Looking for a therapist to support your teen or child? Work With Our Team!
Are you in search of a dedicated teen therapist or a compassionate counselor for kids in Seattle?
Look no further. Dream Life Out Loud is your go-to expert for youth counseling services in Washington.
Navigating constant transition is difficult for the most emotionally savvy adults, so imagine what the last two years have been like for our kiddos, teens and young adults. We understand the unprecedented nature of change young people are experiencing and work with families to provide support and safety for youth and young adults to sort through these changes.
Offering support for youth clients while supporting families in attuning to their needs inform the outcomes and treatment strategies we adopt in our work. Our approach is client centered, and with young people at the helm, we establish the safety they need, while also offering tools for families to facilitate the necessary change for our young clients to thrive.
Youth Centered Therapy Goals
Helping Young People Build Confidence, Coping Skills + a Stronger Sense of Self
Our approach to child and teen therapy in Seattle is developmentally responsive, strengths-based, and centered on helping young people better understand themselves while building skills they can carry into adulthood.
Child + Teen Therapy That Balances Trust, Independence + Family Support
We understand the unique complexities of providing therapy for children and teens. Effective child and teen therapy in Seattle begins with a trusting relationship where young people feel safe talking openly about anxiety, big emotions, school stress, relationships, identity, family challenges, and the experiences shaping their lives.
Our therapists create space for children and teens to develop greater independence, confidence, emotional awareness, and coping skills without feeling that everything they share in therapy will automatically be reported back to their parents or caregivers.
At the same time, we recognize that parents and families are important partners in a young person’s well-being. Our approach to youth therapy and family support thoughtfully balances a young person’s need for privacy and autonomy with appropriate caregiver involvement, helping families understand treatment goals, support progress at home, and strengthen communication and connection.
Click here to learn more about our Therapy for Families in Seattle aimed at offering support and collaboration with youth and teens to adult family members.
At DLOL, the goal isn’t to choose between supporting the young person and supporting the family—we create space for both.
Challenges We Help Children + Teens Navigate
Young people experience stress in many different ways. Our child and teen therapists in Seattle support youth and families navigating emotional, behavioral, social, cultural, and school-related challenges, including:
School + Academic Challenges
School stress, attendance concerns, truancy, disciplinary issues, academic pressure, motivation, and difficulty adjusting to the school environment.
Big Emotions + Behavioral Challenges
Anger, emotional regulation, impulsivity, behavioral concerns, difficulty communicating feelings, and developing healthier coping skills.
Cultural Identity + Belonging
Exploring racial and cultural identity, acculturation, belonging, navigating multiple cultural worlds, and understanding how identity and lived experience influence emotional well-being.
Friendships + Social Skills
Peer relationships, friendship challenges, social confidence, communication, boundaries, conflict, and developing healthier interpersonal skills.
Anxiety, Depression + Emotional Wellness
Support for child and teen anxiety, depression, trauma, family conflict, stress, life transitions, and other emotional challenges that may be affecting life at home, at school, or in relationships.
MADISON DAVIS, LMHCA
Therapy for Children, Teens + Young Adults
Meet Our Lead Youth Therapist
With training in Applied Child and Adolescent Psycholog, and a focus on prevention and treatment for youth and families, Madison Davis, LMHCA is a works with children ages 6+, teenagers, young adults, and families, allowing therapy to reflect the different challenges that come with each stage of growing up.
For younger children, therapy may focus more on emotions, coping skills, behavior, communication, and family support. With teens and young adults, the work may expand to include anxiety, relationships, identity, independence, confidence, school or life stress, and navigating transitions.
Madison enjoys working collaboratively with with our team of Family Therapists in Seattle, offering integrated care across families from youth and teen support to nurturing healthy relationships for adult family members.
Meet Our Team of Therapists
Supporting Young Humans
Because Supporting Your Child Often Means Supporting Your Family
We believe child therapy works best when parents and caregivers have support, too.
When appropriate, she partners with parents and caregivers to better understand what’s happening beneath a child’s emotions or behavior, strengthen family communication, establish supportive routines and boundaries, and identify practical strategies that can reinforce progress outside the therapy room.
Her approach to family therapy and parent support in Seattle is collaborative rather than judgmental. The goal isn’t perfect parenting—it’s helping your family feel more connected and better equipped to navigate difficult moments together.