Individual Therapy in Seattle & Bellevue

Leonard Cohen

“There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.”

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Maybe you feel overwhelmed by life, maybe you feel more isolated than ever, maybe you feel stuck and can’t seem to find a direction forward. Maybe, you are simply unhappy and feel lost about who you are and what you want in life. Maybe, you have been going like this for a while and you feel numb

Maybe you want to feel motivated and encouraged, maybe you want to build closer connections with others, maybe you want to feel brave and confident to move forward in life. Maybe, you want to experience joy once again. Maybe, you want to discover who you are and live freely. Maybe, you just want to live a life that’s fulfilling instead of just going through the motions. 

We are here. We are here to see and hear your struggles, your sadness, your worries, your heartaches, and your numbness. We are here to walk with you on this journey of healing, self-discovery, and self-compassion. We are here to work with you on processing difficult feelings, figuring out what works best for you, finding space for rest and calmness, building different patterns, and developing strategies to sustain the change.  We are here to help you listen to your inner world, to embrace your feelings, to let go of the pain, and to live authentically

Sunburst Psychology provides evidence-based individual therapy for high-achieving professionals in Seattle and Bellevue — software engineers, product managers, physicians, attorneys, consultants, and founders navigating anxiety, burnout, perfectionism, and impostor syndrome. We offer in-person sessions at our downtown Seattle and Bellevue offices and secure online therapy across Washington State.

Who we work with

Most of our clients are high-performers who look composed on the outside and exhausted on the inside. They run standups at Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Apple or Meta; they take call at UW Medical Center or Virginia Mason; they make partner at Perkins Coie or K&L Gates; they raise seed rounds and ship product before breakfast. They are also the ones who cannot stop thinking about yesterday's meeting, cannot remember the last time they took a full weekend off, and cannot shake the sense that if they slow down for a week, everything will unravel. We help them build a life that feels sustainable from the inside — not just successful from the outside.

What we treat

Common reasons people start therapy with us include: workplace anxiety and perfectionism, burnout in tech and medicine, impostor syndrome, executive-level stress and decision fatigue, relationship strain from long hours, post-layoff grief and identity shifts, ADHD symptoms in adults diagnosed late in life, and intercultural tension in mixed-heritage relationships. We also work with clients who have done therapy before and want something more rigorous — less "how does that make you feel," more measurable change tied to what actually matters to them.

Our Approach

We use evidence-based therapies chosen to match the problem, not a single method applied to everyone. For anxiety and perfectionism, we draw on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and Person-Centered approaches that help you clarify what actually matters to you and act on it. For relational patterns, self-criticism, and the emotional undertow of high achievement, we use Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and psychodynamic work to reach the feelings that drive the behavior. For burnout, we start with the body and the calendar before we touch beliefs. Sessions are 50 minutes, typically weekly, and we revisit goals every 8–12 weeks so you can tell whether the work is actually working.

Our Specialities

“Invest in your happiness & well-being for a better tomorrow”

— Felecia Etienne

Our Team of Therapists and Psychologists

Who you are

High-achievers

Perfectionists

Professionals in high-stress jobs 

Intercultural Couples

Mixed-Neurotype Couples  

Neurodiverse individuals

1.5/2 Generation Immigrants

Racial minorities 

LGBTQIA+ folks 

What you need

Ease of mind

Content

Calmness

Fulfillment

Joy

Confidence

Safe space

Connection

Personalized care

Our approaches

Person-centered

Solution-focused 

Emotion-focused 

Relational 

Culturally-responsive 

Strength-based 

Existential

Trauma-informed

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3 easy steps to get started

You are ready for a change.

We make the first step forward easy and will accompany you along the journey of finding peace. You don’t have to do this alone.

3 easy steps to get started

Initial Consultation | Intake paperwork | Meet Your Therapist

FAQ

  • We see clients in person at our Seattle office (3101 Western Ave, Seattle, WA 98121) and our Bellevue office (Bellefield Office Park), and online across Washington State. Individual therapy sessions are $260–$340 for 55 minutes, self-pay; we provide superbills you can submit to your insurance for out-of-network reimbursement. Many clients use HSA or FSA funds. Getting started takes one form and a 15-minute call — we respond within two business days.

  • Sunburst Psychology is an out-of-network provider. We do not bill insurance directly, but we provide monthly superbills you can submit to your PPO plan for partial reimbursement. Many of our professional clients use HSA or FSA funds to cover sessions.

  • Individual therapy sessions are $260–$340 for 55 minutes, depending on the clinician's license and specialization. We are transparent about fees from the first call so cost is never a surprise.

  • Working with clients in high-stakes professions requires a therapist who understands on-call schedules, performance reviews, visa timelines, licensing boards, and the specific culture of pressure in each field. We can spend the session on what is actually making your life hard rather than explaining what a sprint, a pager, or a deposition is.

  • Yes. If you pay out-of-pocket, your therapy is entirely outside your employer's systems — no EAP records, no insurance claims, no utilization data. This is a primary reason professionals choose private-pay therapy over employer-sponsored benefits.

  • For focused concerns like workplace anxiety, most clients see meaningful change in 12–20 sessions. For more complex patterns such as long-standing perfectionism, trauma, or relational difficulties, therapy often runs 6–12 months. We review progress together every 8–12 weeks.

  • Online therapy is available for clients physically located in Washington State at the time of session. If you travel frequently outside Washington, we will talk through options on the consultation call.

  • Coaching is for performance goals. Therapy is for clinical concerns — anxiety, depression, trauma, burnout, relational patterns — and for the kinds of stuck places that performance frameworks cannot reach. Many clients work with a coach and a therapist simultaneously.

Reach out today to start your journey of healing.

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