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Specialties Include:
-Children, Adolescents & Adults (age 0+)
-LGBTQIA2+
-Trans, Non-Binary & GE Affirming
-Kink, Polyam & Non-Monogamy Affirming
-Neurodivergence (Autism, ADHD, etc)
-Depression & Anxiety
-Trauma
-Grief & Loss
-Relationships & Attachment
-Perinatal/Postpartum Transitions
-Self-Esteem & Self Compassion
-Embodiment & Body Connection
-HAES Informed (Health At Every Size)
-Identity Exploration & Life Transitions
*Relationship Counselor
In Person in Georgetown & Telehealth
Cedar does not accept commercial insurance, but IS able to take some Medicaid or Apple Health plans, such as CHPW and Coordinated Care. Cedar also sees clients on a sliding scale which will be agreed upon before meeting for a full session.
Cedar's fees:
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50-minute session for individuals: $40-$105
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50-minute session for families and relationships: $40-$115;
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80-minute session for families and relationships: $60-$150.
Cedar Salina, Clinical Intern
Pronouns: they/them
Therapy is a place where all of your parts can be witnessed and treated with care. I want you to be able to bring your whole self into the room: the parts you’re proud of, the parts you’re confused about, the parts you wish were different and the parts you have learned to hide.
My style is warm, relational, curious, and collaborative, with a balance of gentleness and directness. Sometimes therapy means slowing down and offering yourself some more compassion, and sometimes it means taking an honest look at a pattern that no longer serves you.
As a queer and nonbinary person, I especially enjoy working with fellow queer, trans, nonbinary, and gender-expansive folks. I also love working with people navigating parenthood, major life changes, or complicated relationships with themselves and others. I am affirming of sex work, polyamory and non-monogamy, and kink, and I’m informed by Health at Every Size philosophy.
My own background and lived experiences shapes the way I understand mental health. The ways we learn to cope usually make sense when we understand what we’ve lived through. Families, relationships, culture, identity, access to resources, and systems of power all impact how we move through the world. I don’t believe problems begin and end within a single individual. Sometimes distress is a reasonable response to oppressive, isolating, or unjust conditions. Therapy makes room for that reality while also helping you figure out what is within your power to change.
My approach...
I draw from attachment-based, person-centered, and relational approaches, while also using tools from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Internal Family Systems (IFS), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), harm reduction, and trauma-informed frameworks. What that actually looks like depends on you. We might explore where a relationship pattern came from, practice communicating a need, or uncover the stories you have learned to tell about yourself. Part of our work may be sorting out what is truly yours from what you have been taught to carry. We might also laugh about something absurd in the middle of all of it. I’ll tell you what I’m noticing and thinking, but therapy isn’t something I do to you. We figure out where we’re going together.
In relationship counseling, we’ll explore attachment, communication, intimacy, conflict, and the ways our histories show up between us. I affirm many ways of building relationships and families.
I also enjoy working with kids and teens, especially LGBTQ+ youth and young people growing up in queer or otherwise nontraditional families. With younger clients, therapy may look a little different. We might talk, play, make art, move around, or find other ways to communicate when words aren’t enough.
Professional training & memberships...
I am a master’s student in a CACREP accredited Clinical Mental Health Counseling program at Seattle University. I completed my undergraduate degree at Antioch University Seattle with a concentration in Psychology & Counseling, where my senior project focused on sex work affirming therapy.
My professional background includes social justice advocacy, crisis services, community-based support, and work with marginalized communities. I have additional training in relationship counseling, trauma-informed care, grief and end-of-life support, Motivational Interviewing, crisis support, harm reduction, somatic mindfulness, and supporting neurodivergent youth. I am a member of the Washington Mental Health Counselors Association; Society for Sexual, Affectional, Intersex, and Gender Expansive Identities (SAIGE); and Counselors for Social Justice.