Therapists in Seattle, WA
I am particularly influenced by Existential, Humanist, Systems, Feminist, and Attachment-Based therapies.
Life is wild, being a person is hard and everyone deserves support. I am a Mental Health Counselor who works with individuals (18+), couples and polyamorous partners. As a writer and former journalist, I am compassionate, nonjudgemental and curious. I see beauty and humor in the hard and I believe our struggles can help us find meaning, build connections and foster growth.
I am particularly influenced by Existential, Humanist, Systems, Feminist, and Attachment-Based therapies.
Life is wild, being a person is hard and everyone deserves support. I am a Mental Health Counselor who works with individuals (18+), couples and polyamorous partners. As a writer and former journalist, I am compassionate, nonjudgemental and curious. I see beauty and humor in the hard and I believe our struggles can help us find meaning, build connections and foster growth.
I practice from a relational, attachment-based lens and prioritize your holistic well-being.
Welcome! I’m glad you’re here. I enjoy partnering with individuals navigating the challenges of emerging adulthood. This transition can be a daunting experience filled with uncertainty and self-doubt. You may be facing several life transitions with school, career, and relationships. Along the way, issues like anxiety, depression, ADHD, stress, low self-esteem, and past trauma may be making these changes more difficult. We will work together to help you by approaching your unique needs and goals through understanding your story, working with your strengths, and building your inner resources to tend to yourself when challenges arise.
I practice from a relational, attachment-based lens and prioritize your holistic well-being.
Welcome! I’m glad you’re here. I enjoy partnering with individuals navigating the challenges of emerging adulthood. This transition can be a daunting experience filled with uncertainty and self-doubt. You may be facing several life transitions with school, career, and relationships. Along the way, issues like anxiety, depression, ADHD, stress, low self-esteem, and past trauma may be making these changes more difficult. We will work together to help you by approaching your unique needs and goals through understanding your story, working with your strengths, and building your inner resources to tend to yourself when challenges arise.
My approach is rooted in attachment-based counseling, where we explore how early relationships shape our sense of self and our connections with others.
Life can sometimes leave us feeling stuck, especially when we’re navigating significant changes, evolving identities, or adapting to new environments and relationships. These transitions can feel isolating and overwhelming, causing us to lose touch with who we are. But in these moments, there is also potential for healing and growth. I specialize in supporting those facing such transitions, including Third Culture Kids (TCKs), adult TCKs, military families, international adoptees, college students, immigrants, and individuals navigating cross-cultural experiences.
My approach is rooted in attachment-based counseling, where we explore how early relationships shape our sense of self and our connections with others.
Life can sometimes leave us feeling stuck, especially when we’re navigating significant changes, evolving identities, or adapting to new environments and relationships. These transitions can feel isolating and overwhelming, causing us to lose touch with who we are. But in these moments, there is also potential for healing and growth. I specialize in supporting those facing such transitions, including Third Culture Kids (TCKs), adult TCKs, military families, international adoptees, college students, immigrants, and individuals navigating cross-cultural experiences.
I use a fusion of attachment-based, art therapy, drama therapy, psychodramatic, IFS-informed, and anti-oppression interventions depending on the client.
I am an artist/poet turned therapist. I provide the right conditions for your brain to heal. My method is slowly building a therapeutic relationship, developing coping practices, fortifying strengths, and moving toward client-identified treatment goals. I support clients to externalize oppression and trauma through creative mediums and EMDR. When resourced, clients can move into the territory that scares them and get the goods, thus incorporating the parts of the self that had to go underground. Clients emerge from their work, whole and empowered.
I use a fusion of attachment-based, art therapy, drama therapy, psychodramatic, IFS-informed, and anti-oppression interventions depending on the client.
I am an artist/poet turned therapist. I provide the right conditions for your brain to heal. My method is slowly building a therapeutic relationship, developing coping practices, fortifying strengths, and moving toward client-identified treatment goals. I support clients to externalize oppression and trauma through creative mediums and EMDR. When resourced, clients can move into the territory that scares them and get the goods, thus incorporating the parts of the self that had to go underground. Clients emerge from their work, whole and empowered.
Dr. Jarryn Robinson-Ellis
Marriage & Family Therapist, PhD, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Seattle, WA 98121 (Online Only)
I believe in the transformative power of experiential and attachment-based therapies.
