Welcome
Although life’s challenges can feel overwhelming at times, finding our way is possible. Reaching out for help and connection can be an important first step.
I provide support to individuals experiencing…
Loss and grief
Trauma symptoms
Change and transition
Relationship issues
Chronic illness and pain
Long-term caregiving
End of life
Services
Individual counseling and psychotherapy for adults
Brief family therapy
Counseling for elders (Geriatric Mental Health Specialist)
Treatment
Counseling sessions are collaborative and conducted with compassion, respect, and curiosity. We will consider where you feel stuck, as well as identify what will support your flexibility and freedom. Depending on your needs, this process may include lessening the impact of traumatic experiences, learning ways to manage distress, practicing self-kindness, and increasing engagement in what gives meaning and purpose to your life.
The approaches I rely on include mindfulness- and acceptance-based cognitive behavioral therapies, EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy), ego state therapy, somatic approaches, clinical hypnosis, and prolonged grief treatment.
About Wendy
As a licensed clinical mental health counselor and geriatric mental health specialist, I am committed to helping people adapt to life’s challenges and live fully. For more than twenty years, I have provided support to clients experiencing anxiety, depression, grief, and trauma symptoms. In addition to my private practice, I served as a grief counselor at hospice for more than a decade.
Contact
1330 S. 2nd Street Mount Vernon, WA 98273
I return calls as soon as possible, usually within two business days.
In-person and teletherapy appointments available.
Fees
$110-$145 per session
Insurance: Regence Blue Shield
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LH60963813, Washington State
Registered Hypnotherapist, HP61322505, Washington State
Geriatric Mental Health Specialist, Washington State
Certified Thanatologist (death, dying, bereavement), Association for Death Education and Counseling
EMDR-certified Therapist, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing International Association
Certification in Clinical Hypnosis, American Society of Clinical Hypnosis
Advanced Certificate in Complex Trauma and Dissociation, International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation
MA, Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Antioch University Seattle
MS, Gerontology, University of Massachusetts Boston
If you are in crisis:
Call or text 988 (national suicide and crisis lifeline)
Go to the nearest hospital emergency room
Life has not forgotten you…
it holds you in its hand;
it will not let you fall.
~ Rainer Maria Rilke