Therapists in Gig Harbor, WA

Heather Cummings
Counselor, LMHCA
Verified
Verified
Life is hard. Sometimes we have deep wounds that have been shoved down or covered up for years. It may be a significant traumatic event, adverse childhood experiences of abuse and neglect or painful moments in adulthood. These events may shape the way we see ourselves, others and the world around us. Whatever the wounds, when you find they are impacting your life in the here and now it is necessary to clean the wounds in order to allow the body and brain to heal.

Deborah A Williams
Counselor, MSCP, LMHC
Verified
Verified
Oftentimes we seek out therapy because components in our lives are causing us significant distress and disrupt our ability to function effectively and feel happiness. I ask clients who come into therapy to bring with them an open attitude, a willingness to explore their life perspectives and their relationships with others, that they may experience true change and healing. This journey towards emotional maturity often involves a certain amount of discomfort and pain before the healing and change can occur. I provide a warm, trusting, safe space to assist people so that they may continue that journey.

Juanita C Beard
Counselor, LMHC, LPC, CCTP, CCM
Verified
19 Endorsed
Verified
19 Endorsed
Help is here. You've made it to the right place! I work with clients struggling with depression & anxiety. My niche is women of color processing racial trauma, workplace micro aggressions, and struggles navigating being a person of color living in a predominantly homogenous community. The weight that BIPOC folks feel is often too heavy to lift alone. Having a therapist who looks like you, and understands your cultural lens, is paramount to partnering with you to achieve wellness and recovery. Racial trauma looks like subtle slights + stress from internalized pain of tolerating intolerable systemic stressors based in a toxic culture.
Gig Harbor, WA 98335
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Jenny Dooley
Counselor, MEd, LMHC
Verified
Verified
I provide counseling services to women and small groups in recovery. Areas of special interest are supporting women with issues related to trauma and betrayal, grief, spiritual growth, and life transitions. I have counseled women in cross-cultural settings for more than 30 years. I am particularly sensitive to the cultural, spiritual, and family backgrounds of my clients. I enjoy exploring the experiences that make each woman unique. I will work with you to uncover and develop your strengths as you overcome personal challenges.
Waitlist for new clients

Kaitlin Pifer
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW, MSW, CMHS
Verified
Verified
I specialize in working with children displaying significant behaviors, teens experiencing mood struggles, and parents navigating childhood mental health. I offer ongoing individual and family psychotherapy, crisis intervention, safety planning, as well as trauma, play, art, and animal therapy.

Teresa M Eltrich-Auvil
Counselor, MS, NCC, LMHC
Verified
Verified
Are you a new parent? Struggling with the transition? Feeling anxious or overwhelmed? Feeling down or like your expectations don't match what is right in front of you? Have you struggled with infertility? Planning to begin a family hasn't looked like you imagined and it is creating strain on your relationship and your emotions are BIG? Have you had a miscarriage or stillbirth and no one knows how to talk with you about it? Or really hears you when you say you're hurting and scared to try again? Then you have come to the right place. Find support, compassion and healing. Find yourself again and the encouragement to look to the future

Acacia Garcia
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW
Verified
Verified
Many of us have experienced trauma in our lives, whether it be in our childhood as adults or just being individuals in our society. Without proper treatment, the effects of trauma can render us at stuck points in our lives The anxiety, panic, ruminations, and fear, are all too much to cope with on your own. You find yourself stuck in the past unable to move forward. Maybe you have mastered other things in your life, yet still, past hurts and traumas are weighing on you and you feel it’s time to heal. There is a solution and now is the time.

Maureen Turner
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified
Verified
Maureen Turner, Psy.D. is a Clinical Psychologist who specializes in the diagnostic evaluation of children. Dr. Turner earned undergraduate and graduate degrees at Stanford University. She then completed her doctoral work at Pepperdine University and her post-doctoral training at the Center on Human Development and Disability at the University of Washington Medical Center. She is experienced in assessing a wide range of children from birth through adolescence and especially enjoys providing assessments for young children, including infants, toddlers and pre-school aged kids.

