Sleep or Insomnia Therapists in Seattle, WA
I believe that healing in the context of therapy is, at its core, about having someone bear witness to our pain. I’m inspired by the idea that we are all bent towards growth, healing, and our own self-actualization; sometimes we just need a companion as we tap into that internal compass. It’s my aim to hold a safe and empathic space for you rooted in curiosity, rather than a pursuit of any “ideal", as you embark on your healing journey. I take an eclectic approach in the counseling room, utilizing Attachment Theory, Somatic Mindfulness, Internal Family Systems, Existential Theory, and Person-Centered Therapy, among others.
I believe that healing in the context of therapy is, at its core, about having someone bear witness to our pain. I’m inspired by the idea that we are all bent towards growth, healing, and our own self-actualization; sometimes we just need a companion as we tap into that internal compass. It’s my aim to hold a safe and empathic space for you rooted in curiosity, rather than a pursuit of any “ideal", as you embark on your healing journey. I take an eclectic approach in the counseling room, utilizing Attachment Theory, Somatic Mindfulness, Internal Family Systems, Existential Theory, and Person-Centered Therapy, among others.
Thank you for putting yourself first and taking the time to find a therapist that will help you be the person you desire to be. I have over 30 years of experience working with individuals and groups struggling with depression, anxiety, grief and loss. I am here to listen and support you through life transitions, and guide you to achieve your full potential. I am client centered in my approach offering compassion, safety, and personal skill building.
Thank you for putting yourself first and taking the time to find a therapist that will help you be the person you desire to be. I have over 30 years of experience working with individuals and groups struggling with depression, anxiety, grief and loss. I am here to listen and support you through life transitions, and guide you to achieve your full potential. I am client centered in my approach offering compassion, safety, and personal skill building.
While I've spent much of my specialist practice at the intersection of ADHD and anxiety disorders, my generalist training has also prepared me to support those with sleep problems, depression, and adjustment issues across age groups.
My therapeutic approach is developmental, collaborative, destigmatizing, and informed by social justice. I draw from years of specialized training in cognitive behavioral therapy and multicultural frameworks to support your thriving. I provide therapy in both English and Mandarin Chinese.
While I've spent much of my specialist practice at the intersection of ADHD and anxiety disorders, my generalist training has also prepared me to support those with sleep problems, depression, and adjustment issues across age groups.
My therapeutic approach is developmental, collaborative, destigmatizing, and informed by social justice. I draw from years of specialized training in cognitive behavioral therapy and multicultural frameworks to support your thriving. I provide therapy in both English and Mandarin Chinese.
Alexandra Kerney, LMHCA, graduated from Central Washington University with a B.A. in Psychology and graduated from Seattle Pacific University with an M.Ed. in School Counseling. Alex uses evidence-based practices and strength-based approaches when working with child, adolescent, and young adult clients, and enjoys helping people overcome depression, anxiety, peer conflicts, low self-esteem, and bullying.
Alexandra Kerney, LMHCA, graduated from Central Washington University with a B.A. in Psychology and graduated from Seattle Pacific University with an M.Ed. in School Counseling. Alex uses evidence-based practices and strength-based approaches when working with child, adolescent, and young adult clients, and enjoys helping people overcome depression, anxiety, peer conflicts, low self-esteem, and bullying.
You may seem capable on the outside while feeling anxious, disconnected, discouraged, or overwhelmed on the inside. Perhaps you are used to pushing through stress, second-guessing yourself, procrastinating, or feeling pressure to handle things on your own. I work especially well with older teens, young adults, and men who seem functional on the outside but feel stuck, disconnected, or overwhelmed on the inside.
You may seem capable on the outside while feeling anxious, disconnected, discouraged, or overwhelmed on the inside. Perhaps you are used to pushing through stress, second-guessing yourself, procrastinating, or feeling pressure to handle things on your own. I work especially well with older teens, young adults, and men who seem functional on the outside but feel stuck, disconnected, or overwhelmed on the inside.
In my work with clients, I hold space of mutuality and acceptance. As we process together, I bring to our sessions a practice of presence that enables me to both hear and witness what the clients are experiencing. I look for patterns that clients seem to return to, shed light on them, and work to support my clients in discovering what release or transformation can arise as a result. In addition to individual adults, I have a passion for working with teens, parents, and couples. I love helping families grow stronger as they learn how to understand and connect more deeply with one another.
In my work with clients, I hold space of mutuality and acceptance. As we process together, I bring to our sessions a practice of presence that enables me to both hear and witness what the clients are experiencing. I look for patterns that clients seem to return to, shed light on them, and work to support my clients in discovering what release or transformation can arise as a result. In addition to individual adults, I have a passion for working with teens, parents, and couples. I love helping families grow stronger as they learn how to understand and connect more deeply with one another.
Are you feeling stuck? Or trying to find peace in a off balance world? What's getting in the way of living a satisfying life, one with heart and meaning? You may be coming to therapy because of a new development or something very old, you may not even know what it is. You may also be adding to your burden by judging your self unfairly. But there is hope, therapy can usher in exciting transformation. When we can embrace the gifts that come with challenges, old fears lose their power. I deeply enjoy helping clients reclaim their power to choose, creating a more satisfying path forward. Healing and growth is possible for you too.
