Couples Counseling Therapists in Bellevue, WA
Rebekah Lunden
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
Bellevue, WA 98008 (Online Only)
In my therapy sessions I focus on building a therapeutic relationship of felt safety by holding a nonjudgmental space for you and your story.
Current openings! Whether you are seeking clarity in a relationship, facing a life transition, or struggling with depression or anxiety, you don't have to face it alone. Having a safe space where you feel seen and heard is crucial to your growth, healing, and overall wellbeing. I will work with you to create and hold a space of felt safety, where your experiences and emotions are validated. I will offer insight, listen without judgment, and invite you to self-reflect for clarity about your past and present experiences. Therapy is a process of change and change can be uncomfortable and scary at times. I am here to support you.
In my therapy sessions I focus on building a therapeutic relationship of felt safety by holding a nonjudgmental space for you and your story.
Current openings! Whether you are seeking clarity in a relationship, facing a life transition, or struggling with depression or anxiety, you don't have to face it alone. Having a safe space where you feel seen and heard is crucial to your growth, healing, and overall wellbeing. I will work with you to create and hold a space of felt safety, where your experiences and emotions are validated. I will offer insight, listen without judgment, and invite you to self-reflect for clarity about your past and present experiences. Therapy is a process of change and change can be uncomfortable and scary at times. I am here to support you.
Marianne Marlow
Counselor, MA, LMHC, CDWF
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Bellevue, WA 98007
Waitlist for new clients
I’ve studied with the foremost relationship coaches, researchers, and trauma experts to learn how to heal the nervous system and start the process of healing relationships.
For over 22 years, I have specialized in working with high performers with a special niche in first responder relationships. As a relationship therapist and coach, I listen and give you the tools to overcome limiting beliefs that keep you from achieving your most important relationship goals. Through open and honest communication, I challenge people to acknowledge each other’s intrinsic wholeness and worth to cultivate strong, genuine connections. My offerings use innovative relationship building techniques built on the latest research and scholarship to train couples how to have a thriving relationship.
I’ve studied with the foremost relationship coaches, researchers, and trauma experts to learn how to heal the nervous system and start the process of healing relationships.
For over 22 years, I have specialized in working with high performers with a special niche in first responder relationships. As a relationship therapist and coach, I listen and give you the tools to overcome limiting beliefs that keep you from achieving your most important relationship goals. Through open and honest communication, I challenge people to acknowledge each other’s intrinsic wholeness and worth to cultivate strong, genuine connections. My offerings use innovative relationship building techniques built on the latest research and scholarship to train couples how to have a thriving relationship.
I enjoy working with both individuals and couples.
Are you struggling with anxiety, depression, or are you having difficulty in your relationship? I am a firm believer that everyone can benefit from counseling at one point or another. I aim to create a safe environment, where my clients can feel heard and respected as we work together to identify your personal values and move towards a life that reflects those values. When working with couples, my goal is to help resolve painful conflicts and help you and your partner to build a rich and meaningful relationship, with increased intimacy, connection, and understanding.
I enjoy working with both individuals and couples.
Are you struggling with anxiety, depression, or are you having difficulty in your relationship? I am a firm believer that everyone can benefit from counseling at one point or another. I aim to create a safe environment, where my clients can feel heard and respected as we work together to identify your personal values and move towards a life that reflects those values. When working with couples, my goal is to help resolve painful conflicts and help you and your partner to build a rich and meaningful relationship, with increased intimacy, connection, and understanding.
I can help you work through the unique dynamics of an open relationship in ways that support personal growth and connection within you relationship.
As a relationship specialist, I work with individuals and couples to help them overcome communication issues, trauma, infidelity and sexual concerns. My clients are often trapped in unhelpful patterns. They feel stuck in their relationship dynamics, in difficult emotions, or in constant distress and overwhelm. It can be hard to see a way forward without help. Our work together will bring awareness and understanding to your situation and ultimately transform your pain and distress into healing and growth. I will help you work through difficult experiences and shift old patterns. Together we will create a new path towards your goals.
