Therapists in Seattle, WA

We often think we are alone, feeling overwhelmed, anxious, or even depressed, but we are not alone. Many people experience mental health stressors. Mental health is a state of well-being in which individuals understand their abilities, cope with life's everyday stresses, work productively and abundantly, and contribute to their community. At Soulful Journey Therapy, we are here to help. We aim to provide a safe and therapeutic place to process your emotions, mindfulness stress reduction, and cognitive-behavioral and existential theories.

What kind of life do you want? Is it important to have truthful and clear communication, loving relationships, and successful work? Whatever your traumas, losses, and fears have been, there are ways to work through and let go of the past, enjoy the present, and create hope for the future. Skills are available to handle grief, anger, depression, guilt, procrastination, and resentment while maintaining the connection to those we care for and love. Good self-esteem is produced when through positive intention and careful attention we meet our challenges and difficulties to the best of our ability and live a meaningful life.

We are currently living in an extraordinarily stressful times. In addition to external factors, the stress and pressures of everyday life alone have a huge effect on our minds, bodies and daily functioning. It makes sense if you are seeking help. My practice is focused on helping people struggling with anxiety, depression, relational issues, grief/loss, stress or for anyone who is looking for insight into their thoughts, feelings and functioning in order to seek authentic change. I worked have extensive experience in working with teens on up who struggle with impact of anxiety and depression.

We provide a patient-centered integrative alternative treatment option for people who have been suffering from long-term depression and are not seeing results from traditional treatments (such as antidepressants or ECT). Ketamine therapy can provide rapid results (from hours to days), without the negative side effects often experienced with antidepressant medication. We are committed to acquainting people with this new and unique option for treatment. Ketamine Infusions are also used effectively for anxiety, PTSD, OCD, BPD, and other mood disorders.

My clients are high achievers by nature. They often come to me because their depression and/or anxiety symptoms are being amplified by a present stressor like climbing the corporate ladder, entering their first job out of college, or making career transitions. Anxiety and depression sometimes manifest in my clients' relationships with significant others and family. Some may even be experiencing imposter syndrome. While I do facilitate the therapy process, my clients drive the sessions. Together, our therapeutic endeavor is to help you achieve your goals.

Are you tired of mistreating the people you love? Don't you wish you could change? - Do you often find yourself irritable and angry at the people around you? - Ready to lash out and get upset even at the smallest reason? You are not alone! Many people are in similar shoes. There is hope! Anger management, learning to respond differently to situations that make you upset don't have to be difficult. It can be eye-opening; you will learn a great deal about yourself and it can be fun. I offer individual therapy for issues regarding relationships and anger.

I enjoy helping my clients find their unique strengths and building on them in a confidential and supportive setting. I feel it is important for people to gain understanding and insight into behavior patterns that are creating problems in life and learn how to change them. I also work with clients to enable them to find a satisfying work/life or school/life balance. I utilize cognitive behavioral and brief solution focused therapy.

Navigating challenges alone is monumental, and my goal as your therapist is to support, follow your lead, and offer fresh perspectives that encourage you to find balance and grounding. Together, I hope we explore the pieces that make you feel most yourself, find the nuance in compassion, truthfulness, and resilience, and encourage you to take those nuances into your own relationships beyond our work together. I welcome clients of any age, addressing the variety of life’s transitions. My focus includes depression, anxiety, trauma, and ADHD. I work from a culturally sensitive, LGBTQ+ affirming, intersectional feminist lens.

Like many others, we seek help when faced with a problem that impacts our relationships, social or workplace setting. By understanding past experiences, people are better able to place their present behavior within a perspective that allows for change.

The Only Cure Is Strength. Our work together will focus on your needs. Psychoanalytic Therapy, integrated with other perspectives, is a powerful and effective way to help individuals and couples address life's most urgent issues. Together we can work through, overcome, or improve: Depression, stress and anxiety, Love and intimate relationships, Family conflict resolution, Sexuality and body image, Parent-child conflicts, Drug abuse and eating disorders, Balancing work and personal life, Managing emotions effectively, Strengthening the will/ego, Artistic and athletic creativity, and Creation of meaning. Every effort in therapy should be focused on achieving an aesthetic self-creation.

I work with adults striving to respond with integrity and effectiveness to many life issues--particularly related to work, career, relationship, and mid-life challenges. My clients include adults dealing with depression, anxiety, performance impairment, stress-related conditions, as well as those choosing to "raise their game." Regardless of their reason for seeking therapy, many of my clients bring important resources rooted in their personal journey of faith or search for meaning. If spiritual aspects of your life are important, I invite you to share that in our work together.

Dawn Kenner provides comprehensive psychotherapy services to adults, children, and families struggling with emotional and psychological problems. She offers multiple treatment modalities to assist with the unique needs of clients and their concerns. Her approach is warm, genuine, and collaborative, creating a safe and supportive environment to assist an individual with their needs and treatment goals. Treatment goals are created to offer you guidance and support as you identify and resolve problems, improve relationships, and gain an increased feeling of empowerment.

I believe in the importance of helping individuals seeking to show up authentically in all parts of their lives. Through compassion, non-judgmental guidance, and by challenging patterns where you find yourself stuck, we are able to promote personal growth and change. I work with individuals and couples to better understand their boundaries and how to strengthen their ability to communicate them. My approach to counseling is informed by CBT, ACT, Psychodynamic, and EMDR. EMDR therapy is an effective therapy method that supports healing from trauma, ingrained negative core beliefs, and other distressing life experiences.

As we face the challenges of life, it can sometimes feel overwhelming. Old issues along with our current circumstances may collide. As a counselor, I work with you to explore these issues while acknowledging your strengths to develop coping skills. Issues common to my practice include anxiety, depression, difficulties managing emotions, grief and loss, issues of life transitions, relationship issues, self-esteem, stress management, trauma, and work related stress. Telehealth only. Conversational proficiency in Cantonese and Toisanese.

Teens and Twenty-Somethings... It's not easy growing up and out and parents may not always know how to help. I work with a full range of ages from older children 15 years old to adults who are seeking support and guidance in meeting expected and unexpected challenges and changes. With my extensive background working with youth and families in community agencies, I specialize in supporting younger clients in navigating relationships with their family and friends as well as learning skills to manage independence successfully, but also with balance.

It can be a daunting task to start looking for a therapist. Our team specializes in sitting with minors ages 6-17, adults, couples, and families who want to work on a multitude of issues, from stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, life transitions, and relational issues. Whether you have been wanting to process big life events for ages or you’ve found yourself in an uncharacteristically difficult time, we’re here to listen without judgment or criticism. You have our attention.

Our mission is to provide a safe, confidential and meaningful therapy experience for you. Whether you are in need of a safe space to share your thoughts or are looking for assistance in navigating a difficult time in your life, we are here to help.

Our work will be informed by the leading edge of neuroscience, scientifically supported, positive psychological interventions, and the 2,500 year-old Buddhist practice of mindfulness--which has garnered volumes of recent scientific attention for its efficacy as a therapeutic tool. Lastly, I am trained and certified by the founder of CIMBS or Complex Integration of Multiple Brain Systems, Terry Sheldon, M.D. CIMBS is a groundbreaking integrative mind-body psychotherapy.

I specialize in psychotherapy for adults with a range of concerns including anxiety, depression and relationship issues. I work with clients individually to come to a shared understanding of current difficulties as well as ongoing patterns that contribute to symptoms. Once we understand how and why these difficulties and patterns developed, we can then work towards modifying them and minimizing obstacles to change as they become apparent.