I am deeply committed to creating a safe and inclusive therapeutic space for individuals and couples. My passion lies in addressing the unique challenges faced by women, particularly in the realm of motherhood and parenting. I recognize the complexities and emotional nuances of these roles, and I'm dedicated to helping clients navigate their journeys with empathy, resilience, and self-discovery. In addition to my focus on women's issues and motherhood, I am passionate about exploring the experiences of BIPOC individuals, Couples, and those struggling with concerns like anxiety, depression, and attachment related concerns.
I believe in the transformative power of experiential and attachment-based therapies.
I am deeply committed to creating a safe and inclusive therapeutic space for individuals and couples. My passion lies in addressing the unique challenges faced by women, particularly in the realm of motherhood and parenting. I recognize the complexities and emotional nuances of these roles, and I'm dedicated to helping clients navigate their journeys with empathy, resilience, and self-discovery. In addition to my focus on women's issues and motherhood, I am passionate about exploring the experiences of BIPOC individuals, Couples, and those struggling with concerns like anxiety, depression, and attachment related concerns.
Darby Robertson
Mental Health Counselor Associate, MA, LMHCA, MHP, SUDPT
Verified Verified
6 Endorsed
Seattle, WA 98119 (Online Only)
Whether you're hoping to process past events, address specific patterns of behavior, or figure out how to navigate an uncharacteristically difficult time—I'm glad you're here. I aim to create a warm, supportive environment for clients to explore the parts of themselves and their experiences that feel challenging, shameful, or unknown. Using an attachment-based approach, my goal is to assist you in better understanding yourself, the people around you, and how your relationships and life experiences have shaped who you are. Together, we can work to identify the ways you want to invite change into your life, and how to get there.
Whether you're hoping to process past events, address specific patterns of behavior, or figure out how to navigate an uncharacteristically difficult time—I'm glad you're here. I aim to create a warm, supportive environment for clients to explore the parts of themselves and their experiences that feel challenging, shameful, or unknown. Using an attachment-based approach, my goal is to assist you in better understanding yourself, the people around you, and how your relationships and life experiences have shaped who you are. Together, we can work to identify the ways you want to invite change into your life, and how to get there.
Lisa C Knisely
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, PhD, LICSWA
Verified Verified
Seattle, WA 98101 (Online Only)
I help adults (18+) find deeper satisfaction in their lives and relationships through awareness-based and attachment-based interventions. All of us need support as we move through our lives because living inevitably brings suffering as part of the process. If you're experiencing distress and dissatisfaction, I want you to know you're doing nothing wrong. Let's explore how you can experiment with shifting your fixed habits so you can have new experiences that restore your hope, vitality, and ease. I bring an anti-oppressive lens to my work that considers social identities and systems of power as integral to your psychic life.
I help adults (18+) find deeper satisfaction in their lives and relationships through awareness-based and attachment-based interventions. All of us need support as we move through our lives because living inevitably brings suffering as part of the process. If you're experiencing distress and dissatisfaction, I want you to know you're doing nothing wrong. Let's explore how you can experiment with shifting your fixed habits so you can have new experiences that restore your hope, vitality, and ease. I bring an anti-oppressive lens to my work that considers social identities and systems of power as integral to your psychic life.
My approach is trauma-informed, attachment-based, relational, sex and body-positive, and affirming of queer, polyamory, and kink identities.
The past is just a story we tell ourselves. Through early formative experiences, we mold core beliefs about belonging, worth, and lovability. Therapy is a place to untangle the narratives we have internalized (perhaps unconsciously) and impact our ability to show up in the world authentically and connect with others deeply. Understanding our past can help us bring compassion and awareness to the present moment. Let us bravely explore the complexity and messiness of the human experience - embracing all that you are.
My approach is trauma-informed, attachment-based, relational, sex and body-positive, and affirming of queer, polyamory, and kink identities.
The past is just a story we tell ourselves. Through early formative experiences, we mold core beliefs about belonging, worth, and lovability. Therapy is a place to untangle the narratives we have internalized (perhaps unconsciously) and impact our ability to show up in the world authentically and connect with others deeply. Understanding our past can help us bring compassion and awareness to the present moment. Let us bravely explore the complexity and messiness of the human experience - embracing all that you are.
