Therapists Beginning With O in Washington

We all have the capacity to heal and make deep and lasting change; my practice is dedicated to offering emotional skills with the warmth and acceptance that nurtures change. I have years of experience helping children, adolescents, and families, with a focus on helping individuals of all ages heal from distressing and traumatic circumstances and the depression and anxiety that can follow. I am comfortable in helping with short-term stressors, or long-term personal growth. I believe that every person is strong, capable, and has the innate ability to grow, have loving relationships, and feel free and alive.

Those who come to therapy are often ready for something to change. I like to work with people their stuck points, frustrations, feelings and all things relationship. Whether you are partnered, dating, or learning more about your relationship with yourself, I am here to provide support and guidance.

Welcome! We all experience struggles in our life, and sometimes those struggles are overwhelming and difficult to navigate through. I offer a supportive, non-judgmental space to help you steer through life's challenges. Together, we will walk the path of healing and self discovery as we explore and develop skills for change. I specialize in working with individuals, age 16 and older, who are struggling with depression, anxiety, trauma, and significant life changes, to help identify and work towards solutions and growth. I am also an EMDR trained therapist.

Everyone faces challenges in life that are difficult to overcome without help. Counseling provides the opportunity for growth and self-discovery in the context of a safe, supportive, and therapeutic environment. I use a variety of counseling techniques that are determined by your needs. Together, we will assess your strengths, acknowledge challenges and discover strategies that will work for you. In so doing, we will formulate a treatment plan and continually evaluate our work as we progress. Treatment is provided within a community-based model, taking into account your culture, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, and personal values.

I am a counselor who works with couples, individuals, kids and adults. I work with couples who wonder if the "happily ever after" does exist and couples beginning their married life together and believe that it does. I collaborate with individuals who are finding ways to transform a problem that they have been coping with so that they can live the life they desire. I work with people who have loved someone deeply and are finding that living a life without that person is difficult. I enjoy working with families to help them find peace and happiness in their homes.

Most people hope to live a healthy, happy, and fulfilling life. I would love the opportunity to help you achieve this. For 30 years, my efforts were spent helping children and families in the educational environment. I have experience dealing with children diagnosed with emotional and educational disabilities. I have worked with children and adolescents with ADHD, anxiety, depression, conduct disorder, and oppositional defiant disorder, among others. Currently, my work is focused on psychotherapy with children, adolescents, and adults.

Please Note: I am currently full and not taking new referrals. Thank you. Through my experience of being a therapist I have come to believe that people change and grow through acceptance of where they are coupled with increasing awareness of areas in their lives which concern and/or constrain them. I work by listening carefully to my clients, seeking to understand their experience, and assisting them to be who they are while also helping them to shed or work with habits and patterns which are limiliting them. I believe I am well-suited to being a therapist and I find the work very fulfilling.

I can help you lead a meaningful life and achieve sustainable change. I believe in enhancing resilience from the ground up with strategies that are right for each clients' needs. My style is honest, warm, and down-to-earth.

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.

On your journey of self-improvement, I hope to provide you with a safe and empathetic space to be your most authentic self. Both past and present challenges can affect individuals in so many different and powerful ways. Through building a genuine and collaborative therapeutic relationship, I hope to help you explore your life experiences in an environment free from judgement or assumption. While therapy can be challenging, we will work together to unpack internalized burdens and emotions, leading to increased clarity and sense of purpose.

Manny has over 20 years of experience in the mental health field. He specializes in treating trauma, anxiety disorders, depression, and marriage and family conflict. He is trained in a wide variety of therapeutic approaches including CBT, Psychodynamic Approaches, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and Eye-Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR). He tailors and paces the treatment according to your needs and goals so you can achieve results quickly.

If you're an adult or teen in Washington state suffering from OCD, I would love to hear from you! I specialize in treating OCD, and I am especially skilled in treating “rumination as a compulsion”—mental compulsions that are not visible to anyone else. I offer Exposure with Response Prevention (ERP), Inference-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (I-CBT), and Metacognitive Therapy (MCT), all of which are scientifically effective in treating OCD. I-CBT has been described as profound and a “game-changer.” This compassionate and effective psychotherapy has been changing lives in Canada and Europe for over 20 years.

If you're an adult or teen in Washington state suffering from OCD, I would love to hear from you! I specialize in treating OCD, and I am especially skilled in treating “rumination as a compulsion”—mental compulsions that are not visible to anyone else. I offer Exposure with Response Prevention (ERP), Inference-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (I-CBT), and Metacognitive Therapy (MCT), all of which are scientifically effective in treating OCD. I-CBT has been described as profound and a “game-changer.” This compassionate and effective psychotherapy has been changing lives in Canada and Europe for over 20 years.

My passion is in connecting clients to their inner process - what is trying to happen - as demonstrated by their symptoms. Once we discover the issue and address it, the symptoms no longer need to be present. This approach is from a type of Jungian psychotherapy called Process Oriented Psychology, which holds as its premise that there is always something right about what is going on in our lives - our process. It also includes a mixture of some Taoism and Buddhism, and can include work with body symptoms, dreams, and relationships. I look forward to talking with you to see how I might help you resolve your personal issues.

Therapy is a challenging process of self-discovery. It requires curiosity, honesty, vulnerability, persistence and courage. In this process I am looking to partner with individuals who are tired of feeling unsuccessful and out of place in their own life and who are ready to commit to their own healing. I am fully bi-lingual/bi-cultural, and bring to my practice the wealth and flavor of 25 years of many modalities and experience, working with people from around the world.

We live in a complicated and challenging society and then, we have ourselves to deal with. Therapy is a good way to understand yourself on a deeper level so you can grow to your full potential and change the things that need to be changed. By doing so, we not only heal ourselves, but we are then a benefit to others in our life and to the world in general. I think I can help with that no matter where you are in the process.