Anxiety Therapists in Seattle, WA

I believe in the innate ability for individuals to help and heal themselves and see myself as a guide to assist in this process. I recognize the importance of a holistic approach addressing the mind-body-spirit connection, acknowledge the uniqueness of each individual, and work to support clients as they delve into the depths of their unconscious. I work in an integrative clinic in collaboration with medical (palliative care) doctors, naturopathic doctors, psychiatric nurse practitioners, and registered nurses.

Anxiety may be showing you the burden that is holding you in an unloving and lonely space. This pain may be separating you from your inner wisdom. You may have been told to move on or that you are too sensitive. This becomes our self talk which pulls us further away from healing. I work with women who have had early attachment injury or hurt that has created distance from their most beautiful and adaptive parts. I enjoy working with women to bring these hurting parts to safety and develop trust in themselves as they find a path toward peace and joy.

Therapy is a powerful vehicle of self-discovery. It's an opportunity to deepen understanding of our patterns and behaviors - and cultivate a more authentic relationship with ourselves and others. I work with individuals to successfully meet life's challenges, navigate change, and develop practices to grow into our best selves. From a place of collaboration and warmth, I assist clients to uncover the strengths, clarity, and resources needed for lasting change. I customize therapy for each person and provide an affirming environment for clients of all religious, ethnic, racial, and socioeconomic backgrounds and sexual orientations.

I work with a wide array of mental health concerns. Including, ADHD, self-harm, defiance, OCD, suicidality, self-harm, emotion regulation, depression, and anxiety . The majority of my career has been spent working in an emergency department and inpatient hospital setting. As an outpatient therapist, I combine these skills with additional therapeutic interventions to complete your treatment goals.

Accepting new clients, with openings on Wednesdays and Thursdays. As a therapist, I find myself working best with teens (16+) and young adults experiencing challenges with anxiety , stress, life transitions, relationships, and depression. Helping support you to better manage anxiety or depression, feel more comfortable being yourself in relationships and improving connections, and handle the stress that daily life throws at you.

I work with a wide range of clients, many of whom share similar challenges—work and organizational stress, health concerns, grief and loss; or are experiencing other difficulties, such as PTSD and other traumas (including compassion fatigue), depression, or anxiety . My approach is person-centered, focusing on you, the client, and the moment-to-moment engagement, discovering insights together. I can help you discover insights into barriers, and the constructive solutions to overcoming those barriers. Each person has the right to live a life free of negative thoughts and experiences—a life of healthy well-being.

Please reach out if you are feeling worried, sad, hopeless, helpless, fatigued, or overwhelmed. There is so much uncertainty in this world right now that your symptoms make complete sense. I am here as a resource to help you manage your stress, process and understand your emotions, and develop healthy routines to get through this challenging time. I will listen with my whole being and respond with compassion, authenticity, and guidance.

As a trauma therapist, I believe that personal growth and transformation is vital to the human experience, and that sometimes we need support through this process. Therapy is embarking on a journey, and you are the hero of your story. In meeting with you where you are at in your journey, I will help you to develop your own set of skills to help you through your daily experiences. I also encourage approaching challenges with vulnerability and self-compassion and will assist in practicing these areas in our sessions. Even though painful experiences are inevitable, I believe that suffering does not have to hold us back from living.

I support clients with a wide variety of concerns including relationship issues, grief and loss, anxiety disorders, LGBTQ sexual identity and orientation, self-esteem, PTSD, depression, family concerns, and other life changes and stressors. I utilize various modalities of therapy including psychodynamic, CBT and solution-focused/skill building therapies. I work with individual adults, children, teens, families, and couples, as well as adults with developmental disabilities and delays.

As a licensed psychologist providing therapy to individual adults, 18 years and older, I work from a primarily person-centered, humanistic, and interpersonal orientation in psychotherapy. I focus on clients’ unique strengths, helping them to develop skills that can remove obstacles in their lives. Together, we work through a variety of issues, including depression, excessive worry, social anxiety , interpersonal difficulties, family issues, educational stress, grief, and identity issues.

Therapy is a process that can lead to change and growth. It is a process that involves mapping, examining, and exploring the past, the present, and the future in order to alleviate whatever symptoms, difficulties, and struggles are bringing you in. Psychotherapy can address many areas of discomfort and difficulty such as anxiety , depression, concerns regarding sexuality, self-esteem, numbness, compulsive repetition, trauma, abuse, vocation, and relationship to self and others. By thinking, talking, and imagining in a space that is confidential, we can work towards opening up possibilities and empowering transformation.

I enjoy working with individuals as well as couples and families. I have a special focus on working with eating disorders, disordered eating and body image issues. I also see many clients for anxiety , depression and relationship issues. I offer a free 15 minute phone consultation as a chance for us to get to know each other and determine if we'll be a good fit to work together. I believe the relationship between therapist and client is very important and therefore I encourage this as a first step!

Life is full of challenges and sometimes we just get stuck. Most of all, I want to help you feel better and enjoy life. My work with you is about finding a way to get unstuck and move forward. My goal is to help you work through challenges, find the meaning in life again, and ultimately, live life to its fullest! My approach is to connect with you in a way that allows you to freely discuss your challenges and struggles so that I can offer insight, suggestions, and resources that are uniquely helpful to you.

I approach your daily struggles, hopes, fears and dreams as both a personal story, unique to you and your life experiences, as well as the human story, part of the experience of being human. With presence and compassion for all the parts that make up who you are, the feelings and the unfolding patterns to your life, we find meaning that is deeply personal to you. In that way, your suffering is not "wasted time, wasted energy" but has within it something to offer you toward becoming whole.

Psychotherapy is a process that offers an opportunity to explore and understand yourself and your experiences more deeply. In our earliest relationships, we develop ways of thinking, feeling, and being in relationship with ourselves, others, and the world. Exploring these patterns within the context of a warm and understanding relationship may lead to increased awareness and insight, which in turn can lead to the ability to make conscious choices about our lives and the ways that we relate to ourselves and others.

My therapeutic orientation encourages me to see people as unique individuals who have particular strengths. While building on these strengths, we focus on issues in their past and current relationships that are causing difficulties. Within the context of an empathic and confidential relationship, psychological growth and comfort are possible.

Contrary to what movies show you about therapy, I won’t give you unwanted advice or simply nod solemnly the whole session. I bring curiosity, compassion, humor, free expression, and movement to join with my clients and help them explore what healing means to them. I hope to empower clients to access their natural abilities and to gently disrupt the unhealthy patterns we humans often get stuck in using more than traditional “talk therapy” approach. My goal is to facilitate somatic healing, so your whole body begins to feel better as you gain new awareness and get “unstuck” from the patterns you’re ready to release.

As a naturopathic physician I address mood disorders from a holistic perspective. As a therapist I offer safe space for the exploration of self; healing past and recent trauma; and improving relationship dynamics within the family system.

Whether you feel deeply stuck in a dark place, or just need a boost to get back to enjoying life again, I will provide focused, caring attention, utilize my expertise to respectfully offer suggestions, and make a step-by-step plan. I specialize in treating trauma (with a range of proven approaches); most commonly with sexual assault survivors, childhood abuse, and vicarious trauma. I also work with most anxiety and mood disorders, stress management, and life transitions.