Holistic Jungian therapist specializing in trauma and relationships
I am licensed in Washington with 10 years of professional counseling experience and hundreds of proud and happier clients. I work with clients ranging in ages from young teens with weak self-understanding and self-esteem to clients in their senior years, dealing with devastating losses, deaths, grief, and disturbing changes.
I have observed that anxiety is one of the greatest reasons my clients give for seeking help. Sleep difficulties and resultant depressive symptoms so often run hand-in-hand with anxiety and high levels of stress. In therapy, we work from the inside out as we explore what we know, what we can change, how we can grow and how we can better respect and give to ourselves and to others in our lives.
Relationship or communication issues are often reasons given by couples or domestic partners when they are experiencing a breakdown in their coupleship. These relationships too often combine ineffective coping patterns that were actually learned early in each individual person’s childhood homes.
I work with my clients to create a trusting and safe environment where thoughts and feelings can be shared without fear or judgment.
Another area is working through trauma , whether it be a one-time natural disaster or complex trauma that can so often follow family addiction, neglect, emotional abuse, mental illness or death of a sibling or parent…all traumas that drain us of personal confidence and positive self-esteem. Without those, we often have difficulty creating helpful ways of making wise decisions or even trouble being able to judge who is good for us or who might be toxic or dangerous in our life.
Doing important “deep dives” to change maladaptive issues can truly help us change negative patterns, learn more effective coping strategies, change thinking patterns, and being willing to respect and value the differences in a friend or partner, resulting in greater respect for themselves and our partners.
Teens far too often today are dealing with bullying, social media that begs comparison with others who look “perfect” but gradually damages a young person’s self-esteem and personal confidence which is at the core of becoming and being our best selves.
Finally, I enjoy working with those trying to recover from addiction and working with their families so they can take better care of themselves and their families in the face of addiction. I can help teach much about learning to feel less afraid, less trapped by their loved one’s addiction. There are certain ways we can begin to live our lives emotionally more removed from the addiction that plagues our family. We can then work gently toward a healthier individual understanding and family wholeness.
Taking the first step to sign up for therapy does take courage but the results of living a better, more enjoyable life is so worth the work and the effort to change. We can grow, ask the right questions, and gain pride in ourselves as we see change day by day and week by week. Hurray for getting started!!!
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Rebecca Waterston is a licensed mental health counselor in Washington (WA LMHC LH61251153) with 10 years of professional counseling experience and hundreds of proud and happier clients. She works with a wide age range, from young teens who are building self-understanding and self-esteem to older adults coping with devastating losses, grief, and significant life changes.
Anxiety is a common reason people seek Rebecca’s support. She frequently addresses sleep difficulties and depressive symptoms that accompany high stress and anxiety. In therapy she guides clients to examine their inner experience, identify what can change, build healthier habits, and develop greater respect and care for themselves and others.
Relationship and communication struggles also bring many people to her office. Rebecca sees how unhelpful coping patterns often originate in early family life, and she helps couples and partners learn new ways to relate that break those cycles.
Creating a trusting, safe environment is central to her approach so thoughts and feelings can be expressed without fear or judgment. She also provides trauma-focused work, whether for a single traumatic event or complex trauma linked to family addiction, neglect, emotional abuse, mental illness, or the death of a sibling or parent. These experiences can erode confidence and self-esteem, making decision-making and identifying healthy versus toxic relationships more difficult.
Rebecca supports clients in doing important deep work to change maladaptive patterns, develop effective coping strategies, and shift unhelpful thinking. Part of that process often involves learning to honor differences in partners and friends while increasing self-respect.
She is attentive to the pressures facing teens today, including bullying and social media-driven comparisons that undermine self-esteem and personal confidence. Rebecca also works with individuals recovering from addiction and with their families, teaching ways to feel less trapped or driven by a loved one’s substance use and to begin living with healthier emotional boundaries.
Starting therapy requires courage, and Rebecca encourages those ready to begin. She focuses on steady, visible change so clients can grow, ask constructive questions, and gain pride in themselves as they make progress week by week. Hurray for getting started!!!
Many people wonder whether therapy delivered online truly helps. For common concerns such as stress, anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, or navigating life transitions, remote therapy has been shown to be comparable in effectiveness to traditional in-person care for most people.
One major benefit is flexibility – clients can connect in the way that suits them best, choosing video calls, phone sessions, live chat, or in-app messaging. This variety makes it easier to fit counseling into a busy life and to maintain continuity of care.
Each therapist involved in online practice is a licensed professional, and clients are free to switch to a different therapist if they seek a different fit. Online formats can provide a practical, accessible route to consistent therapeutic support while addressing many common mental health and relationship concerns.
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