Buddhist Therapists in Washington

Creativity, parenthood, and other major life transitions - such experiences can evoke vulnerable, sometimes flooded states, highlighting our obstructions in the forms of worries, doubts, resentments and despair. Using tools informed by your personal dharma, a deeper understanding of your attachment style, and Buddhist practice, let's work together to bring understanding and self-compassion towards these obstructions in an effort to dissolve them in some lasting ways.

Are you ready to overcome the belief that something is wrong with you? Do you struggle with: low self-esteem, dis-empowerment, creating healthy relationships, setting boundaries, self-compassion, or self-care? These issues are common in our society today- there is a collective belief that somehow, no matter what we do, we are intrinsically flawed or broken. We have traded the sacred truth of our own experience for self-aggression, self-judgment, and self-loathing, and we feel miserable.

Most of what I do could be called Buddhist psychotherapy which uses inquiry, self awareness and meditation...for the reduction of suffering and to enhance personal growth. This work is done in the present moment and is little dependent on our past. The work usually goes quickly and very directly... but sometimes we need to go slow. A typical successful series might be 10-12 meetings. Spiritual matters are usually an important area of concern...What's really important? Is our behavior congruent with those values? So, tell me about that...

My work is ideal for people who have a desire to understand themselves more fully, and who are interested in exploring stuck patterns of thought, feeling, and behavior that cause suffering to themselves and the people in their lives. I work with clients experiencing anxiety and depression, grief and loss, relationship difficulties, life transitions, and issues around identity, including sexuality and gender issues. I also work with clients who are grappling with existential issues of meaning and mortality. I focus on the cultivation of awareness and acceptance in the safe environment of a compassionate therapeutic relationship.

Is there something holding you back from the life you want? Do you feel stuck or overwhelmed by changes you would like to make but find yourself repeating old patterns? Working with the body and the mind, clients are supported in exploring and bringing awareness to habits that are no longer working, accessing their natural curiosity, loosening stuck, scary, or confusing places, and reconnecting to their creativity, resilience, and well being.

Welcome. Are you looking for more joy and better relationships? My training has taught me to help people examine and describe the life they have, identifying areas in which they are "stuck," and reconnect to the life-goals that motivated them. Sometimes this stuckness has to do with certain feelings, sometimes it is about past traumas, often it shows up as repeating patterns in significant relationships, and sometimes it manifests as a malaise in which a direction in life seems impossible to find.

My therapy practice is committed to helping people live happier, healthier, more joy filled lives. Every single moment of our lives can unfold in infinitely creative ways, yet sometimes our problems seem overwhelming, or we find ourselves repeating negative patterns and we can't see the solution. Are you suffering from anxiety or depression? Are you longing for emotional connection with those nearest to you? Does your life lack a sense of direction, meaning or purpose? Are you suffering a loss, going through a job or life transition?

Do you feel isolated? Do you simultaneously want connection and feel that you have a hard time trusting people and opening up to them? Do you have a tendency to intellectualize your problems? Is it sometimes hard for you to feel your feelings? When you do feel them, do you often feel sad or anxious but are usually able to redirect and feel “fine”? Do you cope by focusing on external goals and hobbies? Do you wish that you could feel a deep and lasting sense of security, peace, and belonging?

Waitlist for Dec/Jan Spots Available. Telehealth Only. Prior to contact, please check the in-network insurance list below. Resistance to the very normal experience of suffering, as if something has gone terribly wrong, is natural. We become disconnected from the fullness of our experience and ourselves; the mind, body and our relationships. We practice inclining toward your experience and yourself in these areas with curiosity, cultivating tenderness, interconnectedness, and wise attention. Within all of us these precious core values have a capacity to hold space and a sense of wholeness that runs deeper than our problems.

Thank you for reaching out for help. I want to provide a safe space for you to express uncomfortable feelings and thoughts, and explore your well intentioned motivations and find some peace of mind.