Kelsey Roth
Counselor, MA, LMHCA
Verified
Verified
I provide a safe space for my clients to be heard, understood, and supported. I believe counseling is a process in which I work with them to reflect on, develop, and shape their unique story. Everyone has intrinsic strengths, and I love helping clients identify and utilize their personal strengths to heal and grow. My goal is to create a space that allows for personal exploration, genuine healing, and skill development to help them become healthy and confident in their identity and path forward.

Christina Rivers
Counselor, LMHC
Verified
Verified
Are you struggling with anxiety or depression? Having trouble dealing with issues from your past? Recovering from a toxic relationship? Finding it difficult to love and accept yourself? We all need support at times. We are not meant to be self-sufficient islands. By reaching out for help, you are taking your power back and confirming that you deserve to be supported and understood. Therapy can be a healing, transformative experience. We can work together to create a healthy plan to help you achieve your treatment goals.

Shardé Werth
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC, LMHC
Verified
2 Endorsed
Verified
2 Endorsed
I’m here to help you heal anxiety, create healthier relationships and deepen your self-understanding.

Andi Kouneev
Counselor, LMHC, NCC
Verified
Verified
Having difficulty with relationships? Feeling lonely or isolated? We all need support in our lives, especially during these difficult times. Life can be overwhelming, chaotic, stressful, and unpredictable. You are brave. You are ready take the first step in acknowledging that something isn’t quite right. Therapy can be a healing, wonderful, and freeing way to connect back to your inner self and with those you love. There is hope and there are ways to help and re-build and re-gain confidence, self-esteem, and manage emotions that we often want to ignore. There is HOPE!

Rion Lee Tisino
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LMHCA, LSWAA
Verified
Verified
As I thought of the mission for Tisino Family Services, I thought of strength's-based. TFS facilitates children, youth, adults, and families back into the arms of what family means. One important goal of TFS is to reduce recidivism and teach preventative steps for sustaintainability. So often, I see individuals dealing with unmitigated trauma, self-identified barriers, and generational disadvantages without coping skills. This mission implements practical skills with persistence that capture the attention of specialized techniques that provides significant breakthroughs of unstable mental health and increase healthy living.

Anita Meyer
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified
Verified
Are you an intelligent, driven, passionate person who is living a double life? You appear unflappable and levelheaded, but inside, you feel anxious, exhausted, and unsatisfied. These feelings are confusing because you have many of the things you wanted. You’ve had success in your personal life, your career, or as a parent, but everything feels SO HARD. You might also be wondering if there’s something wrong with you. Or maybe it makes total sense that you’d feel this way. Some events from your past are emerging. You suspect trauma and emotional wounds are at the root. But you don’t know how to deal with it.

Sheryl Eva Adams
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified
Verified
My goal in counseling is to help my patients go from where they are to where they want to be. I provide a nurturing, emotionally safe environment for people experiencing life transitions, grief and loss. My patients learn to: 1) understand and better manage anxiety, stress, life transitions, relationships, sleep problems, and disturbing thoughts; 2) identify innate gifts, talents, strengths; 3) develop and work toward achievable goals.

Phylly Bland
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, LMFTA
Verified
Verified
I provide therapy for adult relationships as well as individuals and I have a special interest in working with parents. My attention is drawn toward identifying and exploring the roots of anxieties, triggers, and other emotional challenges. I see this exploration as foundational to building resilience, growth and connection. I feel privileged to witness clients deepen their relationships to self and others throughout this process. I approach my clients with curiosity and humility. I recognize strengths and wisdom within each of my clients and encourage embodying internal resources and living empowered.
Not accepting new clients

Mali Hawkins
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, LMFT, PMH-C
Verified
1 Endorsed
Verified
1 Endorsed
We have all experienced times when life seems challenging... a period of transition, ongoing struggles with anxiety or depression, or a loss that turns our world upside down. In our darkest moments, there can be no greater consolation than the gift of companionship on our journey through pain. Everyone longs to feel connection, to be freed from our isolation; we long for relationship. And in these moments, you may benefit from the help of a counselor. No matter where you find yourself in your life journey, I can promise that you will be welcome in my office, and together we will work towards healing.

