Therapists in Washington

Family Therapist, MA, LMFT

LaLoni Sims is a licensed marriage and family therapist in Tacoma who works with teens, adults and couples. She helps clients heal from the internalized message that they are the problem, which can leave people feeling stuck, overwhelmed or not good enough. She works with anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, self-esteem, life transitions, couple and family issues, eating disorders, postpartum concerns and LGBTQ+ issues. Her approach is integrative and client-centered, using narrative therapy to help clients separate themselves from their problems, along with CBT, Internal Family Systems and solution-focused work. She values a relaxed, honest therapeutic relationship and checks in on it often. She sees clients in person in Tacoma and online.

Psychologist, PhD

Dr. Kelly Allred is a licensed psychologist in Seattle who works with teens, adults and older adults. She treats anxiety, depression, trauma, OCD, ADHD, sleep problems, chronic pain and illness, relationship concerns and everyday life stress, and also helps with grief, substance use and bipolar disorder. She sees each client as the authority on their own experience and builds treatment around their values and background, setting clear goals together and checking in regularly to make sure therapy stays useful. She has extensive training in CBT, DBT, ACT and mindfulness, and also uses exposure and response prevention. She has immediate openings and sees clients in person in Seattle and online.

Licensed Mental Health Counselor, MA, LMHC

Marcus Berley is a licensed mental health counselor based in Redmond, licensed in Washington and Rhode Island, with 14 years in practice. Divorce is the center of his work. Most of his clients are men from their late 30s to their 60s who are weighing a divorce, going through one or still sorting it out years later, including those ending long marriages, and many are fathers. He also sees women, and adults facing other difficult transitions, ADHD or autism. His style is warm, practical and direct, with honest feedback and sessions kept focused on what matters to the client. He draws on Internal Family Systems, psychodynamic and family systems thinking, and works online.

Counselor, MDiv, MA/EdS, LMHCA

Chris Koch is a licensed mental health counselor associate in Seattle who also holds a Master of Divinity. He works with adults, teens, couples, older adults and adult families on depression, anxiety, trauma, relationship struggles, ADHD, low self-esteem and stress. His focus is on finding what lies underneath the presenting problem, helping clients move away from avoidance and self-contempt toward compassionate self-awareness, better coping and new skills. In premarital and couples counseling he treats the relationship itself as the client, aiming to steady it under stress and build emotional closeness. He is trauma-informed and emotionally focused, also using IFS, REBT and Christian counseling. He sees clients in person in Seattle and online.

Family Associate, LMFTA, MS

Elizabeth Bryant is a licensed marriage and family therapist associate in Bellevue with three years in practice. She works with adults, older adults, couples and families who feel lost or discouraged after shifts in their relationships, identity, body, circumstances or beliefs. She helps with anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, life transitions, self-esteem, stress, postpartum concerns and LGBTQ+ issues. She specializes in relational and couples work and trained with the Couples Institute. Her approach is compassionate and nonjudgmental, built on trust and on understanding the patterns that shape a person's life, with methods including emotionally focused, attachment-based, IFS, narrative and Imago therapy. She sees clients in her Bellevue office and online.

Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSW

Kristin Koliha is a licensed independent clinical social worker based in Redmond, licensed in Washington, Ohio and Oregon. She specializes in adults with ADHD and those who suspect they have it, including parents who recognize themselves after a child's diagnosis. Many of her clients have long found focus, organization, motivation or managing emotions hard, and also face anxiety, depression or life transitions. She offers comprehensive ADHD assessments as well as therapy to help clients understand how their brain works. Her approach is strengths-based and neuro-affirming, building realistic strategies that fit the person and avoid burnout, using CBT, ACT, mindfulness and coaching. She works with adults and older adults online.

Counselor, LMHCA

Stephanie Angione is a licensed mental health counselor associate in Kirkland who practices with Self Space. She works with teens, adults, older adults, couples and families going through depression, anxiety, trauma, grief or chronic pain, and with relationship problems around communication, intimacy and conflict. She also offers psychedelic integration support. She believes deeply in the healing power of connection and offers trauma-informed, compassionate guidance aimed at recovering parts of the self that were pushed aside and making room for more joy. Her methods include attachment-based, emotionally focused, Gottman Method, IFS, Jungian and psychodynamic therapy, and she welcomes LGBTQ+ clients. She sees clients online.

Mental Health Counselor, LMHC

Kate Oliver is a licensed mental health counselor in North Bend who works with preteens, teens, adults and couples. She helps people who feel worn out after a long stretch of difficulty, whose worries have grown harder to manage, or who have lost their sense of self in a new role such as motherhood, adolescence or a career change. She also supports clients with grief, anxiety, relationship concerns, low self-esteem, stress, eating disorders, postpartum concerns and LGBTQ+ issues. She offers practical tools alongside attentive listening, weaving in ACT, DBT and RO-DBT, narrative, solution-focused, play therapy and other methods as needed. She sees clients in person in North Bend and online.