Marriage Counseling Therapists in Mount Vernon, WA

Accepting new clients in person as of 01/25/23. As a Marriage and Family Therapist intern, I work within the context of relational systems to address a variety of mental, emotional, and relational issues. My experience includes working with individuals, couples, families, adolescents and children from all different cultural, ethnic, religious and socioeconomic backgrounds. I use mindfulness and holistic systems approaches to help you connect with your needs and goals, as well as overcome and face the transitions and challenges of life.

Serving as a minister and earning a PhD in Counseling Psychology equipped me to care for people in crises. Working with vulnerable children and their families or caregivers, also proved to be a valuable foundation for clinical care. In a medical academic setting, training residents in the use of spirituality and psychology as they cared for their patients, deepened my own understanding of just how complex clinical issues can become. This also increased my understanding of the level of stress healthcare providers and victims themselves experience during illness. This is especially relevant in the present COVID-19 environment.

We are truly living in troubled times, globally and personally. Many of us find ourselves fluctuating between feelings of anxiety and/or depression. At 67 years old, I’ve spent nearly half my life – 35 years – as a Marriage and Family Therapist/Psychotherapist. Adding Hypnotherapy to my practice has been a game changer, and that, along with friends, colleagues, and many clients, I’ve learned ways of managing my thinking and thereby managing my emotions. This is what I do in my private practice and I can help you to do the same.

NOTE: We accept new appointment requests only through our confidential online portal: www.bit.ly/newcounseling. We work with individuals, couples, and families, all ages, and can work with a broad range of issues. We are committed to fostering an environment of safety and respect for people of all beliefs, backgrounds, abilities and lifestyles. We achieve our mission by offering affordable, best practice, behavioral science and faith-integrative offerings. No specific faith practice is required to receive services with us.

Welcome! I’m so glad you are here! Do you find you know WHAT you need to do to achieve well-being, but you struggle with the HOW? I am a neuroscience-informed Therapist who uses the framework of Interpersonal Neurobiology to help adults with trauma, OCD, and/or complex anxiety. I take a non-pathologizing, structured & relational approach that incorporates a variety of modalities and techniques You are an individual and we need to find what works for YOU. I also have particular specialties in group therapy & neurodivergence. The best way to contact me is e-mail. I look forward to working with you!

No matter how straight & smooth we try to make it, life is, by nature a crooked line & a bumpy road! Depression, anxiety, grief, trauma...all by-products of living life. Fortunately, we are hard-wired for health; drawn to people & situations that foster our transformance. However, we develop coping/protective mechanisms that hinder that innate tendency to thrive. We create stories about ourselves & the world that keep us scared & isolated. Therapy is the sacred and confidential space in which these, up until now, forbidden feelings, self-thoughts, memories can be carefully, sensitively and intentionally brought forth into the light.

Currently accepting new clients as of 11/15/2022 for in person sessions. I believe we all have good in us and deserve to live our best life. Life is a struggle and we can all benefit from a therapeutic relationship. If this is your first time seeking counseling welcome! If you are returning to counseling then welcome back! It can sometimes take a few tries to find the right person and match for yourself. Therapy can be difficult and enjoyable. It is a safe place to discuss hard things and to process traumatic events. Life can be hard and we all just need a listening ear. I will be your biggest advocate and biggest pain in the rear.

Are you feeling hopeless too much of the time? Frustrated, angry or just plain miserable? Wish you could communicate more successfully in relationship? No one has to suffer, but sometimes it's hard to get things to change for the better without some support and guidance. Pat yourself on the back for checking out this website. Next? Look around the Bodymind Counseling website for more info. Or, if you are ready for change, just call. Try one session to see if counseling with Morgan is the right move for you.

I am a bilingual/bi-cultural (Spanish) psychotherapist and enjoy working with people from diverse backgrounds. My main focus is working with adults struggling with feelings of depression, anxiety, ADHD, chronic pain, peer conflict, acculturation, and grief/loss. I also have expertise in providing services to adults struggling with life transitions.

Updated pic coming soon! I CAN HELP YOU! I enjoy a wonderful reputation of 30 years. I am a warm and compassionate interactive therapist, with keen intuition. I love my work! I seek to reconcile people with important people in their lives, and to themselves, as well as alter the false beliefs they hold about themselves, others, the world and God, so that they can enjoy good self esteem and rewarding relationships. I will work with you to attain your goals, and will help you to set goals if you are unsure as to what they are. You will find acceptance & understanding in a non-shaming environment .

These are stressful times for nearly everyone. We need each other more than ever, for company, for comfort, and for compassion about the particular ways life stressors affect our health, happiness, mood, financial security, relationships, substance use, and more.

Do you feel isolated and depressed working from home? Would you like to improve the relationships in your life? Are you ashamed or embarrassed about your body? Through a therapeutic relationship, I will create a safe and confidential space to begin your exploration into healing. I am here not to teach you but to listen and help you discover your potential and build resiliency. I provide relational and individual therapy for couples, families, and individuals. With my experience working in Crisis and Suicide Prevention, I am prepared to listen to complex and painful stories.

For more than a decade I have provided individual, family, and group therapy services. I have a wide array of specialized training to treat many different diagnoses, including Depressive and Anxiety Disorders, Mood Disorders, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Kinetic Disorders, as well as Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and compulsive behaviors. I specialize in treating men and women of the Millennial and Generation X generations, creative and gifted individuals, and children with behavioral and developmental disorders. Emphasis is on holistic, individually tailored options that help you foster deep, meaningful, and authentic connections.

***Currently accepting new clients as of 1/21/2022 for in person and zoom sessions**** I believe everyone should be met where they are, exploring the good in them not just the things people refer to as negative. There are many times people struggle in life that could benefit from a non-judgemental space to build a theraputic relationship. Life is a struggle and we can all benefit from a listening ear and therapeutic relationship. It can sometimes take a few tries to find the right person who match for you. Therapy can be both difficult and enjoyable.