Female Therapists in Anacortes, WA
Lena Tello
Licensed Mental Health Counselor Associate, MA, LMHCA
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Anacortes, WA 98221
I am passionate about meeting clients where they are, no matter what challenges they come in with. The client's needs, goals, and desire for change are created by them in the therapeutic space, and my goal is to encourage, empower, and allow for growth to be possible with endless support. I value helping all individuals, including children, teens, and adults, become their authentic selves in every environment. Much of my practice includes highlighting systemic injustices and working to make minority communities feel more seen, heard, and valued.
I am passionate about meeting clients where they are, no matter what challenges they come in with. The client's needs, goals, and desire for change are created by them in the therapeutic space, and my goal is to encourage, empower, and allow for growth to be possible with endless support. I value helping all individuals, including children, teens, and adults, become their authentic selves in every environment. Much of my practice includes highlighting systemic injustices and working to make minority communities feel more seen, heard, and valued.
As we all know, this life is a challenging, exciting, but sometimes difficult journey. My goal is to assist you in navigating through those difficulties in a healthy, meaningful way. My work is now focused on adult individuals and I look forward to helping you adapt and thrive in an ever-changing world. Along with being a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, I am also a Grief Counselor. I have worked with people of all ages for many years and strive to do what I can to make their world a better one.
As we all know, this life is a challenging, exciting, but sometimes difficult journey. My goal is to assist you in navigating through those difficulties in a healthy, meaningful way. My work is now focused on adult individuals and I look forward to helping you adapt and thrive in an ever-changing world. Along with being a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, I am also a Grief Counselor. I have worked with people of all ages for many years and strive to do what I can to make their world a better one.
What is it that we all have in common? Perhaps it is the desire to be happy, to find meaning in life or to have connections with others. Maybe we are searching for a feeling of calmness; or to be less overwhelmed. We all have our own personal struggles. I believe that my calming presence and acceptance of others helps clients feel comfortable and at ease. Finding the right therapist is key to your personal growth and emotional wellbeing.
What is it that we all have in common? Perhaps it is the desire to be happy, to find meaning in life or to have connections with others. Maybe we are searching for a feeling of calmness; or to be less overwhelmed. We all have our own personal struggles. I believe that my calming presence and acceptance of others helps clients feel comfortable and at ease. Finding the right therapist is key to your personal growth and emotional wellbeing.
Are you struggling with life? Have you been trying to figure things out on your own but feel like you are not making progress? Do you wish you had more effective tools to help you navigate your problems? Sometimes we need someone to come alongside us and help. I am passionate about working with clients from a strengths-based perspective to help them gain new perspectives, insights, and skills in an honest, supportive, collaborative, and non-judgmental way. Coming to counseling will be the beginning of a new you! As a Christian therapist, I also offer counseling from a Biblical perspective to help clients on their journey.
Are you struggling with life? Have you been trying to figure things out on your own but feel like you are not making progress? Do you wish you had more effective tools to help you navigate your problems? Sometimes we need someone to come alongside us and help. I am passionate about working with clients from a strengths-based perspective to help them gain new perspectives, insights, and skills in an honest, supportive, collaborative, and non-judgmental way. Coming to counseling will be the beginning of a new you! As a Christian therapist, I also offer counseling from a Biblical perspective to help clients on their journey.
I recognize that every client arrives in therapy with their own unique goals and needs. As a therapist, I seek to guide individuals on healing in ways that are specific to their human experience. I am passionate about helping individuals work through life transitions, anxiety, identity exploration, and general challenges that we all face in life. I am passionate about working with clients on improving relationships, exploring identity, and finding or deepening their purpose in life.
I recognize that every client arrives in therapy with their own unique goals and needs. As a therapist, I seek to guide individuals on healing in ways that are specific to their human experience. I am passionate about helping individuals work through life transitions, anxiety, identity exploration, and general challenges that we all face in life. I am passionate about working with clients on improving relationships, exploring identity, and finding or deepening their purpose in life.
Malka Golden-Wolfe
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, PhD
Verified Verified
Anacortes, WA 98221 (Online Only)
I have worked extensively with women over the past thirty eight years on issues that are specific to the feminine process, relationships, passages & family dynamics.
I can offer you and your spouse, partner or family, Therapy to Support your Life. I have been trained in many modalities and work with my clients in the way that best suites your personality and communication style. I have been a therapist for over three decades working with individuals and family groups to heal wounds, promote understanding, forgiveness and compassion. Strengthen your self Image, become your best self, express your highest potential and awaken your creativity. Live a happy, awakened and conscious LIFE. I can assist and support you in empowering and creating the present and future you desire.
I have worked extensively with women over the past thirty eight years on issues that are specific to the feminine process, relationships, passages & family dynamics.
