Therapists in Olympia, WA
As an experienced perinatal mental health and relationship therapist, I believe healing and connection are possible in life’s toughest challenges.
As a parent and member of the LGBTQ+ community, you face unique challenges and societal pressures that can strain your relationships. You may be fed up with feeling disconnected from your partner(s) and overwhelmed by the challenges of parenthood, feeling isolated and struggling to communicate effectively. You might not even remember a time things didn’t feel this way. But one thing is for sure: you’re ready for some relief. You’re ready to feel heard and understood. You’re ready to rekindle the connection and joy in your relationships. Most of all, you’re ready to transform your relationship into a source of strength and support.
As an experienced perinatal mental health and relationship therapist, I believe healing and connection are possible in life’s toughest challenges.
As a parent and member of the LGBTQ+ community, you face unique challenges and societal pressures that can strain your relationships. You may be fed up with feeling disconnected from your partner(s) and overwhelmed by the challenges of parenthood, feeling isolated and struggling to communicate effectively. You might not even remember a time things didn’t feel this way. But one thing is for sure: you’re ready for some relief. You’re ready to feel heard and understood. You’re ready to rekindle the connection and joy in your relationships. Most of all, you’re ready to transform your relationship into a source of strength and support.
Sheri Mila Gerson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, PhD, LICSW
Verified Verified
Olympia, WA 98502
Waitlist for new clients
I offer psychotherapy and support for people experiencing the challenges of life including grief and loss, depression, anxiety, addiction recovery, trauma, chronic or serious illness, relationship issues, and aging. I also enjoy work with athletes, and people who seek outdoor challenges and/or are survivors of wilderness trauma. I am a lifelong learner seeking to understand the latest in therapeutic tools and techniques to address being human, but my work is shaped by personal and professional experiences facing dying and death and over 35 years of clinical experience and training.
I offer psychotherapy and support for people experiencing the challenges of life including grief and loss, depression, anxiety, addiction recovery, trauma, chronic or serious illness, relationship issues, and aging. I also enjoy work with athletes, and people who seek outdoor challenges and/or are survivors of wilderness trauma. I am a lifelong learner seeking to understand the latest in therapeutic tools and techniques to address being human, but my work is shaped by personal and professional experiences facing dying and death and over 35 years of clinical experience and training.
Katherine Wright
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, LMFTA
Verified Verified
Olympia, WA 98506
Then find ways of nourishing your relationship so that it thrives.
You and your partner, your parent, your sibling, your adult child, someone important to you, have been blocked off from each other. Maybe every time you talk about the hard stuff you fight, maybe you've stopped talking at all. Something keeps getting in the way even though you both wish you had a loving relationship. You feel alone, even with other people who should love you in the same house or a phone call away. I enjoy helping people find the joy, intimacy, and affection in their relationships. You know how you and your person have that same fight you keep repeating, even though the start may change?
Then find ways of nourishing your relationship so that it thrives.
You and your partner, your parent, your sibling, your adult child, someone important to you, have been blocked off from each other. Maybe every time you talk about the hard stuff you fight, maybe you've stopped talking at all. Something keeps getting in the way even though you both wish you had a loving relationship. You feel alone, even with other people who should love you in the same house or a phone call away. I enjoy helping people find the joy, intimacy, and affection in their relationships. You know how you and your person have that same fight you keep repeating, even though the start may change?
Stevi L Stephens-Martin
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, MS, MEd
Verified Verified
Olympia, WA 98512 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
Reach out - your ideal life & relationship are around the corner.
Are you tired of feeling lonely, misunderstood or disconnected in your relationship? Perhaps your trust is broken or you’ve reached your limit with the endless arguing. Maybe your relationship has shaken your sense of self - you don’t know who you are or what you want anymore, but you know you’re sick of how you feel. If you want to learn how to communicate effectively, heal past hurts, & find peace with your partner - if you’re ready to invest in yourself & feel confident in voicing your needs & boundaries, I’m here for you. Whether you want to repair your relationship, you’re on the fence, or you’re ready to move on, I can help.
