Borderline Personality (BPD) Therapists in Mill Creek, WA
Emma Lukin
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LSWAIC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Mill Creek, WA 98012
Hello! My name is Emma, and I specialize in working with clients aged 14-25. I am passionate about offering counseling to individuals facing issues such as anxiety, depression, eating disorders, childhood trauma, PTSD, Borderline Personality Disorder, and LGBTQ+ identity development and related trauma. In therapy, we will work together to prioritize your needs and concerns. We will focus on your strengths, patterns, and beliefs that will serve you in your wellbeing. My therapeutic approach is compassionate, non-judgmental, and culturally relevant.
Hello! My name is Emma, and I specialize in working with clients aged 14-25. I am passionate about offering counseling to individuals facing issues such as anxiety, depression, eating disorders, childhood trauma, PTSD, Borderline Personality Disorder, and LGBTQ+ identity development and related trauma. In therapy, we will work together to prioritize your needs and concerns. We will focus on your strengths, patterns, and beliefs that will serve you in your wellbeing. My therapeutic approach is compassionate, non-judgmental, and culturally relevant.
Mill Creek Family Services - Counseling Group
Counselor, MA, LMHC
Verified Verified
Mill Creek, WA 98012
Our services are designed to help you and the ones you love overcome personal, relationship and family difficulties. Whether you are experiencing challenges in your personal relationships, or struggling with depression, anxiety, stress or addictions, we are here for you. We help you develop skills and insights that can immediately make a positive difference in your life. We know that everybody needs help through tough times. Our Mill Creek Family Services counselors are here for you, helping you get your life back on track.
Our services are designed to help you and the ones you love overcome personal, relationship and family difficulties. Whether you are experiencing challenges in your personal relationships, or struggling with depression, anxiety, stress or addictions, we are here for you. We help you develop skills and insights that can immediately make a positive difference in your life. We know that everybody needs help through tough times. Our Mill Creek Family Services counselors are here for you, helping you get your life back on track.
Shoshauna Mohlman
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LICSWA
Verified Verified
Mill Creek, WA 98012
Welcome! We can all use a little bit of help sometimes. Having the courage to recognize that, and take action, says a lot about you and what you want to see in your future. Do you find it difficult to regulate your emotions, and see that this difficulty interferes in your relationships, work, school or other aspects of your life? Do you recognize thought patterns that repeat on loop and keep you stuck? Are there past events or present circumstances that you need help processing? Perhaps I can help. Therapy is a journey toward healing, acceptance and self-discovery. I would love to partner with you on your very personal journey.
Welcome! We can all use a little bit of help sometimes. Having the courage to recognize that, and take action, says a lot about you and what you want to see in your future. Do you find it difficult to regulate your emotions, and see that this difficulty interferes in your relationships, work, school or other aspects of your life? Do you recognize thought patterns that repeat on loop and keep you stuck? Are there past events or present circumstances that you need help processing? Perhaps I can help. Therapy is a journey toward healing, acceptance and self-discovery. I would love to partner with you on your very personal journey.
Amy A. Wilter
Psychologist, PhD
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Mill Creek, WA 98012
I work with adults experiencing anxiety, depression, mood swings, and PTSD. My approach is strengths-based and collaborative. I work with clients to enhance personal strengths while offering additional tools found in cognitive-behavioral treatments and DBT mindfulness-based skills. When indicated, I incorporate EMDR to treat PTSD; reduce anxiety and depression symptoms; and strengthen coping skills including spiritual resources. For clients seeking insight into how early relationships may be impacting their current relationships and well-being, I offer exploration in an accepting, interactive therapy relationship.
I work with adults experiencing anxiety, depression, mood swings, and PTSD. My approach is strengths-based and collaborative. I work with clients to enhance personal strengths while offering additional tools found in cognitive-behavioral treatments and DBT mindfulness-based skills. When indicated, I incorporate EMDR to treat PTSD; reduce anxiety and depression symptoms; and strengthen coping skills including spiritual resources. For clients seeking insight into how early relationships may be impacting their current relationships and well-being, I offer exploration in an accepting, interactive therapy relationship.
