Family Therapy in Freeland, WA

After viewing all these profiles, how does one make a decision? Interview us! Call us! Come in to meet us to see if you think we'd work well together. I have been practicing for 41 years. I am licensed as both a clinical social worker and marriage and family therapist ,working with individuals, adolescents, couples, and families. Drawing on extensive professional knowledge and deep personal experiences, I'm committed to helping you achieve CHANGE. Let’s talk and SEE if you believe I can help and then we'll move on and work well together.It IS your move to feeling better!!!

Chances are you're struggling with ADHD symptoms, trying to adapt by masking in a world that isn’t designed for you. You feel that you were born with a “race car brain with bicycle breaks,” with unpredictable motivation & energy. You feel overwhelmed by the smallest tasks & tormented by deep restlessness. But you’re ready to make a change and find fulfillment and meaning despite your limitations: a sense of purpose & direction. You want to learn the skills that will help you organize your thoughts, improve your productivity, and enhance your motivation, and you also want to feel good about yourself and reach your most desired goals.

As an interdisciplinary therapist I help individuals and couples understand how institutions of power, their environment, family dynamics, and personal experiences influence the development of identity, shaping relationships, self-esteem, and decision making. I strive to help clients identify their difficulties, obstacles, and the narratives negatively impacting their life. I work with individuals and couples of all identities who are wanting to deepen their understanding of personal complexities, work through the experience of trauma, explore challenges in their relationships, and build a safe space for liberation and empowerment.

You feel overwhelmed and lonely in your relationship. You’re someone who wants to have pleasurable and connected sex with your partner. You want to balance work and family while living and parenting with intention and creating healthy habits. You love each other and are committed, but this is hard, and you really wish there was a manual. You worry it will be like this forever and don't know where to start. You're ready to stop struggling and instead, create or rekindle a joyful and meaningful relationship with your partner. You're ready to deepen your emotional connection and to feel like partners. I want to help you get there.

My clients are multi-dimensional people - with physical, psychological and spiritual needs - who are doing the best they can to have a gratifying and meaningful life. My role as a therapist is to assist each person to expand their awareness of self and interactions with others, and to identify and change unsatisfying patterns and behaviors. Partners: When couples first start counseling, they often have a lot of anger, hurt, and sadness. Couples therapy is designed to find solutions to problems, express and let go of resentments, rebuild trust through good communication, and learn to live with different points of view.

Hello, and welcome! Life can be very challenging and overwhelming at times. I know and I get it. For some, we tend to try to solve our problems on our own and reaching out for help is out of the question; sometimes it works. If you haven't been able to solve it on your own, I would love to meet you, and together we can create ways towards hope and begin the healing process. I believe that therapy can assist you by helping to identify what has worked in the past, what you already have within that you can draw upon in helping to obtain what you are hoping for in life.

I enjoy the process of utilizing the individual and family ’s strengths and motivations to better themselves while providing a unique framework and exploration of outcomes. I am able to do this by utilizing a variety of treatment modalities through my knowledge of theoretical counseling approaches and their application to real-world settings, having an interest in utilizing Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), mindfulness, trauma informed approaches, and existential therapy.

Couples, Older Adults, Adults. Please call to schedule a free phone consultation. Are you feeling sad, anxious, overwhelmed, or have you simply found yourself wanting more from your life? People seek therapy for a variety of reasons, and this seeking is often the first brave step toward living into a sense of greater possibility and deeper relationships! I view therapy first and foremost as a relationship that arises from a conversation. That conversation can be transformative and healing, can take many forms, and is an act of co-creation between you and me.

I work with adults experiencing life transitions, identifying life goals, mental health challenges, and communication skills. I believe strongly in the power of positivity and the mind, body, spirit connection. I practice a holistic approach to achieving well being.

*Accepting new clients*- It can be lonely and overwhelming to find ourselves in emotional struggle. The therapeutic relationship is unique and one that I deeply trust. It's instrumental to have a companion and guide as we traverse these unchartered inner landscapes. The pain we feel invites us on a transformative journey from obscurity to clarity. It's so tempting to contract when we are challenged, but it's critical to soften and trust into the process. This movement through our pain rearranges us into an expanded version of ourselves. I bring the qualities of warmth, openness, and curiosity to this transformative work together.

As a "seasoned" mental health professional, I can provide a wide variety of counseling services to a diversity of clients. I have found that providing a safe place for individuals and for couples to explore their "true selves" is fundamental. I work with clients to form relationships that become the vehicle to better navigate a complicated world. I believe our earliest relationships often funnel our curiosity and other potentials into a lane that is too narrow and limits our ability to see options.