Welcome to Seattle Therapy Alliance, an organization established to meet the need for affordable counseling for adolescent girls and women in the greater Seattle region. Seattle Therapy Alliance was opened in 2009 with the two-fold vision of training graduate counseling students in psychotherapy and women’s issues while simultaneously making low-cost therapy available to local women in their movement toward self-actualization. Through STA’s Women’s Therapy Project forty women will be selected to participate in weekly therapy sessions at Seattle Therapy Alliance for the low cost of $30-$50 per session for up to one year.
Why women?
We believe that a key to healing our wounded world lies in supporting women, the population disproportionately affected by physical and sexual abuse, economic instability and the weight of single parenting. Think about it: 70% of the persons who live in poverty in the United States are women and children. And, while women represent 50 percent of the world population, they perform nearly two-thirds of all the working hours, receive only one-tenth of the world income and own less than 1 percent of world property. There are very few places where women will get a break. This is one way we can help.
How We Can Help
For most of us, seeking counseling requires a lot of courage; it is not easy to divulge painful or confusing information to another person. As women, most of us have been socialized to believe that our personal value lies in providing care for others; we are not accustomed to seeking help for ourselves. Thus, we applaud your bravery in making your self-care a priority. You deserve a satisfying and enriching therapeutic experience!
Symptoms and problems we can help you address include:
- depression
- anxiety
- body image issues
- eating disorders
- relationship problems
- sexual abuse recovery
- general unhappiness
- low self-esteem
- parenting
- artist’s block
- questions about spirituality
- …and more
We do hope that we can be of help to you whether you are looking for healing from old wounds or simply personal growth.