Tammette L Chitwood
Counselor, MS, CC, LMHCA
Verified Verified
Mill Creek, WA 98012
As your therapist, my goal is to provide you with a warm and welcoming environment where you are free to explore the areas of your life you wish to improve for holistic healing - physical, emotional, mental, relational, and spiritual. I offer a warm and empathetic environment as I use a person-centered approach that allows me to understand you through your own unique experiences and walk alongside you on this journey to achieve your personal goals. My primary focus is in child, individual, and couples/family counseling as well as working with neurodivergent populations using neurodiversity-affirming language and approach.
As your therapist, my goal is to provide you with a warm and welcoming environment where you are free to explore the areas of your life you wish to improve for holistic healing - physical, emotional, mental, relational, and spiritual. I offer a warm and empathetic environment as I use a person-centered approach that allows me to understand you through your own unique experiences and walk alongside you on this journey to achieve your personal goals. My primary focus is in child, individual, and couples/family counseling as well as working with neurodivergent populations using neurodiversity-affirming language and approach.
Jennifer Gross
Psychologist, PsyD
Verified Verified
Mill Creek, WA 98012
Effective 5/23/23, I am only providing services to clients seeking psychological evaluations. No counseling services are offered in my practice. Evaluations are commonly sought for concerns, such as ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Specific Learning Disorders, mood disorders, anxiety, and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, to name a few. Some clients who are experiencing Gender Dysphoria also seek evaluations to support medical transition services.
Effective 5/23/23, I am only providing services to clients seeking psychological evaluations. No counseling services are offered in my practice. Evaluations are commonly sought for concerns, such as ADHD, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Specific Learning Disorders, mood disorders, anxiety, and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, to name a few. Some clients who are experiencing Gender Dysphoria also seek evaluations to support medical transition services.
Tanya Atkinson
Counselor, MSW, LSWAIC, ILS, LMHCA
Verified Verified
Mill Creek, WA 98082 (Online Only)
Are you struggling with how you fit into the world we all share? Do you find that anxiety, depression, and the barriers you are facing are overwhelming? Finding acceptance and even love for our imperfections can be difficult in a world that is build for only displaying your best perfect self. I specialize in working with those that are physical and mental "disabilities", LGBTQI, Poly/Kink, ADHD, neurodiverse, Autistic, and DID.
Are you struggling with how you fit into the world we all share? Do you find that anxiety, depression, and the barriers you are facing are overwhelming? Finding acceptance and even love for our imperfections can be difficult in a world that is build for only displaying your best perfect self. I specialize in working with those that are physical and mental "disabilities", LGBTQI, Poly/Kink, ADHD, neurodiverse, Autistic, and DID.
Mill Creek Family Services
Counselor, LMHC
Verified Verified
Mill Creek, WA 98012
Our services are designed to help you and the ones you love overcome personal, relationship and family difficulties. Whether you are experiencing challenges in your personal relationships, or struggling with depression, anxiety, stress or addictions, we are here for you. We help you develop skills and insights that can immediately make a positive difference in your life. We know that everybody needs help through tough times. Our Mill Creek Family Services counselors are here for you, helping you get your life back on track.
Our services are designed to help you and the ones you love overcome personal, relationship and family difficulties. Whether you are experiencing challenges in your personal relationships, or struggling with depression, anxiety, stress or addictions, we are here for you. We help you develop skills and insights that can immediately make a positive difference in your life. We know that everybody needs help through tough times. Our Mill Creek Family Services counselors are here for you, helping you get your life back on track.
Sunrise Intensive Workshops & Couples Therapy
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT, MHP, CHT
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Mill Creek, WA 98012
Discreet. Licensed. Professional services tailored to your specific needs. Register for services www.sunrisecouplestherapy.com Get to know me and learn about my Intensive Workshops, Coaching and Clinical services. I approach helping from the belief that when motivated individuals acquire the tools to listen, then acknowledge and honor each other’s core needs, they can build on their innate strengths and shift behaviors leading to useful changes in their relationships. I understand the importance of having a safe restorative space to express, repair, heal, and discover deeper levels of functioning. Text "mytime" to (253) 300-0967.
