Chris believes his clients should be trusted as their own experts and lends structure and strategic questioning as a guide in finding solutions that work for them. He uses a combination of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Existential Therapy with the goal of alleviating symptoms in the short term and changing habits and thought patterns for the long term. In changing what we do and how we think, we can change how we feel. Existential Therapy essentially asks “What is a meaningful life,” and attempts to align our actions with our values, making sure we are doing our best to live in the way we hope and aspire to live in the long term. Chris has been a licensed counselor since 2008 and has worked in various settings including community mental health, school-based programs, chemical dependency programs, and most recently in private practice.

Dr. Mouna EL-Khadiri is licensed by the State of Washington as mental health counselor (LMHC) with over 15 years of experience. She has a doctorate in clinical psychology from Roosevelt University in Chicago. She received supervised training in clinical psychology during her doctoral studies, a yearlong American Psychological Association (APA) accredited internship, and a yearlong postdoctoral fellowship. Dr. Mouna specializes in individual psychotherapy utilizing psychodynamic, humanistic, interpersonal and mindfulness approaches. She examines early childhood issues that may manifest and interfere with a client’s present life and prevent them from reaching their potential. She relies on the therapeutic relationship to foster change while using mindfulness to cultivate self-awareness and change habitual maladaptive behaviors. Dr. Mouna provides a caring and compassionate environment to allow her clients to heal and grow. She is dedicated to building relationships based on trust, genuine concerns, and unconditional positive regard to allow a client’s authentic self to emerge, so that they may live a more fulfilling life. She utilizes an active style of therapy and believes that it is a collaborative process.

Lauren utilizes a trauma-informed, and holistic approach when working with clients. As a somatic therapist, Lauren believes in the “bottom-up” perspective integrating the role of the body and nervous system into an individual’s healing journey. Lauren seeks to provide clients with psychoeducation about the nervous system with the goal to help them feel a sense of empowerment around their own unique body, patterns, and ways of being in the world. She utilizes a variety of therapeutic modalities tailored to each persons unique needs all from a person-centered and strengths based lens.

Milana believes that humans can experience relief and healing within the context of positive relationships. She strives to create an inclusive and nonjudgmental space for safe emotional expression, reflection, and insight building. She incorporates humor and genuineness while utilizing a person-centered, strengths based, holistic, and trauma informed lens in her work. Additionally, Milana embeds techniques and skills from a variety of evidence based therapeutic modalities, including Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, a body-based approach that utilizes bilateral stimulation to help people heal from trauma or other distressing life experiences. Milana also draws from various behavioral approaches, which provide tools for change, as well as improvement in mood, behavior, and functioning.

Scott believes healing, wholeness and integration are possible within the therapeutic process and will respectfully partner with clients as their unique story, thoughts and feelings are explored with openness and curiosity. Scott’s therapeutic approach is informed by Relational Focused Psychodynamic Therapy, DBT, CBT, Solution-focused Therapy, Attachment Therapy, Object Relations, Client-Centered Therapy and Play Therapy. Scott received his Master of Arts in Counseling and Psychology from the Seattle School of Theology and Psychology. He has worked as a mental health therapist in community mental health and in-patient hospital settings for 8 years. His specialties include, but are not limited to, treating issues related to depression, anxiety, self-esteem, attachment, relationships, communication, grief, loss and trauma. Currently he works with children, adolescents and adults and can accommodate afternoon/evening appointments including in-person, phone and video sessions.