Psychoanalytic Therapists in Bellevue, WA
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I teach psychoanalysis at Northwestern Psychoanalytic Society and Institute and at the Center for Object Relations.
Emotional pain can feel awkward and difficult to express. I know how hard it can be to make that first move and turn to someone for help with anxiety, depression, panic,trauma, self-loathing, or concerns about relationships with important people in your life. I use an insight-oriented approach to help my patients make meaning of their feelings and current behavior in light of both their chorus of internal voices and their actual psychological histories.When a patient becomes aware of 'the past operating in the present', a space begins to open up in their minds for making different choices.
I teach psychoanalysis at Northwestern Psychoanalytic Society and Institute and at the Center for Object Relations.
Emotional pain can feel awkward and difficult to express. I know how hard it can be to make that first move and turn to someone for help with anxiety, depression, panic,trauma, self-loathing, or concerns about relationships with important people in your life. I use an insight-oriented approach to help my patients make meaning of their feelings and current behavior in light of both their chorus of internal voices and their actual psychological histories.When a patient becomes aware of 'the past operating in the present', a space begins to open up in their minds for making different choices.
![Photo of Akiko Kinney, MA, MM, LMHC, Counselor](https://photos.psychologytoday.com/21016c55-cccd-4e4d-8b48-c540fd335447/2/320x400.jpeg)
Akiko Kinney
Counselor, MA, MM, LMHC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Bellevue, WA 98004
Waitlist for new clients
My therapeutic orientation is Jungian psychoanalytic.
I will help you find your own way through the difficulties and crises as they may reveal your longing for more authenticity in life. Anxiety, depression, vague emptiness, sudden anger outburst felt within yourself or in your relationships may be a call for your unlived self so it can be integrated; it doesn't have to be just a problem that needs a fix or correction. This integration is the key to bring completeness and fulfillment in both yourself and your relationships.
My therapeutic orientation is Jungian psychoanalytic.
I will help you find your own way through the difficulties and crises as they may reveal your longing for more authenticity in life. Anxiety, depression, vague emptiness, sudden anger outburst felt within yourself or in your relationships may be a call for your unlived self so it can be integrated; it doesn't have to be just a problem that needs a fix or correction. This integration is the key to bring completeness and fulfillment in both yourself and your relationships.
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Ingrid Perdigon Gomez
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC-S, LMHC
Verified Verified
Bellevue, WA 98004 (Online Only)
I was trained in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and enjoy working with kids, teenagers and adults.
I enjoy working with clients who want to understand and get to know themselves in a deeper way by exploring how their emotions and behaviors are connected with the way they interact and perceive the world, themselves and others. My main focus is working on building a strong therapeutic relationship so that we can create a safe space to feel, process and understand things as well as get a better understanding on the role the environment and relationships with others play in our lives.
I was trained in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy and enjoy working with kids, teenagers and adults.
I enjoy working with clients who want to understand and get to know themselves in a deeper way by exploring how their emotions and behaviors are connected with the way they interact and perceive the world, themselves and others. My main focus is working on building a strong therapeutic relationship so that we can create a safe space to feel, process and understand things as well as get a better understanding on the role the environment and relationships with others play in our lives.
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I practice psychodynamic mind-body psychotherapy, incorporating Relational Psychoanalytic, Experiential Dynamic, Existential-Phenomenlogical, and Buddhist perspectives.
Welcome. Are you looking for more joy and better relationships? My training has taught me to help people examine and describe the life they have, identifying areas in which they are "stuck," and reconnect to the life-goals that motivated them. Sometimes this stuckness has to do with certain feelings, sometimes it is about past traumas, often it shows up as repeating patterns in significant relationships, and sometimes it manifests as a malaise in which a direction in life seems impossible to find.
I practice psychodynamic mind-body psychotherapy, incorporating Relational Psychoanalytic, Experiential Dynamic, Existential-Phenomenlogical, and Buddhist perspectives.
Welcome. Are you looking for more joy and better relationships? My training has taught me to help people examine and describe the life they have, identifying areas in which they are "stuck," and reconnect to the life-goals that motivated them. Sometimes this stuckness has to do with certain feelings, sometimes it is about past traumas, often it shows up as repeating patterns in significant relationships, and sometimes it manifests as a malaise in which a direction in life seems impossible to find.
