Individual Therapy in Seattle & Across Washington

I’ve worked in mental health for more than 20 years, across private practice, medical settings, and community mental health. Over that time, I’ve learned what to listen for, what questions tend to matter, and how to help people make sense of what isn’t working.

My work has included psychotherapy, clinical assessment, collaboration with medical teams, and evaluating mental health concerns related to work functioning, including assessment and documentation for FMLA and medical leave.

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Approach

I have experience providing both cognitive and behavioral therapies, including CBT and ACT, and experiential approaches that include Coherence Therapy and Internal Family Systems (IFS). This allows me to adapt our work to your preferences, needs, and what you want from therapy.

Cognitive & behavioral · CBTCognitive Behavioral Therapy

CBT looks at how thoughts, emotions, behaviors, and situations influence one another. It can help identify patterns that contribute to anxiety, depression, avoidance, and other symptoms.

Cognitive & behavioral · ACTAcceptance & Commitment Therapy

ACT helps you develop a flexible relationship with difficult thoughts and emotions instead of getting caught up in trying to control or avoid them. It also helps clarify what matters to you and how to act in ways that are more consistent with it.

ExperientialCoherence Therapy

Coherence Therapy is an experiential approach that brings unconscious emotional learning into awareness where it can be understood and changed. Rather than focusing primarily on coping with symptoms, it seeks cessation of symptoms.

Experiential · IFSInternal Family Systems

IFS helps you understand conflicting feelings and familiar reactions by exploring the different parts of your experience. We approach self-criticism, fear, and protective patterns with curiosity and work to understand what lies beneath them.

Motivation & changeMotivational Interviewing

Motivational Interviewing helps you explore your own reasons for change and helps you work through uncertainty or ambivalence about making that change.

MindfulnessMindfulness-Based Therapy

Mindfulness involves paying attention to what is happening in the present moment without judgment. In therapy, it can help you become more aware of thoughts, emotions, and physical sensations without immediately reacting to them.

About

Jason Lavalle, LICSW

I’ve worked in mental health and human services since 2005 and have been in private practice since 2015. My background includes community mental health in Seattle and behavioral health assessment and counseling at University of Washington Medicine.

I’ve always been curious about life and well-being, and I enjoy getting to know people and learning from their experiences. That curiosity is part of what drew me to becoming a therapist and continues to shape how I work. In treatment, I take time to understand each person and what brings them into therapy. Developing a strong therapeutic relationship is central to that work.

My questions are intentional, drawing on clinical experience to help you understand reactions and patterns that have been difficult to change. Through focused exploration of your experience, we discover how those patterns make sense in the context of your life.

While I have a particular interest in depth work, I also have vast experience delivering cognitive and behavioral therapies. How we work depends on what you want help with and the approach that best suits your needs.

Services

Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy

I’m also trained in ketamine-assisted psychotherapy (KAP) and facilitate sessions for clients whose ketamine is prescribed through an outside service. My work focuses on the psychotherapy component, including preparation for sessions and helping clients explore and integrate what comes up during their experience. I do not prescribe ketamine; prescribing and medical oversight are provided through services such as Mindbloom.

KAP session · $275

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Services

Clinical Consultation

I provide clinical consultation for therapists on case formulation and treatment decisions. We examine presenting concerns, responses to treatment, and clinical questions arising in sessions.

Individual clinical consultation · $200 / 60 minutes

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$200 50 minute individual therapy session

Insurance

Premera, UnitedHealthcare, Lyra, and select Blue plans. If your plan includes out-of-network mental health benefits, I can provide a superbill.

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