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Dr. Sally Chung creates a safe and compassionate environment for you to work through the hard spots in life. Her background in systems and integrative psychology fits perfectly with Emotionally Focused Therapy. She is a licensed clinical psychologist who conducts therapy and psychological assessment in the states of Washington and Hawaii.

Love can be hard and it is worth all the work you put into your relationships. Being able to recognize how damaging patterns suck you and your partner in endless loops of pain, and creating a new, positive, team-oriented patterns can help you and your partner grow closer and more connected. Dr. Chung loves helping couples reconnect with one another, understand each other, and feel safe being vulnerable in the relationship. She works with clients who may be struggling with depression, anxiety, work/school stress, life transitions, trauma, or relationship difficulties. She enjoys working with people from diverse cultures, religions, and backgrounds. Please check out the website for more information! Free 20-minute phone consultations available.

I believe that the quality of our relationships determines the quality of our lives. As a marriage and family therapist, I work with individuals and couples to create thriving and vibrant relationships with themselves and the important people in their lives. I bring years of experience working with couples and families and have a deep understanding of the complexity of adult relationships. My work is grounded in attachment theory which establishes that we are relational beings wired for connection and belonging. I am passionate about guiding individuals and couples toward relationship health, healing, and decision making, and when inevitable toward intentional uncoupling.

I bring ten years experience as a family law attorney and mediator to my therapeutic work. I help clients gain clarity about their relationship. I work with individuals and couples to revitalize a relationship that has become stale or disconnected by rebuilding emotional and physical intimacy. I am highly skilled in working with couples who are in the midst of a crisis and are on the brink of divorce. I offer healing, insight, reflection, rebuilding, and relationship skills.

You are welcome to schedule a 30-minute consultation to see if we are a good fit at mettarel.com.

It takes courage to reach out for help if your relationship is suffering. The benefits of engaging in couple therapy can be rich and rewarding. Emotionally Focused Therapy works from the understanding that the quality of our connection to our life partner is essential to our sense of well-being. I work with couples to help identify negative patterns that have developed and to build and deepen connection and understanding between partners.

Please call me for a 20-minute phone consultation at no charge to see if we might work well together.

I believe we are all created for connection in relationship, and that all relationships have the potential to bring great joy and great struggle. I believe in the importance of the therapeutic relationship between us, and that addressing the concerns that bring you to therapy can be a process that brings healing, transformation, and growth. My approach to counseling varies but is primarily informed by attachment and a relational psychodynamic perspective. EFT is a novel adaptation of attachment theory that helps restore the bonds of connection in our most important relationship, the one we share with our significant other. My hope is to help each and every couple I meet with to experience a more fulfilling relationship based upon strengthening the bond between them.

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I work together with my wife, Karin Matthews, as a co-therapy team to help couples bring more connection and life to their relationships.

Karin and I are two very different people: female/male, extrovert/introvert, expressive/reserved, with different careers and cultural backgrounds. Working together as a team allows us to offer you the benefit of our combined backgrounds, personalities, and perspectives. We find that our own diversity meshes well with the diversity within the couples that we see and helps us make sense of what both partners of a couple are experiencing.

If you’re having a hard time with conflict, or are feeling more distant and disconnected than you’d like, we can work with you to help you understand how you’ve come to be stuck where you are and to find new ways to navigate your differences with compassion and respect for yourselves and each other.

I help couples get underneath cycles of criticism, stonewalling, and distress so that they can find intimacy and connection and a way forward. I also specialize in working with blended families and parenting conflicts. My work is attachment trauma–informed, and it is greatly influenced by the couple-oriented work of Sue Johnson and Emotionally Focused Therapy. I am currently certifying as a sex therapist and invite couples and individuals working through sexual dysfunction to seek me out.

I believe in creating a non-judgmental, safe place for couples to resolve distress and discover intimacy. I welcome clients of all sexual orientations and gender identities.

Counseling can help you get unstuck, set goals, reduce anxiety and depression, take action to feel better, and help you have more control of your life. With a compassionate and supportive approach, I help people find real solutions to important issues in life, work, and relationships. I help people identify negative emotions and limiting beliefs and replace them with healthy coping skills and positive strategies to change their lives.

