Sara Hiatt MA LMFT (206) 228-6829
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
7812 Lake City Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115-4358
Niche Specialty©: Depression. Helping people with depression and self esteem issues come to an experience of peace, confidence and joy in living through the use of lifespan integration, mindfulness based therapy, and narrative therapy. While sometimes it is useful to visit the past to clear blocks to experiencing more peacefulness and health, our work together is oriented toward living fully in the present and finding ways to manifest dreams for the future.
Location: Maple Leaf Professional Center.
General Practice Area: Depression, relationship/couple counseling, blended family issues, separation or divorce adjustment, adolescent mood and behavioral issues, family members of cancer patients, spirituality and existential issues. Seeing adults, adolescents, and couples. [ Email Sara Hiatt ] [ to counselor - therapist website ]
Kara Bazzi Counseling, Inc
Kara Bazzi MS, LMFT (206) 999-1227
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
1107 NE 45th St., Suite 410, Seattle, WA 98105
Niche Specialty©: Eating Disorders
Location: in U-District neighborhood, on the corner of 45th St. and 11th.
General Practice Area: I work with adolescents and young adults struggling with eating disorders and body image issues. Coming from an athletic background, I work with athletes whose eating concerns are affecting their performance. I also help those with depression, anxiety, low self-esteem, and identity formation difficulties. My training is in working with family systems and treating from a holistic approach. I collaborate closely with a dietician. [ Email Kara Bazzi ]
Roosevelt Associates
Linda James M.S. M.ED. LMFTA (206) 724-6857
Registered Counselor
9415 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115
Location: North of Ace Hardware, South of Walgreens
General Practice Area: I work with children, adult men and women and couples. I help couples with their relationship problems as they become more comfortable individually. Moving forward and leaving past hurts behind can improve our current intimate relationships. I have a great deal of experience working with women who did not receive the nurturing they needed while growing up and now find themselves with an emotional emptiness that they are trying to fill. When adult relationships fail to meet these needs, they feel disappointed, frustrated, and often angry with their partner or spouse. Repairing childhood and adult needs can pave the way to healthy relationships. Children need strategies to deal with school, social encounters, anger problems, etc. Parents need a neutral third party to help with the challenges that come up as their children pass through new stages and face new challenges. Let me join with you to help your child experience and choose paths that lead to success. I will gladly discuss faith issues with you, if you so desire. [ to counselor - therapist website ]
Julia Kay MSW, LICSW (206) 295-7707
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
7812 Lake City Way NE, Seattle, WA 98115-4358
Niche Specialty©: Sexual Abuse. Counseling the depressed adolescent or adult victim / survivor of child sexual abuse.
Location: In the Maple Leaf Professional Building on the south side of Lake City Way in Northeast Seattle.
General Practice Area: I work with children, adolescents and adults individually and as a family. I utilize EMDR, Lifespan Integration, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, strength based Narrative Therapy techniques and developmental psychology to help people who have experienced trauma, physical and sexual abuse, domestic violence, anxiety, depression and bipolar disorder. Children and adolescents who are withdrawn, isolated, irritable, unhappy, angry, acting out or overly compliant, or who obsess over little things are all demonstrating warning signs that something is wrong. A sudden drop in performance or grades, a change in peer group, withdrawal from school or family activities, problems with sleep or energy level can all indicate an underlying problem. Arguing with parents may be a normal part of development, but arguing to the point where there is violent acting out (throwing things, hitting walls or people) or running away indicate a strong need for therapy. I also do social skills training with youth diagnosed with Autism and Asperger syndrome. [ Email Julia Kay ] [ to counselor - therapist website ]
John Skandalis MA, LMHC (206) 522-6992
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
1015 NE 127th Street, Seattle, WA 98125-4005
Niche Specialty©: Relationship Problems. I help Men create relationships that are healthy, honest and real.
I currently have openings in my Saturday Men's Group which meets once a month. The group is a important venue that supports the member's growth toward a richly lived and passionate life.
Location: Northeast Seattle, just east of I-5 and North of Northgate Mall.
General Practice Area: I specialize in couples counseling helping couples move beyond the conflicts and find a more loving and passionate relationship. I am here to help you develop the skills to clearly communicate and rekindle the loving relationship you both hold in your hearts.
Together we will focus on what is not working (and what is working) and create new approaches so that when conflict happens you both have the tools to move forward.
I also specialize in helping Men with intimacy and commitment issues. Often it works best for men to work with another man on these issues that are difficult to address. My style of working with you is warm and caring with a dose of humor.
I am here to help women who keep finding themselves in relationships with emotionally unavailable men. Together we will work to uncover the patterning for relationships that you learned in your family of origin. We will work to discover what makes up a healthy relationship and how emotional needs can be realistically met. As you grow into the person you were meant to be you will find yourself attracting more healthy men with more to offer into your life.
I bring not only my nearly twenty years of therapy work but also my life experience as a father and husband of twenty-one years to our work together. [ Email John Skandalis ] [ to counselor - therapist website ]
Jennifer Stoakes MA LMHC (206) 409-7220
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
8245 20th Avenue NE, Suite 5, Seattle, WA 98115-4407
Niche Specialty©: Children and Adolescents. Assisting children and their parents by restoring a healthy developmental path and relationships.
Location: a block and a half south of Lake City Way on 20th Avenue NE.
