Susan St Vrain, LMHC

Susan St Vrain is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in Washington with 30 years of clinical experience helping people find balance during periods of stress, anxiety, grief, and life transition. Her training includes trauma-informed approaches for both adults and youth, with particular experience addressing anxiety, depression, grief and loss, trauma and abuse, ADHD, traumatic brain injury, sleep concerns, relationship and family issues, and caregiving stress. Susan holds the credential LMHC - Licensed Mental Health Counselor.

Her work is client-centered, holistic, and oriented toward transformation. She combines mindful, body-centered methods such as therapeutic yoga, somatics, mindfulness and meditation, and movement therapy with established psychotherapies. Practically speaking, she draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Emotionally-Focused Therapy, Attachment-Based and Client-Centered approaches, existential perspectives, hypnotherapy, and motivational interviewing to tailor treatment to each personâs needs.

Susan frames the therapeutic relationship as collaborative and creative, viewing clients as experts in their own lives and partnering with them to develop solution-focused strategies. She aims to offer a warm, nonjudgmental environment that supports growth and expanded self-care, especially for those recovering from neglect or abuse. Her background in psychoeducation and body-mind practices supports clients who wish to integrate movement and somatic work into their healing.

She believes therapy can open pathways to a more balanced and fulfilling way of relating to oneself and others. Susan is committed to supporting people through change and acknowledges the courage it takes to begin that work. She hopes to meet prospective clients soon.