Caitlin Noelani Minniear
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, CST, MDFT
Verified Verified
4 Endorsed
Seattle, WA 98109
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I believe that healing occurs when people are given the space to explore their unique emotional experience to better understand how it colors their worldview, sense of self, and relationships with others. Within a safe therapeutic relationship, I work with my clients to make meaning out of both mundane and extraordinary moments, unlocking their ability to live a more fully present, authentic life.
I believe that healing occurs when people are given the space to explore their unique emotional experience to better understand how it colors their worldview, sense of self, and relationships with others. Within a safe therapeutic relationship, I work with my clients to make meaning out of both mundane and extraordinary moments, unlocking their ability to live a more fully present, authentic life.
I think life can be compared to a Hero’s Journey. While we may not have the same linear storyline with visible obstacles and hard earned victories, we are on a journey nonetheless. Therapy can help us explore the uncharted domains of our psyche, our overwhelming fears, our surprising heroic capabilities, and our joy. I use an integration of many therapeutic modalities in order to explore this including relational psychodynamic therapy, somatic/body psychotherapy, and attachment based therapy creating a more experiential and formative experience overall.
I think life can be compared to a Hero’s Journey. While we may not have the same linear storyline with visible obstacles and hard earned victories, we are on a journey nonetheless. Therapy can help us explore the uncharted domains of our psyche, our overwhelming fears, our surprising heroic capabilities, and our joy. I use an integration of many therapeutic modalities in order to explore this including relational psychodynamic therapy, somatic/body psychotherapy, and attachment based therapy creating a more experiential and formative experience overall.
In my psychotherapy work, I draw from psychodynamic, mindfulness-based cognitive and behavioral therapies, and attachment-based therapies.
Thank you for visiting my profile. I provide psychotherapy and assessment services to adults (individuals, couples, and groups) who are struggling to thrive. I help others increase insight into their struggles and make concrete changes toward experiencing a more fulfilling life. During difficult times it is common to struggle with daily functioning while also trying to heal broader psychological and emotional concerns (e.g., trauma, relational struggles, problematic behavior). Therefore, I often will establish short-term and long-term goals, collaboratively with you, so that counseling can be sustainable, supportive, and effective.
In my psychotherapy work, I draw from psychodynamic, mindfulness-based cognitive and behavioral therapies, and attachment-based therapies.
Thank you for visiting my profile. I provide psychotherapy and assessment services to adults (individuals, couples, and groups) who are struggling to thrive. I help others increase insight into their struggles and make concrete changes toward experiencing a more fulfilling life. During difficult times it is common to struggle with daily functioning while also trying to heal broader psychological and emotional concerns (e.g., trauma, relational struggles, problematic behavior). Therefore, I often will establish short-term and long-term goals, collaboratively with you, so that counseling can be sustainable, supportive, and effective.
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Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
Seattle, WA 98105 (Online Only)
It's so important to have support and understanding throughout life. I have experience working with adolescents, young adults and parents/caregivers. trauma, life transitions, new or chronic medical conditions, anxiety, mood dysregulation, low self-worth, suicidal ideation, and self-harm behavior. I work to support individuals with anxiety, depression, grief and adjustment to life transitions and new or chronic medical conditions. Together, we will explore your unique experiences, challenges, and strengths, while also addressing the social and systemic factors that may impact your mental health.
It's so important to have support and understanding throughout life. I have experience working with adolescents, young adults and parents/caregivers. trauma, life transitions, new or chronic medical conditions, anxiety, mood dysregulation, low self-worth, suicidal ideation, and self-harm behavior. I work to support individuals with anxiety, depression, grief and adjustment to life transitions and new or chronic medical conditions. Together, we will explore your unique experiences, challenges, and strengths, while also addressing the social and systemic factors that may impact your mental health.
Tiffany Somera
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA , LMFT, MHP
Verified Verified
6 Endorsed
Seattle, WA 98108
My approach to therapy is attachment-based and grounded within a social justice framework.
Life can be challenging and change is inevitable, and with transitions there are many aspects to growth and loss. I work with individuals, couples, and family systems; often dealing with unprocessed grief, trauma, parenting, identity issues, and midlife decisions. It takes courage to communicate the strong emotions felt within these difficult topics, especially to those you love the most. I prioritize holding a non-judgmental space for these strong emotions to be seen, heard, and liberated.
My approach to therapy is attachment-based and grounded within a social justice framework.
