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Therapy Orientation: Hi! I am a wholistic, person-centered therapist and coach who believes you have an innate and irrepressible drive towards wholeness. Our work will reach the YOU who has always known that, but has felt held back. For many of us, the process of living authentically is nothing less than a hero's journey, fraught with pain, isolation, uncertainty, disappointment. Keep going! You are not alone. It is often from our woundedness that our greatest gifts and strengths emerge. I am here as a witness to your process awakening, healing, reconnecting, and re-emergence. I believe that symptoms contain within them the seed of solutions. For example, if you are depressed, that can be a message from your inner self that you are living a life that is incongruent for you. I invite the place in you that knows better to have a voice, so you speak and express yourself directly. The research on interpersonal neurobiology tells us that when we are heard by another person, we feel in our hearts a sense of home - the right to exist. I provide counseling and hypnotherapy services to individuals and groups for stress, trauma, habit control, addiction, fears, phobias, life transitions, self-esteem, body image, effects of bullying and peer rejection, depression, anxiety, and many other concerns. Psychological health involves the mind-body relationship, and that will be a key focus of our work. I use conversation, cognitive-behavioral methods, hypnotherapy, psychodrama, energy work, and expressive therapies. These will be tailored to your needs and desires in order to provide a successful outcome.

***NOW OFFERING TELEHEALTH APPOINTMENTS*** Is the quality of your life affected by stress or uncertainty? Would you benefit from practical tools to help increase commitment to valued life goals? Maybe you just want to get back to feeling the way you once did. My approach is about helping people achieve greater understanding of themselves and others, overcome unhelpful patterns, and maintain a valued and meaningful life. It takes wisdom to recognize that you aren't expected to handle every problem by yourself. While you bring self-knowledge and personal experiences to the table, I bring my expertise and understanding of human psychological processes. Together we can resolve some of life's most difficult challenges. Since 2008, I've helped hundreds of people find effective solutions and gain greater control. I offer psychological evaluation and individual therapy for teens and adults dealing with ADHD, anxiety, depression, relationship concerns, and adjustment to life stress.

As a Marriage and Family therapist, I primarily work with couples, and some individuals addressing a variety of concerns. My goal is to help people increase security within themselves so that they may access and express their honest needs and emotions effectively, so that they may increase their ability to get their needs met and help create a life and relationships that are more in alignment with how one wants them to be. An additional goal is to provide a safe and comfortable environment where my clients feel free to express themselves openly and honestly and to provide compassion, insight, and practicality that may provide the opportunity to open doors to hope, healing, positive growth, and change. As a family systems trained therapist I strive to help clients look at all aspects of their life to help identify influences that may be currently contributing to expressed concerns, look at the current impact, and to increase tools to help effectively manage andor navigate through various challenges. I recognize each client is unique and appreciate the courage and patience that is often needed to develop long lasting changes. I work collaboratively with my clients to ensure we are meeting their goals and their true visions of how they want to live their life.

I am passionate about the liberatory practice of healing, and deeply critical of my field's complicity to ongoing genocides, incarceration, policing, resource extraction, centering whiteness, and pathologization. I offer liberation-centered somatic therapy, brainspotting, expressive arts, parts work, hypnotherapy, and spiritual therapy for LGBTTSQIA+ folx and allies who have lived through and live with trauma, abuse, and oppression - basing healing of the individual within relationship and community. I am passionate about supporting others in reconnecting with the wisdom of their body-mind, heart, community, spirit, ancestors, and the Earth, as well as reclaiming their power and creating a life that centers, honors, and uplifts them and others. I am just as passionate about the life-long process of engaging in the decolonization, unlearning whiteness, and liberation of healing practices, within my fields and my life.

