Premera Blue Cross Therapists in Vashon, WA
Specializing in serving Vashon Island in-person and Puget Sound via telehealth to heal from anxiety, depression, and chronic stress which often originate from trauma and stress patterns learned from childhood or through-out the lifespan. Treatment goes back to heal the very beginning of these patterns through IFS, EMDR and Hypnotherapy. Embark on your journey to greater wellness, healing, and transformation. Move forward through reconnecting with your true self and reach your maximum potential.
Specializing in serving Vashon Island in-person and Puget Sound via telehealth to heal from anxiety, depression, and chronic stress which often originate from trauma and stress patterns learned from childhood or through-out the lifespan. Treatment goes back to heal the very beginning of these patterns through IFS, EMDR and Hypnotherapy. Embark on your journey to greater wellness, healing, and transformation. Move forward through reconnecting with your true self and reach your maximum potential.
I have been a licensed marriage and family therapist for 34 years. Although specializing in children and adolescents, I have experience with juvenile and adult offenders, substance abusers, and those experiencing depression, anxiety, anger management and adjustment issues. I have extensive background in providing therapy to those in our law enforcement and military communities. I am equally comfortable and experienced in providing individual, couples, and family services. In addition to private practices in Tacoma and Vashon, I am employed as a therapist at Vashon Youth and Family Services. I
I have been a licensed marriage and family therapist for 34 years. Although specializing in children and adolescents, I have experience with juvenile and adult offenders, substance abusers, and those experiencing depression, anxiety, anger management and adjustment issues. I have extensive background in providing therapy to those in our law enforcement and military communities. I am equally comfortable and experienced in providing individual, couples, and family services. In addition to private practices in Tacoma and Vashon, I am employed as a therapist at Vashon Youth and Family Services. I
My practice is focused on the resolution of trauma using EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) which effectively and efficiently treats trauma. Trauma can be a single event such as a car accident or sexual assault, or could be more complicated, involving childhood trauma. Memories of these events can cause big feelings to erupt, avoidance of similar situations, nightmares, and even flashbacks that make it feel like the event is still happening to you. Below is a simple, animated description of how EMDR works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKrfH43srg8
My practice is focused on the resolution of trauma using EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) which effectively and efficiently treats trauma. Trauma can be a single event such as a car accident or sexual assault, or could be more complicated, involving childhood trauma. Memories of these events can cause big feelings to erupt, avoidance of similar situations, nightmares, and even flashbacks that make it feel like the event is still happening to you. Below is a simple, animated description of how EMDR works: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKrfH43srg8
I am passionate about the therapeutic relationship. This work entails identifying issues and concerns and processing them in a constructive way. I am interested in holding hope for you on this journey, even when you are feeling hopeless. I think it is important to understand the connection between the mind and the body as well as the past and the present as challenges are confronted. I find the use of creativity, both in art making and perspective changing, very healing. It is an honor to guide you in the process of creating the life you desire.
I am passionate about the therapeutic relationship. This work entails identifying issues and concerns and processing them in a constructive way. I am interested in holding hope for you on this journey, even when you are feeling hopeless. I think it is important to understand the connection between the mind and the body as well as the past and the present as challenges are confronted. I find the use of creativity, both in art making and perspective changing, very healing. It is an honor to guide you in the process of creating the life you desire.
Perhaps you've spent so much of your life adapting that you've begun to lose touch with who you are beneath it all. While those adaptations may have once been necessary, there often comes a point when surviving is no longer enough. You may feel stuck in familiar patterns, disconnected from yourself, navigating loss or change, or longing for a life that feels more like your own. Therapy offers an opportunity to understand the story that has shaped you, reconnect with your inner wisdom and resilience, and create meaningful, lasting change.
Perhaps you've spent so much of your life adapting that you've begun to lose touch with who you are beneath it all. While those adaptations may have once been necessary, there often comes a point when surviving is no longer enough. You may feel stuck in familiar patterns, disconnected from yourself, navigating loss or change, or longing for a life that feels more like your own. Therapy offers an opportunity to understand the story that has shaped you, reconnect with your inner wisdom and resilience, and create meaningful, lasting change.