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I work from a range of theoretical orientations, including behavioral, cognitive-behavioral, and psychoanalytic frameworks.
My practice is comprised of individuals and couples. I see adults, adolescents, and children who are managing a range of issues from anxiety and depression, to relationship issues, to trauma. The couples I work with are often struggling with feeling disconnected and unheard by their partner and are seeking help to regain connection in their relationship that has been compromised or lost over time.
I work from a range of theoretical orientations, including behavioral, cognitive-behavioral, and psychoanalytic frameworks.
My practice is comprised of individuals and couples. I see adults, adolescents, and children who are managing a range of issues from anxiety and depression, to relationship issues, to trauma. The couples I work with are often struggling with feeling disconnected and unheard by their partner and are seeking help to regain connection in their relationship that has been compromised or lost over time.
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I am passionate about helping you reach your potential. We accomplish this together through a psychoanalytic, interpersonal, mind-body-spirit integration that draws on your strengths and resources. I believe psychoanalysis and psychotherapy are not about fixing what is wrong, but about using what is working well for you and deepening your skills to increase your health, well-being, and overall freedom and flexibility. I care deeply about providing excellent care, and trying out new ways of relating and understanding yourself that will lead you to optimize your health and connections with others.
I am passionate about helping you reach your potential. We accomplish this together through a psychoanalytic, interpersonal, mind-body-spirit integration that draws on your strengths and resources. I believe psychoanalysis and psychotherapy are not about fixing what is wrong, but about using what is working well for you and deepening your skills to increase your health, well-being, and overall freedom and flexibility. I care deeply about providing excellent care, and trying out new ways of relating and understanding yourself that will lead you to optimize your health and connections with others.
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Psychoanalytic and trauma orientations.
Therapy provides a connection and opportunity to grow and change within challenging circumstances. My clients experience(d) abuse, neglect, or oppression; grieve unbearable loss; seek to modulate anger or battle low self-esteem; question religious/spiritual/political values; navigate conflict; express themselves creatively; integrate transformative events; and unlearn social conditioning. You can change course from your historical patterns! Siblings, parents & children, musicians and artists, gifted, professionals, highly sensitive people are among clients I find myself working well with. OR in-person; WA remote-only.
Psychoanalytic and trauma orientations.
Therapy provides a connection and opportunity to grow and change within challenging circumstances. My clients experience(d) abuse, neglect, or oppression; grieve unbearable loss; seek to modulate anger or battle low self-esteem; question religious/spiritual/political values; navigate conflict; express themselves creatively; integrate transformative events; and unlearn social conditioning. You can change course from your historical patterns! Siblings, parents & children, musicians and artists, gifted, professionals, highly sensitive people are among clients I find myself working well with. OR in-person; WA remote-only.
![Photo of Randall Ralston, MS, LMHC, Counselor](https://photos.psychologytoday.com/3eb6ff4d-46cd-11ea-a6ad-06142c356176/3/320x400.jpeg)
"If your struggling with a difficult life situation or a personal pattern give me a call. By using my 30 yrs. of experience, knowledge and support in the counseling field I can hopefully help you heal, grow and then change into who you really want to be. I can try to help you through it and help you change those patterns that have kept you stuck. To take control of your life and yourself you often need to be challenged and helped to 'do it different'. I can help you with this process."
"If your struggling with a difficult life situation or a personal pattern give me a call. By using my 30 yrs. of experience, knowledge and support in the counseling field I can hopefully help you heal, grow and then change into who you really want to be. I can try to help you through it and help you change those patterns that have kept you stuck. To take control of your life and yourself you often need to be challenged and helped to 'do it different'. I can help you with this process."
![Photo of Daniel McKenzie, MS, LMFT, CSAT, Marriage & Family Therapist](https://photos.psychologytoday.com/7e6b988f-245c-4a36-935f-940edaf6beb7/1/320x400.jpeg)
Doesn't life feel too hard sometimes? Whether you're struggling with negative emotions, had something happen to you, or created a mess of your own, I want to help you find your way again and for you to know you're not alone. I've been helping adults, couples, parents, and families for over 15 years get their lives moving in the direction they want again, and hope you'll give me a chance too. I offer a client-centered approach for your unique situation and needs. For some people and in some stages of therapy I'll do a lot of listening. For other people and stages, I'll provide perspective and guidance as desired.