Discreet. Licensed. Professional services tailored to your specific needs. Register for services www.sunrisecouplestherapy.com Get to know me and learn about my Intensive Workshops, Coaching and Clinical services. I approach helping from the belief that when motivated individuals acquire the tools to listen, then acknowledge and honor each other’s core needs, they can build on their innate strengths and shift behaviors leading to useful changes in their relationships. I understand the importance of having a safe restorative space to express, repair, heal, and discover deeper levels of functioning. Text "mytime" to (253) 300-0967.
Lucinda Rodriguez
Counselor, MA, LMHC
Verified Verified
Mill Creek, WA 98012 (Online Only)
I have worked the past 17 years in various mental health settings. Working with the chronic mentally ill, addicts, and suicidal clients, I have learned the importance of listening with compassion, and communicating effectively to reassure the individual is being heard. I’ve enjoyed working in community based mental health, which helped me develop the therapeutic skills necessary for the treatment of clients in crisis. It also allowed me to connect and interact with a large diverse population.
I have worked the past 17 years in various mental health settings. Working with the chronic mentally ill, addicts, and suicidal clients, I have learned the importance of listening with compassion, and communicating effectively to reassure the individual is being heard. I’ve enjoyed working in community based mental health, which helped me develop the therapeutic skills necessary for the treatment of clients in crisis. It also allowed me to connect and interact with a large diverse population.
Tyler Higgins
Counselor, MA, LMHCA
Verified Verified
Mill Creek, WA 98012
Both the past and present contribute to who we are and how we are, and either can have a place in counseling. Some of the relationships between our past and present selves may be obvious to us, while others may not. I believe that you are capable of change and of forging new ways of being. I care about people and am invested in their stories, and I believe counseling can help us gain more authorship of our own stories. I value diverse perspectives and social justice and will strive to understand and work within your worldview. This is your journey, and you are its author - I'm honored to be a part of it.
Both the past and present contribute to who we are and how we are, and either can have a place in counseling. Some of the relationships between our past and present selves may be obvious to us, while others may not. I believe that you are capable of change and of forging new ways of being. I care about people and am invested in their stories, and I believe counseling can help us gain more authorship of our own stories. I value diverse perspectives and social justice and will strive to understand and work within your worldview. This is your journey, and you are its author - I'm honored to be a part of it.
Gamsa Counseling PLLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LSWAIC
Verified Verified
Mill Creek, WA 98012 (Online Only)
You need to feel like you can be fully yourself. To be able to set boundaries, thrive, and be healthy in your relationships. Therapy is for someone like you - a regular person, struggling with depression, anxiety, PTSD, bipolar disorder... who sometimes doesn’t like how you feel about yourself or your relationships. Given the social pressures and systemic influences in your life, these feelings become more complex and painful with time. You don’t need someone to solve everything, fix you, or expect you to be happy, but you long to be authentic and vulnerable with yourself and for others to feel they can be the same with you.
You need to feel like you can be fully yourself. To be able to set boundaries, thrive, and be healthy in your relationships. Therapy is for someone like you - a regular person, struggling with depression, anxiety, PTSD, bipolar disorder... who sometimes doesn’t like how you feel about yourself or your relationships. Given the social pressures and systemic influences in your life, these feelings become more complex and painful with time. You don’t need someone to solve everything, fix you, or expect you to be happy, but you long to be authentic and vulnerable with yourself and for others to feel they can be the same with you.
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Lucia Wang
Counselor, LMHCA
Verified Verified
Bothell, WA 98011
As a holistic, trauma-informed therapist, I take into consideration all aspects of your personhood–physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual. My focus is working with adult survivors of narcissistic abuse, neglect, borderline personality disorder, relationship issues, grief, ambiguous loss, life transitions, and systemic racism and oppression.
As a holistic, trauma-informed therapist, I take into consideration all aspects of your personhood–physical, mental, emotional, social, and spiritual. My focus is working with adult survivors of narcissistic abuse, neglect, borderline personality disorder, relationship issues, grief, ambiguous loss, life transitions, and systemic racism and oppression.
