Counseling Practice – Aspen Counseling Services
Serving the Puget Sound, Olympic Peninsula, and Western Washington regions, Aspen Counseling Services is a Washington state practice led by Kristine Clay, who brings 27 years of clinical experience working with adults, children, and teens across individual, couples, family, and post-divorce contexts. The practice grounds its clinical framework in relational neuroscience and attachment-based approaches, with a focus on how early relational experiences shape present-day functioning and wellbeing.
Clinical services include individual counseling addressing anxiety, trauma, and depression; couples therapy; child and family counseling; and reunification therapy for parent-child relationships. Parent coaching, co-parent coaching, and family coaching are also available, reflecting a broad orientation toward family systems and relational recovery. Specialized service areas include formal assessment of attachment dynamics and structured post-divorce support aimed at reducing family conflict and facilitating reconnection between parents and children.
In addition to direct clinical services, Aspen Counseling Services operates the Aspen Education Center, an affiliated branch providing professional training and community programming. Offerings through the Education Center include the Overstory Workshop for Co-Parents, WAYPOINT clinical training sessions designed for therapists, and FIELD NOTES consultation groups for mental health professionals seeking ongoing peer consultation. These educational services extend the practice’s reach into the broader therapeutic community across the region.
The practice describes its orientation as one that holds both the difficult and the hopeful dimensions of change, with an emphasis on healing as a process rooted in present-moment relational experience. The site’s language reflects an interest in the neuroscience of connection and recovery, situating clinical work within a framework of how relationships shape the nervous system over time.
Session appointments are scheduled through a request form on the website or by direct contact. Office hours are available by appointment. Rates and insurance information are stated to be accessible on the practice website, with specific details available on inquiry. The dual focus on direct clinical service and professional education through the Aspen Education Center distinguishes this practice from single-service counseling offices. Year of establishment is not stated on the site.
Contact: phone (360) 689-4886; email and appointment request form available on the site.