Career Counseling Therapists in Seattle, WA

CURRENT limited openings. Anxiety, depression, self doubt, and daily stress can be so pervasive. Does the stress of daily life feel anxiety provoking and overwhelming? Are your job, relationships or friendships feeling stressful? Perhaps feeling stuck or unsettled is becoming a daily reality. It may feel like it's getting harder to thrive and telling people “no” feels hard or unmanageable. You may feel like you are alone, isolated and that you can’t talk with the people in your life about these issues. I want to help you figure some of this out, to learn to love and thrive in life again.

Currently accepting new patients, Saturday and evening appointments available. My practice focuses on working with individuals who are processing significant transitions within their lives, particularly those related to developmental processes such as career change, retirement and family care-giving challenges. With an emphasis on creating meaning and exploring new potentials, our work together will help you act intentionally rather than reacting in response to old patterns that may no longer fit the person you are becoming.

We understand the impact of being neurodivergent (autistic, ASD, PDA, ADHD, gifted, 2e, dyslexic, dysgraphic, dyscalculic) in a world built for neurotypicals. Because the world is not designed for neurodivergent people, daily life is often more difficult due to neurological differences that impact communication, executive functioning, sensory regulation, and learning.

The quality of our relationships has a big impact on the quality of our lives, and that can feel overwhelming. These human connections, between romantic partners, friends, family members, and coworkers, have the power to transform our lives. Sometimes, we need help to manage transitions, move through cycles of connection and disconnection or conduct pulse checks with one another. I want to meet you where you are at and help you discover where you want to go as you live through your relationships and life changes. Together, we will work to strengthen relational intelligence, communication, connection and your motivation to change.

It takes courage and strength to reach out to someone when you need help, and I will respect your time by focusing on your most important issues when we meet. I specialize in working with people who are feeling stuck, and who are eager to invest in a collaborative therapeutic relationship with me. I love to speak with clients who are curious about themselves and why they are the way they are. I am passionate about helping people find their way in a chaotic and fast-paced world. In particular, I enjoy working with adolescents and young adults who are entering the workforce and starting new chapters of their lives.

My approach is based on the idea that current difficulties are rooted in unresolved feelings, thoughts, conflict or coping styles from the past. I help people understand the patterns in their lives and connections to the past so that they can live more effectively in the present.

Do you want to start a private practice but have no idea where to begin? Have you been practicing for several years and feel stagnant in your desire to continue treating others? Are you looking for more specific and directed supervision?

I am very open and accepting. I will believe your experiences and help you navigate a world that is neither just nor equitable. I focus on being kind, curious, and compassionate, rather than judgmental of your experiences and challenges.

The problems and desires you bring to therapy are invitations to heal and grow. I'll help you respond to those invitations with creativity, vitality, and hope. Jung wrote that "The greatest and most important problems in life can never be solved, only outgrown." Such problems, he continued, "fade when confronted with a new and stronger life urge." I'll help you find those new, stronger, deeper, more authentic parts of yourself, and bring them to life.

Are you hoping to better communicate, manage conflict and revamp your connection with your partner? Or are you in the midst of a major life transition? My clients struggle like you. Despite their brilliance, creativity and drive, the pressures of adapting to life's changes or communicating with their partner seem overwhelming. Before my clients came to see me, they figured that it was “too late” to make a change, and their life “is what it is.” They feared that if they took any drastic steps to improve their lives, it would be considered “selfish.” The fear of change, but also the fear of never changing created tension and anxiety.

Relationship is the key word in my background, having to help people find connection between personal and professional, romance and friendship, and physical and spiritual aspects of life and self. This leads down an existential path driven by exploration of your suffering and how to be with it. In my work, I am analytical, patient and kind to discovering strengths and stability.

It is my goal to foster psychological flexibility, personal accountability, congruence, and access to life force energy for the people that I am serving. I strive to increase their capacity to have a full range of experience. It is my hope that ultimately when people gain a bird's eye perspective of themselves that they will rest in self compassion for themselves and ultimately be free to be their authentic selves and recognize their wholeness. By weaving curiosity, openness, acceptance and love into the therapeutic process we can begin healing.

Now accepting new in person in Bellevue, Washington as well as online. I see individuals and couples. Are you struggling to understand why you are the way you are? I can help you to see it clearly and then provide tangible tools to get you tools to get to a new healed place. I help with family of origin issues, codependency, menopause, all relationship issues, and have experience with plant medicine. Seeing me is a little like seeing Gaby from Shrinking, I believe deeply in compassion while also telling it like it is. I am honored to do this important work with you.

I am a marriage and family therapist that helps individuals and couples navigate the challenges of modern life. We explore how roles in family, relational, social, and cultural networks influence the whole person. The client is the expert on their story and my role is to help translate that narrative through our combined knowledge. Clients I work with often feel they have all the outside elements for a happy life, but still struggle with stress, relational problems, self-esteem, and work issues. Something is missing or preventing fulfillment and it is our collaborative efforts that help us discover and remove those barriers.

I work with people of all ages and backgrounds who are going through or looking for change in their lives. Does this sound like you? "I often feel life is taking me for a ride." " I seem to respond to circumstances rather than create opportunities." "I know there is more to life than this!" I help my clients identify their limiting beliefs and understand how they influence the perception of life experiences. When limiting beliefs are replaced by positive, empowering beliefs, we can eliminate obstacles which are keeping you from becoming the best YOU, that you can be.

I have a niche' practice offering three different services. 1.) Counseling for people in the helping professions (counselors, social workers, nurses, etc.) 2.) Mentoring for counselors wishing to develop and improve their unique use of self with client's. 3.) Coaching for people working through changes in their personal and professional lives; perhaps not needing therapy, but still wanting to cope better with change.

I am a Chinese transracial adoptee raised in the Midwest. I moved to Seattle as an adult and am honored to be living on the unceded ancestral lands of the Duwamish people past and present. I enjoy hiking in nature, eating good food, and spending time with my dog. I believe that everyone can benefit from and deserves to participate in therapy. I see therapy as a process of reflection, self-discovery, and healing. My goal is to create an environment where you can see your own path forward, as well as look at your path so far. I am interested in working with adoptees, their families, and people of color.

My ideal clients are children, teens and adults seeking greater self-understanding and inner wholeness. For kids, I help with big emotions, social struggles, learning differences and managing life changes. Teens come to me for identity development, relationships, school pressures, family issues and mood disorders. Adults see me for anxiety, trauma, personal growth and chronic health challenges. Their goals are to feel understood, express themselves, gain tools to relate healthier with themselves and others and rewrite old narratives that hold them back.

There is power in being witnessed as you are: a whole, complex, and beautiful human who contains multitudes. Maybe you’re feeling disconnected from yourself and from other people, or perhaps you feel anxious and overwhelmed: stuck in a cycle and exhausted. Most of us have learned how to make ourselves small in order to navigate our world as safely as we can by suppressing our own needs and desires as a survival strategy. You have done what you can to protect yourself and you deserve so much more.