What if you could become the best version of yourself?

Imagine feeling comfortable when making future plans without anxiety taking over. What if you could talk about your past with strength and resilience?

Kirkland EMDR Counseling will work together with you to grow into the version of yourself that you want to be.


Kirkland EMDR Counseling is a Washington State based Teletherapy Group Practice.
We provide
accessible, social justice oriented and compassionate teletherapy services for clients throughout Washington State.


Here to help with the journey so you can reach your destination.

Taking the step to get the professional support you need to process trauma and anxiety is one of the most compassionate and wise things you can do for yourself and those you love. It takes courage to make this decision, especially since mental health stigma is still exists today. Through counseling, you’ll learn the patterns that have been keeping you stuck and learn how to create healthier ways of being that help you grow into the person you want to be.

You get write your story anew in a way that supports you rather than break you down. And you get to feel the changes in your way of engaging with the past and the future—into a space of strength and confidence.

You are you—unique, complex, and human.

And your path to healing needs to match you.

Kirkland EMDR Counseling is all about making sure we travel together in YOUR path using one of the most effective methods for Trauma and Anxiety: EMDR.

We’ll be a team. Together, we’ll go on a journey of healing.

Meet the Team

  • Chris Garrido-Philp MSW, LICSW

    FOUNDER AND CLINICAL DIRECTOR

    Trauma and Anxiety

    Self-esteem and Boundaries

    Career and Life Transitions

    Multicultural Issues and Immigrant Experience

  • Micah S. Brotzman MA, LMHCA

    CLINICAL THERAPIST

    Trauma and Anxiety

    Depression

    LGBTQIA+ Issues

    Spiritual Abuse/Religious Trauma & Healing

“My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together”
— Desmond Tutu

Skills and Tools that heal Trauma

At Kirkland EMDR Counseling, our team, of compassionate licensed counselors will partner with you in the journey to heal trauma. Together we will explore:

  • What’s getting the way of you healing from trauma—biological, relational, societal/systemic oppressions.

  • Tools and skills to soothe and regulate your nervous system so you’re more in control of your body and get you out of survival mode.

  • How you can reduce the power and intensity of negative thoughts so you can hold yourself with compassion for the present and future.

Services

Rates & Insurance

EMDR Therapy and Individual Therapy Services

  • 53-60 minutes. $185

  • 90 minute session. $275

  • Limited Open Path Sliding Scale

Kirkland EMDR Counseling is in network with the following insurances:

  • Anthem BCBS

  • Aetna

  • First Choice Health (Kaiser PPO)

  • LifeWise

  • Premera

  • Regence

For Information on how insurance billing for teletherapy works and questions to ask your insurance company to verify coverage, please take a moment to read our Understanding Insurance Billing for Teletherapy page.

We provide Superbills for Out of Network care and have Private Pay options.
For more information on our rates, insurance, out of network services and more see our frequently asked questions by clicking the button below.

Today is the start of your new journey.