Motivational Interviewing Therapists in 98321
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I am trained in evidence-based practices, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and motivational interviewing.
I'm not just like a regular therapist, I'm a cool therapist – Hello and welcome! You’ve made it to the right place. We can all benefit from having a person to talk to and I can help support you through all of life’s transitions. I specialize in helping veterans, first responders, and their families as I have close ties to this community. I spent many times on the receiving end as a friend or loved one talking through the everyday stresses that come with the job. As a responder, you sign on the dotted line to serve and protect the community but do not sign up for accompanying traumatic stress.
I am trained in evidence-based practices, including Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), and motivational interviewing.
I'm not just like a regular therapist, I'm a cool therapist – Hello and welcome! You’ve made it to the right place. We can all benefit from having a person to talk to and I can help support you through all of life’s transitions. I specialize in helping veterans, first responders, and their families as I have close ties to this community. I spent many times on the receiving end as a friend or loved one talking through the everyday stresses that come with the job. As a responder, you sign on the dotted line to serve and protect the community but do not sign up for accompanying traumatic stress.
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Through supportive listening, cognitive-behavioral techniques, psycho-education, and motivational interviewing, I want to help you accomplish your goals to live your best life.
Availability for new clients. Are you feeling stuck, lost or unsatisfied with how things are going in your life? I bring experience to help individuals move forward, improve their quality of life, and accomplish goals when it seems most difficult. I enjoy helping people navigate through challenging times in their lives in ways that work best for each person with a focus on their unique strengths and abilities. I specialize in individuals with disabilities such as: developmental, intellectual, emotional, or physical.
Through supportive listening, cognitive-behavioral techniques, psycho-education, and motivational interviewing, I want to help you accomplish your goals to live your best life.
Availability for new clients. Are you feeling stuck, lost or unsatisfied with how things are going in your life? I bring experience to help individuals move forward, improve their quality of life, and accomplish goals when it seems most difficult. I enjoy helping people navigate through challenging times in their lives in ways that work best for each person with a focus on their unique strengths and abilities. I specialize in individuals with disabilities such as: developmental, intellectual, emotional, or physical.
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Hi I'm Wendy. I have a private practice covering NY, WA, and AZ with Madison Galliano, Chelsea Vona, Kristin Meiner, Ridhima Malhotra, Madga Folk, Donny Mak, Krista Arnold, Jessica Drake, and Zolie Potter. As a sexologist, I help clients through sexual trauma, feelings of anxiety, fear, or shame related to sexuality and intimacy, addressing gender identity and sexual orientation, relationship design, church wounds, improve communication, heal issues stemming from sexual difficulties including poor body image, coping and living with STI's, exploring ENM, and kink/BDSM dynamics.
Hi I'm Wendy. I have a private practice covering NY, WA, and AZ with Madison Galliano, Chelsea Vona, Kristin Meiner, Ridhima Malhotra, Madga Folk, Donny Mak, Krista Arnold, Jessica Drake, and Zolie Potter. As a sexologist, I help clients through sexual trauma, feelings of anxiety, fear, or shame related to sexuality and intimacy, addressing gender identity and sexual orientation, relationship design, church wounds, improve communication, heal issues stemming from sexual difficulties including poor body image, coping and living with STI's, exploring ENM, and kink/BDSM dynamics.
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Satya Counseling and Wellness, LLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW, SUDP
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Buckley, WA 98321
Therapy is a a collaborative process in which we use your own strengths to help you live the life you desire. Perhaps something is in your way, blocking you from living a life where you feel content and empowered. Therapy can help. I am passionate about working with anyone who wants something in themselves or their lives to change. My experience includes (but is not limited to) working with individuals who have experienced trauma including combat and sexual assault, life transitions including postpartum, infidelity, anxiety, mood dis-regulation, low self worth, suicidal ideation, self harm behavior, codependency and psychosis.
Therapy is a a collaborative process in which we use your own strengths to help you live the life you desire. Perhaps something is in your way, blocking you from living a life where you feel content and empowered. Therapy can help. I am passionate about working with anyone who wants something in themselves or their lives to change. My experience includes (but is not limited to) working with individuals who have experienced trauma including combat and sexual assault, life transitions including postpartum, infidelity, anxiety, mood dis-regulation, low self worth, suicidal ideation, self harm behavior, codependency and psychosis.