General Practice Area: I work with children (3–13 years old) and their parents. (1.) I use play therapy, sand tray and art therapy with children who are having a hard time focusing, making friends, controlling their anger or emotions in general, having difficulty separating from mom and dad to enjoy age-appropriate activities, experiencing anxiety, loosing someone close to them to death, divorce or separation, or having a hard time adjusting to a new school or home or blended family. I work with children who exhibit anger or defiant behavior, poor social skills, low self-esteem, conflicts with parents or teachers; and depression, anxiety, or attachment issues due to adoption or a parent's depression or illness. (2.) I work with parents to resolve struggles with their children--parents who feel their children are out of control, parents who don't know how to relate to their children, parents at the end of their rope in terms of discipline, parents whose children fail to thrive in school, and parents who don't know how to deal with a new developmental phase in their child's life. I work with adults challenged by parenting issues, helping find deeper connection in their relationships, and to deal with work related transitions, chronic illness or grief and loss. [ Email Jennifer Stoakes ] [ to counselor - therapist website ]
Tanya Ruckstuhl-Valenti MSW LICSW EDMR Level 2 (206) 375-7690
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
2611 NE 125th Street, Suite 205, Seattle, WA 98125
Niche Specialty©: Trauma --emotional or physical. Addictions, anxiety and depression often have their roots in childhood and adult trauma. Using EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Repatterning) to process this trauma can provide relief, integration of experiences and greater emotional freedom more rapidly than using traditional talk therapy alone.
Location: Lake City Professional Building is an old brick school building, near the corner of 125th and Lake City Way, across from the Lake City Library
General Practice Area: Life is for living! If negative experiences and perceptions are interfering with your ability to lead a choice-filled, rich and full life, free from chronic fear and worry: therapy CAN HELP!
I enjoy working with a variety of clients including individuals dealing with trauma, anxiety, addictions, and depression, couples seeking to deepen the quality of their connection, adult ADHD (Attention Deficit Disorder/Hyperactivity Disorder—usually adults manifest this as more inattentive than classically hyperactive), and children over the age of eight years old.
Like many therapists I draw from multiple therapy models including EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Repatterning), solution-focused therapy, psychodynamic, and Adlerian principles.
[ Email Tanya Ruckstuhl-Valenti ] [ to counselor - therapist website ]
Isadora Wong Masters LMHC (206) 300-3226
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
9500 Roosevelt Wy NE, suite 210, Seattle, WA 98125
Niche Specialty©: Emotional Trauma. I have specific training and experience in dealing with emotional trauma due to sexual abuse, physical abuse, trauma from war, and trauma as the result of natural disaster.
Location: Office is in a professional building in the Maple Leaf neighborhood of North Seattle near Northgate Mall.
General Practice Area: My experience and training have brought a variety of clients to my practice. I work with adults who are experiencing anxiety, phobias, varying degrees of depression, bereavement, PTSD, issues of oppression such as racism, sexism, homophobia, and ageism, or experiencing life transitions. Due to my own status as a woman of color and my ability to speak Spanish, I have worked with a number of clients of color.
The modalities of counseling that I apply in my practice include, expressive arts therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, narrative therapy, and psychodynamic therapy. [ Email Isadora Wong ] [ to counselor - therapist website ]
Bethany Christian Services
Cynthia Ridgway M.A. LMHC (800) 733-4604
Mental Health Therapist
12360 Lake City Way NE, Suite 301, Seattle, WA 98125
Niche Specialty©: Trauma --emotional or physical. I believe that children do well if they can. Trauma in a child's life often prevents the child from doing well in many aspects of his/her life. I have been working in the field of adoption and foster care for over 8 years and specialize in working with traumatized children and their families. Children's brains can heal and I can help!
Location: Located on the third floor in the Chase Bank building on the corner of 125th and Lake City Way
General Practice Area: We treat all populations but specialize in children between 3-17 and women issues.
Common Issues:
* Child or Adolescent Issues,
* Relationship Issues,
* ADHD,
* Infertility,
* Life Coaching,
* Loss or Grief,
* Parenting,
* Trauma and PTSD
Counseling. Modalities: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Trauma informed Therapy, Play therapy.
[ Email Cynthia Ridgway ] [ to counselor - therapist website ]
Barbara Turner MA RC (206) 963-1177
Doctoral Candidate, Clinical Psychology
10212 5th Ave NE, Suite 255, Seattle, WA 98125
Niche Specialty©: Trauma --emotional or physical. Specializing in trauma, both past or recent, and trauma based in one's family of origin. Nightmares, anxiety, isolation, withdrawing from daily life, depression, edginess, challenges to self concept are all symptoms of trauma that can be worked through in psychotherapy.
Location: At the SouthEast corner of 103rd and 5th NE, just SouthEast of NorthGate Mall.
General Practice Area: I work with people dealing with anxiety, depression, family of origin issues, histories of trauma, and people working through life transitions. My training is psychodynamic and I work from a depth oriented perspective, drawing on jungian and psychoanalytic traditions. I offer both short and long term work, depending on a person's needs and interests. I work with dreams and offer sand tray work as well as traditional talk therapy. [ Email Barbara Turner ] [ to counselor - therapist website ]
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For Consumers of Mental Health and Addiction Services: Advice, Assessment, Counseling, Information, Resource, Service and Treatment.
With the counselor locator service, counselors can be located by name, geographic area, or niche
specialty. The counseling specialty areas include: addictions, anxiety and worry, career work & money, children and adolescents,
child and teen mental health, communication, couple counseling and marriage counseling, creativity problems, depression
counselor, divorce, family, gays, lesbians & transsexuals, grief & loss, health problems, men's issues, mental health
(chronic problems), relationships, sexual issues, transitions (life changes), trauma (when awful things happen), women's
issues, and other issues (not covered elsewhere).
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neighborhoods of Inverness, Maple Leaf, Matthews Beach, and Lake City.
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