Life can be challenging and change is inevitable, and with transitions there are many aspects to growth and loss. I work with individuals, couples, and family systems; often dealing with unprocessed grief, trauma, parenting, identity issues, and midlife decisions. It takes courage to communicate the strong emotions felt within these difficult topics, especially to those you love the most. I prioritize holding a non-judgmental space for these strong emotions to be seen, heard, and liberated.
Cat Carson
Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, MA, LMFTA
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Seattle, WA 98103
I believe that we all have tremendous potential for healing and improving our relationships with ourselves and those around us. From the time we are born, we are met with messages from society at large, the families we grow up in, and the systems and institutions we interact with that inform how we see ourselves. But what if some of that information is flawed? Figuring out our own truth can be incredibly challenging when we have been working with bad facts. I provide my clients with a non-judgmental space to see themselves with clear eyes, and increase safety, harmony and understanding in their relationships, to reach their goals.
I believe that we all have tremendous potential for healing and improving our relationships with ourselves and those around us. From the time we are born, we are met with messages from society at large, the families we grow up in, and the systems and institutions we interact with that inform how we see ourselves. But what if some of that information is flawed? Figuring out our own truth can be incredibly challenging when we have been working with bad facts. I provide my clients with a non-judgmental space to see themselves with clear eyes, and increase safety, harmony and understanding in their relationships, to reach their goals.
I am a systemic and attachment-based therapist that works with individuals, couples, families, and other multisystem clients. My passion lies in working with those with queer, trans, and gender non-conforming identities, as well as interests or concerns surrounding sex, intimacy, kink, and polyamorous/non-traditional relationships. I aim to create a safe and affirming space for clients to explore their identities and relationships. I recognize the unique challenges and experiences faced by individuals within marginalized communities and am committed to providing culturally competent care within my therapeutic practice.
I am a systemic and attachment-based therapist that works with individuals, couples, families, and other multisystem clients. My passion lies in working with those with queer, trans, and gender non-conforming identities, as well as interests or concerns surrounding sex, intimacy, kink, and polyamorous/non-traditional relationships. I aim to create a safe and affirming space for clients to explore their identities and relationships. I recognize the unique challenges and experiences faced by individuals within marginalized communities and am committed to providing culturally competent care within my therapeutic practice.
I believe that all mental anguish begins with loneliness and disconnection. This is why my approach to psychotherapy is grounded fundamentally in the relationship that we build together. Together we will move through suffering, creatively identifying new possibilities and ways of experiencing life. We will find hope and build your capacity to love both yourself and others more fully. From within this relationship, you will be able to safely try new things, to see what works for you, to ultimately move forward in your life with more ease. I like the expression "human flourishing" to describe this process.
I believe that all mental anguish begins with loneliness and disconnection. This is why my approach to psychotherapy is grounded fundamentally in the relationship that we build together. Together we will move through suffering, creatively identifying new possibilities and ways of experiencing life. We will find hope and build your capacity to love both yourself and others more fully. From within this relationship, you will be able to safely try new things, to see what works for you, to ultimately move forward in your life with more ease. I like the expression "human flourishing" to describe this process.
I use an attachment-based, psychodynamic, and intersectional feminist approach to therapy.
I specialize in couples therapy, where I help partners work toward relational repair after infidelity, betrayal, or ongoing conflict. I also work with individuals who want to work through attachment and relationship issues, identity development, spirituality, trauma, anxiety, and depression. Therapy is work that asks a great deal from us, but it also holds potential for meaningful change: to awaken to your own life, to make strides toward repairing broken bonds, and to imagine new possibilities and new ways of being, for yourself and for your relationships.
I use an attachment-based, psychodynamic, and intersectional feminist approach to therapy.
I specialize in couples therapy, where I help partners work toward relational repair after infidelity, betrayal, or ongoing conflict. I also work with individuals who want to work through attachment and relationship issues, identity development, spirituality, trauma, anxiety, and depression. Therapy is work that asks a great deal from us, but it also holds potential for meaningful change: to awaken to your own life, to make strides toward repairing broken bonds, and to imagine new possibilities and new ways of being, for yourself and for your relationships.
Our emotions are a biochemical reality in our bodies; we deserve to have a safe space to discover what they are telling us and how to fully express them. Oftentimes, our feelings today are based on belief systems we created in childhood to keep us safe from painful experiences. The way we made sense of our world when we were young influence and shape the quality of our relationships, how we feel about ourselves, and how we fit into the world as adults today. Sometimes this can be limiting. This whole process occurs in our body - our emotions and old belief systems that we may be unaware of ultimately guide our choices and behavior.
