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Rainy Season, Restless Mind: How EMDR Can Help When Seattle Winters Feels Extra Heavy

Why Seattle Winters Hit So Hard Seattle winters bring short days, gray skies, and long stretches indoors, which can quickly intensify low mood, anxiety, and isolation. When you already carry stress or trauma, this seasonal heaviness often lands harder because your nervous system is already working overtime to stay regulated. For many people, winter becomes […]

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Meet Anna Stevens LMFTA — Marriage and Family Therapist at Steffen Counseling Services

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Allow Us to Reintroduce Anna Stevens, LMFTA We’re excited to celebrate the transition of Anna Stevens, previously a clinical intern, into her new full-time role as a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapy Associate with Steffen Counseling Services! Anna brings a grounded, relational presence to her sessions—defined by warmth, empathy, and curiosity. Her integrative approach reflects a deep

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Understanding PTSD and Knowing When to Seek Treatment

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Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is a serious mental health condition that can develop after experiencing or witnessing a traumatic event. This includes a natural disaster, serious accident, sexual assault, war, or the sudden loss of a loved one. PTSD involves ongoing symptoms that persist for weeks, months, or even years—interfering with a person’s daily life

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When to Seek Mental Health Counseling

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Let’s talk about mental health for a moment. It’s such a huge part of our overall well-being, yet many of us struggle to know when it’s time to ask for help. Life can throw all kinds of challenges our way, and sometimes those challenges show up as emotional struggles or even physical symptoms. But how

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Choosing the Right Therapist for Trauma Recovery

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Choosing the right trauma therapist can be a transformative step in the healing process, but it’s not always easy to know where to start. When we are hurting, it can be difficult to take the steps towards healing. Whether you’ve experienced a single traumatic event or ongoing, complex trauma, the therapist you choose can make

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Affordable EMDR Therapy: Accessible Healing for All

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Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy is an increasingly popular and powerful treatment method for trauma and various mental health issues. However, access to qualified EMDR therapists can often be limited due to high costs and full caseloads. Fortunately, clinicians at Steffen Counseling are available to make EMDR therapy more accessible to those in

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Welcome To Our New Intern, Kelsey Tushar!

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Please join us in welcoming our new clinical intern, Kelsey Tushar (she/her), to Steffen Counseling Services! She is a clinical mental health graduate student at The Seattle School, currently pursuing her Masters degree. She is now offering affordable, sliding-scale therapy sessions via telehealth for all of Washington State. Kelsey is a Certified Trauma Professional (CTP),

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Anna Stevens: Our Newest Intern!

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Steffen Counseling Services is excited to introduce our new clinical intern, Anna Stevens (she/her)! Anna is a queer-identifying and neurodivergent therapist who is sincerely dedicated to creating a supportive and inclusive space for her clients. With a degree in Psychology from Ohio State University and a background in research, she is well-equipped to support clients

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Welcoming Liz Rogers to our Team:

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Hello readers, We are delighted to announce the newest addition to our group practice, a talented and compassionate therapist, Liz Rogers, LMHCA. In her own words: I am so excited to be joining SCS full-time after working with my internship clients this past year plus! I particularly enjoy working with individuals on mind/body integration, meaning that you know in your mind

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