Therapists in Sequim, WA
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Michele Bryant, LICSW
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Sequim, WA 98382 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
Anxiety and depression harm relationships.
I have worked with individuals, couples, and families for more than 20 years, helping people to become the healthy, productive people they were meant to be. Good therapy is hard work, requiring a safe environment, a trusting therapeutic relationship, and mutual respect. It can be the most rewarding work someone will ever enter into. I want to be the therapist for people who are willing to work to achieve their most desired goals, be it individual growth, compatible, productive relationships, or a more peaceful and nurturing family life.
Anxiety and depression harm relationships.
I have worked with individuals, couples, and families for more than 20 years, helping people to become the healthy, productive people they were meant to be. Good therapy is hard work, requiring a safe environment, a trusting therapeutic relationship, and mutual respect. It can be the most rewarding work someone will ever enter into. I want to be the therapist for people who are willing to work to achieve their most desired goals, be it individual growth, compatible, productive relationships, or a more peaceful and nurturing family life.
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Hello! Thank you for taking time to take care of yourself through therapy. I provide treatment for adults, adolescents, children, and couples. My specialties include anxiety, depression, PTSD, ADHD, anger management, and adjustment disorders, as well as behavioral issues and trauma in children.
Hello! Thank you for taking time to take care of yourself through therapy. I provide treatment for adults, adolescents, children, and couples. My specialties include anxiety, depression, PTSD, ADHD, anger management, and adjustment disorders, as well as behavioral issues and trauma in children.
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Relationships are important for our well-being. Relationships can also be very difficult at times. Some relationships are more difficult than others. Whether you are having difficulties with a spouse, partner, boss, or friends, I can help you learn to have better relationships with others. We will work together in finding ways to navigate difficult people and how to leave interactions feeling good. I want to help those that are currently or survived emotional abuse in finding recovery and provide a start to having healthy relationships.
Relationships are important for our well-being. Relationships can also be very difficult at times. Some relationships are more difficult than others. Whether you are having difficulties with a spouse, partner, boss, or friends, I can help you learn to have better relationships with others. We will work together in finding ways to navigate difficult people and how to leave interactions feeling good. I want to help those that are currently or survived emotional abuse in finding recovery and provide a start to having healthy relationships.
I strive to provide a safe environment where individuals can reconnect to self, and the expertise to remove roadblocks to success and happiness. If you need emotional healing, to develop life skills, or (re-)discover the joy of living, I believe I can help. I have 40 years of experience working with children and families, often where abuse has been involved, and have helped hundreds of individuals recover from a variety of traumas in their lives, from abuse to car accidents to the death of a loved one. I believe in the power of the individual always to grow toward health.
I strive to provide a safe environment where individuals can reconnect to self, and the expertise to remove roadblocks to success and happiness. If you need emotional healing, to develop life skills, or (re-)discover the joy of living, I believe I can help. I have 40 years of experience working with children and families, often where abuse has been involved, and have helped hundreds of individuals recover from a variety of traumas in their lives, from abuse to car accidents to the death of a loved one. I believe in the power of the individual always to grow toward health.
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I'm a licensed mental health counselor with over 30 years of experience helping others help themselves. My time as a mental health counselor has provided me the opportunity to work with individuals from a diverse variety of backgrounds. My methods are client focused and adaptable, insuring you get the counseling that is best suited for you.
I'm a licensed mental health counselor with over 30 years of experience helping others help themselves. My time as a mental health counselor has provided me the opportunity to work with individuals from a diverse variety of backgrounds. My methods are client focused and adaptable, insuring you get the counseling that is best suited for you.
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Julia E Eakes
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Sequim, WA 98382 (Online Only)
I love to work with older teens and adults from the comfort of your own home through telehealth. I offer a safe and trusting environment that is conducive to emotional and spiritual growth. You will find that we are partners in a journey of discovery; we'll explore ways to empower, encourage and support your expression of what's troubling you. I offer the opportunity to explore personal growth through mind, body, and spirit. As a therapist, I tend to be eclectic, humanistic, and enthusiastic about Journaling, Energy Healing, Mindful Self Compassion, Mindfulness, Solution-Focused, and CBT.
