Irene Farsje MA, LMHC (253) 380-1399
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
2412 North 30th Street, Suite 102, Tacoma, WA 98407
Niche Specialty©: Anxiety, Worry, and Stress Management Counseling. Adults who are anxious, depressed, have low self-esteem or relationship problems and are motivated to work on the problem.
Location: In Old Town next to the community park.
General Practice Area: Supporting adults and couples in tapping into their natural strengths and abilities to find happiness, peace and contentment. Working with a wide range of issues, including but not limited to: anxiety, stress, adjustment and transitions, depression, grief and loss, self-acceptance, self-esteem, marriage and couples counseling, communication, relationship problems, divorce counseling, personal growth, recovery from childhood neglect and abuse. Clinical approaches: Cognitive Behavioral
Therapy, Person Centered, Interpersonal, Solution Oriented Therapies. [ Email Irene Farsje ] [ Go to counselor - therapist website ]
Soul Care Psychotherapy
Joanna Robinson M.Div. M.Ed. LMHC (253) 761-8808 ext. 2
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Stadium District, Tacoma, WA 98403
Niche Specialty©: Spirituality - Spiritually Oriented Psychotherapy. Helping clients discover the soulful intention of their life's journey, even during times of crisis, suffering or change.
Location: Located near Stadium High School
General Practice Area: Individual adults and adolescents, couples, and families. I work intentionally with the real-life issues people bring in--depression counseling, anxiety counseling, grief counseling, couple and marriage counseling, and counseling for relationship problems, infidelity, life transitions, sexual abuse, spiritual issues, GLBT issues, and dream work. My goal is to maintain a sense of contemplative attention to the spiritual dimension as it interfaces uniquely with a client's belief system. Techniques: Jungian psychotherapy, object-relations therapy, family systems theory, and energy work. Please contact Joanna by leaving a voice message on her confidential office phone.
Charaine Herald PhD (253) 564-1193
Licensed Psychologist
1919 70th Avenue West, Suite D-4, University Place, WA 98466
Location: Near James Center and Tacoma Community College
General Practice Area: Anxiety and depression, trauma recovery (including recovery from childhood abuse and neglect), relationship problems (repairing and strengthening relationships, identifying and changing recurrent relational patterns that cause problems in living), and eating disorders (primarily bulimic behaviors). Panic attacks and irrational fears, social anxiety, nightmares and flashbacks, intrusive thoughts, mood swings, low self-esteem, anger, grief, feelings of guilt and shame. Chronic pain and other stress-related medical problems. Communication and decision-making difficulties. Life transitions and adjustment issues (e.g., leaving home, separation or divorce, parenting challenges, bereavement, career change, retirement, relocation, coping with chronic illness). Late substance abuse recovery issues (for those who have already completed a treatment program). Psychodynamic, interpersonal, systemic, cognitive-behavioral, EMDR, lifespan integration. Brief and longer-term psychotherapy tailored to each client's unique needs and goals. Adults of all ages, both men and women, and couples counseling. [ Email Charaine Herald ]
Bill Meleney MA, LMFT, LMHC (206) 903-9506
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Licensed Mental Health Counselor
3609 S. 19th St., Tacoma, WA 98405
Niche Specialty©: Coaching. Coaching occurs primarily on the phone and with email and offers more flexibility frequency of contact than in-office counseling. It is appropriate for people who do not have a mental health diagnosis and who are seeking a particular goal (tho it may not yet be well-formed) and who are action-oriented. Coaching is not covered by insurance.
Location: Belmore Professional Building, near 19th and Union
General Practice Area: I am a general practitioner with vast experience with epression, anxiety, ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder), sexual abuse and emotional trauma recovery. I also work extensively with pain and habit control. I specialize in relationship problems, including difficult parenting challenges and couples and marriage counseling & coaching and infertility issues. My coaching practice specializes in relationships, parenting challenges, ADD/ADHD, and people going through life-transitions. Counseling techniques include hypnosis, solution-focused therapy, cognitive therapy, emotionally-focused and communications orientations. Children, adolescents, adults, couples & families.
