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Saint is currently accepting new clients!
In network with Premera, Lifewise, Kaiser
Out Of Network rate - $140 per 55 minute individual session.

What’s good?! How Y'all doing?
My name is St.Ennah Akudihor but you can call me Saint for short. I am originally from down south New Orleans, Louisiana but moved to Seattle in 2017. I am black, specifically of Nigerian Descent. I identify as queer and also non binary, specifically agender and genderfluid and polyamorous.

My practice is grounded in creating a space you can come in to be your authentic true self. Within my therapeutic space, I acknowledge that trauma has impacted us in one way or another, so being intentional about creating a trauma informed space is vital. When it comes to my practice, I keep in mind that our society, systems in our society, institutions, our identities, and our various communities and interpersonal relationships influence our perspective and the way we move through life.

I work with Adults and youth (+13). I thrive most when I am serving queer and trans, black, and brown communities. I like to think about myself as a relational therapy who supports clients process different events and struggles that come up in life. I provide LGBTQIA+ affirming mental health therapy. I also bring in an afrocentric perspective into my work as a way to work towards decolonizing our minds and bodies in the way we think. I provide support around topics such as anxiety, depression, trauma, race, gender, sexuality, navigating relationships, navigating interpersonal conflicts. I draw from different modalities which includes CBT. Acceptance and Commitment Theory, Intersectional Feminism, Systems Theory, and Relational Cultural Theory, and Racialized Trauma Healing, which I am currently learning more about. I am also an artist outside of being a therapist so I plan to explore ways to incorporate art into my practice.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

I received a B.S. in Petroleum Engineering from Louisiana State University. I then completed my Masters in Social Work (MSW) from the University of Washington in 2022. Now you may be wondering…that's quite the switch. Yes! Yes, it is! For me I realized that I did not want to be a part of an industry with so many negative impacts to communities globally.

I have been in the social service field since 2015. I have worked as a CNA, behavioral specialist, youth counselor, intake specialist, housing case manager, and since May 2022 a mental health therapist. I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker Associate (61306200). As a therapist with an associate license, I receive clinical supervision from Carrie Pope, LICSW Credential Number LW60640903.

VALUES

As a black non binary therapist, I value creating a space to be vulnerable: a space where you are seen as your authentic self, a space to be able to grow and heal on your life journey.

Let me leave you with this, you are the expert of your own life and that's something I want to honor and respect. I am here to support you with growing and healing. When you step into my space I want you to understand that you are valued. My hope is to always take a collaborative approach in your own healing journey.

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Valentinya is currently accepting new clients!
In network with Premera, Lifewise, Kaiser
Out Of Network rate - $140 per 55 minute session.

Valentinya identifies as an anti-authoritarian, chronically ill, white, queer, non-binary, femme. They are descendant of German and Belarusian immigrants, and currently live in Seattle on the stolen land of the Duwamish and Coast Salish Tribes.

They practice from anti-oppressive, anti-racist, harm-reduction, trauma-informed, relational-cultural, systems, and person-centered frameworks. You know you best, and their intention is to create a safe space and offer tools for you to build your self efficacy. Exploring what approach resonates with you most, Valentinya utilizes modalities and tools based in Somatics, Internal Family Systems, Attachment, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness, nature and art.

They work with youth 13+ and adults across the lifespan. Valentinya provides LGBTQIA+ and gender affirming mental health therapy; they also provide support in navigating and exploring: relationship to self and others (sex and body positive, ethical non-monogamy and poly affirming), anxiety, depression, trauma, family of origin, disability, chronic-illness, grief, life transitions and challenges. They’re passionate about bringing an intersectional, anti-oppressive approach to therapy— highlighting how our relationship to ourselves, community, environment, and historical legacies impact and affect each other.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Valentinya received their BA majoring in Counseling and Psychology, minoring in Social and Political Studies from The Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA, June 2016. They later completed their MSW with an emphasis in Integrative Health and Mental Health from the University of Washington, Seattle, WA, June 2022. As a therapist with an associate license, Valentinya receives clinical supervision from Carrie Pope, LICSW Credential Number LW60640903.

