Depression Therapists in Seattle, WA
I specialize in supporting individuals navigating depression, anxiety, life transitions, or complex trauma.
Existing in today's world is challenging for most people, if not everyone. Many of us feel overwhelmed or stuck. Whether you're struggling with specific challenges or seeking personal development and insight, I am here to support you on your journey. I work collaboratively with clients to explore their inner and outer worlds. My approach blends evidence-based strategies with curiosity, empathy, authenticity, and a touch of humor. I believe therapy should feel human, approachable, and tailored to each client.
I specialize in supporting individuals navigating depression, anxiety, life transitions, or complex trauma.
Existing in today's world is challenging for most people, if not everyone. Many of us feel overwhelmed or stuck. Whether you're struggling with specific challenges or seeking personal development and insight, I am here to support you on your journey. I work collaboratively with clients to explore their inner and outer worlds. My approach blends evidence-based strategies with curiosity, empathy, authenticity, and a touch of humor. I believe therapy should feel human, approachable, and tailored to each client.
You've been in survival mode for so long you've lost touch with what it’s like to feel calm, confident, and connected. Perhaps you have a steady stream of questions constantly swirling in your head....Why do I feel this way? Am I overreacting? What is wrong with me? Beneath it all there’s a steady quiet ache, a deep longing for peace and understanding. In our work together you will find that relief and connection are possible. I've got YOU.
You've been in survival mode for so long you've lost touch with what it’s like to feel calm, confident, and connected. Perhaps you have a steady stream of questions constantly swirling in your head....Why do I feel this way? Am I overreacting? What is wrong with me? Beneath it all there’s a steady quiet ache, a deep longing for peace and understanding. In our work together you will find that relief and connection are possible. I've got YOU.
With over 50 years experience, I have successfully dealt with many treatment issues. The basic ingredient in any therapy is the quality of the relationship. I am an actively involved therapist, usually seeking an in-depth resolution of problem issues. Emotional freedom results from an understanding, respect, and acceptance of our individuality.
With over 50 years experience, I have successfully dealt with many treatment issues. The basic ingredient in any therapy is the quality of the relationship. I am an actively involved therapist, usually seeking an in-depth resolution of problem issues. Emotional freedom results from an understanding, respect, and acceptance of our individuality.
From work stress to depression & anxiety, to health issues, to problems in their relationships (marriages, kid, families).
I have over 20 years in practice as a therapist, and over a decade of focused men's work to draw from. I know the amazing strengths men have, and how sometimes that can cause us to burn out, suffer, or shut down. I also have personal experience - married for over 20 years, the father of a teenaged son. I bring a real-world viewpoint into therapy.
From work stress to depression & anxiety, to health issues, to problems in their relationships (marriages, kid, families).
I have over 20 years in practice as a therapist, and over a decade of focused men's work to draw from. I know the amazing strengths men have, and how sometimes that can cause us to burn out, suffer, or shut down. I also have personal experience - married for over 20 years, the father of a teenaged son. I bring a real-world viewpoint into therapy.
Individuals 18+ who are dealing with anxiety, depression, life transitions, and living life under the patriarchy.
I offer a client driven, collaborative space where we can learn new skills, tell your story, and make deep connections.
Individuals 18+ who are dealing with anxiety, depression, life transitions, and living life under the patriarchy.
I offer a client driven, collaborative space where we can learn new skills, tell your story, and make deep connections.
You’re a young adult feeling anxious, stuck, and unsure of your future. Overthinking, self-doubt, and overwhelm leave you questioning whether you’re good enough. Maybe your relationships feel hard too—repeating the same arguments, feeling misunderstood, or pulling away when things get vulnerable. You want to feel calmer, more confident, and more secure in yourself and your connections. You’re looking for practical, nonjudgmental support that helps you build clarity, purpose, and healthier relationships.