I love to work with older teens and adults from the comfort of your own home through telehealth. I offer a safe and trusting environment that is conducive to emotional and spiritual growth. You will find that we are partners in a journey of discovery; we'll explore ways to empower, encourage and support your expression of what's troubling you. I offer the opportunity to explore personal growth through mind, body, and spirit. As a therapist, I tend to be eclectic, humanistic, and enthusiastic about Journaling, Energy Healing, Mindful Self Compassion, Mindfulness, Solution-Focused, and CBT.
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Jackie Moser
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC, LMHC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Sequim, WA 98382 (Online Only)
We ARE accepting new referrals at this time. We are virtual only. If this is a good format for you please contact us. We focus on adjustment issues related to life transitions, ADHD, stress management, behavioral issues with children, family and relationship conflicts. We have an empathetic approach and believe together, a solution can be found that matches your views and beliefs. It is important to us when seeking a therapist, you are matched with someone whom you are comfortable, can trust, and want to be open with.
We ARE accepting new referrals at this time. We are virtual only. If this is a good format for you please contact us. We focus on adjustment issues related to life transitions, ADHD, stress management, behavioral issues with children, family and relationship conflicts. We have an empathetic approach and believe together, a solution can be found that matches your views and beliefs. It is important to us when seeking a therapist, you are matched with someone whom you are comfortable, can trust, and want to be open with.
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Leslie Fleming
Counselor, MA, LMHC
Verified Verified
6 Endorsed
Sequim, WA 98382
Waitlist for new clients
I offer a unique, holistic approach to transformational healing and growth through a weaving of shamanism, psychotherapy, and coaching. I am direct, compassionate, and intuitive in working with clients, offering deep integrity, fortitude, and over 3 decades of shamanic practice supporting journeys of healing, personal mastery, and authenticity. The transformational work of embodying who you truly are and why you are here is a beautiful, challenging journey of embracing and integrating all of who you are with deep compassion and fierce love. A journey I invite you to take and am honored to support.
I offer a unique, holistic approach to transformational healing and growth through a weaving of shamanism, psychotherapy, and coaching. I am direct, compassionate, and intuitive in working with clients, offering deep integrity, fortitude, and over 3 decades of shamanic practice supporting journeys of healing, personal mastery, and authenticity. The transformational work of embodying who you truly are and why you are here is a beautiful, challenging journey of embracing and integrating all of who you are with deep compassion and fierce love. A journey I invite you to take and am honored to support.
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Cynthia Flowers
Counselor, LMHC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Sequim, WA 98382
Not accepting new clients
I am a licensed mental health counselor, and have been in practice for over 30 years. Over the years I've worked with a diverse population of individuals with a broad range of life's gifts and challenges. My abiding concern in this work is developing an attentive and respectful relationship where a deepening collaboration is possible. I will be interested in your current life, your history and memories, your dreams and aspirations. I will also be interested in how your body, it's symptoms and sensations, aches, pains and illnesses speak to us as we carefully listen and attune.
I am a licensed mental health counselor, and have been in practice for over 30 years. Over the years I've worked with a diverse population of individuals with a broad range of life's gifts and challenges. My abiding concern in this work is developing an attentive and respectful relationship where a deepening collaboration is possible. I will be interested in your current life, your history and memories, your dreams and aspirations. I will also be interested in how your body, it's symptoms and sensations, aches, pains and illnesses speak to us as we carefully listen and attune.
Online Therapists
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Specializing in serving Vashon Island helping adults heal anxiety, depression, stress which often originate from patterns learned in childhood or from trauma. Treatment goes back to heal the very beginning of these patterns through EMDR, IFS, and Hypnotherapy. Marie Sohl has been working with families and infants, toddler or preschooler ages 0-6 for over 20 years who are needing extra support through changes and transitions. The extensive history working with young children and their families are helpful in understanding healing for adults who have been affected by childhood events.
Specializing in serving Vashon Island helping adults heal anxiety, depression, stress which often originate from patterns learned in childhood or from trauma. Treatment goes back to heal the very beginning of these patterns through EMDR, IFS, and Hypnotherapy. Marie Sohl has been working with families and infants, toddler or preschooler ages 0-6 for over 20 years who are needing extra support through changes and transitions. The extensive history working with young children and their families are helpful in understanding healing for adults who have been affected by childhood events.
