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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.

Marlon Familton launched Bellevue Family Counseling, LLC in 2008 after graduating from Bastyr University (LIOS) with an MA in Applied Behavioral Science. He specializes in working with adults on relationship issues, driven by the belief that the desire to feel safe and secure in a loving relationship is one of our primary purposes in life. Marlon, author of Fix Your Partner in 10 Easy Steps or Less, supports couples who want to create a more happy and secure relationship as well as individuals working to overcome life's challenges, using the latest effective types of therapies for the best results.

I believe in the power of couples therapy, and using the EFT model in particular. I understand how painful it can be to experience ongoing conflict or distance in our most important relationships. Sometimes we need a new way of looking at things—within us and between ourselves and our partner—to understand what's going on. With this new understanding, we can start to make the changes that will lead to a closer, more connected relationship.

Oftentimes, couples wait a long time before seeking help. It can be scary not knowing what to expect, and wondering if it will really help. By this time, they have experienced a lot of pain, and have established negative ways of interacting as a way to cope with the stress.

I've recently relocated to San Juan Island. I'm available for therapy sessions via videoconferencing. I'm also available in person if you're interested in traveling to Friday Harbor for an extended session, such as half a day, a full day or even two days.

Don't wait! Help is available—just take the first step. Call or email me today and we can talk about how I can help.

I am a firm believer in the power of healing relationships and know that as human beings, we all need connection to thrive. It's difficult to feel 100% if our relationships aren't satisfying and right. If you are uneasy or unsure about investing in couples therapy, don’t hesitate any longer. Relational satisfaction is a key component to your mental well-being. We are meant to connect with others. So, it makes sense that when our relationships are in distress, feelings of sadness and loneliness creep into our life. Whether you are dealing with on-going conflict, communication issues, loss of connection, or violations of trust, I can be your relationship consultant to further explore what’s going on and help you figure out what you want for your relationship. Contact me today!

Our couple and family relationships are where we experience our greatest highs and our greatest lows. That’s both wonderful and difficult, frustrating, and confusing. But it’s normal. I love helping people understand what activates their panic, fear, and withdrawal in these important relationships, and how they get caught in a negative cycle or “dance.” If we can be clear about what we are reacting to, and the stories we tell ourselves about each other and our relationships, we can learn to explore those with each other safely, and learn what is really under the surface. Learning to slow down and communicate more accurate emotional messages has been shown to change relationships and enhance connection, creating the secure bond and safe haven that we all long for. I enjoy working with people from all backgrounds. I invite you to consider working with me, and I offer a free telephone consult to determine if we are a fit.

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 am a psychologist who provides Emotionally Focused Therapy for couples, families, and individuals through telehealth. I am taking new clients. I am a board certified Telebehavioral Health provider.

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 specialize in offering 3-day Couples Intensives. Meeting together over 3 days allows us to dive into what is happening for each of you, to gain insight into yourselves and your current relationship, and to build bridges towards a more fulfilling, supportive connection you both want. Whether you live locally or travel from elsewhere, I encourage you to block off the whole three days from any other commitments. Create a buffer for yourself and your partner to just rest, connect, and explore Bellingham’s many culinary and outdoor opportunities.

Our closest relationships can empower us to become our best selves and they usually invite our growth in ways that challenge us. Feeling disconnected from your partner can be deeply painful and impact other areas of your life. When we feel safe and secure within our closest relationships, we are free to be more curious, open, and take more initiative in all other aspects of our lives.

I work in partnership with people to identify ways problems have affected their lives—and strategize ways to help them regain control over their lives. I work collaboratively examining challenges/problems, particularly looking to uncover life experiences that contradict problems—contradictions that may provide ways for people to create preferred ways to live with those challenges.

Perhaps the best statement that reflects my philosophy of practice is from Michael White: "The problem is the problem; you are not the problem."

I have been working with couples and families for over 20 years and am passionate about working with couples who are struggling with conflict resolution and communication. I enjoy teaching couples new skills that can help them have the relationship they have always hoped to achieve. I also find it rewarding to work with adults who are struggling with anxiety, depression and trauma.

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!

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

When your relationships struggle, your entire life can be a struggle. At times it can seem that even though you desire rewarding and fulfilling relationships, countless obstacles prevent this from happening. We can all find ourselves stuck in this place at times, unable to change personal situations or navigate difficulties in relationships.

I provide evidence-based care using EFT to help couples connect rather than fight. Working with individuals, I help navigate depression, anxiety, grief, loss, and life transitions. I am particularly drawn to working with individuals in addiction recovery, as well as those impacted by other people's addictions. I provide a free 20-minute phone consultation for prospective clients.

I believe that sometimes in our partnerships when we try to connect we can end up in a cycle of communication that is not helpful. This is no one’s fault. Couples therapy can be a place to slow down, unpack this cycle, help you both understand your own individual experiences and share it with the other in a way that is digestible in service of creating healthier and loving dynamics. I am here to help you to work together we will work to clarify your values, understand your motivations and behaviors, and implement healthier patterns within your relationships. I can help you discover and move towards what truly matters to you. Let me help you be the best versions of yourselves in your partnerships. My areas of specialization are inter-racial, intercultural and neurodivergent couples.

I have been a marriage and family therapist and a mediator for 28 years. The focus of my therapy practice is Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy, as well as individual counseling for those struggling in their intimate relationships. Too many therapists have only been trained to work with individuals and just add couples work to the services they offer…because they can. Yet, without a firm grounding in how people act and react in their intimate relationships, the therapist will get lost in endless efforts at problem-solving and assigning homework that seems to go nowhere (or worse, makes people even more distant and dispirited). EFT provides a salubrious lens through which struggling partners can view their painful cycle of conflict or disconnection. It guides us to a way out of that cycle. Albert Einstein said that we can’t solve a problem with the same thinking that created the problem in the first place. EFT provides a new, different way of thinking. This work is a revelation and I would find it a privilege to join you in this journey of discovery and forging peace and closeness where you might have thought that they could no longer be found. I invite you to learn more about me and my approach on my website and in my book (available on Amazon): Divorce (or Not): A Guide – Part II – How to Choose and Use a Couple Therapist.

I work with all kinds of couples, and I particularly love working with couples where illness or disability is a relationship issue. I also have significant expertise in working with couples where one or more partner has a trauma history.

I am a bilingual (Spanish-English) psychotherapist who helps couples and individuals improve their communication and develop their potential, to grow as personally and in relationships. Through EFT I have found the framework to enable my clients to see where their relationship is trapped without blaming one person. We focus on how 'my behavior influences how you react, which at the same time influences how I respond to your response.'

I can help you adjust to major life changes (acculturation process, medical illness, separation, empty nest, PTSD, depression, anxiety, and more) and strengthen your ability to cope with adversity and regain peace. I am interested in the psychological, biological, social, and spiritual well-being of the person.

I am originally from Chile, where I studied and provided therapy for 4 years. I earned my master’s degree in marriage and family therapy and a certificate in medical family therapy at Seattle Pacific University.

I am passionate about using Emotionally Focused Therapy in my work with individuals, couples, and families because of how I have found it to help clients get in touch with and powerfully express the deeper feelings and needs behind what has kept them stuck with themselves and others.