Marriage Counseling Therapists in Green Lake, Seattle, WA

I use a person-centered approach, in which the client's unique set of values and interests guides me in shaping the path for growth and change. To support this collaboration, I provide knowledge of relaxation techniques, behavioral modification, exploration of childhood experiences, and philosophical or spiritual frameworks that give structure to enduring change. I specialize in couples therapy, guiding them toward reliance on one another, and fulfillment of personal goals. With individuals, I look for their motivational direction, and help them form a satisfying life around their own interests. I aim to be clear and connective, as well as efficient.

Facing a pivotal moment in your relationship? You’re in the right place. I help individuals and couples navigate the big moments that can happen in romantic relationships: the happy transitions, like getting married & the painful situations, like recovering from infidelity or contemplating divorce. I have specialized training in Discernment Counseling, which helps couples on the brink of divorce get clarity on what they want to do with the future of their relationship, as well as Pre-Marital Counseling for couples who want to set up their relationship for success.

I am a marriage and family therapist who helps couples, families, and individual adults, navigate through challenging transitions in life. My work is focused on helping people get unstuck from unhelpful patterns in themselves and in their primary relationships, and in amplifying their strengths and resiliency.

All too often there is an absence of communication about money within our most intimate relationships. While discussing finances with your partner may feel vulnerable or uncomfortable, the risks of avoiding the discussion are too high, and while arguing about finances with your partner may be second nature at this point, it doesn't have to be. Compulsive spending, financial enabling, financial avoidance, and financial marriage prep, are a few reasons you might seek financial therapy. Through financial therapy, you will be able to implement healthy financial behaviors, adapt to financial changes, and feel confident in your decisions.

Draw upon your courage to greet the tasks of work, friendship, and intimacy. Overcome the slings and arrows of life's inevitable misfortune and suffering that is set in the snares of Fear, Anger, and Despair. Encouragement fosters hopeful striving and nourishes meaningful life. Courage grows through relationship. I bring the wisdom of encouragement through authenticity, understanding, and compassion born from my lifetime of study, personal experience, and professional practice.

I am a licensed Marriage (Couple) and Family Therapist and an American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Clinical Fellow and Approved Supervisor with over 30 years of experience helping individuals, couples, and families from a broad range of ethnic, cultural, physical health, gender, socio-economic and sexual diversity. My experience includes many persons and families challenged by high conflict and multiple interlaced problems. I have extensive experience helping children, teens, and adults struggling with anxiety, depression, and the impact of grief, trauma and challenging relationships and/or a family member's chemical dependency.

You and your partner are struggling right now, and maybe have been for a long time. Life's transitions such as retirement, marriage, or birth of a new child can make staying connected with your partner quite difficult at times. Or other challenges in your relationship can leave you with difficulty trusting and feeling alone or like roommates. Even if you are in a place that feels hopeless and you don't know where to take the next step, let me assure you that there is hope. I know the roadmap to help you get back on track.

Now Accepting New Clients! Our team of 7 therapists - Corey, Lisa, Stephen, Misa, Maggie, Lindsey and myself - can help you, with the specialty of our practice, Clarity Counseling Seattle, being Relationships / Couples / Marriage / Premarital and Sex / Sexuality/Intimacy. Couples often use our website (ClarityCounselingSeattle.com) to start receiving help with communication, conflict, and deepening emotional & sexual intimacy. The individuals who often seek us out are looking to feel less stress, less worry, less depression/anxiety, and wanting to experience more joy, contentment, and peace within themselves.

Psychotherapy provides a safe place to create positive changes and a more meaningful and joyful life. Together we will explore patterns and past hurts that may be keeping you stuck in order to move forward to achieve balance and improve relationships in your life. I offer tools and strategies to help you better understand, communicate, and connect with those you love. I believe in the inner wisdom and strength within each of us, and the potential we all have for creating the life we want.

You are not alone. Maybe you're needing support in preparation for marriage, pregnancy, and baby's arrival. Or maybe these issues bring about pain and challenge, such as infertility, pregnancy loss, perinatal anxiety/depression, or childbirth trauma. Are you feeling stuck in a relationship or your career? Has your partnership hit some bumps while facing life transitions, is parenting feeling overwhelming, or are you in the midst of a difficult chapter of life? I provide a safe and non-judgemental space to address such life issues and meet my clients where they're at. I am direct, yet compassionate and affirming.

