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 Seattle, WA

Here are 40 licensed therapists in Seattle, 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.

Seattle has 40 licensed therapists on this list: 12 independent clinical social workers, 14 mental health counselors, 8 psychologists and 6 family therapists. 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.

40
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.

Seattle on the map of Washington

These are the 40 licensed therapists listed in Seattle.

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

Kathryn Alcid, LMHC
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Seattle, Washington
License MHC.LH.61297003
Public license record Active
Margaret Aleks, LMHC
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Seattle, Washington
License MHC.LH.60525845
Public license record Active
Alex Alexander, LMHC
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Seattle, Washington
License MHC.LH.60449716
Public license record Active
Stephanie Ardakani, LMFT
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Seattle, Washington
License MFT.LF.61254197
Public license record Active
Lily Assaad
Licensed Psychologist
Seattle, Washington
License PSYC.PY.61561973
Public license record Active
Kimberly Bartlett, LICSW
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
Seattle, Washington
License SWI.LW.61296787
Public license record Active
Jeffrey Batstone, LMHC
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Seattle, Washington
License MHC.LH.60572202
Public license record Active
Lauren Beck, LMHC
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Seattle, Washington
License MHC.LH.60934238
Public license record Active
Wanda Bresnick, LICSW
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
Seattle, Washington
License SWI.LW.00006761
Public license record Active
Tracy Bryan, LMHC
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Seattle, Washington
License MHC.LH.60837078
Public license record Active
Michael Byrne, LMHC
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Seattle, Washington
License MHC.LH.60524295
Public license record Active
Judith Capili, LMHC
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Seattle, Washington
License MHC.LH.00007556
Public license record Active
Carolyn Carlson, LMHC
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Seattle, Washington
License MHC.LH.00010852
Public license record Active
Angela Carnevale, LMHC
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Seattle, Washington
License MHC.LH.61666973
Public license record Active
Jason Chan, LMHC
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Seattle, Washington
License MHC.LH.60824625
Public license record Active
James Cheek, LMHC
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Seattle, Washington
License MHC.LH.60174978
Public license record Active
Joseph Cisneros, LICSW
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
Seattle, Washington
License SWI.LW.60934582
Public license record Active
Jordana Cohen, LMHC
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Seattle, Washington
License MHC.LH.61344440
Public license record Active
Simon Connor, LICSW
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
Seattle, Washington
License SWI.LW.00008705
Public license record Active
Geoffrey Corner
Licensed Psychologist
Seattle, Washington
License PSYC.PY.61326869
Public license record Active
Ronald Cunningham
Licensed Psychologist
Seattle, Washington
License PSYC.PY.60141925
Public license record Active
Autumn Del Fierro
Licensed Psychologist
Seattle, Washington
License PSYC.PY.60106630
Public license record Active
Alena Droze
Licensed Psychologist
Seattle, Washington
License PSYC.PY.60481596
Public license record Active
Lisa Farsje, LICSW
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
Seattle, Washington
License SWI.LW.00009305
Public license record Active
Sergio Flores
Licensed Psychologist
Seattle, Washington
License PSYC.PY.60545566
Public license record Active
Ariel Genovesi, LICSW
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
Seattle, Washington
License SWI.LW.61572080
Public license record Active
Barbara Green, LICSW
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
Seattle, Washington
License SWI.LW.60551192
Public license record Active
Sharon Green, LICSW
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
Seattle, Washington
License SWI.LW.00005458
Public license record Active
Catherine Haynes, LMFT
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Seattle, Washington
License MFT.LF.00001899
Public license record Active
Jessica Hazlett, LICSW
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
Seattle, Washington
License SWI.LW.60803665
Public license record Active
Eryn Hicker, LICSW
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
Seattle, Washington
License SWI.LW.60713151
Public license record Active
Katherine Hoerster
Licensed Psychologist
Seattle, Washington
License PSYC.PY.60263821
Public license record Active
Diana Jacobson, LICSW
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
Seattle, Washington
License SWI.LW.60696526
Public license record Active
Mary Jamison, LICSW
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
Seattle, Washington
License SWI.LW.61435243
Public license record Active
Delene Jewett Galvin, LMFT
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Seattle, Washington
License MFT.LF.00002594
Public license record Active
Erin Lamon, LMFT
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Seattle, Washington
License MFT.LF.60473714
Public license record Active
Kimberly McGuire, LMFT
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Seattle, Washington
License MFT.LF.61640735
Public license record Active
Sally Moore
Licensed Psychologist
Seattle, Washington
License PSYC.PY.60146942
Public license record Active
Priscilla Nguyen, LMFT
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Seattle, Washington
License MFT.LF.61460520
Public license record Active
Laura Sendelbach, LMHC
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Seattle, Washington
License MHC.LH.60924495
Public license record Active

The federal registry lists at least 2,835 people in Seattle with these license types.

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

At least 2,835

people in Seattle with these four license types

Counselorsat least 729
Clinical social workersat least 759
Psychologists951
Marriage and family therapists503

Source: the federal NPI registry, read October 28, 2026, counting providers with a Seattle practice address and a Washington license number. "At least" marks a search that reached the registry's limit of 1,200 results.

These listed towns are the closest to Seattle.

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.