I can help you work through the unique dynamics of an open relationship in ways that support personal growth and connection within you relationship.
As a relationship specialist, I work with individuals and couples to help them overcome communication issues, trauma, infidelity and sexual concerns. My clients are often trapped in unhelpful patterns. They feel stuck in their relationship dynamics, in difficult emotions, or in constant distress and overwhelm. It can be hard to see a way forward without help. Our work together will bring awareness and understanding to your situation and ultimately transform your pain and distress into healing and growth. I will help you work through difficult experiences and shift old patterns. Together we will create a new path towards your goals.
Hello and welcome! You have taken a big step in your therapy journey just by looking for a therapist as that is a feat in itself. I offer a client-centered approach that is warm, curious and empathetic. Together we will work on setting goals to work towards, learn skills, and process in a safe environment. I enjoy working with individuals who are seeking support and skills with work, relationships, and life transitions. In addition, I work with couples to develop healthy communication, validation for each other, and a renewed team approach. With adoptees, their story carries with it intense emotions, questions, and loss.
Hello and welcome! You have taken a big step in your therapy journey just by looking for a therapist as that is a feat in itself. I offer a client-centered approach that is warm, curious and empathetic. Together we will work on setting goals to work towards, learn skills, and process in a safe environment. I enjoy working with individuals who are seeking support and skills with work, relationships, and life transitions. In addition, I work with couples to develop healthy communication, validation for each other, and a renewed team approach. With adoptees, their story carries with it intense emotions, questions, and loss.
Matthew J Bennett
Psychologist, PsyD, MA
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Bellevue, WA 98004 (Online Only)
of IL at Chicago and Penn) allows me to competently work with a diverse clientele, including those with mood problems, addictions, grief/loss, relationship problems, and ADD/ADHD.
I am a licensed clinical psychologist with over 20 years of experience as a psychotherapist. Passion for my work, empathy, and excellence in clinical training (several years at University of Pennsylvania) allow me to provide effective, lasting results. I use an integrative, eclectic approach combining psychodynamic and interpersonal therapies to help adolescents and adults gain insight and work through varied life concerns. I see symptoms such as depression, anxiety, and relationship conflict as opportunities for change and personal growth.
of IL at Chicago and Penn) allows me to competently work with a diverse clientele, including those with mood problems, addictions, grief/loss, relationship problems, and ADD/ADHD.
I am a licensed clinical psychologist with over 20 years of experience as a psychotherapist. Passion for my work, empathy, and excellence in clinical training (several years at University of Pennsylvania) allow me to provide effective, lasting results. I use an integrative, eclectic approach combining psychodynamic and interpersonal therapies to help adolescents and adults gain insight and work through varied life concerns. I see symptoms such as depression, anxiety, and relationship conflict as opportunities for change and personal growth.
I offer individual counseling for youth and adults, couples counseling, and parent support/coaching.
Currently accepting individual clients. Waitlist for couples clients. I offer a confidential space to talk, feel your emotions, gain insight, and grow. I am here to listen to you while offering reflections, feedback, and insight from a therapeutic lens. I believe that exploration leads to change and once you get started, you will begin to feel different in many areas of your life.
I offer individual counseling for youth and adults, couples counseling, and parent support/coaching.
Currently accepting individual clients. Waitlist for couples clients. I offer a confidential space to talk, feel your emotions, gain insight, and grow. I am here to listen to you while offering reflections, feedback, and insight from a therapeutic lens. I believe that exploration leads to change and once you get started, you will begin to feel different in many areas of your life.
Couples therapy can be incredibly effective and worth the effort! Fulfilling relationships are so rewarding.
Are you lonely in your relationship? Do you argue about divorce or parenting? Has your marriage and family been impacted by infidelity, betrayal or sexual addiction? You're relationship doesn't have to feel stressful and your family doesn't have to suffer. If you're tired of arguing with no resolution, it's time to get support. I help couples resolve communication problems, strengthen their intimacy, repair trust issues, and address parenting struggles and cultural differences. Together we can create a plan to help you ask for your needs, deepen your connection, enhance your intimacy and feel fully alive in your relationships again.
