Olympia, WA Local Support & Community Resources

Lexi Alberts is a dedicated clinical social worker and therapist with a passion for helping individuals uncover their true selves. She believes that each person knows their own experiences and potential solutions better than anyone else. In her sessions, Lexi aims to facilitate deeper self-understanding while instilling confidence and providing clients with the necessary tools to create the changes they desire in their lives. Clients often find warmth and humor intertwined in their work, allowing for an open and safe environment where they can feel seen and validated, even in discussing challenging aspects of their lives. Lexi specializes in a variety of areas, including fostering fulfilling relationships, managing stress, empowerment, addressing racial identity and minority stress, navigating life transitions, and enhancing work-life balance. She offers support to LGBQ+ and transgender clients as well. Drawing from methodologies such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Internal Family Systems, and Buddhist Psychology, Lexi creates a tailored therapeutic experience for every individual. Her approachable nature invites potential clients to explore whether they would be a good fit by discussing their goals and any questions they have, ensuring a collaborative and informed therapeutic journey.

Michael Brennan, MA, LMHC, NCC, is a dedicated private practice therapist located in the Olympia area who warmly embraces new clients. With a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology, he specializes in adult individual and family therapy, employing techniques such as Crisis Counseling, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Couples Therapy, and Christian (Faith-Based) Therapy. Michael’s approach centers on enhancing the strengths of individuals and families, collaborating to foster positive and enduring change. Rooted in the Catholic tradition, his faith deeply informs both his personal life and his counseling practice, while also welcoming individuals from diverse Christian backgrounds. He cultivates a safe therapeutic environment where clients feel connected, affirmed, and validated. As a caring witness and partner, he accompanies clients on their personal journeys, empowering them to express their thoughts and feelings, while also encouraging them to embrace challenges for growth. Michael possesses extensive experience in assessing and supporting clients facing emotional crises, relationship struggles, addiction, and those grappling with severe mental health issues, including depression, psychosis, and bipolar disorder.

Joanna Bryan, a qualified Counselor (MS, LMHC), creates a therapeutic environment where clients can explore the full range of their experiences and feel compassionately witnessed as they navigate their feelings. In her practice, she emphasizes the importance of tending to all the relationships in life, including those with oneself and the non-human world. Joanna invites clients to delve into their deep longings, desires, and fears, offering care and understanding to reshape old patterns, fostering new choices, connections, pleasures, and ways of being. She is particularly adept at discussing sexual health topics, helping individuals to cultivate more fulfilling intimate experiences while enhancing their awareness and acceptance of their sexuality and desires. Joanna's work is profoundly informed by themes of gender, race, disability, sexuality, culture, colonization, immigration, language, class, spirituality, and the impact of past traumas. She is experienced in supporting survivors of sexual trauma and intimate partner violence. Joanna serves adult individuals (18+) and couples, ensuring a safe and supportive space for all clients to explore their therapeutic journeys.