Online Parenting therapists in Olympia, Washington WA
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Parenting
Melanie Carey
Counselor/Therapist, LMHCA
Parenting can be deeply meaningful and also emotionally complex, especially when old patterns, stress, and attachment experiences get activated in the day-to-day relationship with your child. Many parents find themselves feeling stretched thin, reactive in ways they don’t fully understand, or carrying guilt and self-criticism even when they are doing their best.
In therapy, we create space to slow down and make sense of what is happening beneath the surface of parenting stress. This includes exploring emotional triggers, nervous system responses, and the ways your own early experiences may be shaping how you show up with your child.
Rather than focusing on “perfect parenting” or quick behavior fixes, this work supports a deeper understanding of your internal experience in moments of overwhelm. From a psychodynamic and trauma-informed lens, we look at how patterns are passed down, and how they can be gently interrupted with awareness, compassion, and support.
Using Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy, we also pay attention to the body-based “felt sense” that often arises in challenging parenting moments — the tightening, urgency, or emotional flooding that can be difficult to think through in real time. Learning to stay with and listen to these internal signals can create more choice, regulation, and responsiveness over time.
This work is not about eliminating difficult emotions in parenting, but about increasing your capacity to stay present with them without becoming overwhelmed or disconnected from yourself.
Many clients find that as their own nervous system becomes more regulated and understood, their relationships with their children begin to shift naturally — with more ease, repair, and connection becoming possible.
This approach is especially supportive for highly sensitive parents, parents navigating trauma histories, and those who want to break intergenerational patterns while staying deeply connected to their children.
2 Years Experience
Online in Olympia, WA (Online Only)
Parenting
Tacoma Wellness Collective
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Parenting is one of the most profound things a person can do — and one of the loneliest places to struggle. Because from the outside, you're supposed to have it together. You're the adult. You're the one they're counting on.
But parenting brings up everything. Old wounds, old patterns, the voice of your own parents in your head at 7pm when you're exhausted and someone is melting down. It surfaces parts of yourself you didn't know were still there.
At TWC, we work with parents who are trying to show up well for their kids while also tending to themselves — and learning that those two things aren't in conflict. We help parents understand their own patterns, regulate their own nervous systems, and build the kind of presence that comes from doing the inner work, not just reading the right books.
You don't have to be a perfect parent. You have to be a real one. We can help with that.
When you're ready, we're here.
13 Years Experience
Online in Olympia, WA
Parenting
Kate E. Stephenson
Life Coach, ICF Professional Certified Coach (PCC), Holistic Life, Career & Executive
The pressure to be the perfect parent and professional is immense and intense. Our culture covets the perfect life and cultivates a narrative that you can have it all if you just try hard enough. In my most professional capacity, I call NONSENSE on that (insert more forceful word if you'd like). Holistic Life Coaching can be a powerful experience in which we examine, explore, and elevate your own definition of successful parenting, empowering your parental presence according to YOUR values, character, and strengths. I am NOT offering therapy—I leave the work of diagnosis and treatment of medical issues to medical professionals. However, coaching can absolutely complement and supplement any therapy work you are doing; our work together will be therapeutic without being therapy. I offer tools that can increase ease, support the maintenance of positive healthy boundaries, increase satisfaction in your life, improve communication and connection with your children, and so much more. Let's talk about what being a parent means to you.
7 Years Experience
Online in Olympia, WA (Online Only)
Parenting
Alan Brandis, Ph.D.
Psychologist, Ph.D., Licensed Psychologist
Gifted kids have special needs. Here are some of the things that Talented and Gifted children have told us they need help with. They need to:
“...get my teachers to listen to me about being bored.”
“...not get so stressed out about every thing.”
“...find out how to get out of doing busy-work.”
“...know what to do when I get teased for being smart.”
“...convince my mom that I don’t always have to get A+ .”
“...know how to get out of work I miss because of T & G class.”
“...deal with frustration when I already know the subject.”
“...know what to tell my parents when I bomb a test.”
“...know how to get along better with kids who aren’t T & G.”
“...quit acting dumb to get other kids to like me.”
“...not feel embarrassed when kids say, ‘What’s Target Class?’”
