What is the difference between a counselor, a social worker and a psychologist?

Each holds a different Washington license, and the state's lookup shows which one a person holds. Social workers are trained in clinical social work, mental health counselors in counseling, family therapists in couples and family therapy, and psychologists hold a doctorate in psychology. Washington's independent clinical social worker license is the one that carries the letters LICSW.

Where does the list of Washington therapists come from?

It comes from the Washington State Department of Health's open credential data , which the department refreshes every day, and from the federal NPI registry. A person is listed only when both records show the same license number and the same name.

Licensed therapists in Kirkland, WA

Here are 8 licensed therapists in Kirkland, Washington, checked against the state's own records.

Q: How do I check that a Washington therapist is licensed?

Open the state's license lookup , search by the license number or the name and finish the security check. The result should show an active license of the type you expect. Every profile in this list links to the same lookup.

Kirkland has 8 licensed therapists on this list: 2 independent clinical social workers, 3 mental health counselors, 2 psychologists and 1 family therapist. Each holds an active Washington license, and each name opens a page that links to the state's record and to the federal NPI registry, so you can check both yourself.

8
therapists listed
4
license types
20
Washington towns

Read from the Washington license list of October 28, 2026 and the federal registry on October 28, 2026.

See every listed town in Washington.

Kirkland on the map of Washington

These are the 8 licensed therapists listed in Kirkland.

Open any name to see the license number, the federal NPI and the links to check both.

Stephen Andrews
Licensed Psychologist
Kirkland, Washington
License PSYC.PY.00001458
Public license record Active
Crystal Chen, LMHC
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Kirkland, Washington
License MHC.LH.61194196
Public license record Active
Catherine Garrow, LICSW
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
Kirkland, Washington
License SWI.LW.61283724
Public license record Active
Julia Laibson, LMFT
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Kirkland, Washington
License MFT.LF.60209806
Public license record Active
Ellen McMahon
Licensed Psychologist
Kirkland, Washington
License PSYC.PY.60987304
Public license record Active
Susan Moini, LICSW
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
Kirkland, Washington
License SWI.LW.00009062
Public license record Active
Selena Shelley, LMHC
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Kirkland, Washington
License MHC.LH.60858843
Public license record Active
Kaleb Sinclair, LMHC
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Kirkland, Washington
License MHC.LH.61233498
Public license record Active

The federal registry lists 320 people in Kirkland with these license types.

8 of them are listed on this page, and the bars show how the federal registry splits them by license type.

320

people in Kirkland with these four license types

Counselors193
Clinical social workers62
Psychologists40
Marriage and family therapists34

Source: the federal NPI registry, read October 28, 2026, counting providers with a Kirkland practice address and a Washington license number.

These listed towns are the closest to Kirkland.

You can check any Washington license in three steps.

1
Find the license number
It is on the therapist's page, card or letter, and on every profile here.
2
Open the state's lookup
Search by the license number and finish the security check.
3
Match the name and status
The name, the license type and the word Active should all agree.

Open Washington's license lookup

In Washington, the document a landlord looks to is a letter from a licensed clinician.

Washington has no state ESA registry. A licensed therapist who knows you can write the letter, and the Washington guide on this site walks through how to ask a landlord for the accommodation.

A therapist in a cream sweater at her desk, smiling at a laptop during a video call

Every listing is built from two government records.

Federal

NPI registry

Name and credential
NPI number
Taxonomy
Practice city and state

State

WA license record

License number
License type
Active status
Expiry date

This page

Same facts, same places

Links back to both records
No contact details
Dated by when each record was read

License data: Washington State Department of Health, data.wa.gov (Public Domain). NPI data: CMS NPPES.

People often ask these questions about therapists in Washington.

Open the state's license lookup, search by the license number or the name and finish the security check. The result should show an active license of the type you expect. Every profile in this list links to the same lookup.