Find a Therapist near Queen Anne, WA

For new client inquiries and faster response- please email: terri@drterrilechnyr.com Are you a woman who struggles with codependency or people?pleasing behaviors? Do you have Anxious attachment? Does your mind tend to race and worry? Are you feeling lonely and wanting to build lasting and enriching friendships and community? Are you navigating the solo life or dating challenges? *You Are Not Alone Now! I will work with you to gain a secure attachment, whether single or partnered, and gain momentum on your personal goals! With the rise in solos, I also have a special focus on those who find themselves single- short term or long term- learning how to be empowered and build a thriving community, especially in a world built for two. Clients appreciate my energy, humor, kindness, and straightforward guidance. I specialize in cognitive behavioral therapy and solution?focused therapy, offering teletherapy with convenient evening and weekend options. Not offering couples, child, divorce, or family counseling.

No matter what you are going through, know that I am here to listen, support you, and help you figure it all out! Welcome to the newest generation of self-care and mental health- this is easy, accessible, no-stress, stigma-free help for whatever you are going through. Feel free to wear your sweatpants, sit on the couch, and have a session on your phone or laptop. Prefer in person? No problem, we can take a walk outdoors, meet in a coffee shop, or meet in my Eastlake or Fremont Office spaces. Clients have told me I provide a compassionate, empathetic, and truthful perspective. I look into patterns throughout your life to help you understand why you might be feeling or acting a certain way. I work to alleviate your symptoms and fix the root of the issue-think of this like not only putting on a Band-Aid but also healing the wound! I truly believe that everyone can benefit from therapy. I am originally from San Diego, and then I spent some time experiencing life in the vast and often snow-filled states in the great Midwest before finally settling down in the crisp air and flannel-loving state of Washington. I love being a therapist because I love connecting with and helping people :)

My aim is to help you examine the past patterns that have shaped your life, so you can reduce anxiety and depression, or better manage life transitions and relationships. I strive to meet you with authenticity, safety, and acceptance as you do the work of therapy. My work is client-centered, trauma-informed, and relational, and it has evolved from the psychodynamic tradition.

I specialize in helping adults who struggle with perfectionism, anxiety, complex trauma, codependency, and grief. My therapy style is relational, trauma-informed, and grounded in systems-oriented psychodynamic work, with additional training in object relations, mindfulness-based self-compassion, and CBT. I grew up in the American South, where cultural fractures and early experiences with loss, addiction, and mental illness shaped my deep respect for boundaries, self-awareness, and the need for ongoing care. In our work together, I offer warmth, honesty, and practical insight to help you untangle old patterns, strengthen your sense of self, and build more connected, fulfilling relationships.

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.

I consider therapy to be an alliance in which you and I work together to relieve unbearable aloneness, discover your strengths, encourage your innate strivings toward health, and build new confidence in feeling and being in relationship. Every person has a need to be known and heard in an authentic, non-judgmental way. Every person has wisdom about themselves and what is needed to heal their lives. And fundamental to this, every person has the natural capacity for healing, for love and self-esteem. In our work, I may use a variety of tools and techniques to help move the therapy process, but I recognize that change comes from the freedom to be and find oneself in the company of a trusted Other. There have been many influences on my thinking about therapy, most prominently my own life journey of healing transformation. Along the way, existentialist thought, Buddhist practicality, relational, experiential, and humanistic therapies have all made their marks. Participating in nature's cycles of change and renewal through gardening has profoundly influenced me. My experience as a parent, as a partner, as an artist has illuminated for me the endless horizons of human possibility. I will always talk with you about exercises or techniques I think might be helpful and, because our work is a collaboration, your agreement, choice, input, and feedback is a necessary part of the dialogue of working together. Finding a therapist can be an intimidating process. If you would like an in-person meeting to decide whether I might be a good fit for you, I am happy to offer a 30-minute meeting at no charge. When you call, make sure to specify if you are requesting that.

I bring all of my skills, experience & self to whatever issue you are dealing with. It really is the confluence of the mind and the heart (intelligence and empathy) that I think helps us identify what needs to be healed or heard, and then to actually hear it & heal it.

I am accepting new clients. There is no question life has its ups and downs. Sometimes we all just need a little extra support. I work with people from many walks of life dealing with many different situations. I treat adolescents, adults, couples, and families with anxiety, depression, stress, grief, life changes, relationships, addiction, trauma, and many other challenges. I use an evidence-based approach to psychotherapy drawing on theories core to psychology. I use an individualized combination of cognitive behavior therapy, motivational interviewing, acceptance and commitment therapy, and other strength-based strategies to treat clients and support them in achieving time-linked, measurable goals. I offer a free 10-minute consultation and look forward to hearing from you.

Clients describe me as warm, engaging, calm, insightful, and clear. I notice patterns quickly and like to empower my clients to understand their own strengths and wisdom in ways that orient them toward shifting whatever needs to shift. I pull on many different disciplines and training modalities and do what Jung said is ideal, I "meet soul to soul" with whoever comes to me for support.

I welcome you to come as you are. I consider our collaborative therapeutic relationship an authentic meeting of equals. I understand you as essentially good, worthy, unique, and capable. In this relationship, your voice matters. And if you're not feeling confident just yet, I'll help you cultivate your authentic voice. I'll help you see your existing strengths and skills, and we'll build on them for further growth. I approach healing and growth holistically and appreciate you as multi-faceted: feeling, thinking, physical, social, and spiritual. Together, we'll consider how to bring these various aspects of you into balance to create your experience of enhanced well-being. My approach to our work is both insight-oriented: we'll seek to understand what's driving your current challenges, and solution-focused: with these new understandings in mind, we'll explore new choices to effect the change you seek. We'll explore the interplay between what's conscious to you now and underlying dynamics that may not yet be fully conscious. We'll aim to bring subconscious dynamics into your fuller awareness to empower your informed agency and choices that are more attuned to your authentic needs and goals. We'll pay closer attention to your habitual thought patterns and consider how unexamined thoughts can sometimes trigger feelings and reactions that haven't been helpful for you. We'll consider expanded perspectives for more integrated, effective views of yourself and others. With mindfulness practice, you'll shift gears from a hurried running on autopilot to a more steady, intentional curiosity and presence to what's unfolding in the here and now. Our therapeutic relationship will serve as a tool for learning about your relationship style and patterns. I draw therapeutic perspective largely from a trauma-informed attachment lens, exploring how your earliest attachments, especially with family of origin, shaped your internal emotional blueprint and expectations about relationships, and how that underlying script has played out, often repeatedly, in your adult relationships. Understanding these early influences allows us to rewrite relationship narratives with informed choice, hanging on to the parts that work, letting go of those that don't. I also draw influence from existential, sociological, systemic, and feminist lenses, exploring the reciprocal interplay between internal landscapes and external social landscapes and influences. My work with couples is influenced by a trauma-informed attachment lens and draws from training in Emotionally Focused Couple Therapy (EFT), Gottman, and Non-Violent Communication (NVC). I bring humility, respect, and genuine interest to our collaboration. My style is down-to-earth, non-pathologizing, and interactive, with healthy doses of humor (when appropriate). I welcome diversity of all kinds and embrace a social justice perspective. I've been in practice as a psychotherapist since 2000.