In Person Therapists in Ballard, Seattle, WA

We all experiences challenges. We might feel stuck or overwhelmed and sometimes we need additional support. Therapy creates opportunities for you to explore your thoughts and feelings so you can better understand and change what's getting in the way of you living as your fullest self. I work with adults and expectant and new parents to address a wide range of challenging feelings and experiences. Our work strengthens your sense of self, your relationships, and your capacity to best respond to life's inevitable changes and challenges.

Creating compassion and understanding for yourself is different than making excuses for your behavior. When we are able to understand how our backgrounds and experiences influence the way we relate to the world around us, we are able to become more intentional in our relationship with ourselves and with others. Together we can explore how to best support you in living a life guided by your values and deepen your understanding of your identities.

As a licensed psychologist, I am dedicated to working with clients to foster personal growth, healing, and overall well-being. I aim to provide a safe and trusting environment, and to create a supportive, non-judgmental, and compassionate space to help make personally meaningful and long-lasting changes. I have a passion for my work and it is an honor and a privilege to work with clients through their process of exploration, growth, and healing.

I specialize in working with people with trauma, anxiety, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. The cornerstones of my approach are based upon genuineness and warmth. I am an EMDR therapist, and I completed my EMDRIA-approved EMDR training and became specialized in EMDR in 2019. For OCD, I use I-CBT and EMDR as treatment models. I am also trained in ERP. I offer assessments to determine potential OCD diagnosis.

My name is Rita Lewis. I am a clinical psychologist and I provide psychotherapy and assessment services in Seattle (Ballard), in Shoreline and via telehealth in both Washington and Wisconsin. I am a clinical psychologist with 12 plus years of experience providing mental health services to adult individuals and groups. My practice philosophy is firmly based in social justice, feminism, and the idea that people are the experts in their own lives and benefit from feeling empowered.

“Just because no one else can heal or do your inner work for you doesn’t mean you need to do it alone.” - Lisa Olivera. Change isn’t easy—I don’t need to tell you that. You’ve been trying to do this on your own for a while now. You may feel stuck, wondering how you can get out of your self-defeating patterns, move forward from trauma or grief, or gain more self-confidence to reach your goals. If you face systemic oppression due to being BIPOC, LGBTQ, an immigrant, or disabled, you have probably faced even more obstacles to your healing, including in the therapy room. I’m here to help with culturally informed, compassionate care.

I believe that the root of therapy is about finding connection to the self, and through that, more deeply connecting to others and the world. As a therapist, I work to cultivate a space where you feel witnessed, deeply supported, and celebrated. My approach to working with clients is relational, strengths-based, exploratory, and collaborative. In our work together, we will explore what it means to be human and the suffering that comes with it, examine the narratives and beliefs you hold about yourself, delve into what brings meaning to your life, and reflect and process past wounds in an effort to move towards healing.

Therapy is a journey towards self-discovery, empowerment, and balance. However, life can be stressful with unexpected changes, relationship struggles, grief and loss, life transitions, sexual identity issues, social struggles, and current or previous trauma disrupting your day-to-day functioning. This often creates an out-of-control feeling with your thoughts, feelings, emotions, and behaviors. My approach to therapy is based on a collaborative relationship that offers safety, support, acceptance, and promotes trust so that you are able to make the right changes in your life that make sense for you.

Hope, possibility, insight, change; these are the gifts therapy can offer. Because anxiety, sadness and fear are part of what it means to be human, I feel it is essential to find meaning in our challenges. There is strength in understanding. I believe we all have the seeds of healing within us and my role in this process is to listen carefully and to provide feedback and support along the way. I respect your unique perspective and your gifts.

In the heart of ecotherapy lies the belief that nature has the capacity to foster emotional well-being and personal growth. I specialize in supporting motivated individuals overcome a range of challenges, including grief, stress, anxiety, depression, climate-related concerns, and the complexities of living in a fast-paced modern world. By integrating evidence-based therapeutic techniques with the natural environment, I guide my clients toward greater self-awareness, resilience, and a profound sense of connection with the world around them.

I was drawn to practice therapy out of a desire to honor the inherent worthiness of people, provide empathy and space for our shared human vulnerabilities and to give encouragement in the process of finding wholeness. I am a licensed social worker and have been working in the mental health field since 2007 in a variety of settings including shelter, emergency, and clinical practices while gaining experience in multiple therapeutic approaches and with a diverse clientele. I have been described as warm, engaged and compassionate; it is my highest priority to create a space that is safe, trusting, and nurturing.

Meadowlark Psychology serves adults at all life stages. Located in Seattle's Ballard neighborhood, my private practice is accessible by car or public transportation. As a licensed clinical psychologist and with 20 years of experience in medical, educational and private practice settings, I can help you with a wide range of concerns. Meadowlark Psychology offers individual therapy to help you navigate major life transitions of any kind, including job or school changes, marriage, parenthood, or retirement. Therapy can also help you with stress, anxiety, healing after loss, relationship concerns, motivation and self-confidence.

My approach is holistic, trauma-informed, and incorporates individual needs and interests. I work with clients who struggle with self-acceptance, body image, anxiety, and utilizing workable coping skills. Sessions entail exploring values and purpose in one's life, and learning how to utilize those to gain direction and develop effective tools and intentions. Therapy can be a challenging space. I find great importance in the therapeutic relationship and aim to provide a safe and comfortable space for individuals to be authentic in sharing their story, and working through a variety of issues.

Searching for a therapist is difficult, especially while trying to navigate the challenges that brought you here, so I commend you for taking this huge step towards working on your mental health. Living in a state of fight/flight, fear, anxiety, stress, uncertainty, and instability can wreak havoc on the mind and body. Therapy with me means you'll have the chance to gain deeper understandings, insights, and perspectives into what is going on, how to work with various stuck parts of yourself, how to recognize your own power and choices, and how to process difficult feelings.

I believe that we all experience suffering and that we are not meant to go through it alone. My own suffering brought me to therapy and it was in that relationship where I was met with unconditional positive regard and felt truly seen and heard for the first time. Having this experience allowed me to begin to find self-love and compassion, both requisites for healing from whatever kind of suffering we have endured. I want to help others find their way to healing and am committed to providing a safe and caring space for them to do so.

Our wounds are often the openings into the best and most beautiful part of us. -David Richo. Finding a place where you can safely express pain, sorrow, vulnerability, shame, confusion, anger, etc., will allow you to work through the emotions, and come out learning how to manage your life. I am a clinically trained therapist with a Ph.D. and MA in Clinical Psychology. I have experience in providing psychological and forensic mental health evaluations and individual psychotherapy.

I believe both preventive efforts of distress and current distress can be worked through the collaborative work of the counseling relationship. The center of my practice is to hold those moments of challenge, distress, anxiety and pain through means of humanistic engagement. My hope is that counseling encourages you to feel self-worth, self-esteem and strength as you navigate this point of your life journey.”