Domestic Abuse Therapists in Shoreline, WA
I have a passion for helping you recover from abuse & other traumas.
Together we will discover what you want to change. I can help you access your untapped strengths and power in order to create the life you want: more empowered, more connected, more authentic. In a safe and compassionate manner, I can help you reconnect to your truest self so you can meet the world in a secure and resilient way. Most importantly, you'll have an ally in your life committed to this journey with you. If you have experienced trauma in your early or adult life, I am trained and want to help.
I have a passion for helping you recover from abuse & other traumas.
Together we will discover what you want to change. I can help you access your untapped strengths and power in order to create the life you want: more empowered, more connected, more authentic. In a safe and compassionate manner, I can help you reconnect to your truest self so you can meet the world in a secure and resilient way. Most importantly, you'll have an ally in your life committed to this journey with you. If you have experienced trauma in your early or adult life, I am trained and want to help.
Empowering Children/Adolescents and Their Families
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Empowering Children/Adolescents and Their Families
Our Children watch us live - what we do shouts louder than what we say!
The only person you will spend every single day of your life with is yourself. Meaning that you ought to come to know, accept and eventually love that person. As a therapist, my approach functions through the lens of learning to understand ourselves and our own unique needs. This often involves the process of undoing how unfairly we’ve learned to treat ourselves, releasing our reliance on maladaptive coping mechanisms and moving on from our previously needed survival strategies. The work we do in therapy enables us to create the life we’ve always desired and deserved. My specialty lies with adult survivors of childhood trauma.
The only person you will spend every single day of your life with is yourself. Meaning that you ought to come to know, accept and eventually love that person. As a therapist, my approach functions through the lens of learning to understand ourselves and our own unique needs. This often involves the process of undoing how unfairly we’ve learned to treat ourselves, releasing our reliance on maladaptive coping mechanisms and moving on from our previously needed survival strategies. The work we do in therapy enables us to create the life we’ve always desired and deserved. My specialty lies with adult survivors of childhood trauma.
Emotional abuse has far more of an impact on us than we realize.
I believe addiction is rooted from emotional pain and unmet needs. As Canadian
physician Gabor Mate once asked, “The first question isn’t why the addiction; it’s why the pain?” Working with attachment theory and processing adverse childhood experiences can help identify ways in which addictive behaviors offer short-term benefits and long-term costs, making it difficult to actually meet underlying needs. When we begin to process the pain or emotional unmet need, we begin to become more aligned with our sense of identity.
Emotional abuse has far more of an impact on us than we realize.
I believe addiction is rooted from emotional pain and unmet needs. As Canadian
physician Gabor Mate once asked, “The first question isn’t why the addiction; it’s why the pain?” Working with attachment theory and processing adverse childhood experiences can help identify ways in which addictive behaviors offer short-term benefits and long-term costs, making it difficult to actually meet underlying needs. When we begin to process the pain or emotional unmet need, we begin to become more aligned with our sense of identity.
I'm accepting new clients!
Healing starts with an appreciation for your journey. I blend insights from psychoeducation, neuroscience, and your lived experiences to help you understand your mental health and empower informed, lasting choices. With a foundation in evidence‐based therapies, my approach combines cognitive-behavioral, cultural awareness, mindfulness, and humanistic techniques. I believe everyone has innate resilience, and I’m here to support you to grow yours and reach your optimal mental wellness.
I'm accepting new clients!
Healing starts with an appreciation for your journey. I blend insights from psychoeducation, neuroscience, and your lived experiences to help you understand your mental health and empower informed, lasting choices. With a foundation in evidence‐based therapies, my approach combines cognitive-behavioral, cultural awareness, mindfulness, and humanistic techniques. I believe everyone has innate resilience, and I’m here to support you to grow yours and reach your optimal mental wellness.
I focus on depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts, loss, grief, abuse, and legal issues.
Counseling can offer an understanding of the behaviors, beliefs and emotions that fuel our daily interactions with families and other people. Therapy is a process. My job is to facilitate you through possible change options. It is my goal to work with you closely during therapy to aid in clarifying your goals for treatment, explore patterns and choices of communication, relationships, life style and foster development of beneficial coping strategies with commitment on both parts during therapy. The main goal is to explore patterns of behavior, thoughts, and actions to foster positive change and personal growth.
I focus on depression, anxiety, suicidal thoughts, loss, grief, abuse, and legal issues.
