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Our Team
We are a vibrant and energetic (and growing) group of mental health professionals located in Anacortes, WA. We are passionate about guiding individuals and couples on their personal journeys of growth and transformation.
Clinical Director
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Certified TRICARE West Non-Network Provider
Amy Begnal is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (WA) and Clinical Director at Anacortes Psych & Wellness. She has a strong desire to work with individuals, families, or couples who hope to experience an increased satisfaction in their relationships with themselves or with others. Amy offers a gentle and nonjudgmental therapeutic process to help facilitate change. She utilizes mindfulness-based approaches to guide clients to become more aware of automatic thoughts that result in undesirable circumstances or behaviors. Her interests include working with clients to improve parent-child, family, or couple relationships as well as helping individuals explore ways to cope with feelings of anxiety, depression, or trauma. Amy is dedicated to altruistic efforts including supporting military families, homeless outreach, domestic abuse advocacy, and animal welfare. Additionally, she is a mother and a wife who enjoys exploring the outdoors, traveling, engaging in physical activity, and seeking opportunities for personal growth.
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Types of Therapy: Attachment-based, Cognitive Behavioral (CBT), Dialectical Behavior (DBT), EMDR, Family Systems, Gottman Method, Hypnotherapy, Integrative, Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
Person-Centered, Solution Focused Brief (SFBT), Somatic, Strength-Based, Trauma Focused
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Credentials: Education Specialist in Counseling, EdS: Old Dominion University; Masters in Rehabilitation Counseling, MA: Western Washington University; B.S in Psychology: Florida State University; Certified Rehabilitation Counselor: Commission on Rehabilitation Counseling Certification
Amy Begnal, Ed.S., LMHC
Lea Kennedy, MA LMFT
Therapist​
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Certified TRICARE West Non-Network Provider
Lea Kennedy is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist at Anacortes Psych & Wellness serving individuals, couples, and families across the lifespan. In individual therapy, she desires to help clients learn and deepen their understanding of how to be with themselves in a more accepting and loving way. Working with couples and families, she hopes to aid her clients towards relational stability that results in feeling more authentic, connected, and fulfilled.
Because Lea sees her clients as the richly intricate and beautiful beings that they are, her integrative approach melds evidence-based practices like Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy with sincerity, compassion, and validation. Lea offers warmth, humor, and curiosity while helping clients forge a path of acceptance, continued growth, and contentment. Lea is passionate about working with clients who experience mental and emotional needs including anxiety and depression, grief and loss, trauma, challenging dynamics in couples and families, perinatal/postpartum issues and the LGBTQIA+ community.
Lea is an avid learner of holistic practices she can incorporate into her therapy sessions including meditation, art therapy techniques, somatic experiencing, breathing methods, and dream work. As well as being a wife and mother, Lea enjoys long walks, tea and coffee, reading and listening to music.
Lea is constantly inspired and humbled by how clients show up in their vulnerability and motivation to lean in and do the work to change.
Types of Therapy: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy(CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT), Art Therapy, Meditation Techniques, Mindfulness-Based (MBCT), Gestalt, Trauma Focused, Gottman Method, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Strength-Based, Multicultural, Jungian
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Credentials: Masters in Psychology with emphasis in Couples and Family Therapy, MA: Antioch University Seattle; BA in Psychology: Seattle University
Therapist
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Katie is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor Associate at Anacortes Psych & Wellness and a licensed school counselor with 8 years of experience in behavioral skills programs and comprehensive high schools. She is passionate about working with and supporting teens (13+) and adults as they clarify goals and discover unique pathways to their authentic selves. Katie's clinical expertise includes anxiety, depression, self-esteem, school-related issues, the LGBTQIA+ community, ADHD, trauma, and life transitions, in addition to family dynamics. Katie utilizes an eclectic approach often combining various techniques such as humor, Narrative Counseling, Motivational Interviewing, Solution-Focused, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy to encourage individuals to better understand themselves, their motivations, and their relationships with others. In addition to traditional therapy, she can take a coaching approach with clients to practice skill-building around emotional awareness, healthy habits, and coping skills. Ultimately, Katie forms a holistic partnership with her clients in order to support them in their ongoing journey toward wellness and self-understanding.
Katie's favorite forms of stress relief include exploring the beautiful natural areas around Anacortes with her two young children or snuggling up with a good book with Lucy, her adorable yet ladylike corgi.
Types of Therapy: Cognitive Behavioral (CBT), Solution Focused Brief (SFBT), Narrative Counseling, Motivational Interviewing, Mindfulness-Based (MBCT), Compassion Focused, Person-Centered, Strength-Based, Trauma Focused
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Credentials: M.Ed. in Educational Leadership, Lewis & Clark College; BA in Spanish & Interdisciplinary Studies (minors in English, Philosophy, Sociology and Fine Arts), University of Portland.
Katie King, M.ED., LMHCA
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