I am on the panels of most insurance companies.
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Philip Prudhomme, MS, M.Div, LMHC, NCC (253) 272-5734
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
3315 S. 19th Street, Tacoma, WA 98405-1904
Niche Specialty©: Couple or Marriage Counselor. Work with couples who want a more satisfying life together.
Location: Gloria Dei Lutheran Church facility across from Allenmore Medical Center near 19th and S. Union.
General Practice Area: Coping with stress, depression, anxiety, anger, trauma, Risk assessment for military personnel returning from deployment,obsessive compulsive Disorder (OCD), mood swings, panic, not completing tasks, fear and paranoia, lack of closeness to others, grief and loss (death, job, relationship), pain, chronic illness, spiritual growth (finding or following a spiritual path); relationship counseling (advice and help building a healthy love or romance relationship, prevention of relationship problems, communication, decisions and conflict, playfulness); marriage preparation (looking at temperament, personal and couple strengths, premarital counseling, family of origin influences, preparing a wedding ceremony); strengthening the family; parenting problems with difficult children and teens; transitions at work, retirement, divorce; ongoing addiction recovery (after treatment). Therapeutic approaches: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Pastoral Counseling, Rational Emotive Therapy, and Reality Therapy. Clients: Individuals (adults and adolescents, some children),Couples. [ Email Philip Prudhomme ]
Inner Work Resources
Judith Capili MA LMHC (206) 781-5611
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
2211 Pacific Ave, Tacoma, WA 98402
Niche Specialty©: Mindfulness Counseling and Psychotherapy. Mindfulness is an intrinsic part of the method(s) I employ in assisting clients in making change.
Location: Abundant Health in downtown Tacoma.
General Practice Area: Counseling individual adult men and women seeking relief from symptoms such as anxiety, depression, panic, trauma, post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), addiction, artists creativity blocks, career/job/life changes, and exploring meaning, purpose and vision for their lives. Jungian-based psychotherapies such as Process Oriented Psychology, Voice Dialog, Art Therapy, dream work and archetypal psychology. Life Coaching. Certified EMDR Therapist for trauma work related to a single incident trauma such as an auto accident, or more complicated PTSD symptoms. Couples work employing the concepts of Scharch, John Gottman and Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy. Individuals, couples, and life enhancement groups. Individual and group retreats. Military Service Personnel and spouses. [ Email Judith Capili ]
Counseling For Growth
Janet Kurz, RN, LMHC, MA (253) 226-9995
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
621 Pacific Ave, 1 Pacific Building, Tacoma, WA 98402
Niche Specialty©: Trauma --emotional or physical. Don't let anyone tell you that you have to just live with the effects of trauma and emotional pain. Don't give up. You can change and you can heal.
Location: Downtown close to where Pacific splits off into 705.
General Practice Area: If you have behaviors, thoughts, images, or emotions that disturb you and are preventing you from being your best self, I can help you with DNMS. DNMS is an ego state therapy based on the newest understandings of psychoneuroscience. We all have different parts of self, or ego states, and those parts of us may have different goals. For instance, one part of self may want to relax, and be kind and loving, and another part of self may be angry and unforgiving. It is impossible to heal ego states with divergent goals for us by just thinking ourself into it. We have to be able to work with the sensations in the body and the images and thoughts that come up with them. DNMS, created by Shirley Jean Schimdt, MA, LPC is different from most therapy and does this in a very gentle and structured way.
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Lanae Ayers at The Turning Point; Integrative Therapies
Lanae Ayers MA LMHC (253) 355-6160
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
2211 6th Avenue, Tacoma, WA 98403
Niche Specialty©: Couple or Marriage Counselor. What issues do couples work on in counseling?
