Relationship Issues Therapists in 98117
I specialize in helping groups and individuals recover from low self worth, fears, relationship conflict, as well as disorders that lead to weight gain.
With grace, and humor, we'll work with you to address challenges impacting your health, happiness, and relationships with others. It's our philosophy that whatever affects our emotional health (isolation, depression, anxiety, trauma) will affect our physical well-being (appetite, sleep, weight gain). Not too many people enjoy change and these past few years have been nothing but a roller coaster! I'd enjoy the opportunity to talk with you and understand how you're doing. How have you been affected by changes? Is BreakThrough! right for you?
I specialize in helping groups and individuals recover from low self worth, fears, relationship conflict, as well as disorders that lead to weight gain.
With grace, and humor, we'll work with you to address challenges impacting your health, happiness, and relationships with others. It's our philosophy that whatever affects our emotional health (isolation, depression, anxiety, trauma) will affect our physical well-being (appetite, sleep, weight gain). Not too many people enjoy change and these past few years have been nothing but a roller coaster! I'd enjoy the opportunity to talk with you and understand how you're doing. How have you been affected by changes? Is BreakThrough! right for you?
Making the decision to seek therapy is a powerful moment in your life, and finding the right therapist is the next step on that path. I see my role as a partner and witness in your exploration of what being a whole person means to you. Anxiety, life transitions, relationship issues or a general feeling of being "stuck" are just some of the possible issues that might bring you to therapy. Regardless of the reason you may choose to work with me, you can expect to find a place of acceptance in which to share your authentic self.
Making the decision to seek therapy is a powerful moment in your life, and finding the right therapist is the next step on that path. I see my role as a partner and witness in your exploration of what being a whole person means to you. Anxiety, life transitions, relationship issues or a general feeling of being "stuck" are just some of the possible issues that might bring you to therapy. Regardless of the reason you may choose to work with me, you can expect to find a place of acceptance in which to share your authentic self.
Ryan Maher
Mental Health Counselor, MA, LMHC, LCPC
Verified Verified
6 Endorsed
Seattle, WA 98117
Waitlist for new clients
Therapy is an effective process that treats mental health challenges while providing a path to deeper relationship with self and others and greater overall life satisfaction.
I offer a compassionate and non-judgmental space for individuals to reflect on their experience and explore new ways of being in the world that bring deeper meaning and contentment. Through a collaborative approach, informed by an appreciation for the creativity and innate healing potential of each individual, I aim to support you in working through obstacles and woundings, deepening self-understanding/acceptance, and bringing greater alignment to your inner and outer life.
Therapy is an effective process that treats mental health challenges while providing a path to deeper relationship with self and others and greater overall life satisfaction.
I offer a compassionate and non-judgmental space for individuals to reflect on their experience and explore new ways of being in the world that bring deeper meaning and contentment. Through a collaborative approach, informed by an appreciation for the creativity and innate healing potential of each individual, I aim to support you in working through obstacles and woundings, deepening self-understanding/acceptance, and bringing greater alignment to your inner and outer life.
In addition to traditional talk therapy, I utilize techniques from somatic, dance, movement, and expressive arts therapies to help you find ways to build a stronger relationship with your body and nervous system.
The world is real rough sometimes isn't it? Let's find a gentle place for you to land. You might find your heart racing thinking about a stressful conversation or notice that you struggle to breathe after being reminded of a trauma from the past. You’ve been living with this for a while and thought it would just ease with time, but it feels like something in your nervous system is just mis-wired. Through body-based, creative, and relational work we can create a space that allows your body to soften and settle, to find a little more peace.
In addition to traditional talk therapy, I utilize techniques from somatic, dance, movement, and expressive arts therapies to help you find ways to build a stronger relationship with your body and nervous system.
The world is real rough sometimes isn't it? Let's find a gentle place for you to land. You might find your heart racing thinking about a stressful conversation or notice that you struggle to breathe after being reminded of a trauma from the past. You’ve been living with this for a while and thought it would just ease with time, but it feels like something in your nervous system is just mis-wired. Through body-based, creative, and relational work we can create a space that allows your body to soften and settle, to find a little more peace.