Are you feeling stuck? Or trying to find peace in a off balance world? What's getting in the way of living a satisfying life, one with heart and meaning? You may be coming to therapy because of a new development or something very old, you may not even know what it is. You may also be adding to your burden by judging your self unfairly. But there is hope, therapy can usher in exciting transformation. When we can embrace the gifts that come with challenges, old fears lose their power. I deeply enjoy helping clients reclaim their power to choose, creating a more satisfying path forward. Healing and growth is possible for you too.
Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional. If you're in a cycle of depression, stress, or looking for support, it's time to prioritize and care for your mental health. When suffering goes unchecked it has a way of affecting your personality, your performance, even your relationships. Therapy is a great space to try on different perspectives, connect with your true self, work through conflicts, and sit with difficult feelings.
Pain is inevitable, but suffering is optional. If you're in a cycle of depression, stress, or looking for support, it's time to prioritize and care for your mental health. When suffering goes unchecked it has a way of affecting your personality, your performance, even your relationships. Therapy is a great space to try on different perspectives, connect with your true self, work through conflicts, and sit with difficult feelings.
Do you find yourself stuck in your own thoughts and compulsions? Are they difficult to resist? Are you “beating” yourself up for feeling like you lack willpower or strength to resist the intrusive daily persistent thoughts that tell you that you “have to engage in compulsions to feel better”? Do you feel like your thoughts are contradicting your moral values and scare you? Do you feel an inner shame, exhaustion and self isolate to avoid having others notice the compulsions?
Do you find yourself stuck in your own thoughts and compulsions? Are they difficult to resist? Are you “beating” yourself up for feeling like you lack willpower or strength to resist the intrusive daily persistent thoughts that tell you that you “have to engage in compulsions to feel better”? Do you feel like your thoughts are contradicting your moral values and scare you? Do you feel an inner shame, exhaustion and self isolate to avoid having others notice the compulsions?
I’m a queer, nonbinary, Chinese American, international, and transracial adoptee who has grown up in WA state. I received my Bachelor’s in Social Work at The University of Portland and my Master’s in Clinical Social Work at the University of Washington. I’ve worked in community mental health for five years. I strive to acknowledge and actively challenge how power, privilege, and systemic injustice impact us. I feel honored and energized to be practicing in the place I choose to call home!
I’m a queer, nonbinary, Chinese American, international, and transracial adoptee who has grown up in WA state. I received my Bachelor’s in Social Work at The University of Portland and my Master’s in Clinical Social Work at the University of Washington. I’ve worked in community mental health for five years. I strive to acknowledge and actively challenge how power, privilege, and systemic injustice impact us. I feel honored and energized to be practicing in the place I choose to call home!
I enjoy working with teens (14+), parents, couples, neurodiversity, and individuals working through life transitions (parenting, career changes, etc.), identity development, and everything involved with…life. I specialize in working with anxiety, trauma & neurodivergent individuals. I connect with my clients through curiosity, compassion, and a little humor. I have witnessed genuine change come when we're free to speak our truth, and it's met with warmth and authenticity. It's a collaborative journey where, together, we can work on discovering new meaningful experiences & relationships. You deserve this, and I hope to connect soon!
I enjoy working with teens (14+), parents, couples, neurodiversity, and individuals working through life transitions (parenting, career changes, etc.), identity development, and everything involved with…life. I specialize in working with anxiety, trauma & neurodivergent individuals. I connect with my clients through curiosity, compassion, and a little humor. I have witnessed genuine change come when we're free to speak our truth, and it's met with warmth and authenticity. It's a collaborative journey where, together, we can work on discovering new meaningful experiences & relationships. You deserve this, and I hope to connect soon!
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.
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.
I am a certified Medical Hypnotherapist, specializing in Stress, Sleep and Pain Management.
I feel blessed to be here to work with clients on their health journey. Each one of you is individual and everyone has their unique dynamic. It is truly and honor to support and provide techniques and tools to bring calm or personal desired change. Through a process of hypnotic suggestions hypnosis may also calm and improve some aspects of memory recall.
I am a certified Medical Hypnotherapist, specializing in Stress, Sleep and Pain Management.
I feel blessed to be here to work with clients on their health journey. Each one of you is individual and everyone has their unique dynamic. It is truly and honor to support and provide techniques and tools to bring calm or personal desired change. Through a process of hypnotic suggestions hypnosis may also calm and improve some aspects of memory recall.
I desire to work with clients who are ready to be curious about their experience and commit to their growth and healing. Through consistent attention to themselves and the therapeutic process, I seek clients who struggle with life transitions, parenthood, overwhelm, and authenticity. I want clients who are ready to be curious, want to reduce feelings of overwhelm, and create more spaciousness in their emotional life.
