Individual Therapy in Seattle, Kirkland & Bellevue
Learn to Slow Down, Listen In & Regulate From Within
When you’re always on, always doing, always “fine” — it’s easy to lose touch with how you actually feel. The exhaustion becomes normal. The tension in your shoulders, the racing thoughts, the sleep that never feels quite restful… it’s all part of managing life the best you can.
Individual therapy offers space to step off that treadmill. A place to understand why you feel the way you do, and to learn how to relate to yourself and your body with more clarity and care.
Clients often come to therapy not because something is broken, but because something within them is asking for attention — asking to slow down, reconnect, and move differently.
Why People Seek Individual Counseling
Every client arrives with their own story, shaped by culture, relationships, and life demands. Many feel overwhelmed but don't know where to start. Together, we unpack those layers with intention.
High-Functioning Anxiety & Internalized Pressure
You might be the one who holds it all together — organized, dependable, always prepared. But under the surface? There’s a hum of anxiety that never quite quiets. Therapy helps explore the roots of this high-functioning stress — often tied to early expectations, trauma, or internalized performance narratives.
We’ll use mindfulness-based therapy, somatic interventions, and cognitive-behavioral tools to slow the mind, soothe the body, and create space for new, less exhausting ways of moving through the world.
Burnout & Boundary Recovery
Whether you're a caregiver, professional, parent, or all of the above — giving too much for too long takes a toll. Burnout often shows up as irritability, fatigue, numbness, or even a sense of losing your purpose.
Therapy offers a space to rediscover yourself, realign your energy, and learn how to set boundaries without guilt. Together, we’ll rebuild your relationship with rest, choice, and enoughness.
Emotional Regulation & Somatic Awareness
Some of us didn’t grow up learning how to name emotions — let alone regulate them. You might feel flooded with emotion, or completely disconnected from feeling. Through nervous system regulation and somatic therapy practices, we’ll increase your emotional literacy and build tools to help you respond, rather than react.
You’ll learn to listen to your body as a source of wisdom, not just warning signs.
Common Focus Areas in Therapy
While stress and anxiety may be the doorway into therapy, many clients find that other parts of their mental and emotional world also need attention. Here are a few key areas we can explore:
Depression & Emotional Numbness
Depression doesn’t always look like sadness. Sometimes it feels like emptiness, like moving through fog, or a quiet loss of motivation and meaning.
In therapy, we explore not just symptom relief but what your depression might be trying to tell you. Is there grief that hasn’t been processed? Is your nervous system in freeze mode? Is there something in your life that’s asking for change? Together, we’ll create a compassionate framework to understand your experience and work toward renewed connection and purpose.
Trauma & Safety in the Body
Whether you’ve experienced acute trauma or the slow drip of emotional neglect or control, trauma shapes how we feel in our bodies, relationships, and environment.
My approach is trauma-informed, rooted in polyvagal theory and somatic integration. That means we go at your pace. We work with your body, not against it. We build the capacity to feel safe again — in your thoughts, in your body, and in connection with others.
Sexuality, Embodiment & Desire
For many, sexuality is a space of confusion, silence, or shame — especially when shaped by rigid gender norms, purity culture, or trauma. You may be feeling disconnected from desire, unsure how to communicate what you want, or wanting to explore kink, sexual identity, or erotic self-expression in a safe space.
As a sex therapist, I offer a nonjudgmental, inclusive space for these conversations. We can explore how to feel more connected to your body, how to experience intimacy with safety and consent, and how to shift from performative to authentic sexual expression.
Grief, Loss & Life Transitions
Not all grief comes from death. It can arise from identity changes, broken relationships, spiritual shifts, or lost versions of yourself. Whether your grief is fresh or long-held, therapy offers space to process your story, move through the messiness, and make meaning out of what’s changed.
This includes major life transitions — such as divorce, parenthood, career shifts, or deconstructing belief systems — where the ground beneath you feels uncertain. Together, we explore what’s ending, what’s emerging, and how to anchor yourself in the in-between.
Identity, Self-Worth & Internalized Messages
Many clients carry invisible rules: Be nice. Don’t need too much. Achieve more. These messages can feel like truth — until you start questioning them.
In therapy, we explore your identity beyond these inherited roles and rules. Whether you’re unpacking gender, racial, or cultural identity, dismantling perfectionism, or building self-worth from within, this work helps you move toward a version of self that feels both real and rooted.
Benefits of Individual Therapy
The benefits of individual therapy often extend far beyond symptom management. You may experience:
Decreased anxiety and improved stress resilience
Clearer communication and boundaries
Relief from perfectionism, guilt, or shame
More connected and intentional relationships
Greater emotional regulation and somatic awareness
A renewed sense of self-trust, purpose, and agency
This work is about learning to live in your body, rather than just in your thoughts. It’s about healing old patterns and making space for new choices.
My Approach: Somatic, Trauma-Informed & Human-Centered
I’m a licensed therapist with specialized training in sex therapy, attachment theory, and somatic psychology. My work is informed by internal family systems, polyvagal theory, and emotion-focused therapy, and grounded in real, relational connection.
In sessions, we move at your pace — with intention, gentleness, and curiosity. I’ll meet you with clinical skill and a human heart.
Therapy in Seattle, Kirkland & Bellevue — In Person or Online Therapy
I offer in-person sessions at my office in Seattle and virtual therapy for clients throughout Kirkland, Bellevue, and across Washington State.
My practice is LGBTQIA+ affirming, kink-aware, culturally responsive, and always trauma-informed. You’re welcome to bring your full self into the room.
You Deserve to Feel Whole Again
Whether you’re navigating burnout, anxiety, identity shifts, or trauma, therapy is a powerful way to begin again — to come back to yourself with more compassion, choice, and clarity.
If this feels like the right time, I invite you to reach out for a consultation. I’d be honored to walk alongside you.