You’re a young adult feeling anxious, stuck, and unsure of your future. Overthinking, self-doubt, and overwhelm leave you questioning whether you’re good enough. Maybe your relationships feel hard too—repeating the same arguments, feeling misunderstood, or pulling away when things get vulnerable. You want to feel calmer, more confident, and more secure in yourself and your connections. You’re looking for practical, nonjudgmental support that helps you build clarity, purpose, and healthier relationships.
Whether you are managing anxiety, depression, or the complexities of trauma and life transitions, I adapt my approach to meet your unique story and background.
I listen attentively to your current challenges while exploring the childhood experiences that shape them. Together, we’ll identify how your attachment style influences your relationships and past choices. As a trauma therapist in Seattle, I specialize in EMDR to help you process and resolve traumatic stress, providing a path toward healing.
Whether you are managing anxiety, depression, or the complexities of trauma and life transitions, I adapt my approach to meet your unique story and background.
I listen attentively to your current challenges while exploring the childhood experiences that shape them. Together, we’ll identify how your attachment style influences your relationships and past choices. As a trauma therapist in Seattle, I specialize in EMDR to help you process and resolve traumatic stress, providing a path toward healing.
Brooks Page, LMHC, Approved Clinical Supervisor
Mental Health Counselor, LMHC
8 Endorsed
Online Only
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” Mary Oliver / In most of our lives, there isn’t space for everything we want to be & become. Frustrations & anxieties arise when we feel we aren’t living our best life or have forgotten what thriving feels like. Yet our parts that have been called unworthy, often carry our greatest strengths & giftings. Wherever you are in your journey, it is an honor to walk alongside you. Whether this is your first experience with therapy or you're continuing work from before, each session is attuned to your specific goals & needs.
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” Mary Oliver / In most of our lives, there isn’t space for everything we want to be & become. Frustrations & anxieties arise when we feel we aren’t living our best life or have forgotten what thriving feels like. Yet our parts that have been called unworthy, often carry our greatest strengths & giftings. Wherever you are in your journey, it is an honor to walk alongside you. Whether this is your first experience with therapy or you're continuing work from before, each session is attuned to your specific goals & needs.
I work with individuals seeking relief from distressing symptoms such as; demanding too much of yourself, finding it hard to trust self, trust your own experience, self-soothing through addictive behaviors, pleasing others at your own expense, anxiety, depression, CPTSD.
I specialize in working with adult children of Narcissists/those partnered w/a Narcissist as well as those impacted by BPD. Perhaps a parent/spouse second guessed your choices, gave w/strings attached, uses guilt as pressure, behaves unpredictably, creates drama, gaslights to take away your agency and confidence in self.
I work with individuals seeking relief from distressing symptoms such as; demanding too much of yourself, finding it hard to trust self, trust your own experience, self-soothing through addictive behaviors, pleasing others at your own expense, anxiety, depression, CPTSD.
I specialize in working with adult children of Narcissists/those partnered w/a Narcissist as well as those impacted by BPD. Perhaps a parent/spouse second guessed your choices, gave w/strings attached, uses guilt as pressure, behaves unpredictably, creates drama, gaslights to take away your agency and confidence in self.
People often come to therapy because they just don’t feel good. Maybe they’ve suffered a traumatic or life changing event, or maybe they’ve just always felt that something isn’t right and they’d like to figure out how to feel better. Therapy can be a powerful tool to address these concerns and improve your life. Life can be rich and wonderful, but it can also be challenging and downright painful. Sometimes we need someone to really listen and understand. I am a queer psychotherapist practicing in Seattle. I offer patient, deeply engaged listening and a non-judgmental perspective, my approach is gentle and supportive.
People often come to therapy because they just don’t feel good. Maybe they’ve suffered a traumatic or life changing event, or maybe they’ve just always felt that something isn’t right and they’d like to figure out how to feel better. Therapy can be a powerful tool to address these concerns and improve your life. Life can be rich and wonderful, but it can also be challenging and downright painful. Sometimes we need someone to really listen and understand. I am a queer psychotherapist practicing in Seattle. I offer patient, deeply engaged listening and a non-judgmental perspective, my approach is gentle and supportive.
