Relationship and Marriage Counseling in Mercer Island, WA
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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 Mercer Island, WA
Online in Mercer Island, 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 Mercer Island, WA (Online Only)
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 Mercer Island, WA
Online in Mercer Island, WA
Relationships
Ian Hagemann, MSW
Counselor/Therapist, MSW, SWAA 60977729
When working with couples or groups in sexual and/or romantic relationships, I specialize in non-monogamous, polyamorous, and other open relationships. I believe in enthusiastic consent, healthy boundaries, and mutual respect. I also
7 Years Experience
Online in Mercer Island, 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 Mercer Island, WA (Online Only)
Relationships
Liza Hadden
Counselor/Therapist, MS
Many of my clients start therapy due to relationship challenges. Together we identify what's coming up for you and how to address it moving forward. I have additional training in adult ADHD (and the unique challenges it poses to relationships). Additionally, I have advanced training in women's health (specifically PMS, PMDD, perimenopause, menopause, perinatal & postpartum) and nutritional mental health.
7 Years Experience
Online in Mercer Island, WA (Online Only)
Relationships
Practical Psychology, Inc.
Psychologist, Ph.D.
Relationships can feel especially challenging when your brain works in ways that don’t quite match what others expect. At Dr. Shoup’s practice, you’ll find a therapeutic space built around how you think: full of empathy, structure, and insight. Because we understand how intense focus, rapid associations, or lingering disconnects impact connection, we tailor couples and relational work to translate misunderstandings into deeper understanding, and build communication strategies that really work for your unique style. With support built around your perspective, you can move from friction and confusion toward connection and clarity.
6 Years Experience
Online in Mercer Island, WA (Online Only)
Relationships
Ryan Shannon
Counselor/Therapist, LMHCA, MA, MS
Relationship difficulties often involve more than communication alone. You may repeatedly choose unavailable partners, withdraw when someone gets close, become anxious when a relationship feels uncertain, avoid conflict, struggle to express your needs, or feel lonely even while partnered.
My approach is both insight-oriented and practical. Drawing from Adlerian and psychodynamic therapy, we may explore how childhood relationships, past rejection, family dynamics, and early beliefs about love and security continue to influence the way you connect with others. Understanding these patterns can help you recognize why certain relationships feel familiar, even when they are unhealthy or unfulfilling.
I also use CBT to help you examine assumptions about rejection, abandonment, trust, and self-worth. We may identify distorted thoughts, consider alternative interpretations, and work on responding to relationship stress with greater clarity rather than reacting from fear or past pain.
Therapy with me is honest and collaborative. I will validate your experience, but I may also gently challenge patterns that are contributing to conflict or disconnection. When appropriate, I may suggest behavioral missions, such as expressing a need directly, setting a boundary, initiating a difficult conversation, tolerating uncertainty, or allowing yourself to be more emotionally open.
My goal is to help you develop healthier relationship patterns, communicate more confidently, and become more comfortable with closeness, vulnerability, and conflict. Whether you are dating, partnered, recovering from a breakup, or trying to build more meaningful friendships, we can work toward relationships that feel more secure, mutual, and fulfilling.
1 Years Experience
Online in Mercer Island, WA (Online Only)
Relationships
Vanessa Hooper
Counselor/Therapist, LMHC, PMH-C
I work with couples across many relationship structures, monogamous, ethically non-
monogamous, polyamorous, and cross-cultural pairings on communication, trust, and
connection. Using discernment counseling when needed, I help you get clarity on where the relationship stands and where you want it to go.
6 Years Experience
Online in Mercer Island, WA (Online Only)
Relationships
Sarah Wolfer
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LICSW
Relationship therapy gets a lot more interesting, and a lot more useful, when the therapist isn't quietly assuming your relationship should look a certain way. I work with couples, polycules, and relationships of all configurations: monogamous, non-monogamous, polyamorous, relationship-anarchist, kinky, queer, and everything in between. I'm non-monogamous and kink-informed myself, so your structure is safe here. We'll actually get to the work: communication patterns, repair after rupture, intimacy, trust, the ways your individual histories show up between you. I draw from the Gottman Method and Emotionally Focused Therapy, and I bring an affirming, complexity-honoring lens to every relationship I work with. Telehealth in WA, ID, and FL.
14 Years Experience
Online in Mercer Island, WA (Online Only)
Relationship and Marriage Counseling therapists in Mercer Island, WA Statistics
Relationship and Marriage Counseling therapists in Mercer Island, WA average 17 years of experience and charge around $203 per session. 99% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (73%), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) (40%), and Psychodynamic Therapy (36%).
Average years in practice
17 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$203
Accept insurance
34%
Offer sliding scale
44%
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) |
| 36% | Psychodynamic Therapy |
| 35% | Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) |
| 35% | Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) |
| 34% | Family Systems Therapy |
| 33% | Existential / Humanistic Therapy |
Ages Served
| 99% | Adult |
| 62% | Young Adult |
| 56% | Senior |
| 40% | Teen |
| 22% | Children |
Client Focus
| 55% | Women |
| 47% | LGBTQ+ |
| 47% | Men |
| 26% | Military / Veterans |
| 23% | Hispanic / Latino |