Therapists in Gig Harbor, WA

*Limited Spaces Available* Do you feel disappointed in yourself, drained of energy, or lonely? Have you recently faced a transition and are struggling to get your life back on a rewarding path? Do burdensome emotions or racing thoughts interrupt you throughout your day? Are you feeling disconnected or unsatisfied in your relationships? Do you wish you could live a calmer more connected life and still be true to yourself? Would you like to achieve more, grow more, and feel more alive? Depression, anxiety, trauma, and grief can cause ongoing pain that takes you to places you never meant to go.

I believe that our narratives, identities, and self-worth are shaped by our early attachment experiences & are deeply connected to how we cope with stress, emote, & relate to others. Through this process, I am passionate about helping clients build self-compassion & security as we work together to re-author your story in a safe & accepting environment.

I am experienced working with children, adults, couples, and families. Many times, people who call me are in distress, having tried what feels like everything, and they often feel frustrated and overwhelmed by their situation. My goal is to help individuals identify patterns of dysfunction that create problems for them. I work within the framework of an individual’s gifts and challenges to develop a strong relationship that allows for open communication and honesty. My strengths-based approach allows individuals to feel they have a voice and builds upon the good that is already taking place within their life and relationships.

Welcome! My passion for mental health comes from the connections I make with people during life's hardest moments, and how that support can help clients meet goals and transform their lives. I work with individual adults struggling with attachment/relationship issues, body/food shame, anxiety, trauma, and grief. Goals are based on individual needs, but typical include decreasing negative self-worth, finding tools for regulating anxiety or triggers, decreasing shame by exploring toxic family and social stigmas, and utilizing inner child work to heal from trauma and attachment wounds.

I am committed to trauma informed, client centered treatment. My focus in my career has been working with survivors of abuse and other traumatic experiences. I hold a safe space for my clients to feel connected during their time with me as their counselor. We work together to find the tools that you need to live the life you envision for yourself.

I love to help people grow!  This has been a central theme in the different chapters of my life. I am a seasoned counselor with over 30 years of experience helping individuals, couples, families and churches. I am a Christian counselor with an MA in Biblical Counseling from Grace Theological Seminary, a BS in Mathematics from the US Air Force Academy, studied Family Systems at Texas Woman’s University. I served as a pilot in the US Air Force, I served as a field representative for the Navigators, a worldwide Christian organization. I served as a staff counselor at Dallas Theological Seminary before coming to the NW in 1990.

Sometimes people see counseling/coaching as a process that could be negative: trying to decipher & share feelings, opening up old wounds, resistance to change. It’s uncomfortable and uncertain to delve deep into these areas of our life. We all want to live “our best lives”. We strive to be financially secure, take care of our physical health through diet & exercise, see the benefit of being social and doing fun things, attempt to engage in meaningful relationships, seek spirituality and a sense of transcendence. But we fail in many of these pursuits when we don't understand our own inner-workings.

Feeling exhausted from the chatter in your mind? Reworking that thing you said last night, "what if..." Worrying about what will happen tomorrow or next year? Sleep can restless or evasive when anxiety is high. Would your friends and family be shocked by the comments, self -recrimination, and judgments floating around in your head? It can be exhausting keeping up the pretense of having it all-together. You probably mostly do have it together: great job, friends, a loving partner. But you wonder why it's not more more enjoyable? Or maybe two or three areas of your life and fantastic but that missing piece is leaves you longing.

Glyn Deputy, M.Ed, LMHC, brings a keen awareness of both the necessities and subtleties of surviving our human condition and reaching one’s full potential to his clients at the Poulsbo office. Glyn has worked with generational family issues in rural and frontier communities, has assisted students with all types of disability in pursuing higher education, and has gained exceptional skills in mental health and substance abuse diagnosis and treatment, having broad experience in community mental health services.

I believe one of the bravest things you can do is begin to understand your own story. In my experience, when we take an honest look at what makes us who we are and focus on our goals for ourselves we are able to achieve any change we can imagine. I inherently believe that healing is possible, period. And let's face it - life is far too short to stay stuck. Whether that's staying stuck in harmful relationships, stuck in grief, stuck in anger. Instead, you deserve to live a life that leaves you excited to wake up every morning, and it is possible!

You, of all people deserve your love. We'll help you get there. Sometimes you just need someone to talk to. Whether you’re going through a hard time, wrestling with anxiety or depression, or just need someone to help process with, we’re here to journey with you. Each therapist at Karis Collective have their own specialties that offer different modalities to heal. We have links to the therapist that have opening right now and price range varies between therapist.

Accepting new clients and I am in-network with Kaiser. Are current events triggering feelings of worry, frustration, and confusion? Perhaps, past traumas are affecting your life and holding you back from the happiness you know you deserve. I would like to help you reflect, clear up, and heal. I offer telehealth sessions to clients located in Washington State.

Welcome. I currently have in office or virtual openings for Individual EMDR Intensives (trauma clearing and/or early childhood repair) or Couples Repair Intensives. I also offer quick coaching calls. Please see my website for information. www.hearthealing.org Gain clarity and compassion, and feel more connected to others. People come for healing from their past traumas and relief from stressors, such as relationship challenges, anxiety, depression, grief and loss, abuse and neglect, ADD/ADHD, ACOA and boundary issues. Others come to gain a sense of who they are or what their life's purpose is.