VALUES

Valentinya values authenticity, transparency, kindness, social justice, autonomy, community, sustainability, intersectionality, and reflection. Valentinya strives to identify and deconstruct with you privileges and oppressions that racism, sexism, classism, capitalism, cis-sexism, heterosexism, sizeism, ageism, ableism, xenophobia, and colonization fosters. They believe that individual justice, liberation, growth, and healing is connected to that of others and the environment.

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Cal is currently accepting new clients!
In network with Premera, Lifewise, Kaiser
Out of Network Rate $140 per 55 minute session.

My name is Cal, and I was born and raised in Chicago on the unceded homelands of the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Potawatomi Nations. I descended from Sicilian and Irish immigrants, and I am white, Jewish, non-binary and queer. I currently live in Seattle with my partner on the stolen land of the Duwamish and Coast Salish Tribes.

I decided to become a therapist because of the insufficient LGBTQIA+ representation in the mental health field. Not only are there limited queer providers, but the field of psychology has been weaponized against the queer community historically. I acknowledge the inexcusable pain that many queer clients have experienced while attempting to seek treatment for their mental health. with a trauma informed approach that is collaborative and respectful of their identity, I meet clients who may feel mistrustful and hesitant about seeking mental health services. I believe that as a queer client, you deserve to be affirmed and treated with dignity by your provider.

Some of the approaches that I use with clients include DBT (Dialectical Behavioral Therapy), ACT (Acceptance and Commitment Therapy), Narrative Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing. I want clients to be able to walk away from our work together with tangible skills that they can use in their life.

I’ve worked with folks who are experiencing depression, anxiety, anger, PTSD, personality disorders, substance misuse, mood disorders, stress, and trauma. I view these experiences as reasonable outcomes to the challenges of life in this western culture, especially as marginalized people. I am also knowledgeable about the complexities of neurodivergence (including Autism and Attention Deficit Disorder) as a non-man.

I enjoy addressing interpersonal issues with clients. Humans are inherently social beings, and we thrive when our relationships with our friends, partners, co-workers, family, and other community members are happy and healthy!

Approaches that I might use while working with individuals who are struggling with interpersonal issues include applying some principles from the Gottman method, practicing interpersonal effectiveness skills from DBT, and assisting individuals in setting and maintaining personal boundaries.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING:

I graduated from Illinois State University in 2021 with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology and minors in Women’s and Gender Studies and Sociology. I was then introduced to social work and I graduated with my master’s in social work from University of Illinois in 2023. During the last year of my master’s program, I worked as a counselor with an employee assistance program, primarily serving clients from international communities.

I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker Associate in the state of Washington (61441076). As a therapist with an associate license, I receive clinical supervision from Carrie Pope, LICSW Credential Number LW60640903.

VALUES

My core values are based in treating others with dignity and respect, first and foremost. As a provider, I’m intentional about creating a space that people can feel safe and comfortable in.

I value cultural humility and anti-racism both in my work and my personal life. I value understanding the connections between folks physical, mental, social, and environmental health, providing effective mental health assessment and treatment. I’ll likely ask you about how various systems of oppression have impacted you and your mental health.

I value protecting individuals’ autonomy and privacy, and meeting clients with emotional support based in non-judgement and warmth. No issue is too big or too small, and no topic is off limits. I welcome you to share whatever is on your mind.

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Sam is accepting new clients!
In network with Premera, Lifewise, Kaiser
Out Of Network rate - $140 per 55 minute individual session and $160 per 55 minute group therapy sessions.

Sam identifies as white, queer, fat, and femme.

Sam’s practice is grounded in creating safety within the therapeutic space that is both trauma-informed and intentional. Being mindful of the many oppressive systems impacting our lives, she is passionate about bringing those into awareness while their client’s navigate healing and survival.