They may want to improve the health of their relationship or to repair a damaged relationship. Some issues addressed with couples in therapy are:
Communication
Money and finances
Sex and intimacy
Infidelity
Balancing priorities
Dealing with extended family
Blending families
Resolving conflict
Clarity about taking the next step, i.e. marriage, divorce, living together, having a child
Location: The Turning Point Integrative Therapies is located in the heart of the 6th Avenue District right next to the Old Rector's Building
General Practice Area: If you are considering therapy…
Nearly everyone finds themselves in need of help, support and professional guidance at some time in their lives. If this is such a moment for you, you are taking that important first step toward getting the help you need by visiting my website.
People turn to therapy for a variety of reasons. Each person, couple or family I´ve worked with arrives with concerns as unique as each individual. The common thread among all, however, is the belief that something stands in the way of a better life.
In my practice, there is no one ready-made therapy that works for everyone. The specific therapeutic approach depends upon issues to be resolved and the needs of each individual, couple or family. In every case, however, my focus is always to acknowledge existing strengths, resources and past solutions. Together, we immediately begin to transform negative thoughts, emotions and behaviors to create needed change.
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John Allemand, MSW, LICSW, LMFT, BCD, CGP (253) 509-8302
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
621 Pacific Avenue, Suite #315, Tacoma, WA 98402
Location: One Pacific Building, across from the old City Hall
General Practice Area: Children, Adults, Couples, Families, Gay/Lesbian.
Mood disorders, trauma, personality disorders, anxiety disorders/OCD grief/loss/bereavement, marital/couple, substance abuse.
Individual, couple, family, group. Both brief and long-term psychodynamic, depth psychological approaches (object relations, analytical, psychoanalytical), cognitive behavioral, dialectical behavioral, sand tray and other expressive/creative/symbolic artwork. [ Email John Allemand ]
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W. Michael Rogers Psy.D. (253) 212-0570
Licensed Pyschologist
7406 27th St. W., Ste. 31, University Place, WA 98466
Niche Specialty©: Bisexual, Gay, Lesbian, Transsexual or Questioning
General Practice Area: I am a licensed Clinical Psychologist in independent practice, serving the South Puget Sound area. I provide psychotherapy for individuals, couples, & families in a safe and therapeutic environment. Although I provide psychotherapy for a variety of issues, my areas of interest include anxiety, depression, posttraumatic stress, trauma, & interpersonal violence, grief & loss, adjustment, gender issues, and sexual orientation. Group therapy services and psychological assessment services to adults are also provided (e.g., disability assessments, personality & cognitive assessments, trauma screenings/assessments, & ADHD/ADD evaluations). [ Email W. Michael Rogers ] [ Go to counselor - therapist website ]
Heart Healing Counseling Corporation
Deanne Carter, MEd, LMHC, NCC (253) 651-3752
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
240 South Stadium Way, Suite #101, Tacoma, WA 98402
Niche Specialty©: Couple or Marriage Counselor. Many people feel like they've tried everything and it is hopeless when they start therapy. Yet, after 6-8 sessions, report a big improvement in trust, connection, and communication.
Location: Just off the 705 to Stadium Way exit
General Practice Area: I provide neutral, yet intentional guidance to challenge you to create healthier personal boundaries in relationship, improve communication skills, regain passion and compassion for each other using Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy and Gottman Methods.
I also work with individuals to heal from past trauma and/or get relief from stressors, anxiety, depression, divorce, grief and loss, impulsivity, procrastination, role changes, abuse and neglect, ACOA, and boundary issues. Please see my website for more information www.hearthealing.org. [ Email Deanne Carter ]
One Pacific Building
Holly Taylor, MA, LMHCA (206) 567-0091
Licensed Mental Health Counselor Associate
621 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, WA 98402
Location: One Pacific building, right across from Old Tacoma City Hall
General Practice Area: "I have experience working with a wide variety of issues: relationship problems, physical, sexual and emotional trauma, problems with family of origin, depression, anxiety, eating disorders, addiction, sexual identity, transitions, parenting and spiritual concerns.
We are best able to increase awareness of ourselves through studying our relationships, and I will work with you to discover what is true about the way you relate to partners, family, friends, work, money, sex...you name it. And yes, at some point we will likely be talking about your childhood.