Reach out - your ideal life & relationship are around the corner.
Are you tired of feeling lonely, misunderstood or disconnected in your relationship? Perhaps your trust is broken or you’ve reached your limit with the endless arguing. Maybe your relationship has shaken your sense of self - you don’t know who you are or what you want anymore, but you know you’re sick of how you feel. If you want to learn how to communicate effectively, heal past hurts, & find peace with your partner - if you’re ready to invest in yourself & feel confident in voicing your needs & boundaries, I’m here for you. Whether you want to repair your relationship, you’re on the fence, or you’re ready to move on, I can help.
Kelsey Hall
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, LMFTA
Verified Verified
Olympia, WA 98502 (Online Only)
Through Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment (ACT), Trauma Focused, and other mindfulness approaches, I aim to assist adolescent and adult individuals, couples, and families with a variety of concerns including anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and stress.
Years ago, I began to explore how I resonated with the world around me. While working as a paraeducator, I realized the only real joy that came from the job was having real conversations with students. Unfortunately, due to the limitations of my position, conversations of that nature were simply not allowed. I decided to pursue a career that enabled me to help others navigate the terra incognita: the unknown territory of this human existence.
Through Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment (ACT), Trauma Focused, and other mindfulness approaches, I aim to assist adolescent and adult individuals, couples, and families with a variety of concerns including anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and stress.
Years ago, I began to explore how I resonated with the world around me. While working as a paraeducator, I realized the only real joy that came from the job was having real conversations with students. Unfortunately, due to the limitations of my position, conversations of that nature were simply not allowed. I decided to pursue a career that enabled me to help others navigate the terra incognita: the unknown territory of this human existence.
Lokahi Counseling helps individuals, couples and families discover how they see themselves functioning in the world, explore their inner pain, and learn how to move toward positive, life changes.
My counseling practice is structured toward treating each person as individuals. When I treat people who struggle with eating and body image issues and related challenges with anxiety, depression and relationships, every person is treated with their own, individual needs in mind. Treatment modalities range from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mind-Body Therapy (MBCT), Energetic work using Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), Hypnotherapy and Subtle Energy work. Additionally, I provide individual, couples and family therapy for work-related support (including Career and Rehabilitation counseling) and troubled relationships.
Lokahi Counseling helps individuals, couples and families discover how they see themselves functioning in the world, explore their inner pain, and learn how to move toward positive, life changes.
My counseling practice is structured toward treating each person as individuals. When I treat people who struggle with eating and body image issues and related challenges with anxiety, depression and relationships, every person is treated with their own, individual needs in mind. Treatment modalities range from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Mind-Body Therapy (MBCT), Energetic work using Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), Hypnotherapy and Subtle Energy work. Additionally, I provide individual, couples and family therapy for work-related support (including Career and Rehabilitation counseling) and troubled relationships.
I enjoy collaborating with individuals and couples, especially those who identify as Black, Indigenous, POC or apart of the LGBTQ+ community, to access their innate healing power, reclaim ancestral knowledge, and achieve their vision of wellness. I practice with the beliefs that everyone is the expert of their own story, and have the power to heal themselves under the right circumstances. I provide support to those ready to process and work through past trauma, grief, relationship challenges, life transitions, spirituality, identity struggles, multicultural experiences, and building connection and intimacy.
I enjoy collaborating with individuals and couples, especially those who identify as Black, Indigenous, POC or apart of the LGBTQ+ community, to access their innate healing power, reclaim ancestral knowledge, and achieve their vision of wellness. I practice with the beliefs that everyone is the expert of their own story, and have the power to heal themselves under the right circumstances. I provide support to those ready to process and work through past trauma, grief, relationship challenges, life transitions, spirituality, identity struggles, multicultural experiences, and building connection and intimacy.