Doesn't life feel too hard sometimes? Whether you're struggling with negative emotions, had something happen to you, or created a mess of your own, I want to help you find your way again and for you to know you're not alone. I've been helping adults, couples, parents, and families for over 15 years get their lives moving in the direction they want again, and hope you'll give me a chance too. I offer a client-centered approach for your unique situation and needs. For some people and in some stages of therapy I'll do a lot of listening. For other people and stages, I'll provide perspective and guidance as desired.
![Photo of Julie Drochelman, MA, LMHCA, Counselor](https://photos.psychologytoday.com/4d320588-46cd-11ea-a6ad-06142c356176/2/320x400.jpeg)
I specialize in female adults 30+. Many of my clients present with anxiety, mild depression, relationship issues and/or lack of purpose/direction in life. Much of my work can be narrowed down to the following: 1. Understanding our life story up to this point and how certain themes and patterns are showing up today. 2. Learning to label and reprogram the pain, trauma, shame, limiting beliefs that are stored in our subconscious. 3. Learning how to regulate our nervous system. 4. Through all of this, peeling back the layers that cover over our authentic self.
I specialize in female adults 30+. Many of my clients present with anxiety, mild depression, relationship issues and/or lack of purpose/direction in life. Much of my work can be narrowed down to the following: 1. Understanding our life story up to this point and how certain themes and patterns are showing up today. 2. Learning to label and reprogram the pain, trauma, shame, limiting beliefs that are stored in our subconscious. 3. Learning how to regulate our nervous system. 4. Through all of this, peeling back the layers that cover over our authentic self.
![Photo of Emily Besaw, LICSW, Clinical Social Work/Therapist](https://photos.psychologytoday.com/df2d47a2-9379-4479-be28-e487d582fad3/3/320x400.jpeg)
It's easy to get trapped in extreme thinking, viewing things as either "good" or "bad," believing we've either completely failed or achieved perfection. This way of thinking can create blind spots and prevent us from seeing a range of possibilities. By letting go of the emotional burdens we've been carrying, we might discover a balanced, meaningful path forward. Striving for balance empowers us to make our own choices and take control of our lives.
It's easy to get trapped in extreme thinking, viewing things as either "good" or "bad," believing we've either completely failed or achieved perfection. This way of thinking can create blind spots and prevent us from seeing a range of possibilities. By letting go of the emotional burdens we've been carrying, we might discover a balanced, meaningful path forward. Striving for balance empowers us to make our own choices and take control of our lives.
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My counseling approach is to first help you clarify your presenting problems from an integrated mind-body-spirit-environment perspective. I utilize mindfulness to help you to develop clarity in the present moment, and with depth psychology, psychodynamic, EMDR, art therapy, Jungian psychology, and focusing-oriented psychotherapy to help you explore and embrace your, SELF, inner wisdom, and unconscious awareness for healing. Through processing unhealed wounds in the past, we can unveil the authentic SELF, and finding life meanings to journey on.
My counseling approach is to first help you clarify your presenting problems from an integrated mind-body-spirit-environment perspective. I utilize mindfulness to help you to develop clarity in the present moment, and with depth psychology, psychodynamic, EMDR, art therapy, Jungian psychology, and focusing-oriented psychotherapy to help you explore and embrace your, SELF, inner wisdom, and unconscious awareness for healing. Through processing unhealed wounds in the past, we can unveil the authentic SELF, and finding life meanings to journey on.
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I am passionate about working with Asian Americans and the Chinese population. I have a lot of experience in helping international students and employees navigate life transitions and challenges. My clinical areas of specialty include personal growth and development, anxiety and depression, interpersonal problems, grief and loss issues, trauma, and stress-related problems. I believe the difficulties serve a purpose: to provide us the chance to reveal authenticity and completeness in our life. Life seems to be falling apart when you focus on the broken pieces. I will help you see how they will come together to form the whole.