Spencer Erwin
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, LMFTA
Verified
Verified
I am currently offering both Telehealth and in-person sessions. I work specifically with clients who have a desire to learn more about themselves, and to increase their experience of vulnerability. While employing a holistic mind, body and spirit perspective, my approach validates each client as having the answers and abilities within themselves to become the best person they can be.

Tanya Murdock Lewis
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, MA, LMFT
Verified
6 Endorsed
Verified
6 Endorsed
Openings 2/2023! Is anxiety, procrastination and self-doubt keeping you stuck and unfulfilled? Would you prefer to have more joy, better relationships and be reaching goals? Together we can uncover the barriers to living this more joyous life. I can help you interrupt these negative patterns and become healthier and happier. I provide a caring, unjudgemental and direct approach which is tailored to your needs specifically. I want you to feel proud of yourself and we can make that happen. I also offer walk and talk which combines exercise, talk therapy and outdoor therapy. Get steps and get moving on an improved life.
Summit Health Management, PLLC
Counselor, LMHC, CMHS
Verified
Verified
I am a partner in Summit Health Management, a group founded by an eclectic partnership of four established, experienced providers with the vision of offering a variety of therapeutic services to meet the needs of children, adolescents, adults, elders, couples, and families in our community. Our group’s mission is to provide the region with experienced, compassionate, professional, and proficient mental and behavioral health care. We offer a therapy and psychiatric care for all ages, presentations, relationships and disorders, including individual, couples, family and group therapy, as well as substance abuse recovery for all ages.
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Is online therapy a good option?
Therapy conducted online or over the phone can be just as effective as in-person therapy, as long as there is a strong alliance between the client and the therapist. To find a therapist who provides telehealth services to clients in your area, click “Online Therapy” on the directory homepage and search by your city or town or your zip code.
What’s the difference between a psychologist, a therapist, and a counselor?
Therapists, psychologists, and counselors are all licensed mental health professionals. In the United States, psychologists have earned a doctoral degree. The terms “therapist” and “counselor” are used somewhat interchangeably, but generally therapists offer longer-term, mental health care, while counselors offer shorter-term care that may focus on one domain, such as marriage, career, or academic challenges.
What type of therapist is right for me?
Clients should consider factors such as insurance coverage and their primary reason(s) for seeking therapy to determine the type of professional best suited to their needs. Someone struggling with mental health challenges such as depression or anxiety, for example, may wish to seek out a clinical psychologist, psychologist or therapist, while someone navigating career obstacles or marital upheaval may benefit from seeing a counselor who can offer short-term, targeted support.
Is everyone in the Psychology Today Therapy Directory a licensed therapist?
The Psychology Today directory lists providers who offer legitimate mental health services to the public, including psychologists, psychiatrists, social workers, and counselors. Many have been licensed by the country or state where they practice; providers whose license or primary credential has been verified by Psychology Today are signified by a “Verified” symbol. Some clinicians or organizations provide services for which their state or country does not offer licenses, such as pastoral counseling. They may be selectively included without the “Verified” seal.
What type of therapy is right for me?
The type of therapy best suited to a particular individual depends on several factors, including their primary reason for seeking therapy, their preferred timeline (some therapy types last for a set number of sessions, while others are open-ended), and their personality and preferences—some may prefer a more structured approach. For many individuals, multiple types of therapy could provide a good fit.
Is online therapy cheaper than in-person therapy?
Many therapists charge the same amount for online therapy as they do for in-person therapy—though clients may still find this cost-effective if it cuts down on their transportation costs. Health insurance plans often offer equivalent coverage for online and in-person therapy; indeed, in many places, they are legally required to do so. Text-based or on-demand therapy apps may be cheaper than traditional one-on-one psychotherapy; however, the practice may be less effective and is not likely to be covered by insurance.