I provide therapy to people who wish to make lasting positive changes in their lives in a warm, safe environment. I have extensive experience working with people who have loved ones who have completed suicide and/or are working through other complicated grief issues. I am a certified hypnotherapist and EMDR trained for PTSD and trauma. I am experienced helping with self-esteem, personal development, marriage or premarital counseling, depression, anxiety and divorce recovery. Other areas I work with are Crisis Management, Anger Management, Traumas, Adult ADD/ADHD, Sleep Disturbance, Career Counseling, Social Discomfort and cultural issues.

As a licensed psychologist for 36 years, I have worked with a wide variety of clients, helping them to successfully move through their challenges and achieve their goals. Examples of these goals could be symptom relief, improved marriages/relationships, working through problems with teens and parenting, personal growth, improved relationships with friends or colleagues at work, increased satisfaction with feelings about yourself or your direction. My style is highly engaged and interactive. I will provide a safe/caring environment, focusing on your strengths as well as your areas of pain and distress.

As a marriage and family therapist I use a family systems approach based on gaining an understanding of how we think, feel and behave in the systems we belong to. I use an integrated approach, structuring sessions applicable to the client's needs; therefore, therapy is a collaborative effort and exchange. Both past and present life experiences shape who we are. Sometimes it can be difficult to navigate the many roles we play. It is my hope that I can help ease any discomfort or pain you experience in your families and relationships.

I have always been interested in how people develop over their lifetime. At each stage of life there are challenges that many of us face, and for some those challenges become too great to handle on their own. At these points, therapy can be a valuable tool to help get back on track. I enjoy talking with people from all walks of life and getting to experience their stories as we work together. From processing trauma, working through interpersonal and marital issues, developing parenting skills, I cherish the journey of therapy with clients so that they can grow and develop.

Do you feel like crying and don't know why? Do you feel like there are so many new things in parenthood and it is overwhelming? Are you having a hard time connecting with your newborn and feeling guilty? Pregnancy and postpartum can be a challenging time for mothers and fathers. Depression, anxiety, and OCD are the most common struggles new parents face in the first year after giving birth. I support individuals and couples processing their own trauma, fertility issues, pregnancy loss, complications in pregnancy, birth trauma, NICU experiences, and more. I also offer pregnancy and marriage planning, and ongoing couples therapy.

Couple Counseling Only! I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Certified in Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT). Working exclusively with couples, I help partners to uncover underlying emotions and to communicate more effectively for attention, understanding, compassion and caring. The result is greater warmth, trust, safety and emotional connection. Honest and direct in my approach yet gentle and patient, I am committed to creating compassionate and authentic relationships where each partner feels deeply supported, understood, and seen. I work frequently with couples where one or both partners are of Asian ancestry.

My clients' holistic healing and my passion for my work both come from the co-creative process of building a caring, supportive and trusting relationship. Therapy is an amazing transformational journey of exploring your concerns with care, compassion and curiosity. By learning to know and trust yourself, you can heal stuck emotions, access inner strength and wisdom, and gain positive self-acceptance. Let's work together to break old patterns that distance you from those you love and from yourself, realizing that you are already OK, enough and lovable. See how making more empowered choices brings greater clarity, happiness and peace.

Understanding how our brains function and why we behave a certain way can empower us to make informed choices about our lives, health, and relationships. I am an open and out queer therapist. I support clients in navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, family of origin challenges, identity, disability and chronic illness, grief, substance use and dependence, and life transitions. I work with youth (age 13+) and adults. I am also a young adult breast cancer survivor and provide services to those who are or have been affected by cancer, particularly families impacted by cancer-causing genetic mutations.

Do you feel like your partner just doesn’t hear you? Do you have the same fight over and over without resolution? Maybe you’re desperate for more emotional and sexual intimacy and don’t know how to get your needs met. Or perhaps you feel alone even when they’re right beside you. Let’s work together to better your communication, resolve conflict, create a stronger, more secure attachment, and learn how to express and receive your emotional and sexual needs. I support all relationship dynamics and structures, especially LGBTQIA+, kink, BDSM, and polyamorous/ENM.