Hello! My name is Kristen. I am licensed in Nebraska, Iowa, Washington, and Florida. I provide therapy through a secure online therapy platform. Thank you for reaching out and exploring what therapy options are available to you. I enjoy working with young adults to older adults with a variety of concerns and problems. I am passionate about helping people who are going through life changes, grief, relationship conflict, anxiety concerns, and parenting challenges. It is important to feel like you have a trusted adult in your corner, and I look forward to being that person.
Hello! My name is Kristen. I am licensed in Nebraska, Iowa, Washington, and Florida. I provide therapy through a secure online therapy platform. Thank you for reaching out and exploring what therapy options are available to you. I enjoy working with young adults to older adults with a variety of concerns and problems. I am passionate about helping people who are going through life changes, grief, relationship conflict, anxiety concerns, and parenting challenges. It is important to feel like you have a trusted adult in your corner, and I look forward to being that person.
Are you feeling overwhelmed by habits and mindsets that you can't seem to get out of? Have you tried all the techniques but still can't seem to shake the anxious thoughts that invade your mind? Do you often find yourself triggered from a past experience or relationship that keeps surfacing and stopping you in your tracks? Do you continue to return to relationship patterns and relationship choices that you told yourself you would never engage in again? Do you struggle with self worth and body image? Do you feel overall stuck and like there is deeper work that needs to be done?
Are you feeling overwhelmed by habits and mindsets that you can't seem to get out of? Have you tried all the techniques but still can't seem to shake the anxious thoughts that invade your mind? Do you often find yourself triggered from a past experience or relationship that keeps surfacing and stopping you in your tracks? Do you continue to return to relationship patterns and relationship choices that you told yourself you would never engage in again? Do you struggle with self worth and body image? Do you feel overall stuck and like there is deeper work that needs to be done?
Alexandria Scalone
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, LMFT
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Seattle, WA 98117
In order to help with this, I offer encouragement at the core of our relationship.
I am a play therapist who specializes in teens and young adults. I empower parents and children of all ages to resolve relationship conflicts, boosting parental confidence in handling children's emotions, while equipping children with vital emotional skills for independent problem-solving, fostering stronger attachment bonds and healthier relationships. Your child may be experiencing anxiety, depression, perfectionist behavior, and stress. Sometimes it's hard to talk about our problems, that's why my therapy sessions are often experiential.
In order to help with this, I offer encouragement at the core of our relationship.
I am a play therapist who specializes in teens and young adults. I empower parents and children of all ages to resolve relationship conflicts, boosting parental confidence in handling children's emotions, while equipping children with vital emotional skills for independent problem-solving, fostering stronger attachment bonds and healthier relationships. Your child may be experiencing anxiety, depression, perfectionist behavior, and stress. Sometimes it's hard to talk about our problems, that's why my therapy sessions are often experiential.
Saara Abdalkhani
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, LMFTA
Verified Verified
Seattle, WA 98117 (Online Only)
I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapy Associate (LMFTA). What this means for our sessions is that I will provide a professional guiding hand for your individual, relationship, or family therapy journey. Your voice is extremely important and a vital piece of my practicing philosophy is that this will be a safe space for said voice to be uplifted through our work. Some of the theories we might concentrate on together are solution focused therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and experiential therapy. I also provide an affirming environment for queer, gender inclusive, and multiculturally competent care.
I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapy Associate (LMFTA). What this means for our sessions is that I will provide a professional guiding hand for your individual, relationship, or family therapy journey. Your voice is extremely important and a vital piece of my practicing philosophy is that this will be a safe space for said voice to be uplifted through our work. Some of the theories we might concentrate on together are solution focused therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, and experiential therapy. I also provide an affirming environment for queer, gender inclusive, and multiculturally competent care.
Do you sometimes fall victim to negative thinking? Do you feel like you live in a constant state of stress? You may be struggling with mental health challenges, loneliness, or patterns that no longer serve you. Whatever it may be, my goal is to help you transform your thinking, discover a deeper understanding of yourself, and be able to connect with the world in an entirely new way. I believe in the power of connection, and the healing relationship between client and clinician. Therapy can act as a non-judumental space for you to share your world and, specifically, what it is like to live your life.