I work with my clients to make sense and meaning out of their life experiences. The search for meaning is a powerful tool for dealing with trauma, loss, pain, anxiety and depression. My goal as a therapist is to help my clients make meaning of the moments in life in order to live a reach and meaningful life.
I work with my clients to make sense and meaning out of their life experiences. The search for meaning is a powerful tool for dealing with trauma, loss, pain, anxiety and depression. My goal as a therapist is to help my clients make meaning of the moments in life in order to live a reach and meaningful life.
Nearly everyone finds themselves in need of help, support and professional guidance at some time in their lives. If this is such a moment for you, take the first step toward getting the help you need by visiting my website. The specific therapeutic approach depends upon issues to be resolved and the needs of each individual, couple or family. In every case, however, my focus is to acknowledge existing strengths, resources and past solutions. Together, we immediately begin to transform negative thoughts, emotions and behaviors to create change
Nearly everyone finds themselves in need of help, support and professional guidance at some time in their lives. If this is such a moment for you, take the first step toward getting the help you need by visiting my website. The specific therapeutic approach depends upon issues to be resolved and the needs of each individual, couple or family. In every case, however, my focus is to acknowledge existing strengths, resources and past solutions. Together, we immediately begin to transform negative thoughts, emotions and behaviors to create change
Perhaps you're feeling lost in a relationship that no longer feels safe or fulfilling or has you questioning your worth?
Are you lying awake at night replaying old conversations or worrying about the future?
Maybe you're feeling weighed down by the ache of grief, the numbness of depression, or the loneliness that comes with both?
For over 15 years, I have been committed to helping individuals move through anxiety, depression, grief, relationship struggles, and life changes with more resilience, clarity, and self-compassion.
Perhaps you're feeling lost in a relationship that no longer feels safe or fulfilling or has you questioning your worth?
Are you lying awake at night replaying old conversations or worrying about the future?
Maybe you're feeling weighed down by the ache of grief, the numbness of depression, or the loneliness that comes with both?
For over 15 years, I have been committed to helping individuals move through anxiety, depression, grief, relationship struggles, and life changes with more resilience, clarity, and self-compassion.
Psychological patterns that constrict or inhibit us also live inside our bodies, in the ways we breathe, hold tension, or respond to stress. Working therapeutically with both the body and mind offers a profound potential for changing deeply held ways of thinking, feeling, and being in the world. Therapy with me is not just talk, but truly holistic in exploring the deeper layers of experience through attention to the body, sensation, impulse, imagery, and emotion. This process helps to get you out of your head and into your body, and generates lasting changes in how you feel and experience yourself.
Psychological patterns that constrict or inhibit us also live inside our bodies, in the ways we breathe, hold tension, or respond to stress. Working therapeutically with both the body and mind offers a profound potential for changing deeply held ways of thinking, feeling, and being in the world. Therapy with me is not just talk, but truly holistic in exploring the deeper layers of experience through attention to the body, sensation, impulse, imagery, and emotion. This process helps to get you out of your head and into your body, and generates lasting changes in how you feel and experience yourself.
I'm a good fit if...
You want to go deep. You want actual solutions to your challenges. You want measurable change. You want humor in your sessions. You want to become more empowered and have better boundaries. You ache to feel more seen, understood, and held. You want to experience more connection, desire, pleasure, joy, and enchantment in your life, work, and relationships.
I occasionally have sliding scale spots available to serve my community.
I'm a good fit if...
You want to go deep. You want actual solutions to your challenges. You want measurable change. You want humor in your sessions. You want to become more empowered and have better boundaries. You ache to feel more seen, understood, and held. You want to experience more connection, desire, pleasure, joy, and enchantment in your life, work, and relationships.
I occasionally have sliding scale spots available to serve my community.
Despite your best efforts, life is unknowable - you can't always predict or be prepared for what comes your way. Difficulties are inevitable. When they occur, you might need help sorting out what's going on and what to do next. The good news is, therapy helps. When you're feeling miserable, unlovable and afraid, therapy helps. When you find yourself asking the question "why me?", therapy helps. When you're ready to step into your life and take charge of it, instead of having it take charge of you, therapy helps.
