Just because I am a therapist doesn’t mean that I have it all figured out. None of us do. No one can transcend or hot yoga their way out of the natural pain and suffering that comes along with being a human. If someone is selling you a pain free way of dealing with your life they’re most likely full of blue mud.

We can’t feel joy if we don’t feel pain. I suffer from the same condition you suffer from; the human condition. I like to think of myself as a middle aged white lady packing a really well used wise box of tools. Most of the tools that work the best are the ones that I’ve gathered from my lived experience not from my fancy degree.

We all start earth school with a box, hammer and screw driver. Some of us get lucky enough to get a tape measure and a wrench passed down while most of us get a twig and a butter knife. No one can say for certain that they know what they’re doing. There is always a better tool and a better way to use it.

Most of us pretend that we know how to use our tools because our parents taught us and their parents taught them to find out that we’ve been using the wrong tool all along. Therapy is a tool. It’s as simple as that. I believe that doing the hard work to truly know and understand yourself will help you navigate your situation no matter how daunting it may feel.

When we show up as our authentic selves, we’re able to attract the right kind of humans. I believe that the relationships that we have with ourselves is the relationship we bleed onto our loved ones. I think that we pick human relationships because they feel familiar and when we find that they’re not working it’s most likely because of our own unresolved trauma.

I’m not going to diagnose you or fix you or tell you how to live your life. I pledge to bring my authentic self and well used toolbox into our sessions to help you better understand yourself.

~Lyss Kingsbery

Alyssa is a Rogerian therapist and practices from a person-centered perspective. Alyssa explains her practice as a supportive, non-directive space where the client is considered the expert on their own life, leading the direction of therapy by exploring their thoughts and feelings openly, while she primarily provides unconditional positive regard, empathy, and genuineness to facilitate self-discovery and personal growth, rather than offering solutions or diagnoses. The primary focus is on the relationship between the client and therapist in creating change. Alyssa practices through her lived experience and treats clients within her scope of expertise.

Alyssa Kingsbery is a graduate of Antioch University Seattle. She obtained a masters of psychology specializing in clinical mental health counseling: A program that's accredited by the Council on Accreditation for Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP). Alyssa is a Certified Level 1 Gottman Therapist.

Alyssa is native to the Cascade Mountain Foothills and is a culinary master in pie making, restauranteur executive, published author, mother, and Food Network award winning baker.

Alyssa’s Influenced by the Works of:

Dr. Carl Rogers, Carl Jung, Dr. Gabor Mate, Dr. John Gottman, Esther Perel, Abraham Maslow, Dr. Dan Siegel and Eckhart Tolle.