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“you are ready to feel more confident, alive, and fulfilled in your relationships.”
You’re so tired. The anxiety, the insecurity, the constant stress in your relationships, the perfectionism—it’s all just wearing you down. You give and give and give, but it never feels like “enough,” and just leaves you depleted and anxious.
Your friends and loved ones try to help you, but they don’t know what to say. And honestly, it feels like they don’t always see you—not the real you, at least. But you hardly blame them, because you’re not even sure who the real you is anymore. You’ve been putting everyone else’s needs and opinions ahead of your own for so long, you’ve lost touch with your own needs.
when self-help isn’t enough.
You try to do all the self-care things you know you should. You listen to emotional health podcasts and read all the self-help books, and that stuff is good, but it almost makes you feel more discouraged sometimes, like you have to do it all on your own. You still feel emotionally overwhelmed and don’t really know how to process the build of emotions inside of you.
Half the time you don’t know what you feel. Some days you’re holding back tears; other days you’re numbed out and lacking motivation; other days you’re running on anxiety and on the verge of a panic attack. The stress is even causing your health to suffer sometimes. Something needs to change, but you’re not even sure where to begin.
looking for a therapist in tacoma, wa?
My name is Kate Hagborg, LMHC, and I provide counseling for women in Tacoma, WA to help you feel more confident, alive, and fulfilled in your relationships—with people, in your spirituality, and most importantly with yourself.
In counseling, we will delve into the process of how you can learn to first love yourself in a way that is deep and fulfilling, which sets the stage for rewarding relationships, meaningful work, and tapping into your inner creativity.
I can help you heal at the source for lasting change.
Together we will equip you with tools to understand what you are feeling, calm the overwhelm, and get your needs more effectively. For those clients who want to integrate their spirituality into counseling, I also offer faith-based counseling.
I use a trauma-informed method called brainspotting therapy that is effective at helping women get to the root of what is driving the insecurity, depression, and anxiety by bringing healing to those wounds at the source. Often once these wounds and traumas are addressed, clients feel a greater sense of peace, self-compassion, and hope.
“You were made to love your life.”
Imagine waking up in the morning looking forward to your day because you get to be you! Imagine enjoying fulfilling relationships where people see and love the real you. You feel engaged in your creativity, tapped into your passion, and doing work that you are proud of at the end of the day. Imagine feeling more spiritually alive than ever and brimming with joy and peace, even while still being in process. This is the kind of life you were made for.
you are ready for change.
If you’re looking for counseling in Tacoma, WA or online counseling in washington state, call today for a free 15-minute phone consultation to see if we might be a good fit to help you reach your goals to leave the insecurity, anxiety, and overwhelm behind and start loving the real you. Because the real you is pretty darn amazing. My specialties include anxiety therapy, relationship stress, and brainspotting therapy.
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If you’re ready to find a therapist in Tacoma, WA, I would love to have a chat and see if we would be a good fit to work together to help you reach your goals of being more confident, relationally fulfilled, and spiritually vibrant. Click here to give me a call or schedule a free consult today,.
Frequently Asked Questions About finding a therapist in Tacoma, WA
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Counseling and therapy are generally interchangeable terms. When looking for a counselor or therapist in Tacoma, WA, you just want someone who is licensed and who has the expertise to help you reach your goals. When researching therapists, check out the About page on their website to learn about their license type and experience. Most therapists offer a free phone consultation, and on that call you can ask more about their experience in working with clients with your issue. Check out this blog post with more tips on what to ask a potential therapist in your consultation call.
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As a therapist in Tacoma, WA, I might be biased, but I think everyone can benefit from therapy! Counseling isn't just for severe mental illness. Yes, counseling can help you to address symptoms such as anxiety, depression, people-pleasing, burn-out, and emotional overwhelm. But it can also help you live more in-line with your values, vision-cast for your future, identify your strengths, improve your relationships, enhance your creativity, or unlock new levels of performance in your passions and pursuits. Therapy can be just as much about optimizing your life as it can be about fixing what's not working.
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Currently I do not offer in-person appointments and all appointments are online sessions. Online therapy in Tacoma, WA can be just as effective as in-person therapy and offers the benefit of being more convenient for many people. There's no need to arrange childcare or commute, and you can have a session from the comfort of your own space. Read more here about the benefits of virtual therapy.
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Counselors and therapists in WA are most of the time Master's level trained professionals who are licensed and credentialed through the state of WA to provide mental health services. They have the designations of LMHC (licensed mental health counselor), LCSW (licensed clinical social worker), or LMFT (licensed marriage and family therapist). Master's level trained therapists cannot write prescriptions for medication.
A psychologist is generally a doctorally trained mental health professional and has a degree such as a PsyD. or a PhD. They may offer therapy and other services such as psychological testing, or do research. They may or may not provide therapy services.
A psychiatrist is a medically trained mental health professional who can write prescriptions for medications. They are less likely to offer therapy, but may work in conjunction with a mental health therapist.
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There are a lot of therapies out there--EMDR, CBT, ACT--it's alphabet soup! How do I know which method is right for me?
The good news is that you don't need to know all about all of these methods to find the right therapist in Tacoma, WA for you. Countless studies about the effectiveness of therapy show that the most important factor in positive outcomes is having a relationship with a therapist you feel comfortable with and whom you trust. These should be the number one things you look for in a therapist.
But you also want someone with expertise to help with your issue. Ask the therapists you are considering to tell you about the methods they are trained in and would recommend for your goals.
I personally use a mixture of therapies such as cognitive behavioral therapy, strengths-based approaches, and solution-focused methods, depending on my clients' goals. But I also like to integrate brainspotting therapy, which is a therapy based on neuroscience that helps clients find rapid, lasting and deep change at the source. This therapy works with the brain and the body, and helps clients find transformation in a way that talk therapy can't. Check out more about how brainspotting therapy could help you here.