Parenting can strain even strong relationships. Navigating daily pressures like disagreements over discipline and routines, managing exhaustion and stress, finding time for connection, balancing individual needs with family demands can significantly impact our mental and emotional health.
Family patterns and parental influences also shape relationship dynamics. This includes working through inherited communication styles, unresolved family conflicts, different expectations based on upbringing, and attachment patterns formed in childhood. By recognizing these influences, parents can develop healthier ways of relating to each other."
Parenting
What We Help With
Our Approach
Communication skills
Understanding learned behaviors
Major life changes including new siblings, moving, school changes, family loss.
Emotion regulation and co-regulation
Routine building and clear expectations
CBT (Cognitive Behavior Therapy) — Identifies and changes negative thought patterns
Behavior Management: Understanding the function of the behavior and supporting the child to find healthier ways to meet his/her needs.
Neurodiversity Support: Strategies for children with ADHD, autism (ASD) and sensory sensitivities.
DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy) Informed — Distress tolerance, emotion regulation, interpersonal effectiveness, and mindfulness practices
Separation and divorced household
Co-parenting
Difficulty trusting others or feeling safe in relationships
Caregiver burnout, stress and obstacles
Generational patterns and trauma
Attachment-Based Therapy — Addresses parenting rooted in relational patterns
Psychodynamic Approaches — Explores deeper roots of anxiety and stress in parenting
Somatic Techniques — Manages the physical symptoms of trauma focusing on the nervous system and physical sensations
Psychoeducation —Provides learning in the nature of struggles with parenting and how treatment works.
Family Consultant & Parent Support/Coaches
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Morgan Coburn, M.Ed
Accepting new clients
In-person & video services for clients (child and families, parents)
AREAS OF FOCUS:
Parents of young children
Caregivers feeling overwhelmed
Families seeking stronger bonds
Early childhood program & educators seeking consultations
Parents and programs seeking guidance
Email: Morgan@havenfamilyconsulting.com
Phone: (425)610-8257
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Lilach Geppert-Shapira, MA, CLC
Accepting new clients
In-person & Telehealth services for clients (children, teens, adults, parents, couples-parent focus, groups)
AREAS OF FOCUS:
ADHD
Life coaching
Executive functioning
Social skills training
Group psychoeducation
Parent Coaching & Family Work
Lilach also offers her services in Hebrew.
Email: Lilach.geppert@gmail.com
Phone: (425) 922-7647
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Limor Raviv, LMHCA
Accepting new clients
In-person & Telehealth services for clients (children, teens, adults, parents, families, groups)
AREAS OF FOCUS:
Anxiety and stress management
Self-regulation and emotional control
Behavioral challenges
ADHD
Mindfulness based and social skills groups
Parent training groups
Limor also offers her services in Hebrew.
Email: Limor2002@gmail.com
Phone:(425) 448-0880
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Claire de Leon, LMHC
Not accepting clients at this time
In-person & Telehealth services for clients (children 4+, teens, adults, parents, group)
AREAS OF FOCUS:
Selective Mutism
Trauma (physical, sexual, emotional & domestic violence)
Anxiety Disorders
Cultural & immigration issues
Parent Support
Claire also offers her services in Tagalog
Email: malaya@counselingmind.co
Phone: (425) 202-5485
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Elina Kogan, LICSW
Accepting new clients
In-person & Telehealth services for clients teens 15+, adults, parents, couples)
AREAS OF FOCUS:
Anxiety
Depression
Marital issues
Parenting
Relationship Issues
Trauma
Elina also offers her services in Russian, Hebrew, Hungarian
Email: Linak@mindfulcarewa.com
Phone: (425) 202-5393
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Galit Arad-Trutner, LICSW
Not accepting clients at this time except for IFS intensives
In-person & Telehealth services for clients (teens 13+, adults, parents, couples, families)
AREAS OF FOCUS:
Internal Family Systems
Conflict Coaching
Mediation
Group Facilitation
Trauma
Galit also offers her services in Hebrew.
Email: Galit@compassionatewways.com
Phone: (425) 442-5727
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Jeffrey Gillman, PhD
Not accepting new clients at this time
In-person & Telehealth services for clients teens, adults, parents)
AREAS OF FOCUS:
Adolescent growth and development
Life transitions
Chronic health issues
Anxiety
Depression
Grief and loss
Trauma
Email: drffej45@msn.com
Phone: (425) 591-8889
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Jessica Lazaro, PsyD
Accepting new clients
In-person & Telehealth services for clients teens, adults, parents)
AREAS OF FOCUS:
Anxiety and/or Panic disorder
Depression
Neurodiversity (executive functioning, challenges, ADHD, Autism, OCD)
Grief and Loss
Life Transitions (college, adulthood, marriage/divorce, parenthood)
School or Workplace Challenges
Women’s Issues (pregnancy, infertility, new mother)
Parent-child Relationship Support
Email: Jessicalazarotherapy@gmail.com
Phone: (425) 200-5602
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Maki Park, LMHCA
Not accepting new clients at this time.
In-person & Telehealth services for clients (teens, adults, and parents)
AREAS OF FOCUS:
Anxiety
Life Transitions
Parenting Support
Caregiving
Family of Origin Challenges
Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
Racial and Cultural Identity
Relationship Challenges
Spirituality
Burnout and Perfectionism
Email: Maki@makipark.com
Phone: (914) 500-8158
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Michal (Michelle) Alpert, LICSW
Accepting new clients
In-person & Telehealth services for clients (adults, parents)
AREAS OF FOCUS:
Anxiety
Depression
Grief
Trauma
Prenatal & Postnatal Support
Cultural Issues
Michal is also offering services in Hebrew.
Email: Michal@michellealpertcounseling.com
Phone: (425) 224-6320
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Michal Goldring Keidar, LICSW
Accepting new clients
In-person & Telehealth services for clients (teens, adults, parents, couples)
AREAS OF FOCUS:
Trauma and recovery
Relational issues including couples counseling
Life transitions (parenthood, ‘empty nesting,’ aging)
Oppression and cultural issues
Neurodivergent individuals
Parents of neurodivergent children
Parents of children with disabilities
Michal is also offering services in Hebrew.
Email: Michalgkeidar@gmail.com
Phone: (206)-486-4131
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Miri Arie, PhD
Accepting new clients
In-person & telehealth services for clients (children-0+, adults, families, groups)
AREAS OF FOCUS:
Group Therapy
Anxiety
Difficulties in forming and maintaining meaningful relationships
Relationships within the family
Early Trauma and Intergenerational trauma
Adjustment to life transitions
Parent-child relationship
Working with children under age 5
Email: Miri@SocialEndeavors.net
Phone: (585)857-9394
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Nina Helms, LMHC
Accepting new clients
In-person & Telehealth services for clinets (teens-13+, adults, families)
AREAS OF FOCUS:
Attachment
Trauma (physical, sexual, emotional & domestic violence)
Grief
Depression/mood disorders
Anxiety disorders
Relational conflict
Email: sisucounseling@icloud.com
Phone: (509) 443-2281