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Sometimes life throws us challenges that we struggle to handle. Sometimes friends and family are able to help. However, there are times when we need additional help. In therapy, we will work together to help you find your strengths to work through the challenges you are facing, that might seem too overwhelming to handle. I use a variety of therapeutic methods to help find the one that best fits you and your needs.
Sometimes life throws us challenges that we struggle to handle. Sometimes friends and family are able to help. However, there are times when we need additional help. In therapy, we will work together to help you find your strengths to work through the challenges you are facing, that might seem too overwhelming to handle. I use a variety of therapeutic methods to help find the one that best fits you and your needs.
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“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you”-Maya Angelou. It can be difficult taking the first step to seek out help when life seems unmanageable. However, it is often more difficult to work through the issues causing this disruption alone. Whether this is due to limited support in your life, or feeling that you have to take care of it yourself, you do not have to work through it alone.
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you”-Maya Angelou. It can be difficult taking the first step to seek out help when life seems unmanageable. However, it is often more difficult to work through the issues causing this disruption alone. Whether this is due to limited support in your life, or feeling that you have to take care of it yourself, you do not have to work through it alone.
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Michelle Bigos-Taylor
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LSWAIC
Verified Verified
Buckley, WA 98321
There are times in our lives when we experience emotional distress which makes meeting our everyday responsibilities challenging or interferes with our happiness. Emotional distress may be due to a transition such as a job loss or even a new profession, the loss of a loved one or the birth of a newborn, a relationship breakup or the start of a new relationship, or it could be trauma you have experienced now manifesting itself as emotional distress in your life. There are times when we can handle the negative emotions we experience such as sadness, emptiness, loneliness, or anxiousness and other times we may need some help.
There are times in our lives when we experience emotional distress which makes meeting our everyday responsibilities challenging or interferes with our happiness. Emotional distress may be due to a transition such as a job loss or even a new profession, the loss of a loved one or the birth of a newborn, a relationship breakup or the start of a new relationship, or it could be trauma you have experienced now manifesting itself as emotional distress in your life. There are times when we can handle the negative emotions we experience such as sadness, emptiness, loneliness, or anxiousness and other times we may need some help.
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We all need a place where we feel safe. Where we can speak freely without fear of judgment. Where we can talk about the difficult things we’re facing. You’ll find that safe space here with me.
We all need a place where we feel safe. Where we can speak freely without fear of judgment. Where we can talk about the difficult things we’re facing. You’ll find that safe space here with me.
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Satya Counseling and Wellness, LLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
Buckley, WA 98321
Not accepting new clients
Therapy is a collaborative process in which we use your own strengths to help you live the life you desire. Perhaps something is in your way, blocking you from living a life where you feel content and empowered. Therapy can help. I am passionate about working with anyone who wants something in themselves or their lives to change.
Therapy is a collaborative process in which we use your own strengths to help you live the life you desire. Perhaps something is in your way, blocking you from living a life where you feel content and empowered. Therapy can help. I am passionate about working with anyone who wants something in themselves or their lives to change.
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Motivational Interviewing Therapists
How does motivational interviewing work?
Motivational interviewing aims to uncover a person’s internal motivation to change their life. Toward this end, the therapist listens, empathizes, and collaborates with the client based on their perspective; the therapist doesn’t adhere to a predetermined plan for change or impose their viewpoint on the client. Discovering an individual’s most important reasons for change, and guiding them to achieve those changes, can empower people to shift from ambivalence to action.
Is motivational interviewing evidence-based?
Yes, research shows that motivational interviewing can help treat alcohol and substance use — and in different ways such as reducing drinking, reducing resistance, and increasing the likelihood of staying in treatment. Motivational interviewing has also been shown to help people lose weight, adhere to medication regimens, improve diet for those with Type II diabetes, and improve healthy behaviors in children.
How long does motivational interviewing last?
Motivational interviewing is a short-term therapy that can last just one or two sessions. In some cases, motivational interviewing may be used in conjunction with longer-term therapies, but for most people, motivational interviewing is a brief intervention that aims to help patients understand their personal, specific, and internal reasons for changing their life.
What differentiates motivational interviewing from person-centered therapy?
In person-centered therapy, the individual is in the driver’s seat of the treatment process, creating space for them to trust their instincts and arrive at their own solutions. The two approaches are similar because motivational interviewing is also client-centered; however, person-centered therapy is more open-ended while motivational interviewing is somewhat more structured; the goal is to change, and the therapist helps the client specifically discover their internal motivations to modify their behavior.