Couples Counseling Therapists in Bellingham, WA
It is my privilege to have been working with couples, families, and individuals for 30 years. My work emphasizes helping my clients find more authentic meaning and purpose in their lives, fully developing their potential, and assisting them in establishing lasting solutions. I have extensive experience treating common couple's and family issues such as communication, parenting, conflict-resolution, and stagnancy, as well as infidelity, addictions, and domestic violence. My clinical expertise in individual psychotherapy extends to depression, anxiety, anger management, addictions, self-discovery, and overall life direction.
It is my privilege to have been working with couples, families, and individuals for 30 years. My work emphasizes helping my clients find more authentic meaning and purpose in their lives, fully developing their potential, and assisting them in establishing lasting solutions. I have extensive experience treating common couple's and family issues such as communication, parenting, conflict-resolution, and stagnancy, as well as infidelity, addictions, and domestic violence. My clinical expertise in individual psychotherapy extends to depression, anxiety, anger management, addictions, self-discovery, and overall life direction.
Cindy Watson is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with 11+ years of experience in the mental health field. Cindy is passionate about helping individuals, families, and couples find the coping skills and tools that they need to find the happiness and peace that they so desperately want and deserve. Her goal is to help them turn the stumbling blocks they have come against into the stepping stones that lead them across the muck. Cindy specializes in trauma, depression, anxiety, and relationship issues. When it comes to relationships and family situations, Cindy is very knowledgeable both personally and professionally.
Cindy Watson is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with 11+ years of experience in the mental health field. Cindy is passionate about helping individuals, families, and couples find the coping skills and tools that they need to find the happiness and peace that they so desperately want and deserve. Her goal is to help them turn the stumbling blocks they have come against into the stepping stones that lead them across the muck. Cindy specializes in trauma, depression, anxiety, and relationship issues. When it comes to relationships and family situations, Cindy is very knowledgeable both personally and professionally.
I specialize in treating couples.
Therapy is about you. It's about your needs and goals. It's about healing from your past to flourish in the future. As your therapist, my job is to provide a safe, radically-accepting environment, whether you want to make a life change, cope with loss, navigate through a crisis, or simply open up to a supportive listener. I will work with you to identify and clarify your intentions, and facilitate the discovery of the inner strength necessary to live the life you want.
I specialize in treating couples.
Therapy is about you. It's about your needs and goals. It's about healing from your past to flourish in the future. As your therapist, my job is to provide a safe, radically-accepting environment, whether you want to make a life change, cope with loss, navigate through a crisis, or simply open up to a supportive listener. I will work with you to identify and clarify your intentions, and facilitate the discovery of the inner strength necessary to live the life you want.
Johannah Maybach
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Bellingham, WA 98225
I enjoy working with individuals, couples and other relational constellations seeking to improve intimacy, communication and satisfaction.
As a relational therapist, I understand the power that relationships have to profoundly shape our lives and that connection to both ourselves and others is vital. I believe that therapy can be a powerful tool to disrupt the status quo. I am sex and pleasure positive, queer affirming, and enjoy supporting clients in exploration of gender and sexual identity.
I enjoy working with individuals, couples and other relational constellations seeking to improve intimacy, communication and satisfaction.
As a relational therapist, I understand the power that relationships have to profoundly shape our lives and that connection to both ourselves and others is vital. I believe that therapy can be a powerful tool to disrupt the status quo. I am sex and pleasure positive, queer affirming, and enjoy supporting clients in exploration of gender and sexual identity.
Couples working with me have the opportunity to incorporate partner dancing into the therapeutic process.
I believe that play and joy are profoundly healing. Perhaps you’ve already tried talk therapy, and are hungering for something more. I combine talk therapy with exercises that spark movement, play, and creativity. Whether you’re facing upheavals in personal or professional life or emotions that seem overwhelming, I’m confident that together we can create a space big enough to welcome in those feelings and experiences. By working with me, you will fine-tune your awareness, and develop skillful (and playful!) uses of your attention that nourishes yourself and those around you.
Couples working with me have the opportunity to incorporate partner dancing into the therapeutic process.
I believe that play and joy are profoundly healing. Perhaps you’ve already tried talk therapy, and are hungering for something more. I combine talk therapy with exercises that spark movement, play, and creativity. Whether you’re facing upheavals in personal or professional life or emotions that seem overwhelming, I’m confident that together we can create a space big enough to welcome in those feelings and experiences. By working with me, you will fine-tune your awareness, and develop skillful (and playful!) uses of your attention that nourishes yourself and those around you.