I can offer you and your spouse, partner or family, Therapy to Support your Life. I have been trained in many modalities and work with my clients in the way that best suites your personality and communication style. I have been a therapist for over three decades working with individuals and family groups to heal wounds, promote understanding, forgiveness and compassion. Strengthen your self Image, become your best self, express your highest potential and awaken your creativity. Live a happy, awakened and conscious LIFE. I can assist and support you in empowering and creating the present and future you desire.
As a licensed psychotherapist and coach specializing in loss and transition, I support people of all ages before, during and after serious loss by: Providing practical tools for coping with serious illness, death, divorce, retirement and other life transitions, allowing the pain of loss to serve as an opportunity for positive change. Facing loss can remind us of what we value most providing opportunity to consciously make choices that re- affirm these values in all aspects of our lives. Over time, this process of reaffirming and recreating our lives reveals the skills, gifts and talents we bring to the world.
As a licensed psychotherapist and coach specializing in loss and transition, I support people of all ages before, during and after serious loss by: Providing practical tools for coping with serious illness, death, divorce, retirement and other life transitions, allowing the pain of loss to serve as an opportunity for positive change. Facing loss can remind us of what we value most providing opportunity to consciously make choices that re- affirm these values in all aspects of our lives. Over time, this process of reaffirming and recreating our lives reveals the skills, gifts and talents we bring to the world.
I am a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) that specializes in the treatment of autism spectrum disorders and other developmental disabilities using Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA). Services can take place at our office, in your home, or at your child's school or daycare. I develop an individualized treatment plan for each person I serve in order to help them reach their full potential. Some of the skills ABA is highly effective in teaching include functional communication, strategies to reduce challenging behavior, social skills, activities of daily living, gross and fine motor skills, and cognitive skills/academics.
I am a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA) that specializes in the treatment of autism spectrum disorders and other developmental disabilities using Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA). Services can take place at our office, in your home, or at your child's school or daycare. I develop an individualized treatment plan for each person I serve in order to help them reach their full potential. Some of the skills ABA is highly effective in teaching include functional communication, strategies to reduce challenging behavior, social skills, activities of daily living, gross and fine motor skills, and cognitive skills/academics.
Dion Menser-Andreini
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, LMFT
Verified Verified
Anacortes, WA 98221 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
Working with people facing numerous challenges has shown me incredible resiliency and an amazing capacity for growth found within every human spirit. Together we will seek to discover these potentials within you. It is my belief that our nature as social beings brings an abundance of life nourishing solutions. I offer 23+ years of professional and volunteer experience successfully helping people achieve their individual and relationship goals. Please feel free to inquire about my services through a free initial 20 minute phone consultation at: 360-708-1087.
Working with people facing numerous challenges has shown me incredible resiliency and an amazing capacity for growth found within every human spirit. Together we will seek to discover these potentials within you. It is my belief that our nature as social beings brings an abundance of life nourishing solutions. I offer 23+ years of professional and volunteer experience successfully helping people achieve their individual and relationship goals. Please feel free to inquire about my services through a free initial 20 minute phone consultation at: 360-708-1087.
Choosing to explore therapy can elicit a number of emotional responses. For some, this is an important step in recognizing an issue and deciding to move toward resolve. Others may experience a lack of clarity in regards to what exactly needs to change and uncertainty about entering therapy. No matter where you are in your healing, I offer a safe and personal therapeutic process to fit your specific needs. My goal is to work toward your desired outcome by offering a collaborative and supportive exploration of your concerns while utilizing an integrative style of therapeutic modalities that are all firmly established through research.
Choosing to explore therapy can elicit a number of emotional responses. For some, this is an important step in recognizing an issue and deciding to move toward resolve. Others may experience a lack of clarity in regards to what exactly needs to change and uncertainty about entering therapy. No matter where you are in your healing, I offer a safe and personal therapeutic process to fit your specific needs. My goal is to work toward your desired outcome by offering a collaborative and supportive exploration of your concerns while utilizing an integrative style of therapeutic modalities that are all firmly established through research.
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?
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?
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I work best with the seekers, the curious, the creatives who feel stuck in patterns or relationships. If you’re craving insight and deeper meaning while also wanting to break free and live a more joyful life, let's talk. Therapy is a space to both tend to your pain and nurture your capacity for fun and play. Life is messy—sometimes we don’t even realize how stuck we are. Together, we’ll uncover what’s holding you back and help you move forward in a way that feels authentic and exciting.
I work best with the seekers, the curious, the creatives who feel stuck in patterns or relationships. If you’re craving insight and deeper meaning while also wanting to break free and live a more joyful life, let's talk. Therapy is a space to both tend to your pain and nurture your capacity for fun and play. Life is messy—sometimes we don’t even realize how stuck we are. Together, we’ll uncover what’s holding you back and help you move forward in a way that feels authentic and exciting.