I desire to work with clients who are ready to be curious about their experience and commit to their growth and healing. Through consistent attention to themselves and the therapeutic process, I seek clients who struggle with life transitions, parenthood, overwhelm, and authenticity. I want clients who are ready to be curious, want to reduce feelings of overwhelm, and create more spaciousness in their emotional life.
Abraham Peña
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW
1 Endorsed
Seattle, WA 98118
Waitlist for new clients
I have extensive experience working with Depression & Anxiety, Grief/Loss issues including disenfranchised grief. Undergoing psychotherapy can be a highly rewarding and beneficial process to explore yourself; your thoughts, beliefs, feelings. Most importantly, your WANTS & LIKES. Overall my interventions encourage/promote deeper awareness of your life experience and events. The meaning made from your life experience is important and valuable. The meaning-making formed can be a source of strength as well as suffering. In therapy you learn to identify/explore the issues that create conflict in your life with supportive guidance
I have extensive experience working with Depression & Anxiety, Grief/Loss issues including disenfranchised grief. Undergoing psychotherapy can be a highly rewarding and beneficial process to explore yourself; your thoughts, beliefs, feelings. Most importantly, your WANTS & LIKES. Overall my interventions encourage/promote deeper awareness of your life experience and events. The meaning made from your life experience is important and valuable. The meaning-making formed can be a source of strength as well as suffering. In therapy you learn to identify/explore the issues that create conflict in your life with supportive guidance
You are trying so hard but it never seem good enough; You are exhausted but can’t seem to rest; You’ve tried to find peace but you can’t seem to quiet your mind; You feel like you are always letting someone down; You catch yourself asking “what is the point”. You want to feel at ease with yourself; You want to feel enough without having to be perfect; You want to feel connected with your loved ones; You want to feel in control of your life; You want to feel present in important moments; You want to find joy and passion once again.
You are trying so hard but it never seem good enough; You are exhausted but can’t seem to rest; You’ve tried to find peace but you can’t seem to quiet your mind; You feel like you are always letting someone down; You catch yourself asking “what is the point”. You want to feel at ease with yourself; You want to feel enough without having to be perfect; You want to feel connected with your loved ones; You want to feel in control of your life; You want to feel present in important moments; You want to find joy and passion once again.
Does it feel like your nervous system is still carrying the imprint of a difficult childhood? Emotional abuse, neglect, chaos, and other early wounds can leave us with life-long anxiety or depression, can shape survival strategies that no longer serve but are oh-so-hard to release.
I help adults identify and resolve the murky, self-defeating patterns and stuck emotional states that impede growth, keep us struggling in relationships, compromise health and wellbeing. It's never too late to claim your healthy, authentic self!
Does it feel like your nervous system is still carrying the imprint of a difficult childhood? Emotional abuse, neglect, chaos, and other early wounds can leave us with life-long anxiety or depression, can shape survival strategies that no longer serve but are oh-so-hard to release.
I help adults identify and resolve the murky, self-defeating patterns and stuck emotional states that impede growth, keep us struggling in relationships, compromise health and wellbeing. It's never too late to claim your healthy, authentic self!
Client-Centered, Culturally Informed, and Empowering sessions.
Every individual is seen, heard, and supported as a whole person. It integrates: Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive-Behavioral Techniques (CBT), Creative and Practical Tools
Client-Centered, Culturally Informed, and Empowering sessions.
Every individual is seen, heard, and supported as a whole person. It integrates: Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive-Behavioral Techniques (CBT), Creative and Practical Tools
Anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem can feel overwhelming, making it difficult to navigate daily life. These struggles might leave you feeling stuck, unmotivated, or unsure of your self-worth. You deserve to experience peace and regain confidence. I specialize in helping individuals like you work through these emotions, focusing on building healthy coping strategies and reframing negative thought patterns. My goal is to support your journey toward feeling more balanced and empowered.
Anxiety, depression, and low self-esteem can feel overwhelming, making it difficult to navigate daily life. These struggles might leave you feeling stuck, unmotivated, or unsure of your self-worth. You deserve to experience peace and regain confidence. I specialize in helping individuals like you work through these emotions, focusing on building healthy coping strategies and reframing negative thought patterns. My goal is to support your journey toward feeling more balanced and empowered.
If you’ve been searching for therapy that welcomes your spiritual life, your human struggles, and even your activism, you’re in the right place. All parts of you are welcome.
Whether it is the values you live by, or the effort to break unhealthy patterns, you may feel alone because you have been a trailblazer in your family and community.
In therapy, we may explore your inner world, your mind-body connection, through psychological insight & spiritual wisdom. we can talk about trauma, attachment, nervous system regulation— we can also explore questions of purpose, soul, and belonging.
If you’ve been searching for therapy that welcomes your spiritual life, your human struggles, and even your activism, you’re in the right place. All parts of you are welcome.
Whether it is the values you live by, or the effort to break unhealthy patterns, you may feel alone because you have been a trailblazer in your family and community.
In therapy, we may explore your inner world, your mind-body connection, through psychological insight & spiritual wisdom. we can talk about trauma, attachment, nervous system regulation— we can also explore questions of purpose, soul, and belonging.
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