Sam works with youth (13+) and adults providing LGBTQIA+ affirming mental health therapy focusing anxiety, depression, chronic illness, life transitions, relationship navigation, and trauma. Drawing on different modalities including Internal Family Systems, Somatics, Mindfulness, and CBT, they works to support folks in creating both softer and stronger relationships to themselves and their communities and in feeling closer to self liberation.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Sam received her BA in Psychology from the University of San Francisco in 2015. She completed her Masters in Social Work (MSW) from the University of Washington in 2022. Sam has experience in community mental health settings providing case management support as well as experience working in group practice settings. They are a Licensed Clinical Social Worker Associate (SC61324464). As a therapist with an associate license, Sam receives clinical supervision from Carrie Pope, LICSW Credential Number LW60640903.

VALUES

Sam values vulnerability, safety, connectedness, intentionality, and social justice. Sam also values using a relational and person-centered approach. She believes that we all have the inner wisdom needed for healing and liberation.

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Anis IS accepting new clients!
In network with Premera, Lifewise, and Kaiser
Out Of Network rate - $140 per 55 minute session and $160 per 55 minute group therapy session

Anis lives and works on Duwamish land. They identify as queer, non-binary, non-monogamous, disabled, Tsinay, and an absolute sweetheart. They look forward to connecting with any client invested in personal and collective growth. In particular, they hope they can be a resource for survivors who are QTBIPOC (gaysians and theysians, say hey), abolitionists, and community organizers. They offer a therapeutic space that’s akin to time with a community auntie or a night of karaoke: a space that invites in ritual, big feels at whatever volume, and laughter.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

They earned a BA in Art from Santa Clara University and a Master of Social Work from University of Washington. They learn most from their QTBIPOC community. They are a fan of narrative therapy, harm reduction, and an intersectionally feminist, strengths-based approach to client work.

VALUES

Clinical spaces can and do cause clients harm. In their role within this system, Anis values informed consent, peer-to-peer support, and brave mess. They value community accountability and anyone who risks social capital to say or do the necessary thing. They value abolition and decolonization as diligent practices and inevitable futures, not marketing terms. They value complexity and conversations that trouble and expand our stories of survival. They value pleasure. They value their clients’ spiritual relationships with their ancestors and the many planes of existence. They take care to divest from thin privilege and light-skinned privilege, while acknowledging that they can never fully understand a system that unjustly benefits them.

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Kaitlyn is accepting new clients!
In network with Premera and Lifewise.
Out of network rate - $160 per 55 minute session, $180 per 55 minute group therapy sessions.

Kaitlyn identifies as a white, cis, fat, queer woman. She grew up in Illinois and now lives in Seattle with her wife and their 2 cats on the stolen land of the Duwamish and Coast Salish Tribes.

Kaitlyn operates from a feminist anti-oppressive stance. She is a trauma-informed therapist who is dedicated to helping her clients work through current stressors, relationship challenges, and past trauma. Kaitlyn enjoys working with many client populations and has experience supporting members of the LGBTQIA+ community, survivors of intimate partner violence and sexual assault, individuals who are grieving, and folx who are navigating challenging or toxic familial relationships. Kaitlyn particularly enjoys working with clients who have childhood and complex trauma and are navigating challenging relationships with their family of origin or considering setting boundaries/ limiting contact with their family of origin.

Kaitlyn is experienced in working with young adults, adults, and older adults. She has worked as a hospital social worker, and she has seen first-hand the challenges people face while navigating the medical system. Kaitlyn also has experience working with clients who have chronic health conditions such as MS, CRPS (chronic regional pain syndrome), neuropathy, etc. Kaitlyn’s goal is to provide clients with a safe, non-judgmental space for them to share their feelings, receive feedback, and learn skills to help them. She is passionate about empowering clients to discover their worth, release feelings of guilt and shame, and live authentically as themselves.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Kaitlyn is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker in Washington and Iowa. She received her Bachelors in Science (psychology) from Bradley University in Illinois and her Masters is Social Work (MSW) from San Diego State University. Kaitlyn has experience working in community mental health, case management/hospital social work, and has been a therapist for another company since March 2023. Kaitlyn is certified in DBT and is a Certified Complex Trauma Professional (CCTP-II). Kaitlyn is also trained in CBT and uses concepts from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Internal Family Systems (IFS) in her sessions.