Dr. Sveund is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Art Therapist, and Registered EMDR clinician. Her warm and caring approach focuses on individual strengths, empowerment, and understanding the mind-in-body connection to heal from trauma, navigate physical and mental health, adjust to life transitions, and cope with life stressors. Dr. Sveund works with youth and adults in person and/or via telehealth. Dr. Sveund has a passion for working with survivors of traumatic experiences. She provides guidance towards deeper insight and access to one's full potential using a trauma informed integrative approach.
Dr. Sveund is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Art Therapist, and Registered EMDR clinician. Her warm and caring approach focuses on individual strengths, empowerment, and understanding the mind-in-body connection to heal from trauma, navigate physical and mental health, adjust to life transitions, and cope with life stressors. Dr. Sveund works with youth and adults in person and/or via telehealth. Dr. Sveund has a passion for working with survivors of traumatic experiences. She provides guidance towards deeper insight and access to one's full potential using a trauma informed integrative approach.
I employ an intersectional lens to my areas of interest which include identity work, spirituality, trans & LGBQI issues, grief & loss, anxiety, & depression.
I am trained as an art therapist, and received a Masters in Mental Health Counseling and Art Therapy from Antioch University. Creativity is a powerful ally - I offer it in my work for its potential to generate fresh approaches to problems and stuckness in ways that talk therapy alone can't always address.
I employ an intersectional lens to my areas of interest which include identity work, spirituality, trans & LGBQI issues, grief & loss, anxiety, & depression.
I am trained as an art therapist, and received a Masters in Mental Health Counseling and Art Therapy from Antioch University. Creativity is a powerful ally - I offer it in my work for its potential to generate fresh approaches to problems and stuckness in ways that talk therapy alone can't always address.
I commonly work with health behavioral change, anxiety, depression, self-harm, eating disorders, ADHD, and relationship change.
I utilize a client-centered approach that integrates various treatment modalities. I like to incorporate Mindfulness, Acceptance Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Emotion-Focused, Family Systems, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. My work tends to be long-term repair work, which focuses on interpersonal growth and self-actualization.
I commonly work with health behavioral change, anxiety, depression, self-harm, eating disorders, ADHD, and relationship change.
I utilize a client-centered approach that integrates various treatment modalities. I like to incorporate Mindfulness, Acceptance Commitment Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Emotion-Focused, Family Systems, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. My work tends to be long-term repair work, which focuses on interpersonal growth and self-actualization.
I provide psychotherapy in Seattle and coaching for clients around the world. Special focus on couples, cultural adjustment issues and sexuality. With more than 30 years of experience, my approach is based on your strengths, focused on empowering you, centered on your goals, and connects you with other resources. I was born in Turkey and have lived and worked in the US, Turkey and Europe. I provide individual, couple, family and group therapy, consultation and training from Seattle's University District.
I provide psychotherapy in Seattle and coaching for clients around the world. Special focus on couples, cultural adjustment issues and sexuality. With more than 30 years of experience, my approach is based on your strengths, focused on empowering you, centered on your goals, and connects you with other resources. I was born in Turkey and have lived and worked in the US, Turkey and Europe. I provide individual, couple, family and group therapy, consultation and training from Seattle's University District.
My practice helps clients with depression, anxiety, or trauma, especially relating to relationships or family dynamics.
If you’ve tried to speak up, only to be met with denial, blame, or gaslighting, you may be stuck in a cycle of hope and heartbreak. The good days offer a glimmer of change, but the bad days feel suffocating. This emotional rollercoaster is common in relationships with narcissistic individuals and it’s exhausting. You might be wondering: “Why do I feel so anxious all the time?” “Why does love feel so unsafe?” “Is there any way out of this without losing myself?” Healing Is Possible. You don’t have to keep living in fear or emotional chaos.
My practice helps clients with depression, anxiety, or trauma, especially relating to relationships or family dynamics.
