Brian Whitmer, LCSW

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Services

  • Individual psychotherapy for adolescents and adults

  • Family therapy for children (6 and up) and their caregivers

Specialties

  • Trauma/PTSD

  • Anxiety and depression

  • Self-destructive impulses and behavior

  • Grief and loss

  • School concerns

  • Relationship conflict, changes, and transitions

  • Adoption/foster care

  • Substance use

  • Personal growth/meaning

Approach & About

My intention is to create a place of rest and gentle reflection, where you can put down your burdens, kindly observe them, and when you are ready, leave them behind. A place where you will find acceptance for all that you are and a place where you can let go of all that you are. The work of therapy—reflection and letting go—can be difficult. It is difficult to look at what has been hidden beneath the symptoms that cause us so much suffering. I honor your courage in choosing this path. My hope is to aid you in making the work easy and light. I will go at your pace, focus on what is important to you, and be humbly receptive to your feedback about my approach. 

If you are seeking therapy for your child, I will start by listening to your concerns and working with you to identify an individualized plan for supporting your child’s emotional development. At the foundation of my work with children is the understanding that when a child is brought to therapy their success is greatly improved by a collaborative partnership between the therapist and the caregivers in their life. Some of the work we will do together will be identifying interventions you can try at home and some of it will be experiential, practicing interventions with your child in session. 

If the above sounds like a good fit for you, please reach out to schedule an initial appointment. I appreciate the opportunity to meet with you.

In Network With

  • PacificSource

  • Kaiser

  • Cigna

  • Providence (cannot be Providence employee plan of Washington)

Self Pay Rates

Intake: $200 (60 minutes)
Therapy sessions: $200 for 60 minutes
Late Cancellations & No Shows: $50 first time; $100 second/subsequent

$25 discount offered for payment at time of service for cash paying clients.