Ryan Olav Wathne
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Olympia, WA 98501
I presently have one opening in my schedule for couples. I will be starting a men's group in October 2024, please reach out for consultation. If you have a curiosity about personal growth and healing, experience anxiety, depression, or are simply overwhelmed by the human experience at this time, talking about these things is my passion. I will support your effort to look inward and identify your strengths, understand and connect coping skills to patterns and your lived experience. I will partner with you to embrace more insight and clarity to accomplish your goals and see personal healing.
I presently have one opening in my schedule for couples. I will be starting a men's group in October 2024, please reach out for consultation. If you have a curiosity about personal growth and healing, experience anxiety, depression, or are simply overwhelmed by the human experience at this time, talking about these things is my passion. I will support your effort to look inward and identify your strengths, understand and connect coping skills to patterns and your lived experience. I will partner with you to embrace more insight and clarity to accomplish your goals and see personal healing.
I am also a trained couples therapist from The Couples Institute.
I am genuinely interested in guiding my clients to cultivate a greater degree of resilience to life's inevitable challenges. I teach my clients to utilize mindfulness practices to calibrate their moods, alter their attitudes, develop greater mental flexibility, develop acceptance, and improve overall happiness and well being. This approach works as a positive foundation for most issues that bring clients to my counseling office: counteracting depression and anxiety, accepting grief and loss, parenting challenges, improving significant relationships, addressing post-partum problems, and dealing with the challenges of life in general.
I am also a trained couples therapist from The Couples Institute.
I am genuinely interested in guiding my clients to cultivate a greater degree of resilience to life's inevitable challenges. I teach my clients to utilize mindfulness practices to calibrate their moods, alter their attitudes, develop greater mental flexibility, develop acceptance, and improve overall happiness and well being. This approach works as a positive foundation for most issues that bring clients to my counseling office: counteracting depression and anxiety, accepting grief and loss, parenting challenges, improving significant relationships, addressing post-partum problems, and dealing with the challenges of life in general.
I have 11 years of experience working with adult individuals and couples utilizing cognitive, humanistic approaches.
If you are looking for a therapist that is discerning, solution-oriented, and individualizes their approach based on your needs... we might be a good fit! In addition to being trained in Gottman levels I and II for couples work, I am a certified SYMBIS facilitator for pre-marital counseling. See more about me at www.mandimaycumberlmhc.com
I have 11 years of experience working with adult individuals and couples utilizing cognitive, humanistic approaches.
If you are looking for a therapist that is discerning, solution-oriented, and individualizes their approach based on your needs... we might be a good fit! In addition to being trained in Gottman levels I and II for couples work, I am a certified SYMBIS facilitator for pre-marital counseling. See more about me at www.mandimaycumberlmhc.com
Hi :-) Do you prefer an open and honest therapist to coordinate therapy that is suited just for you? After 20 years of listening to hundreds of adults and couples, I sense what clients need before they know. Whatever issues you are dealing with, let that depth of experience reassure you that you are in safe expert hands. I am highly experienced in resolving trauma, anxiety, and depression. Know that you are accepted just as you are here with me.
Hi :-) Do you prefer an open and honest therapist to coordinate therapy that is suited just for you? After 20 years of listening to hundreds of adults and couples, I sense what clients need before they know. Whatever issues you are dealing with, let that depth of experience reassure you that you are in safe expert hands. I am highly experienced in resolving trauma, anxiety, and depression. Know that you are accepted just as you are here with me.
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I have a warm, empathic, and charismatic approach to my work and I take great pride in fostering a caring and compassionate relationship with my clients.
I am driven to help you lead the life you are yearning for. Many of us can feel stuck and overwhelmed with life’s challenges but you are not alone in your journey to making a healthy change. I have over 7 years of experience working with children, teens, families, couples, and adult individuals in reaching their mental health goals. I help people overcome their fears, manage anxiety, cope with depression, and improve their relationships with others. I am a strengths-based therapist who believes in meeting each client where they are and individualizing treatment to meet everyone’s unique needs.
I have a warm, empathic, and charismatic approach to my work and I take great pride in fostering a caring and compassionate relationship with my clients.
