When Hatoun Altharwa encourages clients to accept that life’s purpose centers on experience and growth rather than on pursuing happiness, she notes that happiness often appears naturally as a byproduct.

She prioritizes building an honest, close relationship with each person she works with. Clients may find they have rarely experienced such an authentic connection before, and as trust develops they begin to share their true thoughts and feelings and embark on their therapeutic work.

That meaningful connection allows for a deep exploration of the self. In the therapy space, longstanding beliefs are examined and new, healthier ways of thinking are cultivated. Clients are invited into a supportive environment to explore meaning and purpose, and to strengthen self-awareness, self-understanding, self-respect, and self-motivation.

Hatoun specializes in work with children, adolescents, families, and adults who face complex issues. She sets aside diagnostic labels and judgment, focusing instead on each person’s experience in its full richness and complexity.

She addresses concerns such as stress, anxiety, LGBT and gay identity matters, family and relationship issues, trauma and abuse, depression, addictions, grief, sleep difficulties, and low self-esteem. Hatoun is a therapist of color, practices in Washington, and brings nine years of clinical experience. She is a Washington Licensed Mental Health Counselor (WA LMHC), license number LH61161457.