Meier Clinics of Washington
Counselor
Verified Verified
Bothell, WA 98021
Our 2-3 week Catalyst program is one of the most unique counseling programs available in our area. With our conscientious staff and individualized treatment plans, we find that our Day Treatment Program is the perfect opportunity for people to make great strides toward their goals in a short amount of time. Our program is a combination of group, individual, and family therapy as well as medication management as needed. Catalyst is a good fit for anyone who has been in outpatient counseling for a while and is not making the progress that they are hoping to be making.
Our 2-3 week Catalyst program is one of the most unique counseling programs available in our area. With our conscientious staff and individualized treatment plans, we find that our Day Treatment Program is the perfect opportunity for people to make great strides toward their goals in a short amount of time. Our program is a combination of group, individual, and family therapy as well as medication management as needed. Catalyst is a good fit for anyone who has been in outpatient counseling for a while and is not making the progress that they are hoping to be making.
New Leaf Counseling LLC
Counselor, MAC, LMHC
Verified Verified
Bothell, WA 98021 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in private practice for the past 15 years. I work with individuals, couples and families who struggle with many experiences including trauma, codependency and abandonment. My goal is to unearth your purpose and freedom, while using several modalities to address current difficulties, uncover relational patterns that cause dissatisfaction and emptiness, personal awareness for clarity, and guidance to unravel other issues that constrain you from wholehearted living. I assist clients in emotional regulation to alleviate suffering from depression and anxiety. Most importantly, I strive to understand and journey with each of you in a healthy and caring therapeutic relationship.
I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in private practice for the past 15 years. I work with individuals, couples and families who struggle with many experiences including trauma, codependency and abandonment. My goal is to unearth your purpose and freedom, while using several modalities to address current difficulties, uncover relational patterns that cause dissatisfaction and emptiness, personal awareness for clarity, and guidance to unravel other issues that constrain you from wholehearted living. I assist clients in emotional regulation to alleviate suffering from depression and anxiety. Most importantly, I strive to understand and journey with each of you in a healthy and caring therapeutic relationship.
Ellen M McMahon
PsyD, MBA
Verified Verified
Bothell, WA 98021
For Individuals: Are you feeling overwhelmed, preoccupied or emotional for no reason? Are you struggling in your relationships or experiencing divorce? Dr. Ellen McMahon can help you meet life's challenges as you explore how past experiences, thought patterns, and family systems influence your internal beliefs and relationships in the here and now. She provides a compassionate, safe environment for you to share your stories and she utilizes multiple therapy interventions that promote healing, growth, and healthy relationships depending on your unique needs.
For Individuals: Are you feeling overwhelmed, preoccupied or emotional for no reason? Are you struggling in your relationships or experiencing divorce? Dr. Ellen McMahon can help you meet life's challenges as you explore how past experiences, thought patterns, and family systems influence your internal beliefs and relationships in the here and now. She provides a compassionate, safe environment for you to share your stories and she utilizes multiple therapy interventions that promote healing, growth, and healthy relationships depending on your unique needs.
Lilla Marie
Counselor, LMHC
Verified Verified
Bothell, WA 98021
I work from an object relations perspective and draw from a variety of therapies including but not limited to narrative, solution-focused, experiential, and cognitive-behavioral. I work with individuals, couples, and families to decisively identify and treat anxiety disorders, codependency, depression, grief and loss, and marital/other relational issues. I welcome any questions you have about my counseling approach and plan for achieving your desired outcomes. To maximize our time in-session, I often give assignments between sessions such as keeping logs of certain thoughts or behaviors, relevant reading, and skills practice.
I work from an object relations perspective and draw from a variety of therapies including but not limited to narrative, solution-focused, experiential, and cognitive-behavioral. I work with individuals, couples, and families to decisively identify and treat anxiety disorders, codependency, depression, grief and loss, and marital/other relational issues. I welcome any questions you have about my counseling approach and plan for achieving your desired outcomes. To maximize our time in-session, I often give assignments between sessions such as keeping logs of certain thoughts or behaviors, relevant reading, and skills practice.
Calming Connections Counseling
Counselor, MA, LMHCA
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Bothell, WA 98021 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
My goal is to create a safe, empathetic, and non-judgmental space in an effort to empower my clients so they can begin to heal and work towards personal growth. I believe in providing compassionate care for all of life's experiences to everyone. I enjoy working with individuals, couples, families, adolescents and children. I hold certifications as a lactation educator and postpartum doula in addition to my counseling license.
