How does Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT) work?

My most important commitment is that you feel truly affirmed, empowered, and heard. I listen with deep curiosity and humility, always honoring your unique story and how your lived experiences have shaped your values, hopes, and emotional needs. Whether you’re grappling with anxiety, self-doubt, grief, people-pleasing, or power struggles in your relationships, I create a nonjudgmental space to explore complex feelings like guilt, insecurity, jealousy, regret, resentment, and more. I also offer a deep understanding of cultural pressures, marginalization, and power dynamics. For over 15 years, I've worked alongside diverse communities in public health and education––from LGBTQIA+ centers, sexual health programs, and reproductive justice organizations, to disability centers, trauma-informed crisis lines, and under-resourced schools. Across nearly two decades, I have supported numerous people of color and immigrants––many of them queer and/or trans––as they negotiated multiple perspectives on belonging, cultural authenticity, discrimination, failure/success, faith, family, sexuality, and social class. Witnessing the tenacity, self-awareness, compassion, and character of cycle-breakers was one of a few major motivators for entering the profession. I earned an M.Phil.Ed. in Professional Counseling from the University of Pennsylvania's Graduate School of Education and an Ed.M. in Human Development & Psychology at Harvard's Graduate School of Education.

I believe that we are all wired for connection and that our relationships deeply shape how we understand ourselves, others, and the world around us. When connection feels uncertain, unsafe, or threatened, we often develop ways of coping that help us protect ourselves and maintain a sense of safety. While these strategies may have served an important purpose at one time, they can sometimes become patterns that leave us feeling stuck, disconnected, or unfulfilled. My work is centered on helping clients explore these patterns with curiosity, compassion, and care. I offer a depth-oriented approach that supports clients in building greater self-awareness, understanding their emotional world, and reconnecting with their authentic selves. Together, we create space for healing, integration, and new ways of relating that feel more grounded, meaningful, and fulfilling.

If you’ve ever felt like your mental health care focused more on managing symptoms than understanding why you feel the way you do, you’re not alone. My approach starts with meeting you where you are, listening closely to your story, and helping you rebuild wellness from the inside out. I’m a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner with an integrative and functional approach to psychiatry. I work with adults and adolescents experiencing anxiety, depression, ADHD and focus concerns, burnout, sleep difficulties, hormonal or menstrual-related mood changes such as PMDD, and those who may feel frustrated after trying treatments that haven’t fully helped. Rather than rushing to a diagnosis or prescription, I take time to understand the bigger picture. We may explore sleep, nutrition, stress, hormones, metabolic health, nutrient deficiencies, medications, lifestyle, relationships, and other factors that can influence how you feel. When appropriate, treatment may include psychiatric medication, psychotherapy, targeted nutritional or lifestyle strategies, supplements, laboratory evaluation, or a thoughtful combination of approaches. I also have a special interest in helping people who want to better understand their medications, reduce unnecessary medication burden, or explore carefully planned tapering when clinically appropriate. You deserve a space where you can ask questions, understand your options, and participate fully in decisions about your care. My goal is not simply to help you feel “less symptomatic,” but to understand what may be contributing to how you feel and build a treatment plan that makes sense for you and your life.

I work with clients across the lifespan that are experiencing anxiety, depression, increased stress or life changes, grief, or other emotional or behavioral concerns. Specializing in treatment of Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, child development, attachment, and trauma/dysregulated nervous system. Vast knowledge and experience working with children, teenagers, and families in a compassionate and patient centered setting. At this time, I offer virtual/telehealth appointments only and do not accept insurance, allowing for more privacy and autonomy in client's treatment. Sliding fee scale available for clients have financial hardships and superbill can be given upon request.

I acknowledge how brave it is to seek mental health treatment and want to ensure everyone feels included in our safe space. I am passionate in working with a wide range of diagnoses, such as anxiety, peer relationships, self-esteem, and stress management. I acknowledge the bravery it takes to seek therapy and utilize this in my person-centered approach. I also utilize other modalities such as ACT, CBT, and Mindfulness-Based Therapy. I strive to create a safe, welcoming, non-judgmental environment where progress can be made at the pace of each client. From me, you can expect authenticity, compassion, support, understanding, and patience. I can’t wait to work with you and assist you on your journey!

I’m an LCSW with nearly 20 years of experience working across outpatient therapy, school-based settings, home-based services, crisis intervention, and telehealth. Over the course of my career, I’ve worked with people across a wide range of ages, backgrounds, and life circumstances, which has taught me to quickly understand what each person needs and adapt accordingly. My particular area of focus is relational trauma, especially the lasting impact of manipulation, control, emotional invalidation, and difficult family dynamics. I work with adults who may have spent years questioning themselves, over-explaining, people-pleasing, feeling responsible for other people’s emotions, or struggling to trust their own perceptions. I have a particular interest in helping adults of manipulative or narcissistic parents, partners, or caregivers understand these patterns and begin to reclaim a stronger sense of self. Clients often describe feeling supported and understood rather than judged. My goal is not simply to help someone cope with what is happening, but to help them develop greater clarity about their experiences and relationships, recognize patterns that may no longer serve them, develop greater compassion for themselves, and build the confidence and courage to make meaningful changes. I believe therapy should be collaborative and individualized. I respect each client’s values, beliefs, spirituality, culture, and perspective on what healing and wellness mean to them, and I work with clients to identify approaches that feel both supportive and genuinely useful within the systems they are part of.

Danielle Wiggins, founder of Space Takes Practice, offers trauma-informed somatic, EMDR, grief, OCD, and movement therapy.

I am a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Marriage and Family Therapist with 25 years of combined experience helping individuals, children, and families reduce trauma, relational challenges, and emotional pain. I use a strength-based approach and collaborate with each client to create an individualized treatment plan that supports healing, reduces distress, and builds resilience.

I am accepting new clients, specializing in women and young adults. As young adults, you have it harder than ever: you’re dealing with a high cost of living, having to live with your parents longer than you’d prefer, poor job prospects, uncertainty about your career, struggling to make and maintain friendships, increasing student debt, as well as the exposure to social media and the high expectations you develop of yourself as a result. Then you have the pandemic that affected so many of you during high school and/or college, causing you to miss the big events that many were looking forward to. I have worked with many young adults over the years and have seen first hand the stress and anxiety that all of this causes your generation. Allow me to help you navigate through these uncertain times and provide you with the tools to help you forge a path forward. Change isn’t easy, and it can be scary, but it is necessary in order to move forward. Together we can work to identify and overcome the obstacles in your life that are preventing you from reaching your potential and realizing your goals. I can help you gain insight and develop healthy coping skills so that you may experience personal growth. Contact me today for a free 15 minute consultation to see if we would be a good fit to work together.

I’m a licensed clinical psychologist based in Seattle, Washington. I specialize in helping individuals and their families manage emotions, increase resilience, strengthen communication and build healthy supportive relationships.