Couples therapy can be incredibly effective and worth the effort! Fulfilling relationships are so rewarding.
Are you lonely in your relationship? Do you argue about divorce or parenting? Has your marriage and family been impacted by infidelity, betrayal or sexual addiction? You're relationship doesn't have to feel stressful and your family doesn't have to suffer. If you're tired of arguing with no resolution, it's time to get support. I help couples resolve communication problems, strengthen their intimacy, repair trust issues, and address parenting struggles and cultural differences. Together we can create a plan to help you ask for your needs, deepen your connection, enhance your intimacy and feel fully alive in your relationships again.
Michelle Brown
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LSWAIC
Verified Verified
Bellevue, WA 98004
Waitlist for new clients
I offer therapy for individuals, couples, and families.
The majority of my career has been spent working in an emergency department & inpatient hospital setting. As an outpatient therapist, I combine these skills with additional therapeutic interventions to define, build, and complete your treatment goals. I work from a strength-based, solution-focused approach & utilize a variety of therapeutic techniques to best support the needs of my clients.
I offer therapy for individuals, couples, and families.
The majority of my career has been spent working in an emergency department & inpatient hospital setting. As an outpatient therapist, I combine these skills with additional therapeutic interventions to define, build, and complete your treatment goals. I work from a strength-based, solution-focused approach & utilize a variety of therapeutic techniques to best support the needs of my clients.
Jamie Hauglid
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Bellevue, WA 98005 (Online Only)
I can help you feel safe and enjoy intimacy with your partner, while creating your own healthy and pleasurable relationship with sex based on your values.
Are you struggling with feelings of insecurity, trust issues, or having trouble connecting in your relationship? I help individuals and couples who want to be close and feel safe together to get vulnerable, honest, and learn to communicate. A deeper connection is possible, even if you are trying to recover from infidelity. You may feel lost without hope, and I will provide a supportive path forward with the tools you need to make meaning of past events, receive empathy, strengthen emotional intimacy, and build trust. We will work to alleviate trauma responses from betrayal, heal sexual intimacy, and create a healthier relationship.
I can help you feel safe and enjoy intimacy with your partner, while creating your own healthy and pleasurable relationship with sex based on your values.
Are you struggling with feelings of insecurity, trust issues, or having trouble connecting in your relationship? I help individuals and couples who want to be close and feel safe together to get vulnerable, honest, and learn to communicate. A deeper connection is possible, even if you are trying to recover from infidelity. You may feel lost without hope, and I will provide a supportive path forward with the tools you need to make meaning of past events, receive empathy, strengthen emotional intimacy, and build trust. We will work to alleviate trauma responses from betrayal, heal sexual intimacy, and create a healthier relationship.
David (he/him) is a licensed psychotherapist (LMHC) in the state of Washington. David primarily works with adolescents (16+), adults including individuals and couples, and LGBTQIA+ individuals and couples who are dealing with a variety of issues including trauma, anxiety, depression, performance anxiety, low self-esteem, identity integration, relational conflicts, sexual identity, and comorbidity. David also provides integrated treatment for individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders within a collaborative team of medication prescribers and/or primary care physicians.
David (he/him) is a licensed psychotherapist (LMHC) in the state of Washington. David primarily works with adolescents (16+), adults including individuals and couples, and LGBTQIA+ individuals and couples who are dealing with a variety of issues including trauma, anxiety, depression, performance anxiety, low self-esteem, identity integration, relational conflicts, sexual identity, and comorbidity. David also provides integrated treatment for individuals diagnosed with schizophrenia and other psychotic disorders within a collaborative team of medication prescribers and/or primary care physicians.
