Family Therapy in Seattle, WA

Current openings! Virtual & WALKING appointments available. Help navigating your out-of-network benefits. The past few years of collective trauma may have amplified the cracks in your life or created new fault lines you can't ignore - so much has changed. I help adult women with any and many of the following: Relationships/Heartbreak/Divorce, questioning compatibility w/a long term partner anxious attachment style, no contact/estrangement w/a family member, imposter syndrome/Burnout, navigating male dominated career fields, living with chronic illness, perfectionism & self acceptance, loneliness, existential dread. ‍

I am committed to helping people live happier, more satisfying lives. I know that relationship and work difficulties, anxiety, depression and cultural issues can make it harder to live the life you want. I have a flexible style and work collaboratively, taking into account your family and personal history, racial/cultural background, religious/spiritual life, sexual orientation, and other identities. Together we will figure out what approach will work best for you. If you have questions after looking over my profile and website about whether I am the right therapist for you, I offer 20-minute free phone consultations.

Skills for Life offers therapy for children, adolescents, young adults, and the families that support them. We are located in Madison Valley by Cafe Flora and also offer HIPAA compliant telehealth. Call for a free 15 minute consultation to see if counseling can help your family .

I am passionate about guiding my clients through a process of self-discovery, helping them learn about their strengths and weaknesses, and assisting them in developing more effective coping skills and communication techniques. I use multiple modalities of counseling, teaching, learning, and healing, and incorporate various psycho-social-educational models within a culture and gender sensitive framework. My approach to therapy is warm, non-judgmental, collaborative, and conversational. I generally work from family systems, structural and symbolic experiential theoretical orientations. I use elements of play therapy and story telling in my work with children.

Accepting new clients! I'm so glad you're looking for the help and support you need. Giving voice to your experiences can be scary, but it is a necessary first step toward healing. The way we share our experiences influences how we see ourselves, others, and the world. While we can’t change the past, we can address its impact on our present and future. I hope to create a space where you are heard, supported, and safe to share your story. I will not pretend to have all the answers, but I am wholly committed to supporting you in searching for them. Whatever your reason for being here, I hope you leave knowing your voice matters.

I am Toni Napoli, Director and founder of Counseling West Seattle. I have been in private practice since 1995. I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor who has spent the past thirty years providing the best comprehensive care to my clients. As current director, no longer practicing, I have enjoyed my mission of helping others and watching them grow and have passed the baton on to the experienced counselors at Counseling West Seattle: Elliot Grossman, Ernie McGarry, Stefani Morris, Gayle Zeller, Crystal Shipos, Larisa Wendfeldt, Aubrey Hardesty and Colette Swenson.

In addition to traditional talk therapy sessions, I also work well with clients who are seeking a holistic approach to address emotional, mental, and spiritual/energetic needs. The body-mind connection is integrated into individual sessions facilitated to your specific issue or life situation. Through counseling and/or Reiki, I work to assist you in finding or re-learning to trust your inner voice to help you more effectively deal with past trauma, or challenging family or social situations. I am highly intuitive, assisting you to clear what is blocking you energetically on emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual levels.

I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who has a heart for empowering women to live joyfully inside their bodies through liberation-work and self-compassion. I approach therapy from a systemic, person-centered, feminist, sex-positive, and HAES lens that's rooted in social justice. I understand the ways that oppression and trauma influence how we connect with our bodies and I view coping mechanisms as survival strategies that develop in response to our experiences. I believe there is wisdom in our coping and I enjoy helping clients compassionately attune to their body’s needs and connect to their intuition.

Welcome! You've already taken the first step of searching for a therapist for yourself or a loved one. I want to acknowledge how difficult that can be and am here to help support you through the rest of the journey. I see adolescents and adults for a variety of issues such as family conflict, depression, anxiety or peer relationships. I find it deeply rewarding to provide therapy to those who identify anywhere on the LGBT spectrum. Building a trusting relationship is my first priority. We will create a safe, non-judgmental space together where you can meet your goals.

I believe you know yourself best, but may need to make time and space to reconnect with you. I apply an integrative, holistic approach that examines each person's experience while taking into account the context in which they exist. The foundation of my work is establishing a brave space of safety and trust, while embracing compassion, empathy, non-judgment and openness.

I am a play therapist who specializes in child/teen and parent/caregiver relationships. You or your child may be experiencing BIG feelings, a life transition, and/or parenting struggles. Your teen might be experiencing high anxiety or perfectionist behavior and not able to handle the stress of school and friendships. I am silly and utilize metaphors and toys through play as a means of communication. My therapy sessions are often experiential—I believe that play, art, music, and movement are natural forms of self-expression for children and teens. I am a neurodivergent and LBGTQIA+ affirming therapist.

As a Child & Family Therapist , I help your child or teen navigate through important life challenges. I strive to create a safe space where children can feel comfortable and understood, making it easier for them to engage with therapy in a beneficial way.

Currently accepting new clients! - I am an interactive, experiential, and conversational therapist. As part of the queer community, I enjoy working with all LGBTQIA+ people (ages 18 and up) wanting to explore identity development, gender and sexuality, sex and intimacy, attachment styles and patterns, and trauma healing and processing. Founded in attachment theory, I incorporate experiential and body-based theories (like Emotionally Focused Therapy) when working with all couples and partnerships to help you navigate conflict, increase emotional and sexual intimacy, repair attachment wounds, and create strong, lasting relationships.

I offer authentic, collaborative, compassionate and strengths-based telehealth counseling services for individuals and couples. Common challenges that I work with include identifying and reducing unhelpful patterns, difficultly with making positive changes happen, ongoing sadness, loss (e.g., job, partner), loneliness, excessive worry, adjusting to a new city, or simply trying to cope in an increasingly fast paced, anxiety producing and complex world. I am particularly well-known in the community for assisting young adults build and navigate independent living skills. My style is to listen and to engage with your goals in mind.

I am a lifelong student of psychology, and a fellow work-in-progress. In my experience, secure relationships, self-care, healthy habits, and routines are foundational components of good mental health. I treat couples, individuals, and families as unique individuals with a systemic orientation. This means that I seek to learn each client's perspective and consider both the internal and external influences and relationships that may be impacting them. Imagine a safe place to come as you are, and be who you are. I will help you to see you are enough. We start by loving what is and grow from there.