Heidi Gray, M.S.

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Works with Families, Individuals, and Marriage & Couples
WA License #LF60692311

My approach to counseling

I use a systemic approach to counseling, considering how an individual or couple’s relationships, family, and social systems may be contributing to problems, as well as how these systems may be a source of strength. I often adopt an experiential theoretical orientation, which acknowledges the powerful role that the freedom to experience and express a full range of emotions can play in the development and maintenance of individual and relationship health. I always aim to be warm and engaging, holding the tenderness of the human spirit in high regard and employing the healing elements of playfulness and humor.

I have experience in working with

Couples: I help couples overcome anger, betrayal, loss of trust and hurt so that they may find connection, closeness and a deeper-than-ever love and partnership.
Individual healing and growth: I support those who struggle with insecurity, worry, feelings of anxiety or depression to achieve a sense of inner peace and calm, self-acceptance and the ability to live authentically, free of emotional restriction.
Managing a medical condition or chronic illness: I provide counseling to alleviate depression, anxiety, relationship strain and grief that often occur when a child, partner or family member is diagnosed with a significant medical condition, disability or chronic illness.
Parenting: I provide parenting support for parents and caregivers of children who have significant behavioral challenges or emotional needs as a result of trauma, family separation, divorce, adoption or medical challenges.

Education

MS, Marriage and Family Therapy, Seattle Pacific University
MS, Pharmacology, University of Washington
BA, Psychology, California State University Long Beach

Professional Experience

Samaritan Center of Puget Sound since 2016.
Providing counseling in private practice with couples and individual psychotherapy, often with clients whose lives were impacted by the medical condition or disability of a loved one: 2013 to 2016.
Psychotherapy with adolescents with post-concussive syndrome; parent coaching with families to overcome obesity and children’s sleep problems. Seattle Children’s Research Institute: 2015 to 2016.
Individual, family and group psychotherapy with clients with neuro-developmental challenges and family separation. Bloom & Associates, LLC.: 2012.
Psychotherapy and crisis management with foster children and their families. Olive Crest: 2009 to 2011.

Insurance Accepted

Aetna, Blue Card Plans, First Choice Health, Kaiser, Premera (Lifewise), and Regence

Make an Appointment

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