Rule and Associates, Child/Family Specialists
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
Bellingham, WA 98225
We offer private parent coaching, adoptions support, couples therapy, infertility support, divorce and blended family support- all with a warm, nonjudgmental approach and a strong background in research based practice.
We offer a full spectrum of parenting and family support for all types of families. We believe that healthy families create strong communities and with the right support, families, children and their communities can thrive. Parenting and marriage doesn’t come with an instruction book, but our experienced and professional, outcomes-based support professionals can be by your side to meet you right where you are at on your journey. We have a diverse, but small group of licensed mental health professionals and family support specialists to help you every step of the way.
We offer private parent coaching, adoptions support, couples therapy, infertility support, divorce and blended family support- all with a warm, nonjudgmental approach and a strong background in research based practice.
We offer a full spectrum of parenting and family support for all types of families. We believe that healthy families create strong communities and with the right support, families, children and their communities can thrive. Parenting and marriage doesn’t come with an instruction book, but our experienced and professional, outcomes-based support professionals can be by your side to meet you right where you are at on your journey. We have a diverse, but small group of licensed mental health professionals and family support specialists to help you every step of the way.
I combine neurofeedback (also known as EEG Biofeedback) training, cognitive-behavioral therapies and yoga psychology to help individuals achieve and maintain happier lives. My work is result oriented and I have maintained a successful practice for over 40 years in the Seattle – Bellevue - Bellingham area. During this time, I have worked with adults and children with a wide range of issues ranging from anxiety, depression, relationship issues, attentional issues, sleep disturbances, chronic headaches, developmental trauma, post traumatic stress disorder to stress related autoimmune disturbances.
I combine neurofeedback (also known as EEG Biofeedback) training, cognitive-behavioral therapies and yoga psychology to help individuals achieve and maintain happier lives. My work is result oriented and I have maintained a successful practice for over 40 years in the Seattle – Bellevue - Bellingham area. During this time, I have worked with adults and children with a wide range of issues ranging from anxiety, depression, relationship issues, attentional issues, sleep disturbances, chronic headaches, developmental trauma, post traumatic stress disorder to stress related autoimmune disturbances.
With a personal history of alcohol and drug addiction, I come with over 11 years of sobriety to the therapeutic relationship and share my experience to help clients.
I specialize in working with clients that try to manage life's pain with substances and other addictions. Many of my clients want to simply change their using habits and I work to support them weekly in understanding their intentions, feelings and motivations as they make healthy changes to their relationship with alcohol or other drugs. As we well know, many clients suffering from substance use disorders have a myriad of other issues that drive these compulsive coping mechanisms; I am experienced in many co-occurring issues such as depression, anxiety, trauma or grief.
With a personal history of alcohol and drug addiction, I come with over 11 years of sobriety to the therapeutic relationship and share my experience to help clients.
I specialize in working with clients that try to manage life's pain with substances and other addictions. Many of my clients want to simply change their using habits and I work to support them weekly in understanding their intentions, feelings and motivations as they make healthy changes to their relationship with alcohol or other drugs. As we well know, many clients suffering from substance use disorders have a myriad of other issues that drive these compulsive coping mechanisms; I am experienced in many co-occurring issues such as depression, anxiety, trauma or grief.
Rebecca M. Lachut
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMHC, LMFT, NCC
Verified Verified
Bellingham, WA 98229 (Online Only)
I specialize in what is known as Family Systems Therapy utilizing techniques like play, sandtray, family sculpting and Gottman couples therapy.
I enjoy finding a person or family's strengths and resources in a warm and inviting environment. My practice is research based and brings the best resources in a down to earth and nonjudgmental way.
I specialize in what is known as Family Systems Therapy utilizing techniques like play, sandtray, family sculpting and Gottman couples therapy.
I enjoy finding a person or family's strengths and resources in a warm and inviting environment. My practice is research based and brings the best resources in a down to earth and nonjudgmental way.
I have 40 plus years working with individuals, couples and families. I AM PRESENTING ASL2 Workshop in Bellingham and Seattle. This is available to couples who have attended the Art and Science of Love workshop with Drs. John and Julie Gottman, with other Certified Gottman workshop leaders, or have studied the Gottman DVD. Please check out the Gottman Institute website for further information and our website: asl2workshop.com PLEASE NOTE THAT I AM NOT ABLE TO ACCEPT NEW CLIENTS AT THIS TIME.
