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Donna James, PhD

In practice since 1984

In my practice, I see individuals and couples age 18 and older. The therapy focuses on strengthening the client’s capacities for healthy relationships with self and others, and for engagement with work and play through life phases. This attention to individual development throughout life is true for my work with individuals and couples. In the later modality I help guide each person toward maximizing her/his own best self within the context of the relationship, working toward increased intimacy. That work contributes to the development of the couple as a sanctuary.

We learn our ideas about ourselves, others, and our interactions with others in our earliest relationships. That set of lenses continues to lead our thoughts, emotions, and actions into adulthood, even as we expand those ideas as we move out into the world. The consulting room offers a safe but also challenging place to understand how lifelong patterns still influence current adult life.

We begin by exploring the current encounters, situations, feelings, and relationships that are not working that bring each client into therapy. The work requires diving into feelings, thoughts, and behaviors that arise as the work progresses and offers options for new ways of living. Each therapeutic relationship is unique and evolves over time to serve the healing and psychological growth of the individual.

To learn more about my practice and inquire about whether I am accepting new clients at this time contact me directly below.

  • Location

    838 NE 83rd Street
    Seattle, WA, 98115

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  • I See Clients

    In Person and Online

  • In Practice Since

    1984

  • Clients I Work With

    Adults
    Elders
    Couples

  • Therapeutic Orientation

    Depth Psychotherapy
    Existential
    Humanistic
    Psychoanalytic
    Psychodynamic
    Transpersonal

  • Certified Specialties

    Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

    Gestalt Psychotherapy with Polster Trainings, Santa Barbara, CA

  • Client Concerns I Work With

    Acute or Chronic Illness/Pain
    Aging
    Anxiety
    Depression
    End of Life/Death & Dying
    Grief & Loss
    Life Transitions
    Multicultural Marriages
    Relationship Issues
    Sexuality
    Spirituality
    Trauma

  • Insurance

    Premera Blue Cross
    Lifewise
    Regence Blue Shield
    Out of Network

    I do not accept Medicare