50-55 minute counseling sessions offered in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, or via telehealth
You’re tired of trying to hold it all together. Maybe everything on the outside seems like it should be okay — your job’s fine, you’ve got…friends? your relationship with your parents isn’t that bad, and maybe you’re dating around, or have a partner or spouse at home. But there’s still an empty ache inside, and even though there’s people and life around you, you still somehow feel alone.
Or maybe it is all fine! Everyone is stressed out nowadays — but you’ve got a happy home life and you’re the glue that keeps it all together. Supermom. Sturdy, grounded dad. Non-binary parent of the year. Nobody knows how you do it all! But…is it sustainable? How’s your relationship to food, or exercise, or work? When’s the last time you breathed into the bottom of your lungs? (was it now?) And while you know you have needs, if I asked you, what would you say (and is the answer none?)
Or, actually, it is most decidedly not fine. And it hasn’t been fine for a while — maybe a few weeks, maybe a few years. Yeah, the idea of having a life worth living is a nice one, but…where to start? Could it even be done? The thought itself is overwhelming, or just too far away to even consider with any real possibility. It’d be too much. There’s no way. It’s dark down here and it feels like there’s no way out.
I’d like to offer you some light; I can walk with you and shine some on the path ahead so it doesn’t feel so dark. We can make a map together, and plan our way out.
You won’t be alone.
What’s it like in session?
I am an integrative Relational-Cultural (RCT) therapist, which is the fancy way of saying that I believe that human beings grow through relationships with others, and that I draw from other therapy modalities based on your needs and goals.
In my practice, I draw from:
- Emotionally Focused Individual (EFIT), Couple (EFCT), or Family (EFFT) Therapy (I am trained and recognized by ICEEFT as an EFIT and EFCT Therapist)
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) or Radically-Open Dialectical Behavior Therapy (RO-DBT)
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Parts work (similar to internal family systems, or IFS)
- Somatic-based practices
- Existential Therapy
- Strengths-Based Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
I show up authentically in session, meaning you’re getting me, Cait, the full person. I, of course, have filters and boundaries, and adhere to professional ethics, but you’re also going to get the full human. Sometimes I swear. I make mistakes, and will do my best to repair any rupture with you. I use humor. I sit cross-legged in my chair. I fidget.
I also practice embodied movement and meditation, use tarot cards for growth and development, and follow lunar and seasonal cycles to guide and connect to something larger than the self. If you are interested, I would be more than happy to discuss bodywork and spirituality in addition to “typical” counseling styles.