If you’ve tried to speak up, only to be met with denial, blame, or gaslighting, you may be stuck in a cycle of hope and heartbreak. The good days offer a glimmer of change, but the bad days feel suffocating. This emotional rollercoaster is common in relationships with narcissistic individuals and it’s exhausting. You might be wondering: “Why do I feel so anxious all the time?” “Why does love feel so unsafe?” “Is there any way out of this without losing myself?” Healing Is Possible. You don’t have to keep living in fear or emotional chaos.
However, I consider myself especially adept at working with clinical depression, anxiety, trauma, relationship skill building, and family systems dynamics.
When someone finds out I'm a psychotherapist, this question often comes next: "How can you listen to problems all day?" My response? "Oh no, that's not my job; I watch people become their best selves!" With 35 years of experience, fostering a client's voice and co-creating a road map are key to reaching goals. As a young adult client, my talk therapy allowed me to tell my story of deep hurts, wins and losses, hopes, and big dreams-ultimately learning who I am, uniquely, in this world. It was the transformational power and deep respect of the therapy process that drew me to become a clinician.
However, I consider myself especially adept at working with clinical depression, anxiety, trauma, relationship skill building, and family systems dynamics.
When someone finds out I'm a psychotherapist, this question often comes next: "How can you listen to problems all day?" My response? "Oh no, that's not my job; I watch people become their best selves!" With 35 years of experience, fostering a client's voice and co-creating a road map are key to reaching goals. As a young adult client, my talk therapy allowed me to tell my story of deep hurts, wins and losses, hopes, and big dreams-ultimately learning who I am, uniquely, in this world. It was the transformational power and deep respect of the therapy process that drew me to become a clinician.
I am an artist/poet turned therapist. I provide the right conditions for your brain to heal. My method is slowly building a therapeutic relationship, developing coping practices, fortifying strengths, and moving toward client-identified treatment goals. I support clients to externalize oppression and trauma through creative mediums and EMDR. When resourced, clients can move into the territory that scares them and get the goods, thus incorporating the parts of the self that had to go underground. Clients emerge from their work, whole and empowered.
I am an artist/poet turned therapist. I provide the right conditions for your brain to heal. My method is slowly building a therapeutic relationship, developing coping practices, fortifying strengths, and moving toward client-identified treatment goals. I support clients to externalize oppression and trauma through creative mediums and EMDR. When resourced, clients can move into the territory that scares them and get the goods, thus incorporating the parts of the self that had to go underground. Clients emerge from their work, whole and empowered.
I also support individuals navigating depression, grief, loss, chronic illness, infertility, and assisted reproductive technologies.
I work with adults, teens, and children aged 10 and older. My approach is strength-based and trauma-informed, utilizing modalities such as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), and Mindfulness.
I also support individuals navigating depression, grief, loss, chronic illness, infertility, and assisted reproductive technologies.
I work with adults, teens, and children aged 10 and older. My approach is strength-based and trauma-informed, utilizing modalities such as Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), and Mindfulness.
I work with clients who may be challenged by life transitions, depression, anxiety or trauma related issues related to current or past situations in their life.
It takes courage and energy to seek support and I look forward to meeting you on your path. I am honored to provide guidance for individuals seeking change in all contexts of their life, including navigating transitions, exploring grief and loss, addressing mood concerns, and gaining a deeper connection to yourself, others, and your environment. I have specialized training and extensive experience supporting perinatal mood concerns, perinatal loss, and parenting and family adjustments. After many years of practice in health care settings, I also have expertise in navigation of health care systems, and in supporting care providers.
I work with clients who may be challenged by life transitions, depression, anxiety or trauma related issues related to current or past situations in their life.
It takes courage and energy to seek support and I look forward to meeting you on your path. I am honored to provide guidance for individuals seeking change in all contexts of their life, including navigating transitions, exploring grief and loss, addressing mood concerns, and gaining a deeper connection to yourself, others, and your environment. I have specialized training and extensive experience supporting perinatal mood concerns, perinatal loss, and parenting and family adjustments. After many years of practice in health care settings, I also have expertise in navigation of health care systems, and in supporting care providers.