Therapy is a process of self- discovery, increasing awareness and insight into choices that keep us stuck in patterns that prevent us from living the quality life we desire. Therapy is not just for those who have experienced trauma or loss, but also for those who may feel they could be happier, more content, more successful, more at peace or just feel something is missing. Exploring these areas and the way we encounter and experience the world, can take us to unexpected places and holds the key to reaching the enormous potential we all have inside.
Therapy is a process of self- discovery, increasing awareness and insight into choices that keep us stuck in patterns that prevent us from living the quality life we desire. Therapy is not just for those who have experienced trauma or loss, but also for those who may feel they could be happier, more content, more successful, more at peace or just feel something is missing. Exploring these areas and the way we encounter and experience the world, can take us to unexpected places and holds the key to reaching the enormous potential we all have inside.
I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor Associate at Anacortes Psych & Wellness and a Licensed School Counselor with 8 years of experience in behavioral skills programs in comprehensive high schools. I'm truly passionate about working with and supporting teens (13+) and adults as they clarify goals and discover unique pathways to helping them find their authentic selves. My clinical expertise includes anxiety, depression, self-esteem, school-related issues, the LGBTQIA+ community, ADHD, trauma, and life transitions, and interpersonal relationships.
I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor Associate at Anacortes Psych & Wellness and a Licensed School Counselor with 8 years of experience in behavioral skills programs in comprehensive high schools. I'm truly passionate about working with and supporting teens (13+) and adults as they clarify goals and discover unique pathways to helping them find their authentic selves. My clinical expertise includes anxiety, depression, self-esteem, school-related issues, the LGBTQIA+ community, ADHD, trauma, and life transitions, and interpersonal relationships.
Embarking on the therapeutic journey unlocks the richness of your life narrative. In our sacred alliance, I provide a compassionate, holistic approach that honors your unique journey and seeks wisdom within challenges. This therapeutic space is a sanctuary where you can authentically unveil your true self, embraced without alteration. My commitment to genuine empathy and intuition creates a comforting haven amid life's tumult. Together, we navigate your life story, unraveling its innate wisdom and crafting strategies aligned with your best interests. I take insurance. Telehealth means I see clients across all of WA state.
Embarking on the therapeutic journey unlocks the richness of your life narrative. In our sacred alliance, I provide a compassionate, holistic approach that honors your unique journey and seeks wisdom within challenges. This therapeutic space is a sanctuary where you can authentically unveil your true self, embraced without alteration. My commitment to genuine empathy and intuition creates a comforting haven amid life's tumult. Together, we navigate your life story, unraveling its innate wisdom and crafting strategies aligned with your best interests. I take insurance. Telehealth means I see clients across all of WA state.
Hello, I am an individual, couple and family therapist who helps clients learn to be with themselves and to be with others in a healthy and authentic way. I have interests in working with clients around family life transitions, anxiety and depression, and grief and loss. I work from a strength-based, humanistic, and family systems approach in that I view concerns through an individual lens but also through a much broader relational, social, cultural, spiritual, environmental context.
Hello, I am an individual, couple and family therapist who helps clients learn to be with themselves and to be with others in a healthy and authentic way. I have interests in working with clients around family life transitions, anxiety and depression, and grief and loss. I work from a strength-based, humanistic, and family systems approach in that I view concerns through an individual lens but also through a much broader relational, social, cultural, spiritual, environmental context.
Deanne Wientge Counseling & Consulting
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
Anacortes, WA 98221 (Online Only)
Offering compassionate, competent, non-judgmental, and friendly ADULT only counseling via HIPPA compliant VIDEO conferencing. Specializing in working with adult anxiety, grief, depression and trauma, with a primary focus on trauma, military spouses and first responders based counseling and disaster response. Deanne has over 25+ years experience working with children and adults on military installations, in schools and in private practice with victims of crime, disasters, & trauma. Deanne has additional career experience in aviation & K9 SAR. Christian based counseling (non denominational) is available by request.
Offering compassionate, competent, non-judgmental, and friendly ADULT only counseling via HIPPA compliant VIDEO conferencing. Specializing in working with adult anxiety, grief, depression and trauma, with a primary focus on trauma, military spouses and first responders based counseling and disaster response. Deanne has over 25+ years experience working with children and adults on military installations, in schools and in private practice with victims of crime, disasters, & trauma. Deanne has additional career experience in aviation & K9 SAR. Christian based counseling (non denominational) is available by request.