VALUES

Kaitlyn values safety, honesty, connection, and empathetic communication. She also values having an open mind and enjoys guiding clients as well as learning from them. Kaitlyn recognizes that not everyone grew up in a safe or supportive environment and values guiding clients through the process of learning that they are not at fault for their toxic family system or for any abuse they may have experienced in their lives.

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Aselefech is accepting new clients!
In network with Premera, Lifewise, Kaiser
Out of Network rate – $140 per 55-minute individual session, and $160 per 55-minute group therapy sessions.

Aselefech (She/Her) identifies as a displaced Black immigrant, hailing from the Oromia region of Ethiopia. Through the exploration of pre-colonial practices and traditions, leaning on healing justice principles, Aselefech invites her clients to think critically about what it means to return back to self in a liberated and embodied way, to examine their relationship with self and the world in order to heal from their trauma, and to ensure folks’ healing practices, tools, and ways of being are practiced and aligned with their intentions of healing.

She works with youth 16+ and adults. She has a particular interest and expertise supporting people impacted by family separation, adoption, immigration, eating disorders, racial trauma, grief, workplace burnout, anxiety, and depression, and those impacted by oppression such as racism, ableism, sexism, classism, queerphobia, and fatphobia. When working with clients, as a body-based therapist, Aselefech leans on somatics, meditation, and ancestral exploration, while drawing from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Mindfulness, which are tools that have transformed her healing and sense of belonging.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Aselefech received her Bachelor’s in Sociology with a focus in Black Studies from Bowie State, a Historically Black College in Bowie, MD. In 2022, she completed her MSW with an emphasis in Integrative Health and Mental Health from the University of Washington, Seattle, WA. As a therapist with an associate license, Aselefech receives clinical supervision from Lara Hayden, LICSW Credential Number LW60629606.

As a published author, strategic advisor, generative somatic facilitator, and community organizer, Aselefech has over 10 years of experience working in nonprofit, government, and healthcare, with a focus on community and population health, partnering with and supporting individuals and systems working through conflict and systemic transformation.

VALUES

Aselefech values Interdependence, Self-expression, Freedom, Creativity, Love, Collectivism, Autonomy, Justice, Spirituality, Forgiveness, Self-acceptance, and Humor. She believes that through personal transformation and community care, we can work through the harms of capitalism, accessing liberatory practices that bring us to our most authentic self.

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Tygh is currently accepting new clients!
In network with Premera, Lifewise, Kaiser
Out Of Network rate - $140 per 55 minute session, and $160 per 55-minute group therapy sessions.

Tygh identifies as a white, fat, queer, trans fem, witchy, radical fairy, and handbag collector!

Tygh originates from Chehalis, Washington and currently lives in Tacoma. Their upbringing in a rural community informs their queer identity and clinical practice; it allows them to deconstruct the pressures of metronormativity and offer understanding for the queer folk who constructed their identity outside of queer spaces. Tygh practices primarily from a person-centered social justice framework using a narrative, feminist, and queer-centered lens. They  provide talk-based therapy in a trauma informed, anti-oppression, and harm reductionist space. Working with LGBTQIA+ clients is Tygh’s clinical focus, as they know what it’s like to receive therapy that doesn’t center queerness.

