It Takes Courage to Ask for Help.
Being self-reflective and doing the hard work of change isn't easy, whether you're navigating this on your own or with the people you love. I'm here to walk through it with you.
Online individual, couples, and family therapy for Seattle and all of Washington State. Sessions are in English, and conversational Korean is welcome.
No obligation. Come as you are.
Maybe this sounds familiar.
You've been the capable one for a long time.
You swallow what you feel, so everyone else can keep going.
You say yes before you've checked what you want.
You and your partner are great at logistics and have quietly become roommates.
You're the family translator, between languages, generations, or expectations.
You're exhausted in a way sleep doesn't touch.
Nothing is wrong with you. Most of us learned how to love, argue, and stay quiet inside families and cultures that shaped us.
Some of it has a name in Korean, han (한): the grief, resentment, and things left unsaid that get carried quietly for years. You don't have to explain it to me.
Therapy is a place to look at all of it gently, at your pace, and decide what you want to keep.
Whatever brought you here, there's a path forward.
Couples/Relational Therapy
Rebuild the Connection You're Missing
Couples therapy isn't about deciding who's right. It's about understanding the patterns keeping you stuck — the same fight on repeat, the distance that's grown, the resentment that's built up — and learning a new way through them, together. My approach focuses on the relationship itself: how you communicate, how you repair after conflict, and how you rebuild trust and closeness. Whether you're married, dating, polyamorous, or figuring it out, no relationship structure is treated as the default.
Individual Therapy
A Space That's Entirely Yours
Not every wound needs to be worked through with someone else in the room. Individual therapy offers a judgment-free space to understand your own patterns, process what's weighing on you, and heal — without the pressure of managing anyone else's feelings but your own. This is your space to be fully honest. For anxiety, depression, grief, big life changes, the feeling that you've lost touch with your own voice, or that you're always the one holding everyone together.
Family Therapy
Find Your Way Back to Each Other
Family conflict rarely stays contained to just two people — it ripples through the whole household. Whether it's tension with a teenager, blended-family growing pains, or communication that's broken down between generations, family therapy creates space where everyone gets heard. For parents, teens (11 and up), and blended and multi-generational families working through conflict and transition.
You don't need to translate yourself here when you're navigating life between two cultures.
As a bicultural therapist, my approach is deeply informed by my own cultural background. I frequently work with Korean and Korean American women, couples, and adult children of immigrants who carry the heavy weight of family sacrifices, high expectations, and boundary-related guilt. These are experiences that often go unspoken, and I can understand them without a lengthy explanation. While therapy sessions are conducted in English for clinical clarity, I'm conversational in Korean, so feel free to use Korean phrases, share family sayings, or touch on culturally specific idioms and values. I will grasp their meaning.
All of you is welcome.
LGBTQ+ individuals and couples, polyamorous and ethically non-monogamous relationships, kink-friendly and sex-positive clients, single parents, and families who don't fit the template. You won't be asked to justify your relationship or educate me about it.
Burned out? You're in the right place too.
If you work in tech or any job that asks for everything, if you're a therapist or other clinician carrying a lot, or if you're a parent running on empty, therapy can be a place to put it down for an hour. You don't have to perform here.
Insurance and fees
I'm in-network with Aetna, Cigna/Evernorth, First Choice, Regence, Premera, Blue Cross Blue Shield, United Healthcare (commercial and Medicaid), and Medicaid Wellpoint. Please check your own benefits, because it's your responsibility to know how your coverage works. A limited number of sliding scale spots are available.
Getting started is simple
Book a free 15-minute consultation. A low-pressure fit check. Nothing to prepare.
Meet online. Secure video sessions from wherever feels comfortable, for clients in Washington State.
Find your pace. We decide together what to focus on and how it's going.
It's okay to be picky. The relationship between you and your therapist matters most, and the first call is free so you can find out.
No obligation. Come as you are.
Hi, I'm Adine.
I'm a licensed marriage and family therapist (MA, LMFT) in Washington. My style is gentle but direct, with some humor along the way. I believe emotional wounds happen in relationships and can heal in them, and that you don't owe your therapist emotional labor in return.
Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (WA)
M.A. Marriage and Family Therapy
Antioch University, Seattle
Your Questions, Answered
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We talk about why you're seeking therapy and go over the way I work. You can ask me anything, and there's nothing to prepare.
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There are mixed opinions on this, but in my experience, yes.
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If you are willing to try, it's right for you.
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Individual sessions are $160, couples sessions are $180, family sessions are $180, and the first session (intake) is $200. Sessions are 50 minutes. I'm in-network with Aetna, Cigna/Evernorth, First Choice, Regence, Premera, Blue Cross Blue Shield, United Healthcare (commercial and Medicaid), and Medicaid Wellpoint. If you're out of network, I can provide a superbill you can submit for possible reimbursement, though I can't guarantee your insurance will reimburse. Sliding scale spots are limited; you can ask about them on our free call.
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It helps if you're both invested, but I've often found that showing up is enough to start a conversation, which, given the right container, can lead to greater understanding.
Ready to see if it feels right?
Schedule a free 15-minute call. We'll talk about what's going on and whether we're a good fit, with no pressure either way.
Online therapy for Washington State residents. Sessions are not held in person.