Do you sometimes fall victim to negative thinking? Do you feel like you live in a constant state of stress? You may be struggling with mental health challenges, loneliness, or patterns that no longer serve you. Whatever it may be, my goal is to help you transform your thinking, discover a deeper understanding of yourself, and be able to connect with the world in an entirely new way. I believe in the power of connection, and the healing relationship between client and clinician. Therapy can act as a non-judumental space for you to share your world and, specifically, what it is like to live your life.
Our work together finds its primary elements in the thoughts, feelings, and dreams you bring and the process happening within you that cannot be produced by a technique but can be facilitated by our relationship and the various channels of communications, verbal and nonverbal, conscious and unconscious, formed between us.
We need help to feel secure in, trust, and make sense of our emotional experiences. When we don’t get the help we need, we can feel stuck, insecure, anxious, depressed, or hopeless. Over time, this often leads to patterns of feeling emotionally dead, chronically overstimulated, or, simply, feeling out of touch with oneself. Therapy is a kind of relationship in which we are able to recover our own sense of self by exploring those emotional experiences, large or small, that for whatever reason come to mind, stay with us, and make us pay attention to them.
Our work together finds its primary elements in the thoughts, feelings, and dreams you bring and the process happening within you that cannot be produced by a technique but can be facilitated by our relationship and the various channels of communications, verbal and nonverbal, conscious and unconscious, formed between us.
We need help to feel secure in, trust, and make sense of our emotional experiences. When we don’t get the help we need, we can feel stuck, insecure, anxious, depressed, or hopeless. Over time, this often leads to patterns of feeling emotionally dead, chronically overstimulated, or, simply, feeling out of touch with oneself. Therapy is a kind of relationship in which we are able to recover our own sense of self by exploring those emotional experiences, large or small, that for whatever reason come to mind, stay with us, and make us pay attention to them.
I use curiosity, empathy and humor to develop a safe relationship with you so that you may take the skills we use in therapy and use them outside of therapy.
Our bodies hold deep wisdom, but for many, as the result of trauma, relationship wounds, and oppression, that connection gets interrupted. This means we learn to ignore our needs, wants, and feelings, and turn to strategies such as perfectionism, eating disorders, and dissociation to help manage. You might notice you have difficulty connecting to your feelings or feel overwhelmed by them, and while people might think you are “ok” on the outside, it feels much different on the inside. I believe that healing this disconnection can happen in the context of a safe, supportive relationship, like therapy.
I use curiosity, empathy and humor to develop a safe relationship with you so that you may take the skills we use in therapy and use them outside of therapy.
Our bodies hold deep wisdom, but for many, as the result of trauma, relationship wounds, and oppression, that connection gets interrupted. This means we learn to ignore our needs, wants, and feelings, and turn to strategies such as perfectionism, eating disorders, and dissociation to help manage. You might notice you have difficulty connecting to your feelings or feel overwhelmed by them, and while people might think you are “ok” on the outside, it feels much different on the inside. I believe that healing this disconnection can happen in the context of a safe, supportive relationship, like therapy.
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I work from a relational psychodynamic stance that views relationship as the avenue for tending to the wounds and stories we carry.
Are you longing for steadiness? Overwhelmed by your sensitivity or the intensity of your feelings? Welcome. I work well with folks looking to lead a life with more honesty, flexibility, and hospitality for their emotional experience. By challenging black-and-white thinking, harsh narratives, and helping you with meaning making around your emotional experience, therapy provides an opportunity allow you to connect better with yourself and those around you.
I work from a relational psychodynamic stance that views relationship as the avenue for tending to the wounds and stories we carry.
Are you longing for steadiness? Overwhelmed by your sensitivity or the intensity of your feelings? Welcome. I work well with folks looking to lead a life with more honesty, flexibility, and hospitality for their emotional experience. By challenging black-and-white thinking, harsh narratives, and helping you with meaning making around your emotional experience, therapy provides an opportunity allow you to connect better with yourself and those around you.