Counseling can offer an understanding of the behaviors, beliefs and emotions that fuel our daily interactions with families and other people. Therapy is a process. My job is to facilitate you through possible change options. It is my goal to work with you closely during therapy to aid in clarifying your goals for treatment, explore patterns and choices of communication, relationships, life style and foster development of beneficial coping strategies with commitment on both parts during therapy. The main goal is to explore patterns of behavior, thoughts, and actions to foster positive change and personal growth.
My experience and training includes work with grief/loss, trauma, abuse, child and adolescent behavioral issues, relationship growth, and life transitions.
Everyone has the capacity to change no matter what their present difficulty, and adversity can offer a new chance for growth. I am an experienced, non-judgmental clinical therapist devoted to helping my clients improve their quality of life.
My experience and training includes work with grief/loss, trauma, abuse, child and adolescent behavioral issues, relationship growth, and life transitions.
Everyone has the capacity to change no matter what their present difficulty, and adversity can offer a new chance for growth. I am an experienced, non-judgmental clinical therapist devoted to helping my clients improve their quality of life.
Life's stressors can be overwhelming. Therapy shows us new ways of being and engaging through practicing adaptive skills and mindfulness. I help my clients uncover connections between past experiences that shape their current ways of coping. This leads to the ability to recognize inner strengths, identify and embrace discomfort, and cultivate self-compassion to find peace and true connection. With empathetic listening in a safe environment, I strive to be my client’s ally. I use cognitive and somatic modalities to connect mind and body and tailor my approach to your needs, even using humor when appropriate!
Life's stressors can be overwhelming. Therapy shows us new ways of being and engaging through practicing adaptive skills and mindfulness. I help my clients uncover connections between past experiences that shape their current ways of coping. This leads to the ability to recognize inner strengths, identify and embrace discomfort, and cultivate self-compassion to find peace and true connection. With empathetic listening in a safe environment, I strive to be my client’s ally. I use cognitive and somatic modalities to connect mind and body and tailor my approach to your needs, even using humor when appropriate!
You may be considering therapy because you feel stuck or dissatisfied about some parts of your life. You might be aware of the person you want to be and can be, but something is getting in the way of that and you would like to understand what. Or, you might need a place to talk about difficult experiences so you can make sense of them. As someone who truly believes in the healing power of therapy, I am glad you are considering it as a way of reaching your potential, regardless of whom you choose as your therapist.
You may be considering therapy because you feel stuck or dissatisfied about some parts of your life. You might be aware of the person you want to be and can be, but something is getting in the way of that and you would like to understand what. Or, you might need a place to talk about difficult experiences so you can make sense of them. As someone who truly believes in the healing power of therapy, I am glad you are considering it as a way of reaching your potential, regardless of whom you choose as your therapist.
We all crave connection, peace, a sense of worth and belonging and we all go through periods of struggling to find wholeness. I see therapy as a partnership where I work to support you on your particular path towards healing, wholeness and thriving in your relationships. I believe my most important task is creating safety within the therapeutic encounter so that my clients have a place where they can vulnerability heal.
We all crave connection, peace, a sense of worth and belonging and we all go through periods of struggling to find wholeness. I see therapy as a partnership where I work to support you on your particular path towards healing, wholeness and thriving in your relationships. I believe my most important task is creating safety within the therapeutic encounter so that my clients have a place where they can vulnerability heal.
I am so glad you have decided to embark on this journey to live a fuller, happier, and purpose-filled life. I love working alongside clients to maximize their potential and help them find hope and healing for the many difficulties that come with life. My counseling approach integrates research supported techniques with your personal value system. My clients who find the most impact from our sessions are willing to try new things and can appreciate practicality, humor, and directness.
I am so glad you have decided to embark on this journey to live a fuller, happier, and purpose-filled life. I love working alongside clients to maximize their potential and help them find hope and healing for the many difficulties that come with life. My counseling approach integrates research supported techniques with your personal value system. My clients who find the most impact from our sessions are willing to try new things and can appreciate practicality, humor, and directness.
I offer additional specialization helping people make sense of and heal from narcissistic and sociopathic abuse, ranging from relationships, family, communities, and beyond.
There are many reasons you might seek therapy: to renew your self-confidence, relieve stress and anxiety, conquer obstacles, and improve your capacity to manage feelings and fears. You might come to therapy to heal old wounds, make sense of current and past relationships, tackle career challenges, or resolve repeated disappointments. No matter the issue, therapy can help you to better understand yourself, break old patterns, and give you options to create a more fulfilling life.