Our emotions are a biochemical reality in our bodies; we deserve to have a safe space to discover what they are telling us and how to fully express them. Oftentimes, our feelings today are based on belief systems we created in childhood to keep us safe from painful experiences. The way we made sense of our world when we were young influence and shape the quality of our relationships, how we feel about ourselves, and how we fit into the world as adults today. Sometimes this can be limiting. This whole process occurs in our body - our emotions and old belief systems that we may be unaware of ultimately guide our choices and behavior.
We I draw from: Compassion Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, somatic therapy, and attachment-based approaches.
You might be seeking therapy because you’re feeling worn out, anxious, and out of alignment with where you want to be in life. Therapy can help you embody ways of being that support who you are and who you’d like to be in relationship to yourself, others, and the larger community around you. Every person comes to therapy holding unique stories, thoughts, beliefs, emotions, values, experiences, and behaviors. I offer a relationally supportive, collaborative, and warm environment where it all belongs and I would be honored to help you sort through it all.
We I draw from: Compassion Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Narrative Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, somatic therapy, and attachment-based approaches.
You might be seeking therapy because you’re feeling worn out, anxious, and out of alignment with where you want to be in life. Therapy can help you embody ways of being that support who you are and who you’d like to be in relationship to yourself, others, and the larger community around you. Every person comes to therapy holding unique stories, thoughts, beliefs, emotions, values, experiences, and behaviors. I offer a relationally supportive, collaborative, and warm environment where it all belongs and I would be honored to help you sort through it all.
Jen Hargrove
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LICSW, CMHS
Verified Verified
Seattle, WA 98115 (Online Only)
Stress, perfectionism, and relationship challenges can leave us feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or disconnected. Sometimes we need support to enhance communication, foster respectful relationships, and cultivate loving connections with those we care about. I am an attachment-based therapist who believes that through a trusting and secure therapeutic relationship, we can all access what we need to make changes and strengthen our connection to ourselves and others. I hold a special affinity for supporting neurodivergent individuals as well as LGBTQ+ teens and their families. Having supportive, affirming care is essential to well-being.
Stress, perfectionism, and relationship challenges can leave us feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or disconnected. Sometimes we need support to enhance communication, foster respectful relationships, and cultivate loving connections with those we care about. I am an attachment-based therapist who believes that through a trusting and secure therapeutic relationship, we can all access what we need to make changes and strengthen our connection to ourselves and others. I hold a special affinity for supporting neurodivergent individuals as well as LGBTQ+ teens and their families. Having supportive, affirming care is essential to well-being.
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Attachment-based Therapists
Is attachment-based therapy the same as attachment therapy?
Attachment-based therapy may be confused with what is called “attachment therapy” (sometimes called “holding therapy”), a discredited and dangerous approach to treating children with attachment disorders, autism, or other mental health concerns. Attachment therapy—not attachment-based therapy—may involve restraining a child, forcing eye contact, and other coercive or abusive techniques. None of these practices are used in attachment-based therapy and the two modalities are in no way related.
What should I expect from attachment-based therapy?
Attachment-based therapy is based on attachment theory, which posits that children’s early relationships with their caregivers strongly influence their ability to navigate the world later in life. Thus, adults who seek attachment-based therapy should expect to deeply explore their childhood, identifying the dynamics or experiences that disrupted their attachment and the steps necessary to overcome challenges that arose as a result. Parents and children should expect to explore the possible factors that disrupted the parent-child relationship and work toward restoring trust and connection.
How long does attachment-based therapy last?
Certain forms of attachment-based therapy, especially those designed for parents and children, last for a set number of sessions; for example, Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up, a specific attachment-based approach for young children who have undergone early adversity, unfolds over 10 one-hour sessions. When attachment-based therapy is practiced on adults or combined with other modalities, it may not last a specific length of time; clients may wish to ask prospective therapists how long they expect treatment to take.
Does attachment-based therapy work?
Most of the research on attachment-based therapy focuses on children and adolescents. Some of this research shows a positive effect, especially for attachment-based family therapy (ABFT). Other studies, however, have found that attachment-based therapy is no more effective than other approaches to childhood depression, anxiety, or suicidality. Less is known about the therapy’s efficacy on adult populations.