Therapists in Olympia, WA

２０２４年２月、３月の時点では定員となっております。ご迷惑をお掛けします。アメリカ生活をできるだけ快適なものにしたい、自分らしく生きたい。でも文化や言語の違いよるストレスのせいでそれができないと思っていませんか？特に配偶者がアメリカ人だと理解が難しく、サポートになるはずの周りの日本人とも比べてしまい、結果自分のせいだと一人で落ち込んでしまったりアメリカ全体にネガティブな印象を抱いていませんか？そのような状況で家庭、社会生活、学業もしくは仕事に影響が出ていませんか？鬱や不安の症状（落ち込むことが多い、食欲、睡眠に変化がある、イライラする、閉じこもりがち、心配ばかりする、他人の反応が気になりすぎる）が出ていませんか？

不眠、ストレス、不安などに悩まされていませんか？人間関係、憂鬱、不安、トラウマ、 女性特有の悩み（性的虐待、月経前不快気分障害、精神的な性機能不全など）、外国人移住者特有の悩み（カルチャーショック、孤独感、役割/アイデンティティの形成と変化、キャリア再構築、コミュニティ作り、福祉へのアクセス、対人関係・差別など）、物質使用・薬物乱用、境界性パーソナリティー障害（希死念慮も含む）などへ関するお悩みに対して日本語でのカウンセリングを行っております。

Sometimes life poses challenges, and we need some extra support to get us through. Are you wanting to make improvements in your relationship? Or maybe with yourself? Are you feeling overwhelmed? Depressed? Stuck? Therapists at SCAW bring a diverse range of academic and clinical training to their work with adults, teens, and children (ages 2+). We provide individual and couples counseling, psychological testing, parent training, PCIT, and play therapy.

I love to help people who are straddling cultures and have a complex relationship with duty and autonomy. So many of us have internalized beliefs around what we are supposed to be doing and how we are supposed to live our lives but haven’t had a chance to sit down and workshop whether this is congruent with our overall goals and wants for ourselves. When we don’t take the time and space to heal the inner child and build self confidence to live our best lives, things like anxiety, depression, and emotional reactivity can creep in keeping us feeling stuck.

As you are in the process of looking for a therapist, you may already be half-way through resolving your issues. It is said that client's readiness and willingness to make changes is the strongest indicator of successful therapy outcome. As a therapist, I will accompany you in the journey of actualizing your fullest potential by assisting you to develop internal and external resources such as the sense of freedom, choices, healthy sense of self, responsibility, managing life balance, and strong support systems and relationships.

My counselings as Solution- focused, Person-centered & Biblical approaches for individual, couple & Family conflict issues.

We are currently accepting new clients! My name is Kendra M, I am a therapist at Traverse Therapy Services. My goal as a therapist is to work together with you collaboratively to find treatments and solutions to the issues and needs that you are facing. Whether you feel like you’re not understood or no one truly understands what you are trying to say or are struggling with anxiety, depression or other mental health needs I have experience and success in helping people on their journey to living healthy, fulfilling lives whether it is their first step or their last. My main goal is to support and help you in any way I can.

Perhaps you are struggling in a relationship, not able to communicate, or stuck in negative patterns. Drifting apart, you yearn for intimacy and being desired. You wonder if you should go or stay when trust is gone. Or you may need to find your voice and create boundaries. Maybe you're an overachiever or your inner critic has exhausted you, anxiety is finally too much. The relational conflict is starting to affect every area of your life. You are looking for a therapist who can get it and guide you through to the other side.

I am so excited that you are interested in finding out more about therapy! Undertaking therapy is a way to show kindness to yourself, a way to identify beliefs that may no longer serve you. I have seen firsthand what a difference therapy can make in my own life and in the lives of my clients. Consider self-talk, for example. What we tell ourselves day in and day out has a direct effect on how we experience our lives. We take our assumptions for the truth. Our thoughts affect the way we feel and the way we behave. Understanding this is an important starting point for therapy.

Welcome! Looking for a therapist can be daunting. I applaud you for taking steps to help yourself. My clients typically come to me because they are suffering from high levels of stress or anxiety. They feel overwhelmed and panicky, are not able to stop worrying, or feel irritable and angry. Often they are puzzled by the intensity of their own emotional responses and they blame themselves for “overreacting”. Sounds familiar? There is nothing wrong with you. Your past memories, likely traumatic ones, may be intensifying your responses.

I believe that everyone can explore internally and foster potential to create a brighter outlook of life. Through open-minded and non-judgmental collaboration, I work with many individuals dealing with depression, anxiety, interpersonal, family dynamic issues, career concerns, trauma, grief, parenting, and body image issues. Almost 20 years of experience, I assist children, adults, families, and couples exploring self-understanding, identifying emotional and behavioral patterns, develop new perspectives and emotion and stress management skills, making meaningful interpersonal connections, and making career decisions.

Emotional pain, fear, and problems in life can propel someone into therapy. Distress can feel deep-rooted, and in actuality, often does reflect early, 'ancient' issues. I believe that also in our deepest roots, we may tap into powers of resilience and of amazing, unique selfhood that nourish us in development toward our human potentialities. In courageous exploration of, and work through life's challenges, we can find, and bring to light, marvelous, hard-won gifts of self-actualization, and well-being.

Are you living the life you desire? Are you paralyzed by anxiety or depression? Do you want to find more peace, fun, and intimacy in your personal relationships? Anais Nin once said, "There came a time when the risk to remain tight in the bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom." This quote underscores my belief that change and growth are available to us all; we simply have to be willing for the process to unfold. You can create the life that you want. I will help you get there.