Jamie Clausen , LMHC

Jamie Clausen is a licensed mental health counselor (LMHC) based in Washington. She helps people who are feeling overwhelmed by stress, anxiety, depression, or mood shifts find clearer ways to cope. Her approach is direct and practical, focused on small changes that make daily life easier.

Jamie draws on cognitive behavioral therapy, client-centered methods, dialectical behavior strategies, mindfulness, and elements of emotionally-focused work. She uses these tools to help people notice unhelpful thoughts, build emotion regulation skills, and improve communication. Sessions aim to be straightforward and collaborative.

In session, Jamie listens first and then helps people set short-term, achievable goals. She works with concerns such as trauma and abuse, addiction, grief, relationship and intimacy issues, parenting stress, sleep and eating problems, and burnout. She also addresses challenges like impulsivity, isolation, and questions about life purpose.

Jamie has spent 10 years in community mental health settings in Washington. That experience gave her practice with a wide range of mood disorders, panic and post-traumatic stress, postpartum depression, and complex life transitions. She uses plain language and concrete skills so people can apply what they learn between sessions.

Sessions are offered in English and structured to fit different rhythms of life. Jamie supports people across many practical concerns and focuses on teaching tools they can use right away.

Practical approaches and online therapy options

Jamie commonly uses cognitive behavioral therapy to help people identify unhelpful thoughts and test new responses; this approach is useful for anxiety, panic, low mood, and sleep or eating problems. She also uses client-centered techniques that focus on listening, reflecting, and shaping goals together to match what each person needs. Dialectical behavior therapy strategies are used when emotion regulation, impulsivity, or interpersonal stress are major concerns, offering concrete skills for tolerating distress and improving communication.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. Jamie collaborates with each person to choose which methods to use based on the individual's goals, symptoms, and preferences. She reviews progress and adjusts techniques so sessions stay focused and practical rather than theoretical.

Online therapy options include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging, which give flexibility in how people can connect. Video calls allow more natural conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be shorter check-ins or fit into a busy day, and chat or messaging can support brief updates or turn-taking when schedules make live sessions hard to arrange. These formats make it easier to keep continuity of care and practice skills between meetings.