Relational therapy in Seattle, WA

Heal and Grow in Connection

A place where you don’t have to explore fears, wounds, desires and the unknown, alone.

Danbi Psychological Services is committed to providing care that is…

  • Evidenced-based

  • Culturally sensitive

  • Trauma-informed

  • Adoption competent

  • Neurodiverse & LGBTQ+ affirming

  • Anti-racist & Decolonized

  • Collaborative & Relationally Authentic

  • Inclusive & Accessible

Regardless of race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, gender identity, socioeconomic background, culture, religion/spirituality, etc.

Everyone is welcome here.

Explore what we offer

Overview

  • Individual Psychotherapy

    • Virtual/telehealth

    • In-person in Wallingford

    Psychological Assessment/Testing

    • Attention & Executive functioning difficulties (e.g., ADHD)

    • Intellectual & Cognitive functioning

    • Personality

    • Diagnostic clarification for complex presentations

    Free 15-30 minute Consultation

    • Phone call or telehealth

    • Explore goodness of fit

    • Ask questions

    • Nonbinding

    • First step to begin therapy and psychological testing services

    For additional information, please visit the “Services & Fees” page.

    • Adults (18 years and older)

    • Emerging Adults / Young Professionals

    Who are…

    • Skilled at deflecting or avoiding areas/experiences/emotions they want (or feel like they would benefit) to explore, heal, and better understand

    • Struggling with identity, “people pleasing,” belonging, or feeling “different”

    • Feeling disconnected from themselves or others

    • Struggling to process experience(s) that others don’t seem to understand (and often are left feeling invalidated)

    • Grieving a loss that lacks closure (ambiguous loss)

    • Adopted and have adoption-related complex trauma, identity concerns, adoptive family challenges, family of origin/wanting to do a birth search, etc.

    • Experiencing relational challenges

    • Struggling to balance work, academics, life, and personal needs

    • Navigating the long-term impact(s) of early life experiences (including adoption)

    • Wanting to understand the “why” behind tendencies, patterns, internal experiences, etc.

    Wanting therapy that goes deeper than just coping skills by attending to the root cause(s) of difficulties

    • Attachment, relational, complex & developmental trauma

    • Trauma and/or mood disorders with psychotic symptoms

    • Dissociation

    • Intersection of physical and mental health

    • Impacts of toxic masculinity (e.g., difficulty connecting & expressing needs and emotions)

    • Perfectionism with underlying fear and anxiety

    • Neurodivergence & executive functioning (e.g., structure, coping skills, strengths-based, self-understanding, time management, etc.)

    • Relational difficulties (e.g., people pleasing, communication, boundary setting, regulating emotions, etc.)

    • Social anxiety

    • Depression

    • Identity exploration & development

    • Multicultural and generational challenges (e.g., differences in acculturation between generations)

    • Grief (related to loss, life transitions/changes, ambiguous loss, disenfranchised grief, adoption, Family-of-origin, etc.)

    • Suicidal Ideation & Self-harm behaviors

    • Complex, developmental, attachment & relational trauma (attachment wounds)

    • Complex presentations where there may be multiple diagnoses, diagnostic overlap or ambiguity, and chronic relational difficulties

    • Adoptees & Adoption-related challenges

    • BIPOC & Multicultural experiences

    • Psychological testing & Diagnostic clarification

    • Collaborative Assessment

    • Human. Sometimes derpy and sometimes serious. I read the room and navigate sessions with intention. *Disclaimer: I swear… sometimes a lot (with your consent) and I may joke/tease you if appropriate (humor and laughter is good for the soul)

    • Focused (with needed breaks), intentional, and clarifying

    • Grounded in a deeper understanding of your experiences

    • Direct while supportive and emotionally sensitive

    • Contained

    • And sometimes a ride on the “struggle bus” (let’s be real, therapy is hard work)

    I’m intentional about finding a balance between supportive therapy and encouraging you to confront, explore, and sit in the discomfort (that’s where we grow!). If you’re someone who tends to deflect or avoid exploring certain areas that you want to heal, better understand, or attend to, then my approach could be a good fit! I do “push back” or challenge you if and when it feels developmentally appropriate and relevant to your goals. Particularly at the beginning, I will check in about how something landed so that I can make adjustments if needed! I hope that this journey together will be healing, enlightening, and empowering.

About Me

Welcome! My name is Nikki (she/her) and I am a postdoctoral psychology resident who is passionate about supporting healing and growth through authentic connection.

My personal experiences in addition to working alongside underserved members of the community, ultimately led to my specialization in attachment trauma, my commitment to expanding adoption-informed care for adult adoptees, continuing to strive for cultural competency, and being intentional about providing accessible, anti-racist, decolonized evidenced-based treatments that are neurodivergent and LGBTQ+ affirming.

My training/theoretical background is relational psychodynamic and relational-cultural, which emphasizes the importance of belonging and being in connection with others. It incorporates the influence of the intersection of self (e.g., identities) and environment (e.g., systems) across the lifespan. We live in a world where we are constantly being told who we “should” be, how we “should” act, and what “standards” we are expected to meet. This can be suffocating, damaging, confusing, and disempowering. These internalized messages shape how we relate to ourselves and with others. I work with individuals to heal, re/discover themselves, and live more freely in the spaces they navigate.

Danbi 단비

Danbi is a Korean word which translates to “sweet rain,” or a “timely/welcome rain” following a long drought.

It symbolizes hope, renewal, and growth.