Therapists in Highlands, Kirkland, WA

Unbridled Counseling helps clients find growth through multiple approaches to therapy. We offer traditional talk therapy, equine therapy, telehealth, and outdoor therapy. I have a special interest in eating disorders, infertility, pre and post natal care, anxiety, depression, and relationships. We also offer lower cost/sliding scale sessions with graduate level interns to reach more of our community. Our interns treat families, couples, kids, teens, and adults with a variety of topics and specialties.

I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. My main focus is helping people heal and understand themselves. I think we can all make a huge impact in the world when we are centered, grounded, and balanced. I hope to help you understand how you are moving in the world and give you tools that will help you achieve your goals.

My clients tell me therapy has given them insights and practical skills that have helped them to navigate life with more ease. I aim to achieve these outcomes and growth for all of my clients, whether they have turned to therapy as a short-term stepping stone or a long-term process. For me, therapy is about cultivating choice, identifying meaningful goals, and learning to a live with authenticity. Ultimately, I strive to help all my clients foster a sense of resiliency and self-mastery, so they can show up for life without reservation-in body, mind and heart.

My approach to awakening is really quite simple: We engage in honest and direct conversation about life, relationships, and you. During sessions you recognize core beliefs, thoughts, and feelings that create unsatisfying work and relationships. In time you overcome anxiety, depression, and addictions that hinder a meaningful life. Additionally, you let go of long held resentments and regrets about your self, others, and the world. You become more PRESENT and AWARE. You discover practical solutions to everyday problems. With greater presence, your energy is used for creativity. You are guided into a brighter future!

I coach mid-life professionals experiencing important challenges in their career and life. This may involve career changes and transitions, working with difficult people, building self-confidence, handling conflicts, family members as coworkers, career development, or becoming an entrepreneur. My ideal client is seeking to create a life that is rich, meaningful, and rewarding. Together we look at what you value, what gives meaning, what kind of career and life would be fulfilling - utilizing your best gifts. We tackle the tough questions, work through obstacles and discover the hidden strengths that were there all along.

Perhaps you're here because you want things to be different in your life. Less stress, better relationships, better coping skills, or just to be happier. Therapy can be an important step in making your life more manageable, enjoyable and meaningful. My goal is to create a warm, relaxed, and accepting atmosphere where you can meet the challenges of an immediate crisis, or work on long-standing issues you'd like to change.

So many people struggle to find happiness and balance in their lives and relationships. I can help you identify and remove the blocks to your happiness, whether they be inside of you (your thoughts, expectations and anxieties) or outside (toxic relationships, cultural barriers, etc.). I can also help you address and face the fears which hold you back, identify relationship patterns which keep you from getting what you want in love, and help you think outside the box to create novel solutions to your struggles.

My main focus is on young adults with life transition related anxiety, depression, self-identity and adjustment challenges. Changes to the environment, work, the people you love or close to will sometimes comes as anticipated, but other times as surprises and you may not feel equipped to deal with them just yet. Reaching out for counseling can be the beginning of getting things in line and pave the way of hope.

I am passionate about helping you reach your potential. We accomplish this together through a psychoanalytic, interpersonal, mind-body-spirit integration that draws on your strengths and resources. I believe psychoanalysis and psychotherapy are not about fixing what is wrong, but about using what is working well for you and deepening your skills to increase your health, well-being, and overall freedom and flexibility. I care deeply about providing excellent care, and trying out new ways of relating and understanding yourself that will lead you to optimize your health and connections with others.

Welcome! I am a collaborative, caring therapist who helps people who are struggling with life and want relief. I can provide tools to help you be more successful at home, school, work, and in your relationships. My specialities include trauma/abuse, PTSD, panic, anxiety and depression, along with other life concerns. I work with teens, adults, families, and couples helping empower them to live lives filled with hope and healing. I use an Eclectic approach in assisting clients meet their specific goals.

Of primary importance to me is that I truly hear you, letting you know that you are understood and that our time together is a safe, nurturing place in which to heal. This helps us develop a plan together in which we can work to revise unhealthy, repetitive thought patterns and develop new ways of thinking, healthy communication tools and skills to provide that full life we wish for. We combine talk therapy with specialized therapies targeted to your specific needs and areas in which you wish to grow. Therapy is geared toward your needs, not the therapist's direction.

Dr. Carr uses a unique blend of Cognitive-Behavioral, Gestalt, Integral, Primal, Transpersonal & Family Therapy techniques to focus on natural growth & healing thus expanding the common central emphasis on disorders & symptom reduction. Clients change as they heal their pain, get emotionally nourished, recognize what is toxic and become authentically themselves.

How can we change and grow? SENSING anxiety, stress, fear, and knowing that "something" NEEDS to be addressed and made better is often the start to being more alive. Getting to a higher living and performance level; developing a balancing mindfulness; solving complex problems; working toward life or career transitioning; and working with people who feel "stuck" and are looking for new direction are all parts of my focus as Coach. Comments I’ve received: "You really 'get' me." "I could not have handled this crisis without you." "You challenge me to do better, and hold me accountable." "Thank you for hearing me!" "Fabulous."

Everyone needs hope. We despair and turn to alcohol, food, shopping, sex and the infinite screen to fill our void. We think we know what we want: intimacy, confidence, inner peace and a sense of achievement. We want to matter. We are tortured at times by self doubt implanted by past traumas. I offer a secure place to be yourself to unravel your secrets, fears, shame and guilt. I have 26 years post-doctoral clinical experience counseling individuals, couples and families. I view human problems from a social systemic perspective addressing the individual and their social context.

Everyone goes through different phases in their life and having another perspective to ease a transition, challenge or difficult issue you are facing can make these times more manageable. My goal is to provide a safe, respectful and individualized treatment so that I may help each of my clients reach the outcomes they desire. I strive to assist in this journey by using the strengths my client possess so that they can achieve the goals they seek through thoughtful participation and devoted advocacy.

Welcome everyone to my practice!! I have been working with children, teens, families and couples since 2001 at non-profit agencies and private practice here in the Seattle area . I specialize in relational issues, loss and grief issues, depression, anxiety and fears, and general unhappiness and desire for growth. With my experience and education I have been able to hone my skills to create what I believe to be a positive, caring atmosphere necessary for the growth and change that can occur in a therapy session.