Laina Keim, PhD

CONTACT:

Address: 1700 Westlake Ave N, Suite 400 |

Seattle, WA 98109

Insurance:

While I am not contracted with any insurance companies, depending on your eligibility, your insurance provider may reimburse you for a substantial part of my fee as an out-of-network provider. Please contact your insurance provider to inquire about your out-of-network coverage.

My Practice

Welcome, I’m Dr. Laina Keim, and I am delighted to share a bit about myself and my practice! I’m currently accepting new client inquiries for adolescents (aged 14 and older), adults, and parents seeking parenting support for teens.

I work collaboratively with clients and families to craft individualized treatment plans drawing from a range of evidenced-based interventions that are tailored to each client’s goals and strengths. My therapy toolkit pulls largely from cognitive-behavioral therapies (CBTs), which focus on identifying the interconnections between our thoughts, behaviors, and feelings. These frameworks help us understand how unhelpful and painful patterns of thought and behavior take hold and, in turn, help us identify how they may be reversed. My experience has focused on the treatment of mood and anxiety problems (e.g., depression, suicidal behavior, OCD, generalized anxiety, social anxiety, phobias), though I also have specialized training providing trauma-focused and family therapies.

I believe that good therapy is not one-size-fits-all—it must be personalized to suit each individual’s unique constellation of intersecting identities and lived experiences. I’m dedicated to examining my own identities and biases along with societal structures of power and oppression so that I may better hold space for my clients to explore issues of identity, belonging, and resilience. Additionally, I have a particular interest and expertise in providing gender-affirming care to individuals with diverse gender identities.

My approach blends a warm and compassionate interpersonal style with a commitment to challenging clients to confront unhelpful beliefs and change longstanding patterns of harmful behavior. I strive to lead with authenticity, bringing humor, playfulness, and my common humanity to each and every session. You can count on me to be genuinely curious about you and your experiences, meticulous in checking my understanding, and thoughtful of how daily struggles connect to bigger picture themes and goals. I will celebrate with you during moments of triumph and help you bring a mindful eye to areas for growth. As we move forward, we will measure treatment success not in the absence of discomfort, but rather in more meaningful and values-congruent living.

In return for your honestly and authenticity, I also promise to be honest and upfront with you. By making the therapy process and principles of treatment transparent, I hope to pass along the tools that will help you continue to make positive changes in your life beyond our time-limited sessions.