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I have extensive training and experience working with people who have experienced trauma and who have anxiety, interpersonal issues, addiction in the family and depression.
I strive to create a trusting, safe and empowering environment in order to promote positive change. I believe that our early relationships influence and shape our relationships into adulthood. Exploring these past relationships is essential for change because they contribute to our current life stressors, negative thinking patterns, relationships and our ability to cope with challenges. I incorporate, attachment theory, dialectal behavior therapy, cognitive behavior therapy and psychodynamic therapy in treatment. My desire is to assist you in understanding yourself, and learn tools to thrive in all aspects of your life.
I have extensive training and experience working with people who have experienced trauma and who have anxiety, interpersonal issues, addiction in the family and depression.
I strive to create a trusting, safe and empowering environment in order to promote positive change. I believe that our early relationships influence and shape our relationships into adulthood. Exploring these past relationships is essential for change because they contribute to our current life stressors, negative thinking patterns, relationships and our ability to cope with challenges. I incorporate, attachment theory, dialectal behavior therapy, cognitive behavior therapy and psychodynamic therapy in treatment. My desire is to assist you in understanding yourself, and learn tools to thrive in all aspects of your life.
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I work with adults for issues with relationships, PTSD, depression, anxiety, work problems.
Undergoing intensive psychodynamic psychotherapy is deeply personal. For many individuals, this adventure into unknown recesses of their psyches reveals personal vistas previously unimagined. Such exploration frequently involves painful disclosures, frightening discoveries, an extraordinary development of self-understanding, an increase in capacity for intimate sharing, and an integration of strengths and aspirations. Such a journey, with phases of both pain and exhilaration, usually takes place over an extended period.
I work with adults for issues with relationships, PTSD, depression, anxiety, work problems.
Undergoing intensive psychodynamic psychotherapy is deeply personal. For many individuals, this adventure into unknown recesses of their psyches reveals personal vistas previously unimagined. Such exploration frequently involves painful disclosures, frightening discoveries, an extraordinary development of self-understanding, an increase in capacity for intimate sharing, and an integration of strengths and aspirations. Such a journey, with phases of both pain and exhilaration, usually takes place over an extended period.
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Have you experienced a loss that is impacting your quality of life? My focus is to support individuals who are experiencing chronic grief, trauma, depression, anxiety, identity confusion, or developmental adjustments as a result of traumatic events, environmental changes or life transitions. As you engage in a therapeutic trusting relationship, your core strengths, values, insights and resilence will emerge to gain balance. Humans are in a continual process of transformation. When developmental process is interrupted by an event, loss or stuck in the social structures we live in, an opportunity for new growth becomes possible.
Have you experienced a loss that is impacting your quality of life? My focus is to support individuals who are experiencing chronic grief, trauma, depression, anxiety, identity confusion, or developmental adjustments as a result of traumatic events, environmental changes or life transitions. As you engage in a therapeutic trusting relationship, your core strengths, values, insights and resilence will emerge to gain balance. Humans are in a continual process of transformation. When developmental process is interrupted by an event, loss or stuck in the social structures we live in, an opportunity for new growth becomes possible.
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Mariam Merrin
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, MA, LMHC, LPCC, SUDP
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Seattle, WA 98105
As a certified Lifespan Integration therapist, I work with clients to ease anxiety and depression, work through trauma, and help manage challenging life transitions. Lifespan Integration is experiential and uses gentle bottom-up processing to increase neural integration and attain resolution. For most people, our wounds are experienced viscerally and therefore require an approach that recognizes the body-mind system. While skills are helpful, it is difficult to use them when we're triggered. Sometimes, these triggers persist even when we know full well there is no threat.
As a certified Lifespan Integration therapist, I work with clients to ease anxiety and depression, work through trauma, and help manage challenging life transitions. Lifespan Integration is experiential and uses gentle bottom-up processing to increase neural integration and attain resolution. For most people, our wounds are experienced viscerally and therefore require an approach that recognizes the body-mind system. While skills are helpful, it is difficult to use them when we're triggered. Sometimes, these triggers persist even when we know full well there is no threat.