15 Second Videos
Emma Schilling
Sarah Young
Kristin Park
Steve Best
Jiayue Yang
Anew Rhythm Counseling
Ching-Ching Ruan
Alana Hutchinson
Art of Loving Center
Abigail Carey
Daniel McKenzie
Lisa Emily Theofelis
Richard Sirota Rational Treatment Services
Hanna Maple
Jaye Minor
Sandra Killebrew
Emily Mashburn
Stella Breytman, Sex Therapist
Kelsey Wyman
Chris Koch
Tristen Mills
Sherri Davidson (Hope Unfolds Therapy)
Haley Nicole Campbell (Davlin)
Bryer Barmore
May Han
Daniel Menely
Journey To Better Counseling Services PLLC
B. Bartja Wachtel
Ewa Lichnowska
Merrie Day
Imei Hsu (Seattle Direct Counseling and Coaching)
Jeanne Heather Wicomb
Katya Halligan, LMFT - Couples and Sex Therapy
Celeste Carolin
Mike and Kim Couples Counseling
Heidi Pottle
Art Nelson
Steve Andrews
Kyong I Yim
Narayan Singh
Alicia Spangenberger
Savannah Suttle
Sam Nabil
Jeanie Bohall
Allison Doyle
Sheena Kaas Mudaliar
Bonnie Young
Kelly Ferguson at Blue Barn Therapy Group, LLC.
PNW Intimate Connections Counseling PLLC
Katie Sparrow
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.
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.
Michal Goldring Keidar
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW
Verified Verified
5 Endorsed
Bellevue, WA 98007 (Online Only)
I am helping my clients by providing support, insight and compassion in the areas of: Trauma and recovery, Transition to parenthood, Relationship enhancement, Parenting children with disabilities and neurodivergent children, Anxiety, Mindfulness, Emotion regulation and distress tolerance, I'm also offering workshops and consultations.
The heart of my work as a therapist is helping my clients transform their relationships with others as well as with themselves to a healthy, empowering and meaningful ones. I've been in practice over 15 years, providing therapy to individuals, couples families and groups. I'm informed by research based therapy methods including anti oppressive psychodynamic therapy, CBT, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP), narrative therapy, attachment theory and EMDR. I'm a Gottman educator in the 'Bringing Baby Home' (BBH) to expecting and new parents and The 7 Principles Program for couples'.
I am helping my clients by providing support, insight and compassion in the areas of: Trauma and recovery, Transition to parenthood, Relationship enhancement, Parenting children with disabilities and neurodivergent children, Anxiety, Mindfulness, Emotion regulation and distress tolerance, I'm also offering workshops and consultations.
The heart of my work as a therapist is helping my clients transform their relationships with others as well as with themselves to a healthy, empowering and meaningful ones. I've been in practice over 15 years, providing therapy to individuals, couples families and groups. I'm informed by research based therapy methods including anti oppressive psychodynamic therapy, CBT, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP), narrative therapy, attachment theory and EMDR. I'm a Gottman educator in the 'Bringing Baby Home' (BBH) to expecting and new parents and The 7 Principles Program for couples'.
Charity Laughlin
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT, CST
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Bellevue, WA 98005
As a couples & family therapist & AASECT certified Sex Therapist, I support you in deepening connection to yourself and others and integrating sexual health into your life and relationship.
It is common to feel loneliness and heartbreak when experiencing relationship difficulties (sexual concerns, poor communication, conflict without repair, lack of intimacy, codependence, wanting different things, working through a betrayal such as infidelity). I work with individuals, couples, and intimate partnerships who are experiencing relationship and sexual difficulties or mental health concerns, supporting each partner’s growth in self- and other-intimacy by helping each of you identify and skillfully communicate what you think, feel, and prefer and listen with curiosity and compassion as your partner does the same.
As a couples & family therapist & AASECT certified Sex Therapist, I support you in deepening connection to yourself and others and integrating sexual health into your life and relationship.