I am driven to help you lead the life you are yearning for. Many of us can feel stuck and overwhelmed with life’s challenges but you are not alone in your journey to making a healthy change. I have over 7 years of experience working with children, teens, families, couples, and adult individuals in reaching their mental health goals. I help people overcome their fears, manage anxiety, cope with depression, and improve their relationships with others. I am a strengths-based therapist who believes in meeting each client where they are and individualizing treatment to meet everyone’s unique needs.
Nancy Hunter Counseling and Psychotherapy
Counselor, MA, LMHC, CHT
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Olympia, WA 98502 (Online Only)
I also enjoy working with individuals who are not Christian and provide a judgment free relationship.
I offer therapy to relieve anxiety and depression and discover the underlying causes. I also specialize in trauma and PTSD. If you've seen other therapists without results, it may be because you've only participated in talk or cognitive therapy. I've found that deeply ingrained beliefs and coping mechanisms that develop when we're young are often responsible for dysfunction or repeated negative emotions later in life. I offer therapy to help you discover the reasons for triggers and patterns of behavior and how to change them. Unfortunately, I do not take insurance.
I also enjoy working with individuals who are not Christian and provide a judgment free relationship.
I offer therapy to relieve anxiety and depression and discover the underlying causes. I also specialize in trauma and PTSD. If you've seen other therapists without results, it may be because you've only participated in talk or cognitive therapy. I've found that deeply ingrained beliefs and coping mechanisms that develop when we're young are often responsible for dysfunction or repeated negative emotions later in life. I offer therapy to help you discover the reasons for triggers and patterns of behavior and how to change them. Unfortunately, I do not take insurance.
Henry Phillips
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Olympia, WA 98502 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
I specialized in couples work, trauma, grief and loss, and men’s issues.
Our life is a journey. The journey can present us with challenges we are unsure of how to handle. If you have ever been caught in a rainstorm you’ll know you just want to have a safe place to wait it out. Or you could want a safe way to get through the storm faster. Sometimes we just wish we had someone there to be in the storm with us so we knew we weren’t alone. You are not alone. We can experience that storm together. Therapy, just like life is a collaborative process. Together we can address the challenges you face.
I specialized in couples work, trauma, grief and loss, and men’s issues.
Our life is a journey. The journey can present us with challenges we are unsure of how to handle. If you have ever been caught in a rainstorm you’ll know you just want to have a safe place to wait it out. Or you could want a safe way to get through the storm faster. Sometimes we just wish we had someone there to be in the storm with us so we knew we weren’t alone. You are not alone. We can experience that storm together. Therapy, just like life is a collaborative process. Together we can address the challenges you face.
Georgia Berry
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, LMFTA, LMHC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Olympia, WA 98506
I really enjoy working with individuals/ couples who want to do something different than they are currently doing but don't know how/where to start.
Changes can be hard and they happen invited or not. I strive to walk along side you while navigating those changes/circumstances in life. Life experience can be a great teacher but we don't have to learn those lessons alone.
I really enjoy working with individuals/ couples who want to do something different than they are currently doing but don't know how/where to start.
Changes can be hard and they happen invited or not. I strive to walk along side you while navigating those changes/circumstances in life. Life experience can be a great teacher but we don't have to learn those lessons alone.
Joseph D Endres
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSWA, MSP, MSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Olympia, WA 98501 (Online Only)
I have supported couples, groups and individuals.
My ideal client is someone who desires to figure out how to be more comfortable in their own skin. By this, I mean, a person who feels that something is "off" in their mental and or emotional life and would like help exploring this in a non-judgmental, safe space. I believe we are called to peace and joy and yet so many of us struggle with fear, sorrow, regret, anger, anxiety, depression, trauma.
I have supported couples, groups and individuals.
My ideal client is someone who desires to figure out how to be more comfortable in their own skin. By this, I mean, a person who feels that something is "off" in their mental and or emotional life and would like help exploring this in a non-judgmental, safe space. I believe we are called to peace and joy and yet so many of us struggle with fear, sorrow, regret, anger, anxiety, depression, trauma.