Through integrating current research in neurobiology and attachment, I help couples acknowledge, respect, and understand each other better. I help couples break negative patterns that undermine their relationships and find real tools for improving their communication and connection. Education and understanding of each partner's emotional regulation is an important part of the process. Conflict is a normal part of couple communication. Every couple has both a positive and negative communication cycle. Conflict intimacy is learned and an important part of growing together. When couples understand how their emotions, needs, and behaviors affect each other in the communication cycle, they learn how to maintain secure attachment and foster positive relationships.

Every person, couple, and family struggles from time to time. Sometimes it is hard to get through these rough patches alone. Having a compassionate and supportive individual attending to your concerns provides a safe environment to create positive change. As a marriage and family therapist who uses emotionally focused therapy, I am curious about interactions that are keeping you stuck in the uncomfortable and enthusiastic about conversations that begin to create understanding and new patterns of connection.

I focus on many aspects of being human including relationship issues, depression, anxiety, grief/loss, life events, transitions and specialize in sexual health and intimacy.

I also utilize narrative therapy, trauma-focused therapy, tantric and mindfulness practices, and motivational interviewing. I am a Certified Integrated Intimacy Professional (CIIP).

You and your partner are struggling right now, and maybe have been for a long time. Life's transitions such as retirement, marriage, or birth of a new child can make staying connected with your partner quite difficult at times. Or other challenges in your relationship can leave you with difficulty trusting and feeling alone or like roommates. You both are tired of being stressed, tired of all the yelling, tired of being tired. Going to therapy can be scary, but you won't be alone. With me, you and your partner will cry, laugh, and work hard together!

My practice is in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle at Meaningful Journey Counseling, and I focus on couples counseling and relationship issues for individuals. I hold a Master’s degree and a Doctorate in Clinical Psychology. My training in EFT and interpersonal process therapies influences my approach to working with both couples and individuals in a present-focused and validating manner.

Please contact me for a complimentary 15–20 minute phone consultation to see if we'd be a good fit.

You know the best thing you can give to your children is a healthy marriage, and yet getting along with your partner is one of the hardest things to do? I help couples feel close and connected in their relationship, so it's a win-win situation for everyone.

Just because you've been fighting like clockwork or living like roommates does not mean it has to stay that way. If you only have one shot at life, make it count.

Let's do this together. Give me a call today.

Please note that my practice is full, and I am no longer accepting new couples.

Since 1984, I have been a licensed psychologist practicing in the Pike Place Market area. I see individuals and couples for depression, anxiety, life transitions, and interpersonal problems.

My career changed about four years ago when I first heard Sue Johnson speak. She described the yearning that all people have to feel safely attached, to feel secure in the arms of the person they love. She described EFT and showed videos of the work. Her lecture changed my career. I have taken both levels of training and hope to become certified as an EFT therapist.

I have been challenged, excited and inspired by the EFT philosophy, practice and approach. It’s neither simplistic nor easy. But it is tender, nonjudgmental, and optimistic. When EFT works, important moments happen…and those moments can lead to lasting change.

My therapy practice is 100% online, serving all of Washington state. My hours are 6am–2pm Monday–Thursday.

I work with couples and individuals to develop insight and vision to live life to its fullest by helping them gain an understanding of their negative patterns and develop new healthy relational styles. I chose to be an emotion focused therapist because I found this process to have the most transformative impact on relationships and improving individual wellbeing.

I also have a special focus working with individuals and their loved ones to address the social, relational, and emotional aspects of living with chronic pain and other chronic issues.

Feel free to contact me and see how I can help!

Each of us is profoundly influenced by our love relationships and how our families impacted us. These relationships shape how we respond to the complexities and challenges of life. Negotiating difficulties can sometimes leave us feeling lonely, frustrated, overwhelmed, and in conflict with loved ones. I work with individuals, couples, and families to create and strengthen secure bonds in your significant relationships. Strong and secure relationships increase confidence, emotional security, and emotional well-being in the face of life's stressors.

My practice focus includes relational difficulties, depression, anxiety, grief/loss, PTSD, chronic illness, and more. In addition, I enjoy working with individuals, couples, and families who are impacted by ASD. Having completed advanced training in Emotionally Focused Therapy, I utilize EFT and an attachment framework to support my clients. I am currently pursuing ICEEFT certification as an EFT therapist.