My goal is to create a safe, empathetic, and non-judgmental space in an effort to empower my clients so they can begin to heal and work towards personal growth. I believe in providing compassionate care for all of life's experiences to everyone. I enjoy working with individuals, couples, families, adolescents and children. I hold certifications as a lactation educator and postpartum doula in addition to my counseling license.
Meadowbrook Counseling of Washington
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LMFT
Verified Verified
Bothell, WA 98021
I hope this message finds you in good health and spirits. Navigating through life's unpredictable nature can lead to feelings of disarray, anxiety, and uncertainty. If you are experiencing such feelings, please know that you are not alone. I am here to accompany you on this journey, offering a listening ear, a compassionate heart, and professional expertise to guide you through these trying times.
I hope this message finds you in good health and spirits. Navigating through life's unpredictable nature can lead to feelings of disarray, anxiety, and uncertainty. If you are experiencing such feelings, please know that you are not alone. I am here to accompany you on this journey, offering a listening ear, a compassionate heart, and professional expertise to guide you through these trying times.
Neupathway (Louis Poeltl)
Counselor, LPC, LMHC, SUDP
Verified Verified
Bothell, WA 98011
Accepting New Patients, same week availability................................... Louis Poeltl Ed.S, NCC, C-DBT, LMHC, LPC is a clinical mental health counselor with over 15 years of experience providing therapeutic services to diverse populations, including children, adolescents, adults, couples and families. With a Master’s Degree in Mental Health Counseling and an Education Specialist Degree in Family Counseling, Louis is especially suited to incorporate clients’ familial and cultural backgrounds to uncover negative internalized beliefs that are holding back clients from living their best lives now.
Accepting New Patients, same week availability................................... Louis Poeltl Ed.S, NCC, C-DBT, LMHC, LPC is a clinical mental health counselor with over 15 years of experience providing therapeutic services to diverse populations, including children, adolescents, adults, couples and families. With a Master’s Degree in Mental Health Counseling and an Education Specialist Degree in Family Counseling, Louis is especially suited to incorporate clients’ familial and cultural backgrounds to uncover negative internalized beliefs that are holding back clients from living their best lives now.
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Borderline Personality (BPD) Therapists
What is the most successful approach to treating borderline personality disorder?
Dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is considered the gold standard of treatment for borderline personality disorder. An evidence-based treatment, it addresses the extreme emotional reactivity, the relationship difficulties, and the acts of self-harm that create so much distress for BPD patients. DBT is a comprehensive program that includes both regular individual psychotherapy sessions and weekly group sessions of skills training.
What happens in treatment of borderline personality disorder?
Treatment typically consists of weekly individual therapy sessions that last an hour and group skill-focused instructional sessions that may last up to two hours. Patients are typically given homework “assignments” in which they are asked to practice in their daily life the skills they acquire in therapy. Patients also keep a diary tracking their emotions and impulses as a way to know which situations are most problematic and to help them gain control over their own behavior. Difficult situations and feelings are typically reviewed in therapy sessions and more constructive solutions found.
What kinds of problems does BPD treatment help with?
DBT was initially developed to dampen the self-destructive impulses of chronically suicidal patients. It is now the treatment of choice for borderline personality disorder, a serious condition marked by extreme emotional reactivity, relationship instability, and self-injurious behaviors. Treatment of BPD helps patients tolerate the flux of emotions without acting on them, often with a specific focus on tolerating negative emotions. DBT addresses the core problems of BPD—fear of abandonment, low self-esteem, and impulsivity.
What is the goal of treatment in borderline personality disorder?
The goal of treatment for borderline personality disorder (BPD) is to relieve the extreme emotional distress that patients experience—to curb their emotional reactivity, to minimize their inclination to self-harm, and to reduce their impulsivity. Toward these ends, patients are not only taught an array of new coping skills and techniques for emotional regulation, they are given opportunities to practice them. Another major goal of treatment is interpersonal effectiveness; patients learn and problem-solve ways to effectively communicate in relationships, especially how to ask for what they need as a way to minimize hurt feelings.