“...know how to get along like a regular person.”
“...know what to say when I make a mistake.”
36 Years Experience
Online in Olympia, WA
Parenting
Bobby Newell
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LCSW, SEP
I specialize in supporting parents who are feeling overwhelmed, stretched thin, or unsure how to handle challenging behaviors and emotional dynamics at home. Parenting doesn’t come with a manual, and even the most capable parents can feel stuck at times. Together, we focus on practical strategies to improve communication, set clear and consistent boundaries, and respond to your child in a way that supports both their emotional development and your own well-being. My approach is collaborative, realistic, and grounded in helping you feel more confident, connected, and steady in your role as a parent.
27 Years Experience
Online in Olympia, WA
Parenting
Dr. Adam Shafer (Chicago, IL)
Psychologist, Psy. D., M.A.
Parenting in the best circumstances is hard and comes with inherent stress.
17 Years Experience
Online in Olympia, WA
Parenting
MN Couples & Family Therapy
Psychologist, Ph.D., L.P.
Parenting disagreement is one of the most common sources of relationship distress. I work with parents across the developmental spectrum to find solutions to common challenges. Additionally, I work with couples to find successful conflict management strategies around parenting. Part of the ADHD coaching I provide is for parents to better understand how to help support their children and build skills.
30 Years Experience
Online in Olympia, WA
Parenting
Gina Adorno
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, CADC I
I work with parents navigating stress, identity shifts, emotional overwhelm, and relational challenges in parenting, particularly with school-aged children. Therapy focuses on reducing guilt and reactivity while building more intentional and sustainable ways of responding. We also explore intergenerational patterns and support healthier attachment relationships.
6 Years Experience
Online in Olympia, WA (Online Only)
Parenting
Dr. Shelby Kittinger
Psychologist, PsyD
Parenting can evoke deep attachment patterns and stir unresolved emotions from our own childhoods. I work with parents to understand these dynamics, increase self-compassion, and cultivate relational attunement that supports both their children and themselves.
10 Years Experience
Online in Olympia, WA (Online Only)
Parenting
Rachel Losoff
Psychologist, PhD
As a licensed psychologist and parent myself, I specialize in helping parents navigate the complex journey of raising children. My approach combines evidence-based strategies with real-world parenting experience, offering practical solutions for common challenges such as setting boundaries, managing behavior, and fostering healthy communication. Through our work together, parents gain confidence in their parenting skills, learn to balance their own needs with those of their children, and create a more harmonious family environment.
18 Years Experience
Online in Olympia, WA (Online Only)
Parenting
San Francisco Counseling Collective
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPCC, LMFT, LCSW
At San Francisco Counseling Collective ("SFCC"), parenting support addresses stress, discipline challenges, and relational dynamics within families. We work to strengthen attunement, consistency, and reflective caregiving that supports both parent and child well-being.
9 Years Experience
Online in Olympia, WA
Parenting
Jason Powell
Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, CST
Parenting can reveal the best and hardest parts of ourselves. The same patterns that shape our adult relationships — conflict, distance, sensitivity, avoidance - often surface in how we relate to our children. Therapy provides space to explore those dynamics with compassion and intention, helping you parent from a place of steadiness rather than reactivity. My approach integrates attachment theory and emotionally focused principles, guiding parents toward deeper understanding of their own triggers, values, and needs. Whether you’re navigating co-parenting after infidelity or divorce, struggling with communication at home, or feeling disconnected from your child, the goal is to restore connection and repair - not perfection, but presence. Sessions are available online through HIPAA-compliant Zoom across twelve licensed states, and in person at 220 Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.
5 Years Experience
Online in Olympia, WA
Parenting
Tracy L. Morris
Marriage and Family Therapist, MS LMFT
I found the concept of Family so intriguing as a youth, I decided to get a college degree in it! For me, recognizing that Family is, indeed, a concept constructed by culture and society is crucially important to how Parenting is approached. In no other realm of 'regular' human life do our hauting ghosts come out to play as fervently as when we are parenting children. I work with clients to explore and become clear on their 'ghosts' and then move forward toward the parent they also wanted to be.