I am passionate about working with Asian Americans and the Chinese population. I have a lot of experience in helping international students and employees navigate life transitions and challenges. My clinical areas of specialty include personal growth and development, anxiety and depression, interpersonal problems, grief and loss issues, trauma, and stress-related problems. I believe the difficulties serve a purpose: to provide us the chance to reveal authenticity and completeness in our life. Life seems to be falling apart when you focus on the broken pieces. I will help you see how they will come together to form the whole.
I have studied Psychology since I was 12. Being a Psychologist is my calling and blessing. I studied classical and object relations psychoanalysis, cognitive-behavioral, gestalt and family therapies. I believe that our self-image and relationship patterns are formed in our families of origin. We can transcend the limitations of these patterns with courage, honesty and ACTION. Your future can be different from your past if you face your fears, let go of resentments and change your thoughts and behaviors. Before speaking on the phone, we must verify schedules, Insurance coverage and cost to you.Please Email me to begin this process.
I have studied Psychology since I was 12. Being a Psychologist is my calling and blessing. I studied classical and object relations psychoanalysis, cognitive-behavioral, gestalt and family therapies. I believe that our self-image and relationship patterns are formed in our families of origin. We can transcend the limitations of these patterns with courage, honesty and ACTION. Your future can be different from your past if you face your fears, let go of resentments and change your thoughts and behaviors. Before speaking on the phone, we must verify schedules, Insurance coverage and cost to you.Please Email me to begin this process.
![Photo of April West, LMHC, LPC, Counselor](https://photos.psychologytoday.com/ab105ab4-0950-4714-8ca7-5a0daab8ca48/2/320x400.jpeg)
In life we have experiences that shape us. Some of these experiences have a major influence as to how we view ourselves and how we view the world around us. These experiences may impact confidence, relationships, and ability to cope. Each day may involve work stress, family stress, relationship stress, financial stress, and ideally we want to find a way to healthily manage all that life entails. We want to learn and find new ways to navigate through our own lives with more balance and positivity.
In life we have experiences that shape us. Some of these experiences have a major influence as to how we view ourselves and how we view the world around us. These experiences may impact confidence, relationships, and ability to cope. Each day may involve work stress, family stress, relationship stress, financial stress, and ideally we want to find a way to healthily manage all that life entails. We want to learn and find new ways to navigate through our own lives with more balance and positivity.
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Simran K Manhas
Counselor, MS, LMHC, LMFTA
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Bellevue, WA 98004 (Online Only)
I work with individuals and couples/families that are finding that what they are processing in their lives are no longer serving them. Whether it be for recent life transitions, anxiety, PTSD, or depression; whatever path or experiences you have provides the right tools and solutions for what you want to do next in life. Part of my role is to shed light on what is working, what is not working. Together, what you share and express with me is part of identifying what solution(s) may be best for you and how to align those solutions by integrating them into your lifestyle.
I work with individuals and couples/families that are finding that what they are processing in their lives are no longer serving them. Whether it be for recent life transitions, anxiety, PTSD, or depression; whatever path or experiences you have provides the right tools and solutions for what you want to do next in life. Part of my role is to shed light on what is working, what is not working. Together, what you share and express with me is part of identifying what solution(s) may be best for you and how to align those solutions by integrating them into your lifestyle.
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Dr. Chanin James-Hardwick
Counselor, PhD, MA-MFT, LMHC, LPCC, C-IAYT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Bellevue, WA 98005 (Online Only)
Transition, trauma, and transformation are my specialties. Life transition, career transition, transition in relationships, racial trauma, the trauma of loss, sexual assault trauma, imposter syndrome, and personal transformation. Healing is complex and not linear. Using the mind, body, and soul connection I support you in finding healing, and a new sense of being. Healing is done in connection with others through embodied connection, awareness, and meaning or faith. Together through connection, you can bring healing into your life.
Transition, trauma, and transformation are my specialties. Life transition, career transition, transition in relationships, racial trauma, the trauma of loss, sexual assault trauma, imposter syndrome, and personal transformation. Healing is complex and not linear. Using the mind, body, and soul connection I support you in finding healing, and a new sense of being. Healing is done in connection with others through embodied connection, awareness, and meaning or faith. Together through connection, you can bring healing into your life.