Accepting New Patients, same week availability................................... Louis Poeltl Ed.S, NCC, C-DBT, LMHC, LPC is a clinical mental health counselor with over 15 years of experience providing therapeutic services to diverse populations, including children, adolescents, adults, couples and families. With a Master’s Degree in Mental Health Counseling and an Education Specialist Degree in Family Counseling, Louis is especially suited to incorporate clients’ familial and cultural backgrounds to uncover negative internalized beliefs that are holding back clients from living their best lives now.
Accepting New Patients, same week availability................................... Louis Poeltl Ed.S, NCC, C-DBT, LMHC, LPC is a clinical mental health counselor with over 15 years of experience providing therapeutic services to diverse populations, including children, adolescents, adults, couples and families. With a Master’s Degree in Mental Health Counseling and an Education Specialist Degree in Family Counseling, Louis is especially suited to incorporate clients’ familial and cultural backgrounds to uncover negative internalized beliefs that are holding back clients from living their best lives now.
Autumn C Star
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LSWAIC, MSW
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Olympia, WA 98501 (Online Only)
I have depth of experience supporting folx navigating marginalization, neurodivergence, gender identity, relationship struggles, & life changes.
Currently accepting new clients. I work with couples, polycules, new relationships, platonic life partners, friends, groups and families. I am passionate about serving folks who are part of the 2SL-GBTQIA+ and poly/ethical non-monogamy communities. Living in a society that prioritizes profit over people and systematically privileges & oppresses based on identity takes a large toll. I believe therapy is a resource to help us navigate this world & be intentional about how we show up in ourselves and our relationships. My approach is to meet people where they are at and provide tools and practices to aid them in living authentically.
I have depth of experience supporting folx navigating marginalization, neurodivergence, gender identity, relationship struggles, & life changes.
Currently accepting new clients. I work with couples, polycules, new relationships, platonic life partners, friends, groups and families. I am passionate about serving folks who are part of the 2SL-GBTQIA+ and poly/ethical non-monogamy communities. Living in a society that prioritizes profit over people and systematically privileges & oppresses based on identity takes a large toll. I believe therapy is a resource to help us navigate this world & be intentional about how we show up in ourselves and our relationships. My approach is to meet people where they are at and provide tools and practices to aid them in living authentically.
Emma Rotolo
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LIACSW, MSW
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Olympia, WA 98501 (Online Only)
I am here to help adult individuals and couples with parenting, codependency, and healing trauma and attachment. I am an associate social work license in the state of Washington. If you are looking for a therapist that specializes in parenting, post-partum depression and anxiety, pre-marital counseling, relationships, attachment issues, divorce, codependency, anger management, and related grief and loss feel free to reach out.
I am here to help adult individuals and couples with parenting, codependency, and healing trauma and attachment. I am an associate social work license in the state of Washington. If you are looking for a therapist that specializes in parenting, post-partum depression and anxiety, pre-marital counseling, relationships, attachment issues, divorce, codependency, anger management, and related grief and loss feel free to reach out.
Shannon Rawlings
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Olympia, WA 98503 (Online Only)
I work with adults and couples.
I believe there are times in a person's life when they need a trustworthy ally who offers integrity, understanding, and nonjudgement. I believe this is also someone who can help another person explore the causes of his/her/their thoughts, feelings, or behaviors and develop new ways of thinking, acting and feeling. I am committed to helping individuals, couples, and families achieve these goals in an environment that emphasizes confidentiality, respect, trust, and compassion. My specialty areas include depression, anxiety, trauma, and behavioral issues.
I work with adults and couples.
I believe there are times in a person's life when they need a trustworthy ally who offers integrity, understanding, and nonjudgement. I believe this is also someone who can help another person explore the causes of his/her/their thoughts, feelings, or behaviors and develop new ways of thinking, acting and feeling. I am committed to helping individuals, couples, and families achieve these goals in an environment that emphasizes confidentiality, respect, trust, and compassion. My specialty areas include depression, anxiety, trauma, and behavioral issues.
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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.