11 Years Experience
Online in Olympia, WA
Parenting
Debra Zand
Psychologist, Ph.D.
Parenting therapy helps parents identify, address, and manage their own past or present experiences that may be affecting the way they relate to their child. In some cases, parenting therapy may also help parents better communicate between each other to maintain a cohesive and structured parenting approach. Parenting therapy provides a judgement-free zone for parents to discuss tough moments in parenting and learn how to better manage these tough moments moving forward. Overall, parenting therapy aims to provide parents with the necessary knowledge, tools, guidance, and support to take care of themselves and their children in the most ideal way possible.
26 Years Experience
Online in Olympia, WA
Parenting
Rachael Keyser, PsyD
Psychologist, PsyD
Parenting can be rewarding but also challenging at times. I support parents in navigating the ups and downs of raising children, from behavioral concerns to communication struggles. Through a combination of practical tools and emotional support, I help parents build strong, positive relationships with their children and foster healthier family dynamics.
4 Years Experience
Online in Olympia, WA
Parenting
Allison Lobel
Psychologist, Psy.D.
I offer support for parents navigating the ups and downs of raising children and teens. In a caring and collaborative space, I help parents feel more confident, manage stress, and develop effective communication styles and approaches that nurture stronger connections and the well-being of the whole family.
19 Years Experience
Online in Olympia, WA
Parenting
Sherry Murray
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC
As a Child Mental Health Specialist, my first years of counseling were spent counseling children, and though I no longer see children for counseling, I use that experience to offer much in the way of helping you to parent your children.
27 Years Experience
Online in Olympia, WA (Online Only)
Parenting
Josh Dolin: Life Coach | Purpose Pathfinder
Life Coach
Parenting can be one of life’s most rewarding yet challenging roles. My coaching approach is designed to help you navigate the complexities of parenting, from improving communication with your children to managing stress and finding balance. Whether you’re dealing with behavioral issues, co-parenting dynamics, or simply seeking to enhance your parenting skills, we’ll work together to create personalized strategies that align with your family’s needs. Schedule a complimentary 15-minute consultation to explore how coaching can support you in building stronger, more meaningful relationships with your children.
9 Years Experience
Online in Olympia, WA (Online Only)
Parenting
Dr. Danielle Watkins at Sound Wellness Counseling PLLC
Counselor/Therapist, PhD, LMFT, LMHC, NCC, PMH-C
Parenting can be challenging! I specialize in supporting caregivers as they navigate the challenges and rewards of raising children at any developmental stage. This work helps parents build effective communication skills, set healthy boundaries, manage behavior concerns, and respond to their child’s emotional needs with confidence. Counseling also provides space to address parental stress, self-doubt, and family dynamics. The goal is to strengthen the parent-child relationship, prioritize secure attachment, promote healthy development, and empower parents with practical tools and compassionate support.
18 Years Experience
Online in Olympia, WA
Parenting
Morgan Desai
Pre-Licensed Professional, LMFTA
Parenting can be filled with joy and excitement, but it can also bring feelings such as worry, grief, and anger. Each child at any age brings their own unique achievements and challenges that all bring change and require adjustment. It is also common for parenting to trigger past traumas and adverse childhood experiences, which can be surprising and challenging to process. You deserve to feel supported and feel that you have a space specifically dedicated to you as you navigate all the ups and downs that parenting has to offer.
1 Years Experience
Online in Olympia, WA (Online Only)
Parenting therapists in Olympia, Washington Statistics
Parenting therapists in Olympia, Washington average 19 years of experience and charge around $207 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The most commonly treated issues are Parenting (100%), Anxiety or Fears (86%), and Depression (84%).
Average years in practice
19 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$207
Gender ID
| 75% |
Female |
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| 24% |
Male |
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| 1% |
Non-Binary |
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Session Type
| 63% |
In Person and Online |
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| 37% |
Online Only |
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Top Specialties
| 100% | Parenting |
| 86% | Anxiety or Fears |
| 84% | Depression |
| 61% | Stress |
| 60% | Loss or Grief |
| 57% | Relationship and Marriage Counseling |
| 55% | Self Esteem |