I have 40 plus years working with individuals, couples and families. I AM PRESENTING ASL2 Workshop in Bellingham and Seattle. This is available to couples who have attended the Art and Science of Love workshop with Drs. John and Julie Gottman, with other Certified Gottman workshop leaders, or have studied the Gottman DVD. Please check out the Gottman Institute website for further information and our website: asl2workshop.com PLEASE NOTE THAT I AM NOT ABLE TO ACCEPT NEW CLIENTS AT THIS TIME.
Most conflict involves relationship: a relationship with ourselves, our parents, our children, our lovers, our bosses, our co-workers. This is the one area where education fails us. We inhabit an adult body with a child's knowledge of how to interact with the world and ourselves and that is where a therapist's knowledge can be beneficial. "Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it" (Rumi). I can help a client find and diminish those barriers.
Most conflict involves relationship: a relationship with ourselves, our parents, our children, our lovers, our bosses, our co-workers. This is the one area where education fails us. We inhabit an adult body with a child's knowledge of how to interact with the world and ourselves and that is where a therapist's knowledge can be beneficial. "Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it" (Rumi). I can help a client find and diminish those barriers.
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In all of my time working in the field of mental health and wellness, I have become completely awed by the strength, resiliency, and beauty of the human spirit. My work as a counselor is focused on reflecting and co-creating opportunities to bring forth our best self. By taking ownership of the stories we tell ourselves, we can overcome any adversity, reach any level of self awareness, and begin to live the lives we feel meant for. My orientation stems from a Gnostic (Self-Knowledge) exploration of the self, seeing who we are, where we begin and where we truly meet others.
Whether your goal is to overcome a traumatic past, to make a career change, to start a new relationship or heal an old one, it all begins with self-knowledge and integrating all aspects of who we are into a healthy whole.
In all of my time working in the field of mental health and wellness, I have become completely awed by the strength, resiliency, and beauty of the human spirit. My work as a counselor is focused on reflecting and co-creating opportunities to bring forth our best self. By taking ownership of the stories we tell ourselves, we can overcome any adversity, reach any level of self awareness, and begin to live the lives we feel meant for. My orientation stems from a Gnostic (Self-Knowledge) exploration of the self, seeing who we are, where we begin and where we truly meet others.
Mental health counseling for individuals, couples, and families. Trauma recovery. Narcissistic/ power and control relationship abuse. Immigration psychological evaluations for Hardship, Cancelation of Removal, U Visa, Substance Abuse, VAWA, and others. Services offered in Spanish, Portuguese, and English
Mental health counseling for individuals, couples, and families. Trauma recovery. Narcissistic/ power and control relationship abuse. Immigration psychological evaluations for Hardship, Cancelation of Removal, U Visa, Substance Abuse, VAWA, and others. Services offered in Spanish, Portuguese, and English
I hold a Master's in Couple's & Family Therapy, specializing in relationship issues and women’s sexual health.
Are you feeling anxious, depressed, or unsatisfied in your life or relationships? Do you wonder what a healthy relationship looks like, or feel disconnected from your body due to irritability, brain fog, or low libido? These feelings affect every part of your life—work, family, and well-being—because as humans, we are wired for connection. I take a holistic approach, looking at your physical, mental, and emotional health to help you feel like yourself again. Whether you're navigating perimenopause, menopause, or complex relationship dynamics, I’m here to support you.
I hold a Master's in Couple's & Family Therapy, specializing in relationship issues and women’s sexual health.
Are you feeling anxious, depressed, or unsatisfied in your life or relationships? Do you wonder what a healthy relationship looks like, or feel disconnected from your body due to irritability, brain fog, or low libido? These feelings affect every part of your life—work, family, and well-being—because as humans, we are wired for connection. I take a holistic approach, looking at your physical, mental, and emotional health to help you feel like yourself again. Whether you're navigating perimenopause, menopause, or complex relationship dynamics, I’m here to support you.
Therapy works in part because of the trusting relationship that is formed between the therapist and the client.
We live in a complicated and challenging society and then, we have ourselves to deal with. Therapy is a good way to understand yourself on a deeper level so you can grow to your full potential and change the things that need to be changed. By doing so, we not only heal ourselves, but we are then a benefit to others in our life and to the world in general. I think I can help with that no matter where you are in the process.
Therapy works in part because of the trusting relationship that is formed between the therapist and the client.
We live in a complicated and challenging society and then, we have ourselves to deal with. Therapy is a good way to understand yourself on a deeper level so you can grow to your full potential and change the things that need to be changed. By doing so, we not only heal ourselves, but we are then a benefit to others in our life and to the world in general. I think I can help with that no matter where you are in the process.
