Welcome! Therapy is a collaborative journey of discovery where I aim to bring awareness, cultivate resiliency and wholeness. I believe that it is completely natural to need skillful support during our lifetime. I see each individual and family as uniquely influenced ecosystem of relationships, aspirations, life experience, culture and so much more. My approach is both practical and soulful, backed by experience and current scientific research and theory. The synthesis of these styles is a conscious attempt to offer you and your loved ones the best environment to cultivate wholeness.
Please feel free to contact me by email at lindsayhuettman@soulstewardscouseling.com to schedule a free consultation. If I am not taking new clients at the time of contact, I will put you on my waitlist after our consultation.
I offer telehealth statewide or walk and talk therapy in Western Skagit County and Southern Whatcom County.
I offer a variety of options for us to work together:
My specialties:
Grief and Loss: I specialize any type of traumatic or sudden death, loss of a spouse, a community, divorce, family/friend estrangement, pet loss, wilderness related accidents/death, ecological loss, grief, anxiety and dread. I have been supporting clients for the last 11 years professionally with grief and dedicate myself to learning more and more each year to be of service.
Highly Sensitive Peoples (HSP’s) that are creative with high intelligence/gifted. If you are experiencing anxiety, depression, or challenges with work and family, please know that you are not alone. Many of my clients are highly sensitive, creative systems thinkers who find solace in nature, animals, and artistic hobbies. While these intuitive traits are a strength, they can often make navigating a traditional workplace or a demanding, insensitive world feel overwhelming. I have over 20 years of experience supporting individuals with this profile, and they currently make up seventy percent of my practice. I am here to help you navigate your abilities and challenges, as well as help you see and celebrate your gifts.
Work/Career Support: Therapeutic support for exploring life/work balance, job/life path satisfaction, workplace communication, self advocacy and conflict/repair skills. Many of my clients are CEOs., small business owners, first responders, employees at high pressure careers that need support or are spouses of someone that fits this profile. This is a subspecialty of my practice and often combines with my extensive work with HSP/Gifted folks (see above).
PTSD, Anxiety, Panic Disorder & Depression: I work with folks who have these symptoms as a result of being adult survivors of child abuse and other traumatic life circumstances. My approach is a mind/body holistic approach that may take some time, but can be very effective and improve your quality of life. If you are looking for a quick fix therapist for long term issues, I am not a good fit for you. I ask that folks try at least 8-10 weeks of therapy. This is deep work that can create lasting change that can improve your quality of life and your relationships.
End of Life Support: I started my career in hospice and can help you and/or your loved one with the emotional, mental and logistical considerations during end of life. I have been trained as a bereavement therapist, death doula and dementia education. I have also personally experienced support loved ones in the death process and others loved ones in my community.
Medical Orientation for Mental Health Support: Western Medicine and Holistic: I was raised by a surgical RN and almost became a surgeon myself. Also, been trained as a Wilderness First Responder since 2008 and have used this training extensively. I’m very experienced with helping clients navigate emotional and mental labor of medical systems while in treatment for any condition. I have also been deeply embedded in holistic medicine as an herbalist and plant teacher since 2006. My ethics as a therapist is to help you navigate (not give medical advice) your experience and support your healing journey.
Telehealth: I have a HIPPA compliant telehealth platform and have received the required trainings. Telehealth is only available to WA residents at this time. This can be a great option and can also be combined with walk and talk therapy and groups.
Walk and Talk Therapy: (Skagit/Whatcom County) I do meet folks at local parks and walking trails for sessions. This can be a wonderful way to combine our telehealth sessions.
Home Visits: I do offer home visits for bereavement clients only. This includes caregivers, individuals, couples, families and anyone in Eastern Skagit County that has experienced a loss that is unable or unwilling to use technology, is actively dying and or is in hospice. Extra travel fees may apply.
Groups: Please see all of my offerings on the sidebar or email me at lindsayhuettman@soulstewardscounseling.com to getting on mailing list for my upcoming offerings!
About Lindsay’s Approach to Therapy…
We are all unique in our pain, our struggles and triumphs. My goal is to support you finding solutions that truly work for you.
My main specialties are grief/loss, traumatic loss, ecological grief, anxiety and panic disorders, depression, adult survivors of child abuse, relationship issues, anticipatory grief, end of life counseling and highly sensitive people (HSP’S). My style is informed by a system’s perspective where I draw on many modalities to offer you a holistic path that is tailored to your needs and goals.
- Family Systems
- Narrative Therapy
- Person Centered (Rodgers)
- Mindfulness Based
- Trauma informed therapies (Ogden, Levine,Van der Kolk, etc.)
- Somatic therapies such as Somatic Experiencing, Life Span Integration and Mindfulness approaches (Levine, Pace, Chodron, etc.)
- Self Compassion Therapy (Neff & McGonigal)
- Grief and End of Life Counseling Therapy (Worden, Winokuer, Doka, Werth, Halifax, Inelda, hospice training etc)
- Depth and Archetypal Psychology
- Nature Connection Therapies/Ecospychology (Young, Jordan, Plotkin and more)
I am also trained in the following:
Lifespan Integration (LI 1 & LI 2) which is a mind-body therapy that is highly effective for treating attachment wounds from childhood.
Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher (Jack Kornfield, PhD and Tara Brach, PhD.
Climate Aware Therapist through Climate Psychology Alliance of North America
All therapists must go through Continuing Education Hours and we are mandated to have a certain amount of hours in professional ethics and law, suicide assessment, health equity and professional boundaries. The focus of the rest of my trainings have been treating trauma and the mind/body, conflict and repair, mindfulness and grief, dementia, clinate change and mental health and working with culturally diverse clients.
Diversity: I am a cis gendered white female of Irish, English and German heritage. I have continued to strive to learn and grow from various intensive trainings, self transformation through seeing my own blind spots via my privilege and race, and living in a community that is actively working professionally and personally on these important topics.This I extend a welcome to ALL of you-your race, culture, gender identity, economic status, marital status, health conditions and any identities I may have forgotten here. As a therapist and a human, this a very important area of personal awareness practice and growth for me personally and professionally. If I ever make a mistake, I am open to hearing the impact and will take feedback seriously to change.
Land Acknowledgement: I would like to recognize that I conduct my services on the traditional lands of the Skagit, Samish, Snoqualmie, Swinomish, Skykomish and Tulalip lands. I pay my respects to the members of these Sovereign Nations and their Elders of the past and present. I encourage you to seek out these Peoples and learn about the history, the culture and volunteer opportunities or ways to acknowledge through action.
You can also see my profile on Psychology Today at Lindsay L. Huettman
Thank you!
Soul Stewards Counseling & Psychotherapy, PLLC 