Elina Kogan is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker and Marriage and Family Counselor in the State of Washington (#LW61246567). With more than 15 years of experience, she draws from evidence-based approaches that integrate the mind and the body to promote resilience and healing.
Elina Kogan, LICSW, MFT, MSW
AREAS OF FOCUS
Anxiety
Depression
Grief and loss
Trauma/PTSD
Parenting support
Work/School problems
Life Transitions
Interpersonal relationships
Behavior management
Email: linak@mindfulcarewa.com
Phone: (425).202.5393
FEES AND INSURANCE
Elina works as an out-of-network provider and accepts payment at the time of each session.
If you plan to use your out-of-network benefits, Elina will be happy to provide a superbill (an insurance receipt) that you can submit to your insurance company for possible reimbursement.
Please check with your insurance provider in advance to confirm your mental health coverage and reimbursement options
My Approach: Somatic and Attachment-Based Healing
Relationships are at the heart of how we experience both suffering and healing. Many of the clients who come to see me have spent years trying to understand their anxiety, depression, trauma, or relationship struggles through insight alone, yet continue to feel stuck in the same emotional and physical patterns. My work is grounded in the belief that healing happens not only through understanding our stories, but also through reconnecting with the wisdom of the body and the safety of authentic human connection.
Drawing from advanced training in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, developed by Dr. Pat Ogden, I help clients explore how trauma, stress, and attachment experiences live within the nervous system. Trauma often leaves behind more than memories—it can shape the way we breathe, move, respond to conflict, trust others, set boundaries, and experience ourselves in relationships. These patterns are not signs of weakness; they are adaptive survival strategies that once helped us cope.
In our work together, we gently bring awareness to bodily sensations, emotions, thoughts, impulses, and relational experiences as they arise in the present moment. Rather than reliving overwhelming events, we learn to listen to what the body has been holding and support the nervous system in discovering new experiences of safety, choice, and connection.
Attachment-focused therapy recognizes that our earliest relationships shape how we see ourselves and others. Whether you are struggling with PTSD, Complex PTSD, relationship difficulties, family conflict, or the lasting effects of childhood adversity, therapy offers an opportunity to develop a more secure relationship with yourself and with the people who matter most. Through a collaborative, compassionate process, we work to transform patterns of protection into experiences of resilience, self-trust, and meaningful connection.
I bring to this work a deep respect for each person’s unique history, culture, and strengths. Having lived across different cultures and languages myself, I understand that healing is never one-size-fits-all. My role is not to tell you who you should become, but to help you reconnect with the wisdom, resilience, and capacity for healing that already exist within you.
I love my work. It’s an honor and a privilege to support people in creating positive change in their lives.
My professional mission has been to partner with people who experience personal crisis, depression, anxiety, addictions, uncertainty, loss, or trauma, using a relational, attachment lens to understand them.
It has been a personal privilege and a professional joy to be able to help people seeking new life goals, improved clarity and energy with a mindful, trauma sensitive, validating and strength-based approach. After years of working as an on-site therapist at a local school, my goal has also become to promote greater acceptance of our human diversity and to support people who find themselves all over the rainbow of the Human Spectrum.
The years of professional training help me address many aspects of emotional and thought disorders, as well as issues resulting from the legacy of trauma. My personal experiences as a former Soviet refugee and a child immigrant in Israel inform my understanding of struggling that runs more than skin-deep. I chose a graduate degree in Social Work to deepen my knowledge of the societal processes that augment and aggravate deeply personal problems.
I am an energetic and caring person, comfortable with people of widely differing life experiences and aspirations, and skilled at meeting people where they are, holding a safe space for them to practice self-compassion and self-care, and advocating for them in time of struggle and confusion.
In my spare time I parent, hike, walk my dog, study and try new hobbies – there is always something new and interesting on the horizon.
Since 2006 I have counseled teens and adults in my work with various agencies, including:
Inpatient psychiatric services @ Kennedy Health Systems, Cherry Hill, NJ
Partial hospitalization and intensive outpatient programs @ Hampton Behavioral Health Center, Westampton, NJ
Marriage and family counseling @ Council for Relationships, Philadelphia, PA
Child and Family Mental Health Services @ Sound Behavioral Health, Seattle, WA
Languages: English, Russian, Hebrew, Ukrainian
Volunteer work has included:
Crisis and Suicide Prevention Helpline @ ERAN/IFOTES in Haifa, Israel
Counseling clients @ Center for Refugees and Survivors of Torture, Philadelphia, PA
Counseling @ Covid shelters for clients who experience homelessness, for King County Health Department, Seattle, WA