Hannah Hurley
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LSWAIC
Verified Verified
Bellingham, WA 98225 (Online Only)
I specialize in working with both traditional and nontraditional couples, relational and interpersonal conflict, quarterlife struggles (age 20-35), chronic illness, complex grief, and significant life transitions.
In a world that constantly asks more of us than we feel able to give, it’s easy to find yourself emotionally exhausted and on edge. Facing the complexities of your past or trying to understand your present inner landscape can be overwhelming. Even when you know what needs to change, finding the strength to start or keep going can be challenging. No one can navigate it alone, and I am here to offer the reflective support you need to transform struggles into meaningful personal growth. I believe that life's greatest gifts are to understand and be understood, and I aim to create the space and opportunity to exchange these gifts.
I specialize in working with both traditional and nontraditional couples, relational and interpersonal conflict, quarterlife struggles (age 20-35), chronic illness, complex grief, and significant life transitions.
In a world that constantly asks more of us than we feel able to give, it’s easy to find yourself emotionally exhausted and on edge. Facing the complexities of your past or trying to understand your present inner landscape can be overwhelming. Even when you know what needs to change, finding the strength to start or keep going can be challenging. No one can navigate it alone, and I am here to offer the reflective support you need to transform struggles into meaningful personal growth. I believe that life's greatest gifts are to understand and be understood, and I aim to create the space and opportunity to exchange these gifts.
Remember to recognize joy and excitement when it happens. When you are feeling depressed or anxious-when you have just lost someone or have been through a difficult or traumatic event, it may be very difficult to enjoy or even notice life. I work with individuals, couples and families to help them grow to be stronger and to share the joy and reciprocity of building healthy connections and then grow into who they want and need to be.
Remember to recognize joy and excitement when it happens. When you are feeling depressed or anxious-when you have just lost someone or have been through a difficult or traumatic event, it may be very difficult to enjoy or even notice life. I work with individuals, couples and families to help them grow to be stronger and to share the joy and reciprocity of building healthy connections and then grow into who they want and need to be.
I help couples & polycules with communication, identifying & expressing emotion, building trust, and rediscovering the joy of being together.
It's become a struggle to express your needs to the people you love. Some days, it feels like you are repeating the same conversation or conflict over and over again. You feel stuck and vulnerable. I understand what you are going through. Relationships can be challenging, with twists and turns that create anxiety, confusion, and discouragement. This may not be what you expected and it can be difficult to remember what it’s like to feel excited and satisfied. I want to help you find the way back to a more fulfilling and healthier relationship. There is a way forward.
I help couples & polycules with communication, identifying & expressing emotion, building trust, and rediscovering the joy of being together.
It's become a struggle to express your needs to the people you love. Some days, it feels like you are repeating the same conversation or conflict over and over again. You feel stuck and vulnerable. I understand what you are going through. Relationships can be challenging, with twists and turns that create anxiety, confusion, and discouragement. This may not be what you expected and it can be difficult to remember what it’s like to feel excited and satisfied. I want to help you find the way back to a more fulfilling and healthier relationship. There is a way forward.
I work with each client to find and apply the most effective strategies for liberation from anxiety, depression, relationship problems, and/or addictions. I have over 35 years experience working in and directing treatment programs and in private practice. I am the clinical supervisor at Clarity Mental Health and Recovery Services in Bellingham, and I am the author of The New Template for Recovery. Visit chrisportmanphd.com
I work with each client to find and apply the most effective strategies for liberation from anxiety, depression, relationship problems, and/or addictions. I have over 35 years experience working in and directing treatment programs and in private practice. I am the clinical supervisor at Clarity Mental Health and Recovery Services in Bellingham, and I am the author of The New Template for Recovery. Visit chrisportmanphd.com
Joseph C Melendez
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Bellingham, WA 98225
Joseph is a holistic and integrative therapist and his core principles are compassion, collaboration, and transparency. He has extensive experience in counseling individuals experiencing depression, anxiety, trauma, relationship issues, work/life balance stressors, life transitions, substance use, and other areas. He provides counseling to couples and families to address stress, communication concerns, and conflict.
Joseph is a holistic and integrative therapist and his core principles are compassion, collaboration, and transparency. He has extensive experience in counseling individuals experiencing depression, anxiety, trauma, relationship issues, work/life balance stressors, life transitions, substance use, and other areas. He provides counseling to couples and families to address stress, communication concerns, and conflict.