Despite your best efforts, life is unknowable - you can't always predict or be prepared for what comes your way. Difficulties are inevitable. When they occur, you might need help sorting out what's going on and what to do next. The good news is, therapy helps. When you're feeling miserable, unlovable and afraid, therapy helps. When you find yourself asking the question "why me?", therapy helps. When you're ready to step into your life and take charge of it, instead of having it take charge of you, therapy helps.
If you're a teen or young adult who's tried to explain what's going on in your head and felt like nobody quite got it; I get it. I'm the kind of therapist who meets you exactly where you are, whether that means diving into the heavy stuff or just starting with what happened this week. My style is direct, real, and genuinely warm. While I have a particular passion for adolescents and young adults navigating anxiety, depression, and life transitions, I also welcome adults into my practice.
If you're a teen or young adult who's tried to explain what's going on in your head and felt like nobody quite got it; I get it. I'm the kind of therapist who meets you exactly where you are, whether that means diving into the heavy stuff or just starting with what happened this week. My style is direct, real, and genuinely warm. While I have a particular passion for adolescents and young adults navigating anxiety, depression, and life transitions, I also welcome adults into my practice.
Something keeps pulling you back to the same place. The anxiety that spikes when the pressure builds, the relationship patterns you've tried to change but can't quite shift, or something from your past that still shows up in ways you didn't expect. I'm Michael, a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with 18 years of experience working with adults navigating anxiety, depression, and trauma. I've worked with a lot of people who thought they were permanently stuck and discovered they weren't. Clients often describe me as direct, grounded, and genuinely invested in lasting change.
Something keeps pulling you back to the same place. The anxiety that spikes when the pressure builds, the relationship patterns you've tried to change but can't quite shift, or something from your past that still shows up in ways you didn't expect. I'm Michael, a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with 18 years of experience working with adults navigating anxiety, depression, and trauma. I've worked with a lot of people who thought they were permanently stuck and discovered they weren't. Clients often describe me as direct, grounded, and genuinely invested in lasting change.
Updated 7/2/26: Accepting new clients! Initiating therapy takes courage, especially at a time when you may be feeling unsure, lonely, or anxious. Perhaps you are feeling like "too much" for others, or you feel overstimulated and self-critical in social settings, so you toggle between feeling like you overshare or don't say enough. It's hard to turn your brain off, yet also hard to relax. Executive functioning skills feel overwhelming and systems always seem to work until suddenly they don't. To sum up: you can't stop overthinking, yet can't think. You are not alone, and you are ready to connect with a therapist who understands.
Updated 7/2/26: Accepting new clients! Initiating therapy takes courage, especially at a time when you may be feeling unsure, lonely, or anxious. Perhaps you are feeling like "too much" for others, or you feel overstimulated and self-critical in social settings, so you toggle between feeling like you overshare or don't say enough. It's hard to turn your brain off, yet also hard to relax. Executive functioning skills feel overwhelming and systems always seem to work until suddenly they don't. To sum up: you can't stop overthinking, yet can't think. You are not alone, and you are ready to connect with a therapist who understands.
At Talk. Heal. Thrive., we are a specialized online practice dedicated to helping residents across Washington heal relationship struggles and quiet critical inner voices. Our trauma-informed clinicians provide collaborative, empathetic support for individuals and couples, with specific expertise in shame and self-criticism cycles, and neurodiverse relationships. Whether you are navigating anxiety or seeking self-trust, we match you with an expert therapist committed to long-term healing, not just temporary fixes. We accept most major insurance, including Aetna and Molina, to make high-quality, evidence-based care accessible.
At Talk. Heal. Thrive., we are a specialized online practice dedicated to helping residents across Washington heal relationship struggles and quiet critical inner voices. Our trauma-informed clinicians provide collaborative, empathetic support for individuals and couples, with specific expertise in shame and self-criticism cycles, and neurodiverse relationships. Whether you are navigating anxiety or seeking self-trust, we match you with an expert therapist committed to long-term healing, not just temporary fixes. We accept most major insurance, including Aetna and Molina, to make high-quality, evidence-based care accessible.