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Heidi Monuteaux
Counselor, MA, LMHC, LCPC, CSAT, AF-EMDR
Verified Verified
13 Endorsed
Issaquah, WA 98027 (Online Only)
Have you experienced trauma? Feeling stuck and hopeless after infidelity? Looking for freedom from anxiety? I'm here to help you summon the courage to face your concerns, to provide a safe place where you can work through them at your own pace, and for you to experience the happiness, wholeness and healing that comes out of that process. I work with a broad range of issues including anxiety, depression and grief, however my speciality is working with anything trauma related. I work with individuals, couples and groups. I would encourage you to visit my website for more information about me and my work.
Have you experienced trauma? Feeling stuck and hopeless after infidelity? Looking for freedom from anxiety? I'm here to help you summon the courage to face your concerns, to provide a safe place where you can work through them at your own pace, and for you to experience the happiness, wholeness and healing that comes out of that process. I work with a broad range of issues including anxiety, depression and grief, however my speciality is working with anything trauma related. I work with individuals, couples and groups. I would encourage you to visit my website for more information about me and my work.
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Shannon Rawlings
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Lakewood, WA 98498 (Online Only)
My specialty areas include depression, anxiety, trauma, and behavioral issues.
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 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.
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I may lead you in meditation or guided visualization to help you bring soothing to anxious states and vitality to depressed states.
I offer compassion-based therapy which focuses on what's right and good in you. I team with clients to create a mutual, shared space of compassion, caring and healing. In this space, problems are explored together, losses and hurts are held together. Where there is trauma, it is transformed through body-based somatic therapy and EMDR. I bring a wide array of therapeutic techniques, from ancient wisdom traditions to cutting edge neurobiology, to support your healing and provide practical skills for reaching your goals. Whatever difficulties you face - healing is the rule, not the exception. Private Pay; $160 (some sliding scale)
I may lead you in meditation or guided visualization to help you bring soothing to anxious states and vitality to depressed states.
I offer compassion-based therapy which focuses on what's right and good in you. I team with clients to create a mutual, shared space of compassion, caring and healing. In this space, problems are explored together, losses and hurts are held together. Where there is trauma, it is transformed through body-based somatic therapy and EMDR. I bring a wide array of therapeutic techniques, from ancient wisdom traditions to cutting edge neurobiology, to support your healing and provide practical skills for reaching your goals. Whatever difficulties you face - healing is the rule, not the exception. Private Pay; $160 (some sliding scale)
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Shannon Atherton
Counselor, MS, LMHC, LPC, NCC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Olympia, WA 98513 (Online Only)
I specialize in preteens/teens, self-esteem, identity issues, self-harm, social anxiety, confidence building, rebuilding/healing relationships, divorce, survivors of abuse, codependency, gifted/highly intelligent children, substance abuse, depression, and couples counseling.
I believe counseling is a partnership in which we work together in developing and implementing a plan to reach the clients treatment goals. Each client is unique and different, and I adjust according to the clients needs. I work well with clients who are ready to do the work to heal and grow. The client and I are active throughout the counseling process. I have found that this process is a journey towards healing and thriving in all areas of life.
I specialize in preteens/teens, self-esteem, identity issues, self-harm, social anxiety, confidence building, rebuilding/healing relationships, divorce, survivors of abuse, codependency, gifted/highly intelligent children, substance abuse, depression, and couples counseling.
I believe counseling is a partnership in which we work together in developing and implementing a plan to reach the clients treatment goals. Each client is unique and different, and I adjust according to the clients needs. I work well with clients who are ready to do the work to heal and grow. The client and I are active throughout the counseling process. I have found that this process is a journey towards healing and thriving in all areas of life.
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Navigating unexpected situations or traumas, dealing with anxiety/depression can overwhelm our sense of being present in the moment and we may feel trapped inside our feelings. Sometimes difficulties have been present since childhood, left unattended or pushed down repeatedly over the years. Some clients come to counseling seeking ways to deal with a specific trauma, domestic violence, grief, loss, anger, or other distressing emotions, leaving someone feeling isolated, stuck, and without resources. Taking the next step, asking for help inside of counseling, brings you closer to the destination of recovery.
