WElcome

Holistic therapy
to honor your roots &
embrace your authentic self

Hello! I’m Jillian, LICSW

Anxiety & trauma therapy for individuals | In-person and online therapy across Washington state

I work with adults healing from stressful experiences to create peace with your past, discover your worth, and feel connected to what matters most to you - in ways that honor your identities and values.

Areas of focus

  • Trauma & PTSD

  • Anxiety

  • Stress & Burnout

  • Self-esteem & self-criticism

  • BIPOC & AAPI communities

  • LGBTQIA2S+ adults

  • Multicultural & multiracial identities

  • Immigrants & kids of immigrants

I’m here to help you move beyond your past and work through your fears to create meaningful changes in your life. Whether that’s exploring the stories you hold about yourself, building new skills to handle life’s hurdles, managing stress responses, cultivating more self-trust, building confidence in how you communicate and show up in relationships, or clarifying your values to focus on what matters most to you. We can get to the root of your challenges to foster inner liberation and bring more ease into your life.

What brings folks to therapy

Trauma & Anxiety

  • Reminders of past pains make it hard to focus on what’s in front of you

  • You feel disconnected from yourself and the people you love

  • Your mind is constantly filled with worries and fears of what could go wrong

  • Emotions feel overwhelming and out of control

  • You constantly feel on edge and avoid people or places that are important to you

People Pleasing & Perfectionism

  • You’re not sure how to stand up for yourself without feeling like you’re letting others down

  • It’s hard to trust yourself and you often question your choices

  • No matter how much you accomplish, it doesn’t feel like enough

  • You often feel like you’re fighting with yourself and have a harsh inner voice

  • You don’t know how to be yourself and be in relation with your family

  • The pressure of doing things “the right” way keeps you stuck

Belonging Wounds

  • You feel caught in between worlds, being of multiple cultures or identities, and feel unsure of where you belong

  • Chronic experiences of being othered or rejected have left you feeling alienated

  • You desire to be understood by the people in your life, but also fear being seen or rejected

  • You feel the need to shapeshift between communities to feel like you’ll be accepted

What clients may experience
through working together

Feel MORE at EASE

  • Think about past challenges with more compassion & less emotional/physical activation

  • Learn to calm your body & mind with more awareness & coping tools

  • Expand your capacity to deal with life’s challenges & feel less impacted by stress

  • Learn how to feel your feelings & shift your emotions, rather than solely analyzing your problems

  • Build clarity in what makes life meaningful to you & take steps that are in alignment with your values

  • Respond to life’s difficulties with more calmness & flexibility, rather than reacting from a place of hurt

  • Learn how to feel safety in your body

  • Understand & change persistent patterns that keep you feeling “stuck”

Self Acceptance

  • Learn to trust yourself, especially when times are tough

  • Build your tolerance to be with uncertainty, rather than spiraling about the unknown

  • Better understand your emotions & what they communicate to you, rather than fighting against your feelings

  • Soften your inner voice & approach insecurities with curiosity & care

  • Build more courage & confidence in how you express yourself

  • Make more intentional decisions that prioritize what matters most to you

  • Reconnect with your needs, with less shame

  • Build bravery to try out new experiences, rather than waiting until the “perfect” opportunity to do something different

Connection & Belonging

  • Experience more joy & connection in your relationships

  • Honor the multitudes of your identities & heritage

  • Set boundaries with intention & less guilt

  • Feel more comfortable having challenging conversations & working through conflict

  • Advocate for yourself & what’s important to you

  • Learn to express how you feel and what you need in relationships, with more compassion & understanding

  • Explore ways to move through the world more authentically

  • Build healthier relationships that affirm who you are

  • Feel more confident in yourself

“Our feelings are our most genuine paths to knowledge”

— Audre Lorde

Plumeria Psychotherapy PLLC resides on the ancestral and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples, who have stewarded this land since time immemorial. Learn more about the land you occupy and local tribes (including the Snoqualmie, Suquamish, Tulalip, Duwamish, and Muckleshoot tribes in Washington state).