Relationship and Marriage Counseling in Kent, WA
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Relationships
Dr. Danielle Watkins at Sound Wellness Counseling PLLC
Counselor/Therapist, PhD, LMFT, LMHC, NCC, PMH-C
When working with couples in relationship and marriage counseling, I focus on helping couples strengthen their connection, improve communication, and navigate conflicts or life challenges together. This work provides a safe space to explore patterns in the relationship, address misunderstandings, rebuild trust, and deepen emotional intimacy. Counselors support couples in developing effective problem-solving skills, setting healthy boundaries, and fostering mutual understanding. The goal is to help partners create a more satisfying, balanced, and resilient relationship, whether working through challenges or enhancing an already strong bond.
18 Years Experience
In-Person Near Kent, WA
Online in Kent, WA
Relationships
Rebecca Gallagher
Therapist
In my work with individuals, couples and families, I am passionate about helping my clients explore what is holding them back from living their best lives. I am an active and supportive listener and will help you identify and meet your own goals for health and happiness.
13 Years Experience
In-Person Near Kent, WA
Relationships
Humanistic Therapy NW
Therapist, LCSW, LICSW, ACSW, CSWA
We offer relationship and marriage counseling grounded in the Gottman Method to help partners improve communication, rebuild trust, and navigate conflict more effectively. Therapy focuses on strengthening emotional connection, increasing understanding, and building skills that support lasting, healthy relationships.
17 Years Experience
Online in Kent, WA (Online Only)
Relationships
Dr. Michael Drane
Therapist, LMHC
I really enjoy helping people with relationship issues and have been helping to save relationships for many years.
10 Years Experience
Online in Kent, WA (Online Only)
Relationships
Nicole Waters (Flowing Waters Counseling)
Counselor/Therapist, LMHC
Relationships can be one of the most rewarding—and challenging—parts of life. I help couples improve communication, rebuild trust, and deepen emotional connection. Through a supportive and collaborative process, we’ll work to heal old patterns and create a more connected, fulfilling partnership.
7 Years Experience
Online in Kent, WA (Online Only)
Relationships
Brandon Zahl
Counselor/Therapist, LMHC
My role is as collaborator, guide, coach and empathetic listener. Together we will work to explore your goals and how I can best support your journey there. I believe clients can become the heroes of their lives and help them tap into their own wisdom and healing capacity.
6 Years Experience
Online in Kent, WA (Online Only)
Relationships
Alignwell Modern Therapy
Counselor/Therapist
Lindsay and Jane both work with individuals and couples who want to improve communication, navigate conflict, and strengthen emotional connection. Therapy focuses on understanding patterns in relationships and developing healthier ways of relating to one another. Our couples' therapists are highly trained and use the PACT and EFT models.
20 Years Experience
In-Person Near Kent, WA
Online in Kent, WA
Relationships
Tacoma Wellness Collective
Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Every relationship hits seasons that feel harder than expected. The distance that grows quietly over time. The same argument that never quite resolves. The sense that you're living parallel lives instead of a shared one.
Struggling in a relationship doesn't mean it's broken. It often means something needs attention that hasn't had space to be heard yet.
TWC's own Yvonne Roberto works with couples and individuals navigating relationship challenges — communication patterns, trust, intimacy, conflict, and the kind of disconnection that builds slowly and hurts deeply. Yvonne brings warmth, clinical skill, and a genuine belief that relationships can heal when both people are willing to do the work.
If your relationship feels stuck, strained, or like it's lost something you want back — this is a place to start.
If this resonates, we'd love to support you.
13 Years Experience
In-Person Near Kent, WA
Online in Kent, WA
Relationships
Debiruth Stanford
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC, DWTF, CEQP
"Relationships succeed or failure, gradually and then suddenly, one conversation at a time." Fierce Conversations/Susan Scott
Relationships of any kind depend on the quality of the conversation. No conversation. No relationship. I help you be seen and heard so that you can move into choosing the relationship you want. I work with all kinds of relationships: married, partnered, open, polyamorous, friends, parents and adult children, siblings. Even business relationships. Let me draw from the best of Gottman Technique, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Emotional Intelligence, and others to assist you in creating the right conversation and the best relationship possible.
27 Years Experience
In-Person Near Kent, WA
Online in Kent, WA
Relationships
Melanie Carey
Counselor/Therapist, LMHCA
Relationships often bring both deep connection and deep activation. Even in loving partnerships, it is common for couples to find themselves stuck in repeating patterns of conflict, distance, miscommunication, or emotional disconnection that can feel difficult to shift on their own.
In therapy, we slow down these patterns and begin to understand what is happening beneath the surface of interaction. From a psychodynamic and attachment-based perspective, we explore how each partner’s early relational experiences, protective strategies, and emotional needs are shaping the dynamic in the present.
Rather than focusing only on communication skills or surface-level conflict resolution, this work supports a deeper understanding of the emotional cycles that keep couples stuck — including pursuit and withdrawal patterns, sensitivity to rejection, shutdown responses, and unmet needs for safety, closeness, and autonomy.
Using a trauma-informed and Focusing-Oriented approach, we also pay attention to the body-based experience of relationship moments. The “felt sense” can reveal important information about what is happening internally during conflict or disconnection, often before it can be fully put into words. Learning to notice and stay with these internal signals can create more choice, regulation, and empathy in real time.
Therapy supports partners in developing the capacity to stay present with themselves and each other, even in moments of discomfort. This includes increasing emotional awareness, strengthening repair after conflict, and building more secure and responsive connection patterns over time.
Carey Counseling offers support for individuals navigating relational challenges as well as partners in both traditional and non-traditional relationship structures, including polyamorous and consensual non-monogamous relationships.
This work is especially supportive for couples who feel stuck in repetitive cycles, emotionally disconnected, or unsure how to reconnect after rupture — and who are seeking a deeper, more embodied way of understanding and transforming their relationship patterns.
2 Years Experience
Online in Kent, WA (Online Only)
Kent is a south King County city that has become one of the most diverse places in Washington, a major refugee resettlement destination with large East African, Afghan, Ukrainian, Punjabi, and Pacific Islander communities alongside its aerospace and warehouse economy. Refugee and immigration trauma, language access, and economic strain are central mental health concerns, and demand for interpreters and culturally specific care outstrips supply. Valley-area providers, community-based organizations, and King County programs anchor access.
Relationship and Marriage Counseling therapists in Kent, WA Statistics
Relationship and Marriage Counseling therapists in Kent, WA average 17 years of experience and charge around $204 per session. 99% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (73%), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) (40%), and Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) (35%).
Average years in practice
17 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$204
Accept insurance
33%
Offer sliding scale
43%
Gender ID
| 54% |
Female |
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| 40% |
Male |
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| 4% |
Non-Binary |
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| 2% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 57% |
In Person and Online |
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| 42% |
Online Only |
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| 1% |
In Person Only |
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Top Treatment Approaches
| 73% | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
| 40% | Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) |
| 35% | Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) |
| 35% | Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) |
| 35% | Psychodynamic Therapy |
| 34% | Family Systems Therapy |
| 32% | Existential / Humanistic Therapy |
Ages Served
| 99% | Adult |
| 62% | Young Adult |
| 56% | Senior |
| 39% | Teen |
| 21% | Children |
Client Focus
| 56% | Women |
| 46% | LGBTQ+ |
| 46% | Men |
| 26% | Military / Veterans |
| 23% | Christian |