Life Transitions therapists in Yelm, WA
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Life Transitions
Humble Steps Psychotherapy
Licensed Clinical Social Worker, LICSW, APHSW-C
Navigating major Life Transitions—whether it is retirement, a shifting health status or changing family dynamics—can deeply destabilize your sense of identity. Drawing on my extensive background supporting individuals through profound life changes, I provide a grounded, collaborative space to process the anxiety of the unknown. We will work together to honor what you are leaving behind while building the internal and somatic resilience needed to step confidently into your next chapter.
15 Years Experience
In-Person Near Yelm, WA
Online in Yelm, WA
Life Transitions
Melanie Carey
Counselor/Therapist, LMHCA
Life transitions can bring both change and uncertainty, even when they are chosen or positive on the surface. Shifts such as career changes, relationship endings or beginnings, relocation, identity exploration, health changes, or emerging creative directions often stir deeper questions about who you are and how you want to live.
During these periods, it is common to feel ungrounded, emotionally activated, or disconnected from your usual sense of self. Even meaningful transitions can bring grief, anxiety, confusion, or a sense of being “in-between” identities or life chapters.
In therapy, we slow down and make space for the emotional and embodied experience of change. From a psychodynamic perspective, we explore how past transitions and attachment experiences may be shaping your current response to uncertainty, loss, or new beginnings.
Using Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy, we also listen to the “felt sense” of transition — the often wordless, body-based experience of not yet knowing what comes next. This helps bring clarity and grounding from within, rather than forcing quick decisions or external answers.
Rather than rushing toward resolution, this work supports you in staying present with the threshold space of change. This can include processing grief for what is ending, making room for ambiguity, and gently sensing into what is emerging.
As nervous system regulation increases and inner clarity strengthens, many clients find they are able to move through transitions with more trust, steadiness, and self-compassion — even when the path ahead is not fully defined.
This approach is especially supportive for creatives, highly sensitive individuals, and those navigating identity shifts or life reinvention who want to move through change in a way that feels grounded, intentional, and internally guided.
2 Years Experience
Online in Yelm, WA (Online Only)
Life Transitions
Roderic Burks - Integrative Mental Health
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, MS, MS HSc, MA, LMHC, LPC
Life transitions can bring uncertainty, loss, and new opportunities that feel overwhelming. I help clients navigate these periods by exploring the emotions, patterns, and parts of themselves that are activated during change. Together, we build clarity, resilience, and strategies to move forward in alignment with your values and authentic self.
26 Years Experience
Online in Yelm, WA (Online Only)
Life Transitions
Gwen Evans
Life Coach, Bachelor of Social Work
While change can be scary, it is also exciting and filled with hope! My goal is to help you see the possibilities that are present in the midst of change, even when it is unexpected (or unwanted). Because with an attitude of faith, all things are possible ...
26 Years Experience
Online in Yelm, WA
Life Transitions
Carrie Gauthier
Hypnotherapist, Certified Clinical Hypnotherapist, CCHt
I work with men and women going through major life changes on keeping it together, finding clarity, processing grief/loss and defining new goals. We use a variety of modalities to bring new truths to the surface and uncover powerful new discoveries about who we are and what we want out of life, along with what brings us the greatest feelings of reward, meaning and purpose. We use a variety of modalities for this, including pineal gland breathing, which is highly effective at changing chemical states from fear to joy in only a few minutes. Clients find this highly effective if they wake up in the morning dreading the day. With it, is a return to safety and hope is reborn.
2 Years Experience
Online in Yelm, WA (Online Only)
Life Transitions therapists in Yelm, WA Statistics
Life Transitions therapists in Yelm, WA average 13 years of experience and charge around $204 per session. 100% offer online sessions. The top treatment approaches are Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) (73%), Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) (51%), and Motivational Interviewing (MI) (36%).
Average years in practice
13 Years Experience
Average cost per session
$204
Accept insurance
58%
Offer sliding scale
31%
Gender ID
| 69% |
Female |
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| 26% |
Male |
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| 3% |
Non-Binary |
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| 2% |
Gender Fluid |
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Session Type
| 51% |
In Person and Online |
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| 49% |
Online Only |
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Top Treatment Approaches
| 73% | Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) |
| 51% | Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) |
| 36% | Motivational Interviewing (MI) |
| 34% | Person-Centered Therapy (Rogerian) |
| 33% | Psychodynamic Therapy |
| 30% | Existential / Humanistic Therapy |
| 28% | Behavioral Therapy |
Ages Served
| 98% | Adult |
| 72% | Young Adult |
| 49% | Senior |
| 36% | Teen |
| 8% | Children |
Client Focus
| 56% | Women |
| 39% | LGBTQ+ |
| 35% | Men |
| 27% | Military / Veterans |
| 24% | Black / African American |