Therapists in Bellevue, WA

Hello! My speciality is working with children, tweens, adolescents, and young adults. As a Child Mental Health Specialist (CMHS), I enjoy working with youth while providing a safe, nonjudgmental, supportive, and comfortable environment to discuss challenges and hopes. My passion is helping children and adolescents increase self-awareness, find balance, and develop a healthy emotional awareness by strengthening interpersonal relationships, improving conflict resolution skills, improving communication skills, while learning and developing coping skills. I believe that having good mental health leads to positive self-image and the ability to work with life changes.

Dr. Brunette Dawson provides evidence-based psychotherapy and psychological/diagnostic assessment for, children, teens, adults, and families. In her clinical work, she utilizes an integrative approach, choosing techniques that are uniquely tailored to fit the individual needs of each client. Dr. Dawson is a clinically trained psychotherapist with a PhD and MA in Clinical Psychology. She has specialized training and experience in providing comprehensive psychological and forensic mental health evaluations and individual psychotherapy.

Are you feeling lonely, isolated, or stuck? Perhaps your life looks great on the outside but on the inside you feel like falling apart. You dread what will happen when people find out "the truth"about you. It can be incredibly healing to have someone witness what you usually have to keep locked up on the inside! I come alongside those who are struggling to feel connected to the people they care about and their own internal world. I work with women 18 and up who are seeking to live life with more freedom and less shame or fear.

Hello and welcome! I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Bellevue, WA. My main focus is the treatment of anxiety, depression, and life transitions in teens and adults. I believe that everyone has the capacity for profound change. I draw on what I've learned from my education (MA in Counseling), training (counseling agencies, ABA technician), and personal experience breaking my own unhealthy thought patterns and behaviors to help my clients. My ideal client is ready to explore what is holding them back from reaching their goals.

As your therapist, my goal is to provide you with a warm and welcoming environment where you are free to explore the areas of your life you wish to improve for holistic healing - physical, emotional, mental, relational, and spiritual. I offer a warm and empathetic environment as I use a person-centered approach that allows me to understand you through your own unique experiences and walk alongside you on this journey to achieve your personal goals. My primary focus is in child, individual, and couples/family counseling as well as working with neurodivergent populations using neurodiversity-affirming language and approach.

Your life feels like constant struggle, your worries keep you awake at night. Yet, you get up, put your best face on, and pretend that everything is OK. Wanted to get help but you are afraid to show what you are going through. You have been suffering; your relationships are suffering and deep down you know that something needs to change. If any of these applies to you, I can help. Sometimes all it takes finding a safe place and someone who are willing to listen without judgement. I can provide you a safe place and help you find your strength and build skills for a better life.

Dr. Olsen is a national leader in sexual compulsivity, men's sexual health, and intimacy disorders. His approach goes far beyond a "one size fits all" treatment model. There is no single treatment that works for everybody and no workbook that addresses everyone's needs. It is critical to assess for your unique struggles and to understand the true nature of your problematic sexual behaviors. He can develop a personalized care plan that will be effective at addressing all of the elements that are at play in your life struggles. Dr. Olsen will help you connect, be authentic, and make profound life changes.

** NOW ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS ** Hi and welcome - I'm glad you're taking this step in finding a therapist - I hope I can help. My goal is to work with you to identify your main areas of concern/stress and develop a realistic strategy to reach your goals. I am a big fan of “doing what works” which, of course, means a different plan for each person. I work hard to adjust my own working style and in employing different strategies to meet your needs - to find the thing that works for you.

Do you have anxious thoughts that keep you on a loop that spirals and feels exhausting? Maybe you struggle with indecision and confidence in your life. Anxiety shows up in many ways and without realizing it we often find ourselves coping in ways that distance us from who we are. Maybe that looks like avoiding social situations, obsessive thinking and actions, disorder eating, or perfectionism. Or maybe you find yourself exhausted first thing in the morning and struggle to get out of bed. Depression can feel like an invisible rain cloud following only you around, leading to feeling alone, hopeless, and angry at life.

Life is such a journey. Sometimes the journey takes you in expected and unexpected directions. Trying to navigate your way through all life's challenges alone can be overwhelming. Let me be a part of your journey and help you find direction and the skills needed to move forward. I specialize in working with children, teens, adults, and families struggling with issues related to parenting, communication, family relationships, challenging behaviors, family and life cycle adjustments, anxiety, depression, and trauma. We will work together in order to help you or your family reach the destination you are looking for.

As a relationship specialist, I work with individuals and couples to help them experience deep intimacy and healing in their lives. My clients are often trapped in patterns and places they no longer want to be. They feel stuck in their relationships, in difficult emotions, or in constant distress and overwhelm. It can be hard to see a way forward without help. Our work together will bring awareness and understanding to your situation and ultimately transform your pain and distress into healing and growth. I will help you process difficult experiences and emotions in order to emerge as a more free and whole version of yourself.

As a licensed psychologist in the State of Washington, I offer psychotherapy services to adult clients from diverse backgrounds struggling with a variety of issues. My specialty areas of interest include depression, anxiety, grief, loss, and difficult life transitions. I particularly enjoy working with older individuals who may be struggling with the challenges that later life can bring.

Dr. Taylor has significant experience working with individuals with addiction, trauma, infidelity, and chronic pain or illness impacting sexuality. She understands how one’s life can change in the blink of an eye, and how goals and values can shift when life does. It is during these times that individuals, couples, and/or families, can experience varying degrees of difficultly with the transition. How an individual responds is neither right nor wrong, because everyone has their own process and journey in life.

My ideal client will have made the decision to commit to a therapeutic intervention and will be willing to share the sometimes challenging work of renewal. I currently work with a number of individuals who experience challenges with depression, anxiety, social skills, attention issues, screen time and other dependency problems. The goal is to integrate a clients values and goals with our ever evolving world

I work with individuals who feel anxious, unfulfilled, and stuck. They are looking for support around life dissatisfaction and recurring patterns that keep getting in the way. I have over 15 years of experience offering empathic and reflective counseling for those in search of clarity, direction, healing, and growth. Through our work together, you will rediscover your core strengths and potential. We will examine how past experiences may have shaped current situations and what you would like to see change. When we have a greater insight, it often leads us to increased self-worth, confidence, and personal growth.

Serving the Seattle area since 1993, I work best with clients who are wanting to thrive in their lives; looking to make positive changes, release old behaviors and habits that hold them back, and feel greater joy and balance within themselves. Utilizing counseling and hypnotherapy, as well as tapping and EMDR type techniques, support taking those new steps into the life they dream about.

My approach to counseling is holistic, humanistic and client-centered. I am trained in EMDR and trauma. I work with you and together we create an individualized approach to counseling that supports your goals. My professional background is in Trauma, PTSD, Grief, Loss, Early Parent loss. Anxiety, Depression. CBT, Family Systems Counseling, Narrative Therapy, Restorative Retelling, EFT, Matrix Reprinting, Multicultural Cultural Counseling, Feminist, Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction. Since 2000, I have had the experience of living abroad as an elementary K-8 Certified teacher in Shanghai, China, Chiangmai, and Saudi Arabia.

Offering hybrid IN- PERSON/ VIRTUAL. I work with many types of clients, such as those experiencing, mood disorders, anxiety, adjustment disorder, and depression. RO-DBT is a proven framework for addressing these challenges and more (eating disorders, neurodivergent, self harm). In addition to RO-DBT, I work with adult couples using the Gottman Method. Other areas of work include, divorce, teen + adult grief/loss, and teen survivors of sexual assault. As a bi-racial counselor, I have a special lens of working with individuals from different cultural backgrounds.