with dementia specifically, therapists may be trained in specialized modalities such as Cognitive Stimulation Therapy (CST), which is designed to preserve cognitive functioning.
Can geriatric psychologists help people who suffer from dementia?
Yes, and this is a core area of geriatric psychology. Therapists specializing in dementia can work directly with clients on memory loss and cognitive functioning, while also addressing conditions that commonly co-occur, such as depression and anxiety. They can provide caregivers with objective assessments of a client's functioning and disease progression, and are typically well-versed in community resources available to dementia patients and their families.