I offer additional specialization helping people make sense of and heal from narcissistic and sociopathic abuse, ranging from relationships, family, communities, and beyond.
There are many reasons you might seek therapy: to renew your self-confidence, relieve stress and anxiety, conquer obstacles, and improve your capacity to manage feelings and fears. You might come to therapy to heal old wounds, make sense of current and past relationships, tackle career challenges, or resolve repeated disappointments. No matter the issue, therapy can help you to better understand yourself, break old patterns, and give you options to create a more fulfilling life.
Though my specialty is in substance abuse, my clients do not have to have a substance abuse issue to gain benefit from our work together.
I invite you to begin working towards a more fulfilling future. I take my time, work at a pace that you find comfortable, and maintain an open and collaborative environment, with an emphasis on shared trust. Using multiple modalities, including hypnotherapy and EMDR, I am competent to treat most issues. I have over 20 years of experience in the field and love my job! Taking the leap into therapy is an exceptional gift that you deserve!
Though my specialty is in substance abuse, my clients do not have to have a substance abuse issue to gain benefit from our work together.
I invite you to begin working towards a more fulfilling future. I take my time, work at a pace that you find comfortable, and maintain an open and collaborative environment, with an emphasis on shared trust. Using multiple modalities, including hypnotherapy and EMDR, I am competent to treat most issues. I have over 20 years of experience in the field and love my job! Taking the leap into therapy is an exceptional gift that you deserve!
Whether you want to halt an addiction, find healing from past sexual abuse, or rekindle your marriage, I will help you identify what is holding you back.
Maybe you've tried to change your compulsive behavior and it seems impossible. Or you've hit a wall in your key relationship, and your discouragement keeps you from taking action. Perhaps you feel burdened by trauma in your past and it still weighs on you.
The truth is that your life doesn't have to stay as it is. Your habits don't have to stay the way they are. And you certainly don't have to be mired in guilt or shame.
Whether you want to halt an addiction, find healing from past sexual abuse, or rekindle your marriage, I will help you identify what is holding you back.
Maybe you've tried to change your compulsive behavior and it seems impossible. Or you've hit a wall in your key relationship, and your discouragement keeps you from taking action. Perhaps you feel burdened by trauma in your past and it still weighs on you.
The truth is that your life doesn't have to stay as it is. Your habits don't have to stay the way they are. And you certainly don't have to be mired in guilt or shame.
As a Therapist, I believe prioritizing mental health is important to overall health, happiness and stability in life. Seeking help can be one of the hardest parts, so congratulations on taking that step! I’ve been practicing for 7 years. I see most ages for individual as well as family and couples.
As a Therapist, I believe prioritizing mental health is important to overall health, happiness and stability in life. Seeking help can be one of the hardest parts, so congratulations on taking that step! I’ve been practicing for 7 years. I see most ages for individual as well as family and couples.
My approach to therapy is to support folks who feel the tug of transformation and are inspired to make change, but sense some barriers impeding that change or creative flow. Whether examining relationship difficulty, sitting with past trauma, deepening self-acceptance and trust, or challenging incomplete coping strategies, I am dedicated to learning alongside you. I am a collaborative partner in working toward a more loving relationship with yourself and your world. And I always start by taking the time to recognize the strengths you bring into therapy.
My approach to therapy is to support folks who feel the tug of transformation and are inspired to make change, but sense some barriers impeding that change or creative flow. Whether examining relationship difficulty, sitting with past trauma, deepening self-acceptance and trust, or challenging incomplete coping strategies, I am dedicated to learning alongside you. I am a collaborative partner in working toward a more loving relationship with yourself and your world. And I always start by taking the time to recognize the strengths you bring into therapy.
Self-improvement. Relationship issues. Anxiety. Unhelpful thoughts or behaviors. These are some of the concerns that bring people, just like you, to my counseling practice. I value and work with the strengths, imperfections, gifts, genetics, history and humanity of each person or family, as these aspects inform and shape who we are. I support clients in identifying a values-based direction for positive change and explore both what motivates change and the barriers that are getting in the way. Together, we create a road map to a healthier life for you or your family.
Self-improvement. Relationship issues. Anxiety. Unhelpful thoughts or behaviors. These are some of the concerns that bring people, just like you, to my counseling practice. I value and work with the strengths, imperfections, gifts, genetics, history and humanity of each person or family, as these aspects inform and shape who we are. I support clients in identifying a values-based direction for positive change and explore both what motivates change and the barriers that are getting in the way. Together, we create a road map to a healthier life for you or your family.