It is common to feel loneliness and heartbreak when experiencing relationship difficulties (sexual concerns, poor communication, conflict without repair, lack of intimacy, codependence, wanting different things, working through a betrayal such as infidelity). I work with individuals, couples, and intimate partnerships who are experiencing relationship and sexual difficulties or mental health concerns, supporting each partner’s growth in self- and other-intimacy by helping each of you identify and skillfully communicate what you think, feel, and prefer and listen with curiosity and compassion as your partner does the same.
I'm honored when clients contact me because I know it takes a lot of courage to reach out when you feel stuck in your life and don't know how to move forward. I recognize there are many ways a person or couple can feel stuck, including low self-esteem, relationship difficulties, and lack of direction in their life. I see therapy as a collaborative effort between client and therapist, and requires more than just listening (though that is important) but also requires a framework or strategy to help individuals discover who they are beyond the problems that prompt them to seek a therapist.
I'm honored when clients contact me because I know it takes a lot of courage to reach out when you feel stuck in your life and don't know how to move forward. I recognize there are many ways a person or couple can feel stuck, including low self-esteem, relationship difficulties, and lack of direction in their life. I see therapy as a collaborative effort between client and therapist, and requires more than just listening (though that is important) but also requires a framework or strategy to help individuals discover who they are beyond the problems that prompt them to seek a therapist.
Jason E Dodd
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW
Verified Verified
Bellevue, WA 98004
Waitlist for new clients
My specialty is PTSD treatment, with behavioral, psychodynamic, and art therapy options available to help survivors of abuse (physical, sexual, emotional, spiritual/religious), relationship violence, and other traumatic experiences to regain lost senses of personal power, safety, momentum, emotional control, healthier coping skills, and social connection.
*CURRENTLY NOT ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS* A veteran of the U.S. Air Force and a former domestic violence advocate, I specialize in providing evidence-based psychotherapy and advocacy-based counseling for survivors of relationship abuse and other traumatic experiences. As a general practitioner, I also help with issues ranging from self-image, depression, and grief, to social and general anxiety, OCD, family conflict and divorce, religious shunning / transitions, adolescent and adult giftedness, nontraditional relationships, and matters of sexual orientation and gender identity (LGBTQ/non-binary affirming).
My specialty is PTSD treatment, with behavioral, psychodynamic, and art therapy options available to help survivors of abuse (physical, sexual, emotional, spiritual/religious), relationship violence, and other traumatic experiences to regain lost senses of personal power, safety, momentum, emotional control, healthier coping skills, and social connection.
*CURRENTLY NOT ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS* A veteran of the U.S. Air Force and a former domestic violence advocate, I specialize in providing evidence-based psychotherapy and advocacy-based counseling for survivors of relationship abuse and other traumatic experiences. As a general practitioner, I also help with issues ranging from self-image, depression, and grief, to social and general anxiety, OCD, family conflict and divorce, religious shunning / transitions, adolescent and adult giftedness, nontraditional relationships, and matters of sexual orientation and gender identity (LGBTQ/non-binary affirming).
Whitney Taylor
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, LMFTA
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Bellevue, WA 98008
I am an individual and couples therapist at the Bellevue Trauma Recovery Center. With a Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University, Santa Barbara, and a license to practice in Washington State, I am dedicated to delivering trauma-informed therapeutic care. At the heart of my therapeutic practice is recognizing the importance of each client's history, culture, beliefs, relationships, identities, and narrative. I am committed to building therapeutic relationships based on mutual respect, trust, and care, offering a safe and validating space for clients and their support networks.
I am an individual and couples therapist at the Bellevue Trauma Recovery Center. With a Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University, Santa Barbara, and a license to practice in Washington State, I am dedicated to delivering trauma-informed therapeutic care. At the heart of my therapeutic practice is recognizing the importance of each client's history, culture, beliefs, relationships, identities, and narrative. I am committed to building therapeutic relationships based on mutual respect, trust, and care, offering a safe and validating space for clients and their support networks.
