Seattle Individual, Couples, Child & Family Therapy
We are committed to delivering superior mental health services to individuals, couples, children and families through a blend of integrated care, rigorous standards, and cutting-edge treatments to empower our clients to lead their most fulfilling lives. We imagine a future where we’re a beacon for a broad community, enhancing mental wellness, and forging stronger connections.
Licensed Behavioral Health Agency in Washington State
License #: BHA.FS.61348472
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Meet Our Therapists
Finding the right therapist is all about finding a comfortable, easy connection. The best way to get a feel for that is to schedule a no-cost consultation. It’s easy, and we love hearing from folks who are about to make positive changes in their lives.
Intern Therapists
Learn about discounted therapy options offered by our Graduate Intern Therapists
Rachel Slater
Seattle University
Master’s of Arts Psychology
Chad Cheatham
Seattle University
Master of Couples & Family Therapy
Chiara Procaccio
University of Washington
Master of Social Work
Bailee Ankrom
Seattle University
Masters of Couples and Family Therapy
Hannah Maxa
University of Washington
School of Social Work
Kaitlyn Recob
Seattle University
Master of Couples and Family Therapy
Kyleen Romero
Seattle University
Master of Arts in Psychology
Mackenzie Farbo
Seattle University
Master of Arts in Psychology
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Types of Therapy We Offer in Seattle
We’re all in this together. During this incredibly difficult time, Anchor Light is offering both online sessions through Zoom® and in office therapy sessions. Please use the consultation form to schedule a complimentary consultation to learn about your options.
Couples Therapy
Strategies for finding love, staying in love, and loving your life
People choose to connect with a therapist for many different reasons but what they all have in common is that they have the intention of living a richer, more meaningful life.
LGBTQ+ Couples Counseling
An atmosphere free from homophobia, cisexism, prejudice, fear, and ignorance.
We offer an inclusive and safe space for those that may have felt judged or misunderstood in other therapeutic relationships. promoting the recognition of sexuality (in the countless forms of expression) as a natural and healthy part of the human experience.
Marriage Counseling
Help with conflict resolution, improve intimacy, deepen your emotional connection
Anchor Light Therapy helps both soon-to-be married and already married partners in Seattle take little steps to maintain and improve their relationship, communication, and connection with one another.
Gottman Method Therapy
Increased intimacy, affection, and respect
ALTC’s Gottman Couples therapists use proven assessment techniques and intervention strategies based on the Gottman Method.
Parent Coaching
We provide judgment-free guidance to help you become a better parent and establish a deeper relationship with your child.
Parenting can be an overwhelming task and responsibility. Not all parents go into parenting with effective tools or a positive mindset, and that’s where parent coaching can help.
Talk Therapy
A safe place to discuss feelings and make positive changes
We integrate various talk therapy styles to support couples in reducing conflict, deepening friendship, improving communication, and resolving blocks to emotional and physical intimacy.
EMDR Therapy
A safe and measured environment conducive to dealing with trauma.
EMDR stands for “Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing” and is an approach to treating trauma and its symptoms that utilizes phasing.
Cognitive-Behavior Therapy
Create change by focusing on the link between thoughts, behaviors, and emotions
An essential element to CBT is forward action — engaging in new behavior both in in order to create a pattern of thoughts, feelings, and actions that truly serves one’s values and goals.
Weekend Therapy
Connect with a provider that works with your schedule
We have Graduate-level interns that provide affordable therapy sessions on weekends. Some licensed providers do as well. Check out options and availability.
Issues We Help With
We can help with virtually any condition, stress, or issue that you’re facing.
Anxiety & Stress
Understanding the source of your anxiety and begin to heal
From mindfulness and meditation to cognitive behavioral therapy and more, we can help you learn how to move through difficult days with strength and reason.
Work Stress
Create boundaries between your work-life and personal-life
How has the pandemic and recession changed your job or your career? With the right tools and mindset, you can rediscover your purpose, regain your direction, and find solid ground in this challenging economy.
Trauma & PTSD
Understand and recover from emotional and physical trauma
Therapeutic interventions such as EMDR, Hypnotherapy, Individual Therapy, Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) and working with a trauma-informed therapist can help you heal from the symptoms of traumatic stress and move forward in your life.
Grief and Loss
Navigate grief using proven treatment plans with experienced therapists
Loss comes with very personal and intense emotions. No matter what you’re grieving—a loved one, a marriage, your health or sense of normalcy—we can help you move through it and regain your energy and your spirit.
Depression
Get to the root of depression and pave a path forward
We create a specialized treatment plan for each client than can combine several types of therapeutic treatments like talk trauma-focused talk therapy, hypnotherapy, EMDR, CBT and more.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder
Overcome obsessions and compulsions, whether genetic or learned
One of the most effective therapeutic treatments is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) which aims to change patterns, beliefs and behaviors.
ADD/ADHD
Improve planning, establish good habits, become more organized
Untreated ADHD/ADD can follow us into adulthood and can affect our overall focus, attention to detail, work performance, house work and the way we connect with others.
Phobias
Overcome both specific & complex phobias
Phobia treatment therapy can be extremely effective by helping you to retrain your mind and learn tools for coping for dealing with and seeing your fear in a new way.
We’re living in unprecedented times
On one hand, we have opportunities and abundance unlike any generation before us—but on the other hand, we’re faced with big upheaval and a lot of uncertainty. And then you factor in the challenging relationships, work and money stress, and a restless anxiety about the past, present, and future. If you’re exhausted, depressed, angry, afraid, unmotivated, and uninspired, that’s because you’re a thinking, feeling human in a difficult world. But that which makes you alive and sensitive can also restore balance, and bring hope and well-being back into your daily life.
At Anchor Light Therapy Collective, we’re known for employing both modern and traditional therapeutic modalities. We partner with you to find an approach that fits your personality and your situation.