Increased self awareness can elicit profound change. During our work together we will study how you bring past experiences into present moment, creating conflict in current relationships. This work is about freeing yourself from those unconscious processes by bringing them into your awareness, differentiating then from now, and taking responsibility for how you relate today. That's how change begins.
I work with individuals, couples and groups in an environment where it is safe to study the self in current relationships honestly, to face problems, to responsibly experience the intense emotions we all have, to laugh and to heal. The course of treatment varies, but generally I facilitate longterm treatment and deep work." [ Email Holly Taylor ]
Marriage & Family Life
Robert Olsen MS LMHC NCC CTT (253) 355-6619
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
3102 S. 23rd Street, Tacoma, WA 98405
Niche Specialty©: Christian Counselors. Christian Value-Based Therapy has been proven to be highly effective with many people. At Marriage and Family Life, I know a client's spiritual belief system is one of the key factors to mental and emotional health. Valued-Based Therapy - versus a dogmatic, religious approach - is very respectful of non-Christian faiths. I also know most clients need to evaluate their own beliefs, understand how they were formed, and then create goals to make life-long changes. In the past 20 years, Spiritual Intelligence (SI) has been noted scientifically to be significantly more predictive of one's inter-personal health than Mental Intelligence.
Give me a call or send an email.
Location: Cedar and South 23rd Street
General Practice Area: When Rob started Marriage and Family Life, his passion was to make lasting differences in many lives. Over 20 years and hundreds of clients, Rob is even more passionate in serving marriages, families, and individuals. His unique, proven method to couples counseling is to meet 2-on-2, versus the classic one-counselor approach. Rob and his spouse, indeed, have counseled couples together for over 15 years.
Marriage and Family Life provides many services: couple and family counseling, pre-marriage counseling, individual counseling and goal-directed coaching, focus groups, education and training, church and business leadership development, organizational change management, and small to large-group seminars, workshops, retreats, and public speaking events.
MFL also provides individual coaching, which is highly effective in changing life patterns, achieving personal goals, and breaking unhealthy habits. A few areas clients are looking to manage better are: weigh control, fitness and nutrition, career and employment, continued education and learning, self-esteem and personal worth, and more.
Evaluations are also used to assist clientele. Evaluation results assist in developing and implementing a plan of action in marriage, family, or individual counseling that will affect life-long, positive change.
Give us a call or send an email. [ Email Robert Olsen ] [ Go to counselor - therapist website ]
Gayle Herman MS LMFT (253) 884-1248
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
209 W. Herron Blvd. KP N, Lakebay, WA 98349
Niche Specialty©: Marriage Counseling. Offering the option of 2 to 5 hour blocks of therapy or an intensive Couple's Getaway Weekend
which include 10 hours of therapy and 2 nights stay at a cottage on a private island.
Location: My office is located on Herron Island, a small, private island in S. Puget Sound off Key Peninsula. It can be reached by
taking a 10 minute ferry ride.
General Practice Area: I work with individuals, couples and families who are having relationship issues, including grief and loss. As
an Imago Relationship Therapist, I teach tools and act as a coach to bring couples and families from an unconscious, reactive relationship,
to a conscious, respectful and loving relationship. The communication tools help couples and families to really hear each other, validate
each other's point of view, and empathize with each other's feelings, which help to create a bond at the deepest level. The re-romanticizing
tools remind couples of what brought them together in the first place and teach couples how to keep the romance alive. And the Relationship
Vision gives a road map of where the relationship can grow so that both people can get the love they want. While I work with insurance coverage
in 1 hour sessions, the most productive counseling comes in 2 to 5 hour blocks or intensive Couple's Getaway Weekends which include 10 hours
of therapy and 2 nights stay at a cottage on a private island. I am also certified in Interactive Guided Imagery and use EMDR and EFT which
are useful for doing 'inner-child' work, problem solving, chronic pain, and in the grieving process.
