Jen Lindsay, MA, LMHCA, Ph.D.
Psychotherapist
(She/Her/Hers)
Therapy can be a space to pause. When given room to explore and bring compassionate curiosity, therapy can be a safe refuge from which to face fear and to access pain and deep longing.
I do not view therapy as a place to fix or even “cure”. I approach my repertoire of skills in collaboration with you, always tailored to your knowledge of what works for you and your strengths. Together we endeavor to understand and lovingly engage with your world with gentle curiosity and respectful care for who you are, what you bring to therapy, and for who you want to be.
Therapy has been a transformational gift to me through difficult periods in my life, such as navigating loss and related challenges that come with infertility, pregnancy struggles, parenting, and caring for my parents through illness and death. From my own experience, in conjunction with my training, I have come to understand more deeply that we are hurt and we heal in and through relationship. Perhaps you are navigating difficult transitions — including shifts in career, family role, or geography. Or, you may be suffering from loss or facing relational struggle. We can work together to practice with tools that bring you relief, connection, and meaning.
I bring extensive experience, expertise, and passion to working with adults, couples, parents, and families. I practice from a trauma-informed lens, rooted in a framework that integrates feminist and humanistic-existential theories. My work is also informed by interpersonal neurobiology, and attachment theory, which combine cognitive and somatic (body-based) practices, meaning that I view humans as “selves” in a body. Our coping — in fact, all our expressions — are situated in a layered and intersectional world that is personal, cultural, familial, and interconnected. Our suffering often stems from the ways we are positioned within these politically and historically shaped contexts.
I take a gender-affirming and outside-of-binary approach to our human relatedness. I believe that working across race and other social group differences has the potential to be healing. I also know that ways we relate across human differences can reaffirm ongoing experiences of racism and other forms of oppression. As a U.S.-born, cis-gendered, white and able-bodied, woman-identified person, I understand that privilege and power constantly flow through the body I live in. I bring humility and accountability to these dynamics as ongoing inner work and as an ethical commitment.
EDUCATION AND BACKGROUND
I received my Master of Arts in Psychology from Seattle University and a doctorate in education from the University of Washington. I received mentorship and training in community mental health, where I honed skills in many powerful modalities, including dialectical and cognitive-based therapies, motivational interviewing, mindful self-compassion, and collaborative, respectful harm-reduction approaches to substance use disorders.
I come to my work as a psychotherapist with decades of teaching and learning with young children, youth, families, and educators, working in culturally and socioeconomically diverse schools and various community-based settings. I’ve coached and mentored new teachers and was a program director and professor, teaching courses in multicultural education policy and history. Currently, I teach undergraduate psychology courses in writing and holistic, body-based forms of healing.
Being a parent, partner, daughter, sister, learner, community member, teacher, animal lover, runner, and gardener are aspects of my identity that give me immense fulfillment. Gathering with family and community around a fire or table, frolicking in the mountains, on the water, or under the stars brings my life delight and deep gratitude.
Areas of Focus
I have experience exploring various themes with my clients, including the following:
Trauma
Anxiety and depression
Attachment
Grief and loss
Adoption
Parental support
Relational stress and conflict
Internalized oppression
Identity formation and existential concerns
Life transitions
Fees
$130-$150 for 50min individual session (sliding scale)
$175 for 50 min for parent, family and relational sessions
$185 for 75 min for parent, family and relational sessions
$200 for a 75 min. intake session.
I accept payment by credit/debit card, HSA/FSA
Insurance
As an associate level clinician affiliated with the Shelterwood Collective, I am able to accept insurance through Premera and Lifewise.
You can also ask your insurance about working with me out of network, and I will provide a superbill for our sessions.
Location
I offer sessions in person and via telehealth.
I practice at the Shelterwood Collective’s home location in Seattle’s Pioneer Square district:
108 S Jackson St
Seattle, WA 98104
Scheduling Information
To schedule a free 15-minute info session or a first appointment, please email me at JLindsayTherapy@gmail.com.
Or call and leave a confidential voicemail at 206.888.0592.
“As we learn to have compassion for ourselves, the circle of compassion for others — what and whom we can work with, and how — becomes wider.”
— Pema Chödrön, When Things Fall Apart