Melanie Carey (she/her)

MA, LMHCA
Accepting Clients

I help highly sensitive adults with anxiety, complex trauma, and relational burnout in embodied, Focusing-oriented psychotherapy.

Licensed Clinical Mental Health Counselor Associate in , WA
Supervised by Stacie Apple, LMHC

Services
  • Individual
  • Couples

About My Clients

My clients are over-functioning creatives with a wide range of experiences and neurodiversities, feeling stuck in trauma patterns or blocked in creative expression looking for healing that reconnects body, intuition, and purpose. I help individuals and partners (poly and non-romantic affirming) navigate anxiety, developmental depression, relational trauma, codependency, reproductive trauma, grief, complex trauma, creativity blocks and spiritual inquiry.

My Background and Approach

I am a psychodynamic depth therapist integrating mindfulness, trauma-informed CBT, and Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy. With a background in hypnotherapy and Reiki energy healing, we listen to mind, body, and soul—your past and present—to integrate your story, heal relational wounds, explore unconscious patterns, and support sustainable change beyond words. I’m trained in Focusing-Oriented Psychotherapy, which means change happens in a gentle, supported space. We listen to what your body already holds and let healing unfold. This approach is helpful when talk therapy hasn’t reached the root, especially for those seeking deeper, permanent healing that honors creativity and spirituality without bypass.

My Personal Beliefs and Interests

​​​I came to this calling through a winding path. I worked in theatre and performance exploring the healing power of story and the spark of connection that comes through the arts. I taught yoga and learned the empathy that comes from encountering how trauma tells its tale on our bodies and the release that comes when we are well guided towards freedom. I am a Reiki master teacher and I came to know how energy moves and changes when one is in a safe space. I provided hypnotherapy; discovering the body's and the psyche's wisdom and how exploring the foggy and implicit experience of our past and present can be both safe and nourishing. I've been a caregiver for beloved young people and elders and I've witnessed rapid growth and messy exploration. I have also sat with the dying and seen what surrender looks like. All of this has been in the service of healing and I bring this with me to the therapy room.

Techniques I Use

Specialties
Couples Counseling Depth Therapy Hypnotherapy
Other Techniques
  • Coaching
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Contemplative Therapy
  • Culturally Sensitive Therapy
  • Energy Psychology
  • Existential Therapy
  • Experiential Therapy
  • Psychodynamic Therapy
  • Internal Family Systems
  • Relationship Counseling
  • Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)

Issues I Treat

Specialties
Anxiety Burnout Relationship Issues
Other Issues
  • Aging Concerns
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment
  • Body Image Issues
  • Burnout
  • Codependency
  • Depression
  • Divorce
  • Grief or Loss
  • Historical/ Intergenerational Trauma
  • Infertility
  • Insomnia
  • LGBTQ-Friendly Therapists
  • Marriage Counseling
  • Parenting
  • Polyamorous and Open Relationships
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Self-Esteem
  • Spirituality
  • Women's Issues

At A Glance

  • Experience: 2 years of practice
  • Languages: English
  • Rate: $180 - 195/session

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