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 Tacoma, WA

Here are 9 licensed therapists in Tacoma, 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.

Tacoma has 9 licensed therapists on this list: 3 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.

9
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.

Tacoma on the map of Washington

These are the 9 licensed therapists listed in Tacoma.

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

Jaymee Blackbourn, LMHC
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Tacoma, Washington
License MHC.LH.61091071
Public license record Active
Eleesa Blake, LMHC
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Tacoma, Washington
License MHC.LH.61173069
Public license record Active
Angelica Chakos
Licensed Psychologist
Tacoma, Washington
License PSYC.PY.61357892
Public license record Active
Leslie Chertok, LMHC
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
Tacoma, Washington
License MHC.LH.00003607
Public license record Active
Keri Clark
Licensed Psychologist
Tacoma, Washington
License PSYC.PY.00002548
Public license record Active
Melissa Hoefer-Kravagna, LICSW
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
Tacoma, Washington
License SWI.LW.60238361
Public license record Active
Holsey Satterwhite, LICSW
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
Tacoma, Washington
License SWI.LW.60420848
Public license record Active
Laurel Shea, LMFT
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
Tacoma, Washington
License MFT.LF.61161245
Public license record Active
Jennifer Sweet, LICSW
Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker
Tacoma, Washington
License SWI.LW.00008551
Public license record Active

The federal registry lists at least 993 people in Tacoma with these license types.

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

At least 993

people in Tacoma with these four license types

Counselorsat least 290
Clinical social workersat least 346
Psychologists274
Marriage and family therapists125

Source: the federal NPI registry, read October 28, 2026, counting providers with a Tacoma 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 Tacoma.

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.