Recognizing the need to work on a problem demonstrates courage. I work collaboratively with adult individuals, couples, and families (including teens and children) interested in personal and relational growth. Couples and families in conflict, adult individuals seeking better relationship skills, and individuals wanting relief from trauma are all part of my practice.
Recognizing the need to work on a problem demonstrates courage. I work collaboratively with adult individuals, couples, and families (including teens and children) interested in personal and relational growth. Couples and families in conflict, adult individuals seeking better relationship skills, and individuals wanting relief from trauma are all part of my practice.
As a counselor, I am experienced and devoted to supporting individuals, children, teens, couples and families who present with a variety of concerns including relationship issues, spiritual trauma/ abuse, adjustment issues, crisis, loss and grief, fears, depression, relational issues, negative self-talk, family conflict, the need for coping skills, self-esteem and self-worth struggles, life transitions, anxiety, childhood trauma/recent trauma in adults and children, and those wanting to explore their cultural identity and issues of spirituality.
I like to focus on using a Person-centered/strength-based approach when in a therapeutic relationship with my clients. I also draw on using Psychoanalysis to examine the way our conscious and unconscious mind interact. I also draw from Attachment Theory, Narrative Therapy, CBT, and Existential Therapy. I have created a space where your voice matters.
As a counselor, I am experienced and devoted to supporting individuals, children, teens, couples and families who present with a variety of concerns including relationship issues, spiritual trauma/ abuse, adjustment issues, crisis, loss and grief, fears, depression, relational issues, negative self-talk, family conflict, the need for coping skills, self-esteem and self-worth struggles, life transitions, anxiety, childhood trauma/recent trauma in adults and children, and those wanting to explore their cultural identity and issues of spirituality.
I like to focus on using a Person-centered/strength-based approach when in a therapeutic relationship with my clients. I also draw on using Psychoanalysis to examine the way our conscious and unconscious mind interact. I also draw from Attachment Theory, Narrative Therapy, CBT, and Existential Therapy. I have created a space where your voice matters.
Have you been spending so much energy adapting and adjusting that you've lost touch with what you actually need? Maybe you're carrying something heavy, or simply longing for a space where you can breathe and be yourself. Whatever brought you here, you deserve support that's built around your life, not the other way around. My path to becoming a therapist wasn't a straight line. I've lived enough to know that everyone's story is complicated, messy, and worth honoring exactly as it is. My approach is warm, non-judgmental, and grounded in the belief that you are the expert on your own life.
Have you been spending so much energy adapting and adjusting that you've lost touch with what you actually need? Maybe you're carrying something heavy, or simply longing for a space where you can breathe and be yourself. Whatever brought you here, you deserve support that's built around your life, not the other way around. My path to becoming a therapist wasn't a straight line. I've lived enough to know that everyone's story is complicated, messy, and worth honoring exactly as it is. My approach is warm, non-judgmental, and grounded in the belief that you are the expert on your own life.
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Domestic Abuse Therapists
What are the most effective ways to recover from domestic abuse?
Leaving an abusive relationship requires tremendous courage, so survivors in treatment should recognize that they have already completed the most important step. Still, the trauma of physical or emotional abuse can be difficult to process and overcome. Therapy can help survivors process trauma, grief, and difficult emotions, treat relevant mental health symptoms, and create a new framework for boundaries and relationships in the future. For some, support groups can also be an invaluable outlet for healing.
When should an individual seek help for domestic abuse?
Victims of intimate partner violence should seek help immediately. It can take substantial time, planning, energy, and courage to leave an abusive relationship, but starting the process—by seeking therapy, calling the domestic violence hotline, or simply confiding in a loved one—will help them get there. Those who have left abusive relationships but haven’t sought treatment can also greatly benefit from therapy to process and heal from the experience.
What are the consequences of staying in an abusive relationship?
Remaining in an abusive relationship has serious repercussions. In addition to the ongoing threat of physical danger and emotional abuse, research shows that intimate partner violence is associated with a range of mental health disorders including depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety, and substance abuse. Therefore it’s important for individuals in an abusive relationship to seek help as soon as possible.
How can you get domestic abuse treatment for someone else?
It can be very complicated to identify and leave an abusive relationship; barriers include the threat of violence, financial instability, and family pressures. Those concerned about a loved one in an abusive relationship should talk to them about the situation, provide them with resources such as the domestic violence hotline, and introduce the idea of seeing a therapist due to their concern for the person’s safety and well-being.