Life brings moments of anxiety, sadness, anger, and grief — experiences that can leave you feeling unsteady or unsure of yourself. I don’t view these emotions as signs that something is wrong with you. Instead, I see them as part of being human and as meaningful openings to understand yourself more deeply. In our work, we slow down, meet your experience with gentleness, and explore it with mindfulness, compassion, and curiosity. I support adults in midlife and beyond who want a healthier, more grounded relationship with their emotions and who feel drawn to exploring meaning through Buddhist‑informed perspectives. My approach is also shaped by Gestalt Therapy, which emphasizes present‑moment awareness, authentic contact, and understanding how your patterns of thinking, feeling, and relating show up in the here and now. Together, we look at the emotional and cognitive habits that may be keeping you stuck. Rather than trying to “fix” who you are, we focus on cultivating steadier, more productive ways of thinking while deepening your capacity to relate to your emotions with compassion and clarity. This process can help you feel more connected to yourself, more grounded in your choices, and more able to navigate life’s transitions with intention. Therapy with me is collaborative and shaped by your goals, honoring your lived experience and the unique ways you’ve learned to move through the world. I walk alongside you as you make sense of what life has brought you and cultivate a more spacious, steady way of being. If this approach resonates, I welcome you to reach out.

I am the director of MacPherson Pacific Counseling Services, a dynamic new option in the treatment of chemical dependency, problem gambling, and sex addiction in the Seattle area. Your experience will be individualized and goal-focused. You will develop the tools to reclaim your life from addiction and compulsive behavior and begin to develop a path towards healing and wholeness for both yourself and your support network of family and loved ones. In both individual sessions and groups with others also walking the healing path you will challenge yourself, access reservoirs of strength within yourself, learn to connect, and you will grow.

Starting therapy can feel like a big step, and finding the right person to work with matters. I believe therapy is a collaborative process where you can feel heard, understood, and supported without judgment. My goal is to create a welcoming space where you can slow down, explore what you're experiencing, and develop tools that help you move forward. I don't believe therapy is about "fixing" you. It's about creating space to understand yourself more deeply, strengthen your relationship with yourself and others, and move toward a life that feels more aligned with who you are and what matters to you. My approach draws on a number of modalities, including HumanisticExistential Therapy, which emphasizes your personal growth, your unique experience, and your search for meaning or contentment. I utilize Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and DBT to provide an evidence-based approach that can provide relief for a variety of psychological concerns. Whether you're going through a difficult transition or simply feel ready for change, I'd be honored to walk alongside you through the process. Reaching out can be the hardest part, and you don't need to have everything figured out before you begin.

Our goal when we created Refresh Therapy was to create a place where you can tell your story. Everyone has a story. We can't wait to hear yours. Counseling encourages you to examine your dreams, thoughts, choices, barriers, and pain to nurture positive life changes. We believe that success in therapy requires collaboration with your therapist, and that the right fit is vital to success. Refresh Therapy consists of several dynamic therapists who are ready to join you in your efforts to push past whatever is holding you back. We believe that life is full of potential. We want to help you uncover the best life you can live. We believe in a strength-based approach. We also know that you do not live in a bubble, and that systems such as your family friends, career, relationships, past, and other experiences make you the unique person you are. We know how important it is to understand who you are in context, so we can customize your counseling experience and better understand your feelings. Bryanna Goodman founded Refresh Therapy in 2010.

My approach to helping people is rooted in warmth, empathy, and a deep commitment to personal growth, shaped by both my family life and nearly two decades as a licensed marriage and family therapist. Drawing inspiration from my loved ones, the arts, and nature, I strive to create a nurturing and safe environment where clients can heal and build resilience. I specialize in attachment and relationship-focused therapy, utilizing evidence-based modalities and the PACE model (playfulness, acceptance, curiosity, empathy), as well as integrating innovative practices like psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. My collaborative style empowers individuals to overcome trauma, grief, anxiety, and relationship challenges, honoring each client’s unique strengths and journey. I am dedicated to supporting you with compassion and positivity as you embark on your path toward healing and transformation.

I provide therapy that will help you develop skills, face challenges, and build on your strengths to make life changes. This includes brief therapy to help you get unstuck and assertiveness training to help you listen and be heard, love and be loved. I can help you strengthen your communication skills, improve your connections with others, and strengthen your boundaries. I can help you free yourself from addictive and compulsive behaviors such as alcohol abuse, compulsive shopping, compulsive sexuality, emotional eating, obsessive self-doubt, and rumination. I can help you work through the difficulties of grief, abuse, loss, accidents, illness, and life transitions. I can help release you from unhealthy patterns of anxiety, anger, and depression, and heal you of the emotional reactivity that wounds those you love and destroys relationships. I have experience with Prolonged Exposure therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Somatic Experiencing, and ego-state therapies that promote mindbody awareness using movement, breath, and visualization, Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), Jungian Active Imagination, and Kundaline Yoga therapy.