Trish Rasske
Counselor, MS, LMHC
Verified Verified
Bellevue, WA 98007 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
Sometimes it seems like we are trapped in an unfulfilling routine that repeats week after week. It feels like a constant struggle to try to keep up with our responsibilities, and we start to wonder if we’re even getting anywhere worthwhile. The news headlines are depressing, the future feels uncertain at best, and even finding time and energy for self-care is challenging. It’s easy to fall into bad habits, and harder to build the healthy ones. When all of that is topped with work stress, relationship or health challenges, parenting struggles, loss of a loved one, or a traumatic event, it can become too much to bear alone.
Sometimes it seems like we are trapped in an unfulfilling routine that repeats week after week. It feels like a constant struggle to try to keep up with our responsibilities, and we start to wonder if we’re even getting anywhere worthwhile. The news headlines are depressing, the future feels uncertain at best, and even finding time and energy for self-care is challenging. It’s easy to fall into bad habits, and harder to build the healthy ones. When all of that is topped with work stress, relationship or health challenges, parenting struggles, loss of a loved one, or a traumatic event, it can become too much to bear alone.
I am here to treat clients, couples and their loved ones when they are the most in need.
It is my privilege to witness my clients as they gain the skills to treat suicidal ideation, self-harming behaviors, extreme emotions, anxiety, depression, OCD, eating disorders, trauma, perfectionism, inflexibility and loneliness. These skills ultimately lead to connection with themselves, their partners, spouses and others in their lives and help them build a life worth living.
I am here to treat clients, couples and their loved ones when they are the most in need.
It is my privilege to witness my clients as they gain the skills to treat suicidal ideation, self-harming behaviors, extreme emotions, anxiety, depression, OCD, eating disorders, trauma, perfectionism, inflexibility and loneliness. These skills ultimately lead to connection with themselves, their partners, spouses and others in their lives and help them build a life worth living.
Emmaus Counseling Center
Psychologist, PhD, LICSW, LMHC, LMFT, CSAT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Bellevue, WA 98004
Our compassionate therapists offer counseling services for clients Ages 3+, Couples, and Families.
Our psychologists and therapists are among the most respected in the area and have been selected because of their expertise in a variety of presenting issues and vast experience of therapeutic approaches. And because each of our clients are unique, our therapists offer an exciting and varied approach for each of their clients struggling with issues preventing them from living their best life.
Our compassionate therapists offer counseling services for clients Ages 3+, Couples, and Families.
Our psychologists and therapists are among the most respected in the area and have been selected because of their expertise in a variety of presenting issues and vast experience of therapeutic approaches. And because each of our clients are unique, our therapists offer an exciting and varied approach for each of their clients struggling with issues preventing them from living their best life.
See more therapy options for Bellevue
Couples Counseling Therapists
Does couples counseling work?
Research shows that couples counseling is effective; it can reduce relationship distress and improve emotional awareness, communication, empathy, intimacy, and overall relationship satisfaction. For example, emotionally focused therapy was found to be effective for about 75 percent of couples, and those benefits lasted at least two years.
When should a couple seek counseling?
Couples can benefit from counseling if they consistently struggle in their relationship. They may have lost the ability to communicate effectively, become entrenched in harmful patterns, begun to fight more than usual, broken the other’s trust, suffered from a mental or physical illness, or faced any number of other challenges. Many therapists offer free consultations, so if a couple isn’t sure whether therapy is necessary, asking directly can provide clarity.
How can I get my partner to go to couples therapy?
The decision to seek couples therapy is often driven by one partner, who then convinces the other to participate. When discussing the idea, the initiator should be direct and assertive. They can state the problems they see and explain how the relationship would benefit from therapy. In more serious cases, they can also explain how their relationship may suffer without making any changes or seeking professional help.
How does a couple prepare for couples counseling?
The anticipation of beginning couples counseling can be difficult—sometimes more difficult than the first session itself. Taking a few moments to reflect can allay those concerns: What are the current challenges? When and how did they begin? What do they want the relationship to look like in the future? Reflecting on these questions can help individuals or couples articulate their goals. Of course, the therapist will also ask questions and guide couples through the process.