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Melissa White, MA, LMHC (253) 223-1798
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
1821 Dock St., Suite #102, Tacoma, WA 98402
Niche Specialty©: Spirituality - Spiritually Oriented Psychotherapy. I use a creative and unique combination of spiritually oriented psychotherapy and energy healing to help clients focus on specific goals, facilitating the changing of underlying limiting belief systems and behaviors based on those beliefs. While my background is of the Christian faith, my practice is completely inclusive of all types of religious beliefs and practices.
Location: Located in the Alber's Mill Lofts building, next to the Tacoma Museum of Glass.
General Practice Area: I offer psychotherapy and counseling services to adults for issues such as anxiety and depression, life transitions, coping with stressful situations and stress management, and personal development issues such as being happier in life, having higher self-worth, and releasing guilt.
Because I've been in practice for many years, I do not rely on one or two particular modalities of therapy, preferring to tailor my approach to the client's personal needs. Some frequently used modalities are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotional Freedom Technique, and Energy Healing
My specialty is Spiritual counseling and healing through the energy field. The combination of these two ways of working helps facilitate lasting changes for clients. Please take a look at my website for more information, and do contact me should you have any questions about my practice or wish to set up an appointment.
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Linda G. Sims Counseling and Yoga
Linda Sims, M Ed, LMHC, NCC RYT (253) 404-0501
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
20 Tacoma Ave. N., Suite #B, Tacoma, WA 98403
Niche Specialty©: Anxiety, Worry, and Stress Management Counseling. I specialize in helping adults with anxiety and stress, which may stem from trauma, loss, life changes, relationship and family problems, or maladaptive emotional patterns. Using mind-body techniques, including mindfulness, energy psychology, breathwork and yoga principles, and also cognitive-behavioral work, I can tailor the treatment to each client's unique needs for long-term growth and change. I create a safe, accepting environment in which clients can relax, learn, and make the changes they need for a happier, more satisfying life.
Location: Stadium District - Northend Tacoma
General Practice Area: I work with couples and individual adults struggling with stress and anxiety, relationship issues, depression, past trauma, chronic illness, life transitions, grief, and spiritual issues. I generally take an in-depth, integrative (mind-body-spirit) approach toward healing one's life and finding renewed energy and enjoyment. I use a variety of methods, tailored to each client's needs, including cognitive-behavioral tools, working with emotions, energy psychology, relationship systems, mindful awareness, and looking at what gives meaning and purpose to one's life. I draw primarily from the theories of Jung, Bowen, Beck, Rogers and Perls. I am also a Registered Yoga Teacher and hold a certificate in Spiritual Direction, which contribute to my integrative approach to counseling as a wholistic healing process. My spiritual outlook is broad, inclusive, and accepting. [ Email Linda Sims ] [ Go to counselor - therapist website ]
Tim McTighe, MS, LMFT (206) 919-1150
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
1019 Pacific Avenue, Suite #1022, Tacoma, WA 98402
Niche Specialty©: Children and Adolescents. I specialize in working with youth and adolescents struggling with adjustment and anger issues. In addition, I work with those within the law enforcement community with anger, depression, and substance abuse-related issues.
Location: Washington Building
General Practice Area: A Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist since 1984, my passion is in partnering with individuals, couples, and families working through the many stressors and issues present in these very uncertain times. My work is with children, adolescents, and adults involving depression, anxiety, anger management, relationship, co-dependency, and career issues through cognitive behavioral and attachment psychotherapies. I also have an extensive background in working with troubled youth and alcohol/substance abusers. My current work as a volunteer at Vashon Youth and Family Services involves mental health and substance abuse counseling. I have been employed for 14 years as an adjunct professor at Seattle University where I teach courses in Addiction Studies and Community Corrections.
I am a certified mediator in Washington and provide dispute resolution services in matters involving divorce and parenting plans, primarily through the Pierce County Center for Dispute Resolution. I am trained in and available to provide coaching and mental health professional support in Collaborative Law (Divorce) matters. I am a member of the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapists and the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals.
I'm also active in the Vashon Island community and serve on several committees tasked with reducing alcohol and drug abuse among our youth. My most demanding job, however, is with the raising of three children! [ Email Tim McTighe ] [ Go to counselor - therapist website ]
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