Marriage & Family Therapy – Christine Phelan, MA
Christine Phelan, MA, LMFT, is a licensed marriage and family therapist based in Bellingham, Washington, offering individual, marriage, and family therapy through her private practice, MiddlePath Counseling. She holds a Master’s degree and maintains clinical membership with the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.
Phelan has provided mental health services through community agencies since 2000 and established her private psychotherapy practice in 2005. She is intensively trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy and integrates a wide range of therapeutic approaches tailored to the presenting concerns of each client.
Her practice addresses mood, anxiety, and behavior concerns, as well as family, work, school, performance, and relationship dynamics. Modalities employed include humanistic psychology with Rogerian client-centered approaches, Gestalt therapy, systemic and structural family therapy, family-of-origin work, cognitive behavioral therapy, DBT, brief solution-focused therapy, narrative therapy, object relations theory, hypnotherapy, body-awareness techniques including breathwork, projective methods including dreamwork, meditation, and mindfulness practices.
Phelan’s therapeutic philosophy centers on creating a compassionate atmosphere and recognizes what she describes as “the universality and the personal uniqueness of life’s value and mystery.” Her interests span humanistic and transpersonal psychologies and the healing dimensions of how clients attend to life, work, art, sport, play, environment, spirituality, and ancestral heritage.
The practice serves individuals and families navigating a broad range of personal, relational, and developmental concerns. Specific details regarding session formats such as in-person or telehealth availability, insurance panels accepted, and fee structures are not specified on the homepage. Contact and scheduling information is available through the practice website at bellinghamtherapist.com.