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Military life comes with unique struggles that can have lasting effects on veterans and their families. The stress of service, war-related trauma, and adjustment coming back to civilian life can all take their toll. Members of the military and their loved ones may develop mental health concerns like PTSD, depression, and anxiety, making life more difficult than it could be.

This is where therapy can help. Whether you are located in downtown Tacoma, Central, Eastside Enact, Fircrest, or even Newtacoma, Mental Health Match can help you easily find an experienced therapist or counselor who best meets your needs.

Common Issues Military Veterans and Families Face

Here are some of the most prevalent issues facing veterans and military families:

  • Veterans: Combat injuries, addictions to narcotics, alcoholism, difficulties getting reacclimated to the civilian world, mental issues like anxiety and PTSD.
  • Military families: worry and sadness during deployment, concern for the well-being of the military member, financial struggles, a fear of being uprooted, lack of control, mental conditions like depression and anxiety, vicarious trauma.

It’s normal to have difficulty during military service or after exiting the military, and that’s why veteran and military family counseling exists. If you or your family are struggling, we recommend you explore your therapy options.

Seek Veteran/Military Family Counseling Now!

A licensed counselor will work with you and your family to explore and resolve the mental and emotional issues holding you back from enjoying life to its fullest. And Mental Health Match can help you find an experienced therapist in your area. Start by browsing experts below or by using our free therapist matching tool.

Tacoma, WA Veteran and Military Family Therapists - List Your Practice on Mental Health Match

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Christopher Brown
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As your guide I'll work with you to create a plan unique to your needs.

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I won’t just sit and listen. I understand the terrain of the mind and how to help it change. I use evidence-based practices to support your goals.

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  • Performance
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Psychedelic Integration
  • Sports
  • Trauma
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Kim Zimmerman
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work through self-criticism, perfectionism, & shame; shift automatic reactions into mindful & intentional choices; help you cope with pain, loss, anxiety, & trauma; And more effectively ask for what you want while saying no to what you don't want.


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My goal is to provide a safe, authentic, and collaborative space for you to better understand yourself and your goals, determine what is working for you and what may not be, and for you to feel emboldened to approach life in new and meaningful ways!

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment Styles
  • Career Counseling
  • Chronic Illness
  • Chronic Pain
  • Codependency
  • Confidence
  • Depression
  • Existential Issues
  • Families
  • Grief
  • Insomnia and Sleep Problems
  • LGBTQ+
  • Life Transitions
  • Loneliness
  • Mindfulness
  • Motherhood
  • Relationship Distress
  • Self-Esteem
  • Trauma
  • Women’s Health
  • Working Professionals
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Together we will work on your goals and dream for your life, how to get there and maintain progress and skills learned in sessions for lasting results.

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With my no-BS approach to therapy, I help empower you to overcome this overwhelming anxiety, guilt, and low self-esteem and learn skills to lead a more rewarding life. You will take back your life and begin to build the one you have dreamed of.

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  • Anxiety
  • Boundaries
  • Chronic Stress
  • Depression
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Trauma
  • Women
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Start with goal setting, psychoeducation, and skill development, followed by further insight to facilitate self-exploration, understanding, and growth.

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If talk therapy isn't working for you, we will be a great fit. I implement evidence-based treatments and provide my clients with skills to navigate their concerns outside of the therapy room. My approach will always be tailed to fit your exact needs.

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  • Anxiety Disorders
  • Complex PTSD (C-PTSD)
  • Harm OCD
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Pedophilic Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder (POCD)
  • Perfectionism
  • Social Anxiety
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Christine Russell
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Explore your feelings, circumstances, and options. I will help you grow in coping with what is right before you and navigating your present and future. Our sessions will be safe spaces, full of empathy and devoid of judgment.


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Together, we will:

Explore your feelings, circumstances, and options. I will help you grow in coping with what is right before you and navigating your present and future. Our sessions will be safe spaces, full of empathy and devoid of judgment.

Something to know about my approach is:

You can encounter a nonjudgmental, therapeutic relationship. Through a clear plan to reduce negative behaviors, my clients gain more confidence and ways to learn, grow, and uncover root issues. Also, I am a Christian and offer prayer if desired.

FOCUS AREAS:
  • Anger Management
  • Anxiety
  • Anxiety Management
  • Career Counseling
  • Complicated Grief
  • Depression
  • Fear of Failure
  • Financial Stress
  • Grief
  • Infertility
  • In Vitro Fertilization (IVF)
  • Postpartum Depression
  • Sports
  • Starting a Business
  • Stress Eating
  • Trauma
  • Trauma From Abuse
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Christine Russell remote and phone therapy in Washington