I am very passionate in helping anyone and everyone struggling with Trauma, Depression, Anxiety, Emotional/Physical/Sexual Abuse, loss or grief.
Healing the mind, body, and soul through meaningful long-lasting change can result from effective therapeutic solutions. I have a well-rounded background in trauma-informed therapy and refined talents in addictions treatment and mood disorders assessment/treatment. High level experience working with multi-cultural clients/patients and victims of abuse to develop service needs. I strongly believe in strength-based client focused therapy by identifying his or her strength, needs, abilities, and preferences.
I am very passionate in helping anyone and everyone struggling with Trauma, Depression, Anxiety, Emotional/Physical/Sexual Abuse, loss or grief.
Healing the mind, body, and soul through meaningful long-lasting change can result from effective therapeutic solutions. I have a well-rounded background in trauma-informed therapy and refined talents in addictions treatment and mood disorders assessment/treatment. High level experience working with multi-cultural clients/patients and victims of abuse to develop service needs. I strongly believe in strength-based client focused therapy by identifying his or her strength, needs, abilities, and preferences.
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Depression Therapists
What is the goal of therapy for depression?
Therapy for depression has several major goals. One is to relieve the mental pain of depression, which distorts feeling and thinking so that sufferers cannot see beyond their current state of mind or envision feeling better. Another is to give people the mental tools to recognize and correct the kinds of distorted thinking that turn a problem into a catastrophe and lead to despair. Therapy also teaches people how to process negative emotions in constructive ways, so they have more control over their own emotional reactivity. And it helps people regain the ability to see themselves positively, the motivation to do things, and the capacity for pleasure.
What happens in therapy for depression?
Perhaps most important, no matter the type of therapy, patients form an alliance with the therapist; that connection is therapeutic in itself, plus it becomes an instrument of change. Patients learn to identify and to challenge their own erroneous beliefs and thoughts that amplify the effects of negative experiences. They learn to identify situations in which they are especially vulnerable. And they learn new patterns of thinking and behaving. They may be given “homework” assignments in which they practice their developing skills. In addition, good therapists regularly monitor patients to assess whether and how much the condition is improving.
What therapy types help with depression?
Several types of short-term therapy have been found effective, each targeting one or more areas of dysfunction. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) helps clients challenge their negative thoughts and beliefs, learn new behavioral strategies, and curb reactivity to distressing situations. Behavioral activation (BA) is a form of therapy often used in conjunction with CBT; it focuses on engagement in rewarding activity as a pathway to changing negative feelings and disturbed mood. Another widely used approach is interpersonal therapy (IPT), which targets the social difficulties that both give rise to and get exacerbated by depression. Therapists may combine approaches as needed.
Can therapy for depression be done online?
Studies have found that online therapy can be highly effective for treating depression, although it may be more challenging to build a good therapist-patient alliance on screen than in person—at least at first. However, online therapy can offer considerable advantages. Accessibility and convenience are tops among them. Some people actually find it easier to talk about problems online than in person. While online therapy typically limits visibility of facial expression and body gestures that give important nonverbal cues to a patient’s state of mind, it can give therapists a glimpse into a patient’s world and life, providing information that can be highly useful in guiding therapy.
How effective is therapy for depression?
Many studies show that therapy is highly effective provided that patients complete the prescribed course of therapy, commonly 16 to 20 sessions. Over the long term, it is more effective than medication and the effects are more enduring. As a result, psychotherapy has the power not just to relieve current suffering but to prevent future episodes of the disorder. Therapy reverses the dysfunction in neural circuitry that disposes individuals to a negative view of themselves, the world, and their future and they acquire coping techniques, problem-solving skills, and understanding of their own vulnerabilities that are useful over the course of a lifetime.