Within the therapeutic space, Tygh uses humor, empathy, and unconditional positive regard to build rapport with their clients. They believe clients' strengths and dreams are at the very center of their healing journey. They strive to foster a therapeutic experience that offers support, understanding, and sass to explore day-to-day stress, burnout, and micro/macroaggressions that inform why clients are seeking therapy. Through narrative therapy, Tygh provides a structure for clients to construct the life they most want to live while also acknowledging and providing space to explore the current system and injustices that are outside of their control. Tygh specializes in providing gender affirming care for trans clients looking to explore their identities; empowerment for survivors of domestic & sexual violence who are looking to take back their lives; a safe space for emerging adults as they navigate our scary world; and an affirming home for sex workers and other marginalized groups who are looking for understanding, intersectionality, sex positivity, and a kink- & poly-informed practitioner.

Tygh works with teens (16+) and adults focusing on treating anxiety, depression, life transitions, relationship issues, minority stress and burnout, grief work, gender affirming care, identity exploration and formation, trauma, and neurodivergence.

Education

After receiving their AA from Centralia College in 2011, Tygh transferred to Western Washington University and earned their BA in Communication and Queer Studies, graduating in 2013. After many years of working in retail and customer service where they found their passion for working with people, they decided to pursue their MSW at Widener University where they graduated in 2021. While working on their MSW, they worked as a domestic violence & sexual assault advocate where they first began providing advocacy and case management to underserved communities. Tygh decided to become a therapist after seeing the injustices that individuals face in crisis and the harmful impact therapists have on their clients when they do not use a social justice lens.

Values

Tygh cites honesty, empathy, authenticity, and humor as their core therapeutic values. Being who you are is the most radical form of self-expression and activism, and that is the ultimate goal that drives the care you will receive. Through this, the work will challenge our system that prioritizes the patriarchy, capitalism, and other tools of white supremacy that aim to keep the status quo.

LICSW, Clinical Supervisor

Currently accepting new Associates

Lara identifies as a white, fat, queer agender person. Their favorite question to ask is "How can we make things suck less, together?". Lara's favorite folks to work with are people impacted by systems that aren't made to support them. She loves working with folks of all identities and has particular experience supporting people who are queer, trans, non-monogamous, fat, disabled, and neurodivergent.

They practice from an anti-oppressive, feminist, relational framework; their goal is to support individuals in seeking survival and joy while experiencing the mortifying ordeal of being known. She has a collaborative model that prioritizes the therapist sharing "insider information" about different therapy approaches so each individual can choose which tools resonate with them. This results in care that incorporates tools from narrative therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, and dialectical behavioral therapy. Lara is experienced in working with youth, adults, and families navigating career, chronic illness, gender-affirming medical care, eating disorder care, fertility care, and parenting.

As a clinical supervisor, Lara is passionate about helping connect the dots between mental health private practice, academic and evidence-based resources, and the informal resources that our clients bring to the table. As a clinician and a supervisor, they are just as likely to bring you a free resource, a journal article, a meme, or sometimes even all three. They are passionate about helping both clients and clinicians build joy, rest, and sustainability into life under capitalism.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Lara is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker in Washington and Idaho. They are also an approved clinical supervisor for associate level clinicians working toward licensure in Washington State.

They received their Bachelors in Social Welfare (BASW) and their Master of Social Work (MSW) degree from the University of Washington with a concentration in interpersonal practice health and mental health.

Lara is an adjunct instructor and clinical instructor at the University of Washington School of Social Work. In addition to their work with Alluvial, Lara also provides adoption home study reports for LGBTQ+ families seeking confirmatory adoption, gender-affirming care documentation, and facilitates support groups for trans and queer folks building their families via pregnancy. She has experience working in community health care, including chronic disease support, HIV clinical case management, student health services, and hospital-based outpatient care clinics. They provide training on eating disorder informed care for all bodies, queer and trans fertility and family building, the intersections of neurodivergence and gender affirming care, and making systemic change in health care.

VALUES

Lara values connection, authenticity, and community. They value imperfection, persistence, and learning together. They believe that life under racism, cisheterosexism, ableism, and capitalism is too dangerous for any of us to go it alone.

LICSW, Clinical Supervisor, Co-Founder

Practice is full. Not currently accepting new clients.