Navigating unexpected situations or traumas, dealing with anxiety/depression can overwhelm our sense of being present in the moment and we may feel trapped inside our feelings. Sometimes difficulties have been present since childhood, left unattended or pushed down repeatedly over the years. Some clients come to counseling seeking ways to deal with a specific trauma, domestic violence, grief, loss, anger, or other distressing emotions, leaving someone feeling isolated, stuck, and without resources. Taking the next step, asking for help inside of counseling, brings you closer to the destination of recovery.
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I also offer Individual and Family : Through the use of Cognitive Behavioral Therapies (CBT, REBT), and MIndfulness techniques, I will help you reach your goals and your potential; help you reduce anxiety and depression-related suffering.
I am licensed in the state of Washington as well as California and can see clients in either state. **I'm only offering Telehealth sessions at this time** My interventions are grounded in cognitive, behavioral, and mindfulness approaches. My counseling and coaching services give you compassionate navigation of your family, children...and yourself.
I also offer Individual and Family : Through the use of Cognitive Behavioral Therapies (CBT, REBT), and MIndfulness techniques, I will help you reach your goals and your potential; help you reduce anxiety and depression-related suffering.
I am licensed in the state of Washington as well as California and can see clients in either state. **I'm only offering Telehealth sessions at this time** My interventions are grounded in cognitive, behavioral, and mindfulness approaches. My counseling and coaching services give you compassionate navigation of your family, children...and yourself.
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Depression Therapists
What is the goal of therapy for depression?
Therapy for depression has several major goals. One is to relieve the mental pain of depression, which distorts feeling and thinking so that sufferers cannot see beyond their current state of mind or envision feeling better. Another is to give people the mental tools to recognize and correct the kinds of distorted thinking that turn a problem into a catastrophe and lead to despair. Therapy also teaches people how to process negative emotions in constructive ways, so they have more control over their own emotional reactivity. And it helps people regain the ability to see themselves positively, the motivation to do things, and the capacity for pleasure.
What happens in therapy for depression?
Perhaps most important, no matter the type of therapy, patients form an alliance with the therapist; that connection is therapeutic in itself, plus it becomes an instrument of change. Patients learn to identify and to challenge their own erroneous beliefs and thoughts that amplify the effects of negative experiences. They learn to identify situations in which they are especially vulnerable. And they learn new patterns of thinking and behaving. They may be given “homework” assignments in which they practice their developing skills. In addition, good therapists regularly monitor patients to assess whether and how much the condition is improving.
What therapy types help with depression?
Several types of short-term therapy have been found effective, each targeting one or more areas of dysfunction. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) helps clients challenge their negative thoughts and beliefs, learn new behavioral strategies, and curb reactivity to distressing situations. Behavioral activation (BA) is a form of therapy often used in conjunction with CBT; it focuses on engagement in rewarding activity as a pathway to changing negative feelings and disturbed mood. Another widely used approach is interpersonal therapy (IPT), which targets the social difficulties that both give rise to and get exacerbated by depression. Therapists may combine approaches as needed.
Can therapy for depression be done online?
Studies have found that online therapy can be highly effective for treating depression, although it may be more challenging to build a good therapist-patient alliance on screen than in person—at least at first. However, online therapy can offer considerable advantages. Accessibility and convenience are tops among them. Some people actually find it easier to talk about problems online than in person. While online therapy typically limits visibility of facial expression and body gestures that give important nonverbal cues to a patient’s state of mind, it can give therapists a glimpse into a patient’s world and life, providing information that can be highly useful in guiding therapy.
How effective is therapy for depression?
Many studies show that therapy is highly effective provided that patients complete the prescribed course of therapy, commonly 16 to 20 sessions. Over the long term, it is more effective than medication and the effects are more enduring. As a result, psychotherapy has the power not just to relieve current suffering but to prevent future episodes of the disorder. Therapy reverses the dysfunction in neural circuitry that disposes individuals to a negative view of themselves, the world, and their future and they acquire coping techniques, problem-solving skills, and understanding of their own vulnerabilities that are useful over the course of a lifetime.