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ACRS Therapy Associates is a culturally competent and linguistically accessible practice dedicated to meeting the therapeutic and wellness needs of Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander community members, whether immigrant, refugee, or American-born. We integrate Eastern and Western approaches, ensuring sensitivity to the unique needs of each individual, couple, and family. We prioritize a collaborative, tailored therapeutic relationship, aiming to foster increased self-understanding and empowering clients with mental, emotional, and behavioral challenges.
ACRS Therapy Associates is a culturally competent and linguistically accessible practice dedicated to meeting the therapeutic and wellness needs of Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander community members, whether immigrant, refugee, or American-born. We integrate Eastern and Western approaches, ensuring sensitivity to the unique needs of each individual, couple, and family. We prioritize a collaborative, tailored therapeutic relationship, aiming to foster increased self-understanding and empowering clients with mental, emotional, and behavioral challenges.
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My areas of focus are preteens, teens, and adults. I specialize with borderline personality disorder, anxiety, depression, autism, ADHD, eating disorders, trauma, parenting concerns, family conflict, and self-esteem issues. I work with individuals 10 years old and up. Sessions are focused on your unique needs. Interventions are engaged that will help foster a healthy sense of self and promote healing. My session is a safe space with acceptance at the core. I am humbled to join with an individual and support them in their life story. In our sessions, your voice will be honored and used as a resource to obtain your goals.
My areas of focus are preteens, teens, and adults. I specialize with borderline personality disorder, anxiety, depression, autism, ADHD, eating disorders, trauma, parenting concerns, family conflict, and self-esteem issues. I work with individuals 10 years old and up. Sessions are focused on your unique needs. Interventions are engaged that will help foster a healthy sense of self and promote healing. My session is a safe space with acceptance at the core. I am humbled to join with an individual and support them in their life story. In our sessions, your voice will be honored and used as a resource to obtain your goals.
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Do you desire a more enjoyable and fulfilling life? Do you ever wish you could find more support and intimacy in your relationships? You may have many things people consider a part of a good life, such as work, family, friends, and various material possessions, and yet you still feel empty and discontented. Furthermore, unwelcomed emotional distress and mood fluctuations may have been bothering you for some time. You have noticed difficulty controlling your worrying thoughts and anxious feelings. Quite often, fatigue and lack of motivation stops you from engaging in activities you used to love. And you wonder what's wrong?
Do you desire a more enjoyable and fulfilling life? Do you ever wish you could find more support and intimacy in your relationships? You may have many things people consider a part of a good life, such as work, family, friends, and various material possessions, and yet you still feel empty and discontented. Furthermore, unwelcomed emotional distress and mood fluctuations may have been bothering you for some time. You have noticed difficulty controlling your worrying thoughts and anxious feelings. Quite often, fatigue and lack of motivation stops you from engaging in activities you used to love. And you wonder what's wrong?
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Psychoanalytic Therapists
Does psychoanalytic therapy work?
Psychoanalytic therapy derives from the work of Sigmund Freud. In this type of therapy, discovering buried thoughts and emotions from the unconscious will help a person work through their difficulties and negative behaviors. Research shows that psychoanalytic therapy can be highly effective, with patients reporting improvement in mood, quality of life, and overall well-being.
How long are people typically in psychoanalytic therapy?
Traditional psychoanalysis is in-depth and is conducted in five sessions every week. Today, modern psychoanalytic therapy is less intense and normally incorporates as few as one or two sessions a week. In some cases, positive change can occur quickly. However, if the condition, difficulty, or behavior is deep-seated, improvement may require many months or years of therapy.
Is psychoanalytic therapy suitable for young people?
Children and adolescents can benefit from this type of therapy. Many kids and teens are often unable to form and communicate their thoughts and emotions. Psychoanalytic therapy uses specific techniques such as dream analysis, symbolism, and free association or word association; all of which can be useful tools for less-communicative young people. Through this therapy, a patient will hopefully make connections between what they feel inside and how the world works outside.
Can psychoanalytic therapy be done online?
Modern-day psychoanalytic therapy is very different from traditional psychoanalysis. While an individual can sit face-to-face with the psychoanalyst for multiple sessions a week, they do not have to. Today, psychoanalytic therapy can be effectively conducted online or by phone. The key is that the individual confronts what is repressed and avoided, and this can be done whether in person or over online video.