Carrie identifies as white, non-binary, femme, and queer.

They provide LGBTQIA+ mental health therapy, gender-affirming mental health therapy, and they work with individuals across the lifespan. They are focused on supporting their clients access to well-being in their bodies, minds, hearts, relationships and communities.

Their practice is intergenerational, feminist, anti-racist and relational. Their specialties are life transitions, trauma, end-of-life, grief and loss, aging, caregiver stress, chronic illness, chronic pain, disabilities, Alzheimer’s and other forms of dementia, religious trauma/deconstruction, queer identity and the LGBTQ+ community, and supporting mental health (attachment, relationships, substance abuse, depression and anxiety) while navigating life challenges. They are focused on how the impacts of racism, agism, ableism, classism, misogyny & transmisogyny, anti-fat and anti-gay dominator culture impacts individuals and communities’ ability to navigate survival in this world.

They are polyam, kink, queer affirming and sex and body positive.

EDUCATION AND TRAINING

Carrie is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker in Washington (LICSW), Oregon (LCSW) and Nevada (LCSW). They are also an approved out-of-state telehealth provider in Florida and an approved clinical supervisor for associate level clinicians working toward licensure in Washington State.

They received their BA in Human Services from Western Washington University and went on to complete their Master of Social Work (MSW) degree from the University of Washington with a concentration in multigenerational practice.

Carrie is a contracted support group facilitator for the Center for Chronic Illness and frequently facilitates grief support groups through the Greenwood Senior Center. They have experience working in long term care settings, adult day programs, caregiver support, arts programs, and their private mental health therapy practice.

They are trained in and influenced by mindfulness therapy, EMDR, EFT, IFS, feminist therapy, narrative therapy, relational therapy, anti-racist therapy, and will collaborate with their clients to find an approach that resonates best with each person.

CERTIFICATIONS

EMDR

VALUES

Carrie values the process of unlearning. This often means the unlearning of the harmful messages that white supremacy and cis heteropatriarchy have taught to our bodies, minds, and communities and that often become internalized. They value a process of connecting to and/or rebuilding our values with compassion and care for ourselves, our communities and the natural world. They value engagement in the work of bringing those ideas, beliefs and values out of our cognitive minds and into our bodies, to become integrated beliefs about ourselves.

They are passionate about justice, about liberation, and about connection – to self, others, nature, etc.

In loving memory

September 1983-February 2024

We are heartbroken to announce the death of one of our co-founders, family members, dear friends, community members and therapists, Rae Rome.

Alluvial would never have come to be if it weren’t for Rae’s vision, creativity, passion for queer and trans community (therapists and clients alike) and their belief in our great capacity to heal and thrive as queer and trans people living in this world.

Rae lived many lives in their time here on this earth and they touched so many people. They were an amazing and caring therapist who loved their clients and worked hard for them to have mental health care that was radical and accessible. They were also a farmer, a gardener, a musician, an artist, a beloved relative, friend, partner, pet parent, uncle, community member. One loved by so many and one who loved so many and so fully. They are missed every day and we are heartbroken.

We know that Rae’s sudden death has shaken many in our community and the ripples of grief are very far reaching. We don’t want anyone to be alone in their grief for this amazing human. If you knew Rae personally or professionally, and are in need of support or would like information on ways that we are collectively celebrating and mourning this incredible human, please reach out to Carrie (carrie@alluvialcounseling.com) or Lara (lara@alluvialcounseling.com)

In honor of Rae today and every day, please take care of yourselves, laugh with your loves, cuddle your fur babies, take yourself to nature, reach out to loved ones who can hold your grief. Queer life is sacred. Queer grief is sacred. We are with you and sending you all love and care.

Donations can be made in Rae’s honor to the Trans Women of Color Solidarity Network Fund (https://gofund.me/a3ff641c) or the Black Farmer’s Collective (https://www.blackfarmerscollective.com/donate) or to Rae’s family (please reach out to us for info on how to do this).