I’m Jeremiah Hooks, LMHC, a licensed mental health counselor based in Washington State. I specialize in working with individuals 18 and older, helping them navigate anxiety, depression, trauma, and men's issues. My approach is compassionate and client-centered, with a focus on empowering individuals to achieve personal growth and healing.
I’m Jeremiah Hooks, LMHC, a licensed mental health counselor based in Washington State. I specialize in working with individuals 18 and older, helping them navigate anxiety, depression, trauma, and men's issues. My approach is compassionate and client-centered, with a focus on empowering individuals to achieve personal growth and healing.
Healing can be a beautiful process, both physically and mentally. It can bring relief from pain, restore functionality, and promote a sense of well-being. It can also offer an opportunity for personal growth and self-discovery. I specialize in a holistic approach to anxiety, trauma, and behavior modification through mind and body. The philosophy of trauma-informed counseling is based on the understanding that individuals who have experienced trauma require specialized care and support. I acknowledge the impact of trauma on my clients' lives and work collaboratively with them to identify and address their individual needs and goals.
Healing can be a beautiful process, both physically and mentally. It can bring relief from pain, restore functionality, and promote a sense of well-being. It can also offer an opportunity for personal growth and self-discovery. I specialize in a holistic approach to anxiety, trauma, and behavior modification through mind and body. The philosophy of trauma-informed counseling is based on the understanding that individuals who have experienced trauma require specialized care and support. I acknowledge the impact of trauma on my clients' lives and work collaboratively with them to identify and address their individual needs and goals.
We seek therapy for unique reasons - we may experience conflicts in our relationships, or grief, loss, and neglect, or we may feel lost, stuck, or empty. Symptoms, such as anxiety and depression, hold information for us and can be invitations to growth that lead to new ways of knowing ourselves. Regular encounters of support, validation, and connection in a non-judgmental environment allow us to explore and sort out the chaos that comes at us and churns within us daily.
We seek therapy for unique reasons - we may experience conflicts in our relationships, or grief, loss, and neglect, or we may feel lost, stuck, or empty. Symptoms, such as anxiety and depression, hold information for us and can be invitations to growth that lead to new ways of knowing ourselves. Regular encounters of support, validation, and connection in a non-judgmental environment allow us to explore and sort out the chaos that comes at us and churns within us daily.
I work with people in significant life transition by focusing on ego deaths/changes and the discomfort that comes with addressing the Unknown. I find it deeply meaningful to sit with clients in their uncertainty as they shift from ways-of-being that no longer support their deepest Self. This may appear through impacts to work, school, and relationships. I am most drawn to discussing dreams, energy dynamics around status, sexuality, and the obscurity of grief/loss. My clients are ready “enough” to explore what may be on the other side of suffering, whether through tears, curiosity, dreams, experimentation, exposure, or all.
I work with people in significant life transition by focusing on ego deaths/changes and the discomfort that comes with addressing the Unknown. I find it deeply meaningful to sit with clients in their uncertainty as they shift from ways-of-being that no longer support their deepest Self. This may appear through impacts to work, school, and relationships. I am most drawn to discussing dreams, energy dynamics around status, sexuality, and the obscurity of grief/loss. My clients are ready “enough” to explore what may be on the other side of suffering, whether through tears, curiosity, dreams, experimentation, exposure, or all.
Online therapy for Washington residents; in-person available in Wenatchee, WA.
I specialize in working with young adults experiencing Anxiety disorders and OCD. Because anxiety rarely exists in isolation, I also support clients struggling with depression, ADHD, stress, relationship concerns, and life transitions.
Many of my clients describe themselves as people-pleasers who have difficulty setting boundaries, tend to overthink or second-guess themselves, struggle to slow down and rest, or feel like they have to get everything "just right." My approach integrates ERP, CBT, and Mindfulness.
Online therapy for Washington residents; in-person available in Wenatchee, WA.
I specialize in working with young adults experiencing Anxiety disorders and OCD. Because anxiety rarely exists in isolation, I also support clients struggling with depression, ADHD, stress, relationship concerns, and life transitions.
Many of my clients describe themselves as people-pleasers who have difficulty setting boundaries, tend to overthink or second-guess themselves, struggle to slow down and rest, or feel like they have to get everything "just right." My approach integrates ERP, CBT, and Mindfulness.