Miranda Santisteban
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, LMFTA
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Seattle, WA 98117
Waitlist for new clients
I believe healing happens in relationship with others, so I prioritize creating a welcoming and comfortable space where my clients feel connected and at ease.
I work with kids, families and adults who are looking for practical ways manage powerful emotions while feeling cared for and understood. Some areas of focus include trauma, relationship conflict, low self-esteem, ADHD/Autism/PDA, parent-child connection, friendship therapy, and high achieving teens and young adults. Therapy is an investment, and I understand the need to have effective and efficient care. I'll focus on goals that are important to you while providing a warm and curious space where we can explore your strengths, challenges, and what will help you move forward into confidence, peace and clarity.
I believe healing happens in relationship with others, so I prioritize creating a welcoming and comfortable space where my clients feel connected and at ease.
I work with kids, families and adults who are looking for practical ways manage powerful emotions while feeling cared for and understood. Some areas of focus include trauma, relationship conflict, low self-esteem, ADHD/Autism/PDA, parent-child connection, friendship therapy, and high achieving teens and young adults. Therapy is an investment, and I understand the need to have effective and efficient care. I'll focus on goals that are important to you while providing a warm and curious space where we can explore your strengths, challenges, and what will help you move forward into confidence, peace and clarity.
I honor what each client brings in the relationship, and their own process, to do this work.
I truly believe that we have the innate capacity to heal ourselves, & within us, the keys necessary to accessing our own true nature. We can be cut off from our own wisdom, preventing us from accessing & recognizing our strengths, our gifts, our love, our joy - the very essence of what we have to offer the world. My role as therapist is supportive and collaborative, towards helping you to discover...& recover...missing or lost pieces. I employ an intersectional lens to my areas of interest which include identity work, spirituality, trans & LGBQI issues, grief & loss, anxiety, & depression.
I honor what each client brings in the relationship, and their own process, to do this work.
I truly believe that we have the innate capacity to heal ourselves, & within us, the keys necessary to accessing our own true nature. We can be cut off from our own wisdom, preventing us from accessing & recognizing our strengths, our gifts, our love, our joy - the very essence of what we have to offer the world. My role as therapist is supportive and collaborative, towards helping you to discover...& recover...missing or lost pieces. I employ an intersectional lens to my areas of interest which include identity work, spirituality, trans & LGBQI issues, grief & loss, anxiety, & depression.
I am a licensed Mental Health therapist ( WA license number: 00010994) with twenty five years of experience counseling individuals, couples, families, and adolescents. I have a special interest in neuroscience and attachment theory in the context of helping individuals cope and heal from stress, trauma, and grief. I am also passionate about assisting people in developing healthy, authentic relationships, and in carving out their own unique life course. I believe that the relationship that is built between client and therapist is an important part of therapeutic growth and change.
I am a licensed Mental Health therapist ( WA license number: 00010994) with twenty five years of experience counseling individuals, couples, families, and adolescents. I have a special interest in neuroscience and attachment theory in the context of helping individuals cope and heal from stress, trauma, and grief. I am also passionate about assisting people in developing healthy, authentic relationships, and in carving out their own unique life course. I believe that the relationship that is built between client and therapist is an important part of therapeutic growth and change.
I offer a transformative approach to therapy and coaching that catalyzes profound personal growth. Through guided self-observation and awareness, we'll explore your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors with unprecedented clarity, diving deep into your core beliefs and memories. My method transcends quick fixes, unlocking potential for radical change that may surpass your expectations of what therapy can achieve. I'm committed to facilitating your journey of self-discovery and transformation. If you're ready to challenge yourself and grow in ways you never thought possible, let's embark on this life-changing process together.
I offer a transformative approach to therapy and coaching that catalyzes profound personal growth. Through guided self-observation and awareness, we'll explore your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors with unprecedented clarity, diving deep into your core beliefs and memories. My method transcends quick fixes, unlocking potential for radical change that may surpass your expectations of what therapy can achieve. I'm committed to facilitating your journey of self-discovery and transformation. If you're ready to challenge yourself and grow in ways you never thought possible, let's embark on this life-changing process together.