When life feels presents us with stress, whether it be from anxiety, depression, or trauma, it is not uncommon to feel overwhelmed and a sense that our lives have become unmanageable. My greatest satisfaction comes with assisting individuals in recognizing their power to grow and thrive. I assist my clients, who include adolescents and adults, in finding ways to change their relationship to thoughts and emotions and develop a stronger sense of self, establishing core values, and creating an action plan linked to goals based on those values.

As a counselor, yoga teacher, and wellness coach, I recognize that you are the expert of your own life and walk beside you to find answers and insight. I offer the following specialties: spiritual and cultural exploration, trauma healing, emotion regulation, career counseling, gender and sex identity exploration, stress and anxiety reduction, and mindfulness meditation, death planning and acceptance (among others!). I’m proud to work with clients from all cultural backgrounds, religions, and am LGBTQ-allied.

I am a leader in somatic, body-mind psychotherapy and the expressive arts, including dance/movement therapy. Together, we co-create a space that values respect, honest connection, and communal support with a focus on your nervous system's response to stress. Relationships and our capacity to live in alignment with our core values are a top priority. My approach is always humanistic including multicultural, trauma-informed, and client-centered. I counsel while being a whole person myself, part of the holistic path of recovery that you might be seeking.

Are you looking for a Therapist who understands the strengths and complexities of individuals and families from diverse cultural backgrounds? Not happy with where you are in life? Are you dealing with life transitions such as parenthood, divorce, a career change, death of a loved one, diagnosed with cancer, or caring for aging parents/ill family member/special needs child? Feeling depressed or anxious about challenges in balancing work, family and your personal needs? Then contact me to discuss how I can assist.

Secure and confidential online supportive care from your place of comfort and safety. Process your life story and welcome your authentic self; Shift perspectives and learn new ways to be resilient and motivated through your healing journey. This practice currently welcomes those with personal trauma. Influenced by decades of therapeutic training and personally living through disability diagnosis. Together we can consider disruptions in cognition, emotions, and vocation caused by disability and other PTSD sources.

You're pretty much a survival-mode expert. You take pride in your robust ability to show up and take care of the shitty parts of life. You've managed and masked well until now. Suddenly your quirks have become magnified, old wounds re-triggered, and the shame and blame intensified; you can't hold it together much longer. Time’s passed and your ability to cope has too - only secretly.  You’ve got no one to talk to because you’ve convinced everyone you’re “fine”.  You escape to the bathroom to prevent overwhelm-induced public meltdowns. You are stuck, stagnant, and searching for yourself and where you belong...but where to start?

Our existence expands far beyond the surface narratives we tell ourselves. At our core, we are limitless beings with boundless capacity for growth, healing and transcendence. As a transpersonal guide, I facilitate an odyssey into the uncharted depths of your consciousness - cultivating mindfulness, exploring non-ordinary states, and integrating transformative realizations. This inner voyage awakens dormant aspects of your psyche to re-author limiting beliefs, so you emerge with renewed purpose and profound appreciation for life's mysteries.

Welcome to what may well be a journey of transformation. As a psychologist, neuropsychologist, and Jungian analyst, I am dedicated to facilitating your psychotherapy or neurorehabilitation. My background in neuropsychology, mindfulness, Jungian/depth psychology, and multicultural perspectives enables me to tailor our work, guiding you through your inner struggles, relationship issues, and brain health challenges (e.g., stress, anxiety/depression/grief, trauma, racial identities, LGBTQ+, life transitions, aging, chronic illness, brain injury/TBI/Alzheimer's). Together, we can arrive at a path of growth that makes sense to you.

Life often presents us with troubles and responsibilities. No matter their source, we all can adapt. Adapting, however, is not always a straightforward path and can sometimes lead us to unpleasant or painful places. We might find ourselves trapped in unhelpful ways of thinking, overwhelmed by emotions, or stuck in old patterns that no longer support us. But remember, recovery is always possible. If life’s challenges burden you, I would like to help you on your way to a healthier state of mind. I am a student intern who practices cognitive behavior therapy and mindfulness interventions.