C Jennifer Paddock
Drug & Alcohol Counselor, MA, MAC, SUDP, MHP
Verified Verified
Anacortes, WA 98221
Are you feeling the weight of concern about either your own struggles with substance use or addictive behaviors or perhaps someone else's? The worry, confusion, and even shame can be overwhelming, leaving you tangled in excuses, strained relationships, and just trying to make it through each day. These feelings are all too common when dealing with challenges related to drugs, alcohol, gambling, technology, or other addictions. If you find yourself in this situation, know that you're not alone. Whether you're directly experiencing addiction or affected by a loved one's struggles, the impact can be profound.
Are you feeling the weight of concern about either your own struggles with substance use or addictive behaviors or perhaps someone else's? The worry, confusion, and even shame can be overwhelming, leaving you tangled in excuses, strained relationships, and just trying to make it through each day. These feelings are all too common when dealing with challenges related to drugs, alcohol, gambling, technology, or other addictions. If you find yourself in this situation, know that you're not alone. Whether you're directly experiencing addiction or affected by a loved one's struggles, the impact can be profound.
I offer compassionate and challenging outpatient treatment for women and adolescents (ages 12-25) weekly, bi-weekly, or whatever feels most supportive, providing a foundation for day-to-day living, growing, and relating.
Now accepting online clients in WA & MT. This journey called life is full of ups & downs, joy & pain, being known and feeling alone. This is most prominent during transition times like adolescence, graduating, getting married or divorced, or losing part of your identity through a change in roles or job. In my practice I honor the whole person and treat mind, body, & spirit, as well as the connections with others in relationships. You are welcome & encouraged to bring your whole story and whole self to the therapy process.
I offer compassionate and challenging outpatient treatment for women and adolescents (ages 12-25) weekly, bi-weekly, or whatever feels most supportive, providing a foundation for day-to-day living, growing, and relating.
Now accepting online clients in WA & MT. This journey called life is full of ups & downs, joy & pain, being known and feeling alone. This is most prominent during transition times like adolescence, graduating, getting married or divorced, or losing part of your identity through a change in roles or job. In my practice I honor the whole person and treat mind, body, & spirit, as well as the connections with others in relationships. You are welcome & encouraged to bring your whole story and whole self to the therapy process.
Starry Night Inspired Counseling
MS, MA, LPC, LMHC
Verified Verified
Anacortes, WA 98221 (Online Only)
Whether your struggle is with a childhood plagued by trauma, ongoing struggles with anxiety or depression, relationship turmoil, chronic pain or illness, we can all use some extra support from time to time. Perhaps your past has caught up to you, and you recognize how it shows up in your daily life. Maybe you are noticing patterns you would rather not repeat, and you are ready to take the steps necessary to create a brighter future. When you are ready to face the darkness, know you do not need to do it alone. “Trauma is not what happens to us, but what we hold inside in the absence of an empathetic witness.” Peter Levine
Whether your struggle is with a childhood plagued by trauma, ongoing struggles with anxiety or depression, relationship turmoil, chronic pain or illness, we can all use some extra support from time to time. Perhaps your past has caught up to you, and you recognize how it shows up in your daily life. Maybe you are noticing patterns you would rather not repeat, and you are ready to take the steps necessary to create a brighter future. When you are ready to face the darkness, know you do not need to do it alone. “Trauma is not what happens to us, but what we hold inside in the absence of an empathetic witness.” Peter Levine
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Female Therapists
Does it matter what gender my therapist is?
In general, this is not an important factor, as there is no relationship between a therapist’s gender and their efficacy. Some clients, however, prefer to see therapists of a particular gender, whether due to their own past experiences with men and women, or ingrained beliefs about how people of different genders think and behave. Exploring the roots of such preferences and considering what one wants to address in therapy can help someone determine whether their therapist’s gender truly matters to them.
Should I see a female therapist?
Many people—not just women—prefer to see a female therapist, either because they believe that a woman will be able to relate to their specific challenges (for example, sexism in the workplace) or because they imagine feeling more comfortable disclosing sensitive information to a woman. Such beliefs may not turn out to be accurate, however, and adhering too rigidly to a gender preference can at times hinder a client from finding the best therapeutic match.
Do therapists get specific training to help with women’s concerns?
Therapists are trained to provide care to clients of any gender. However, some therapists—both men and women—may pursue additional training in feminist therapy, gender-specific issues, or women’s mental health. Female clients may wish to ask prospective therapists whether they have received specific training in the client’s primary area(s) of concern, or whether they have worked extensively with women on issues similar to their own.
How can I inquire about a therapist’s experience in treating women?
It’s OK—even encouraged!—to ask a therapist directly whether and how often they have treated women in the past, or whether they have treated women dealing with the client’s most prominent concern(s). Competent therapists will be happy to share their educational background, preferred treatment modalities, and prior client experience to help an individual find the therapist best suited to their needs.