Welcome, and thank you for taking the time to connect. My name is Xian (she/her). I am a first-generation, "third culture kid," Chinese-American therapist who is excited to connect with clients who are navigating intersectional identities, intergenerational trauma, acculturative stressors, and cross-cultural relationships. I strive to provide tailored insights and offerings to help clients notice beliefs about themselves and relational patterns, in order to feel liberated to live authentically according to your values. Please visit our website to learn more and to connect with services.
Welcome, and thank you for taking the time to connect. My name is Xian (she/her). I am a first-generation, "third culture kid," Chinese-American therapist who is excited to connect with clients who are navigating intersectional identities, intergenerational trauma, acculturative stressors, and cross-cultural relationships. I strive to provide tailored insights and offerings to help clients notice beliefs about themselves and relational patterns, in order to feel liberated to live authentically according to your values. Please visit our website to learn more and to connect with services.
Tina Schermer Sellers
Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, LMFT, CST, CST-S
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Seattle, WA 98117
Discover the Northwest Institute on Intimacy (NWIOI) for expert guidance in strengthening you & your relationships. With 25+ years of experience and a unique blend of spiritual, sexual, and emotional expertise, we've developed a unique approach that combines spiritual, sexual, and emotional tools to heal & enhance your life. Our 28 therapists have unparalleled training & expertise. Less than 5% of therapists in the US are trained as comprehensively in individual, couple, family, sex therapy, & healing trauma, racial, & sexual oppression. Many medical clinics refer only to us due to our experience serving people w pain and illness.
Discover the Northwest Institute on Intimacy (NWIOI) for expert guidance in strengthening you & your relationships. With 25+ years of experience and a unique blend of spiritual, sexual, and emotional expertise, we've developed a unique approach that combines spiritual, sexual, and emotional tools to heal & enhance your life. Our 28 therapists have unparalleled training & expertise. Less than 5% of therapists in the US are trained as comprehensively in individual, couple, family, sex therapy, & healing trauma, racial, & sexual oppression. Many medical clinics refer only to us due to our experience serving people w pain and illness.
Shayla Nawrocki
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, LMFT, MHP
Verified Verified
6 Endorsed
Seattle, WA 98117
“A walk in nature, walks the soul back home”- Mary Davis. Do you feel happiest and most like yourself when you slow down and enter nature to smell the sweet air, talk to the majestic trees, listen to the wisdom of the wind, feel the energy of Earth below your feet, and make space to marvel at the world? You are not alone. Just like you, I believe that nature is the path to greater wellbeing. Our work together revolves around discovering your root issues and traumas as well as connecting to the Earth, using Her wisdom as a guide to cultivate self-discovery, intuition, innate healing, and connecting to your unique life spark.
“A walk in nature, walks the soul back home”- Mary Davis. Do you feel happiest and most like yourself when you slow down and enter nature to smell the sweet air, talk to the majestic trees, listen to the wisdom of the wind, feel the energy of Earth below your feet, and make space to marvel at the world? You are not alone. Just like you, I believe that nature is the path to greater wellbeing. Our work together revolves around discovering your root issues and traumas as well as connecting to the Earth, using Her wisdom as a guide to cultivate self-discovery, intuition, innate healing, and connecting to your unique life spark.
Suffering is not evidence of failure. It is evidence of one thing... your humanity. We all suffer sometimes and we all deserve compassion and care simply because we're human. Coming to therapy can be scary. Even as you're reaching out to have a chance at a better experience in life, you want to know that who you are, and where you are now, will be respected and cared for. I believe good therapy can be both challenging and gentle, supportive and enlivening.
Suffering is not evidence of failure. It is evidence of one thing... your humanity. We all suffer sometimes and we all deserve compassion and care simply because we're human. Coming to therapy can be scary. Even as you're reaching out to have a chance at a better experience in life, you want to know that who you are, and where you are now, will be respected and cared for. I believe good therapy can be both challenging and gentle, supportive and enlivening.
