WESTFALL COUNSELING + WELLNESS
About
Therapy is more than just talking
It is a collaborative process where we look at the patterns, habits, and automatic stress responses that might be keeping you stuck. In my practice, I blend practical mental health therapy with clear psychoeducation—helping you understand the "why" behind your stress responses so you can build sustainable boundaries and lasting coping strategies. This is a space where you don't have to perform or have it all figured out. Our work together is designed to be active, collaborative, and practical with the goal of leaving you feeling grounded, self-assured, and moving toward a life that feels genuinely balanced.
There is no limit to what you can bring to therapy
Whether you are navigating a sudden life storm, processing a subtle shift in your life, or simply want a dedicated space to untangle your thoughts, you set the agenda. While our sessions can focus on whatever you need on any given day, I have specialized training and a deep professional interest in several key areas. We might be a particularly great fit if you are looking for support with:
Burnout & Chronic Stress
Moving out of constant survival mode, restoring your nervous system, and reclaiming your energy.
Managing Life Transitions
Finding your footing during major milestones—such as career shifts, relationship & family changes, retirement, or identity evolutions—and navigating the uncertainty that comes with them.
Neurodivergence & Executive Functioning
Understanding how your unique brain works, navigating a world not always built for it, and building practical systems that actually fit your cognitive style.
Navigating Relationships
Building clear, compassionate boundaries, improving communication, and showing up authentically with the people in your life.
Anxiety & Stress Management
De-escalating your body’s automatic alarm system, quietening mental chatter, and feeling more grounded in your daily life.
Perinatal Mental Health & parenting
Navigating the massive identity shifts, pressures, and emotional landscapes of pregnancy, postpartum, and raising children.
Whether you want to focus heavily on one of these areas or your needs fall somewhere in between, we will design our sessions to fit your unique life and goals.
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Lynsey Westfall, NCC, LMHC
Mental Health Therapist
MOM OF TWO
Avid Sailor & Mediocre Skier
Pickleball Enthusiast
Neurodivergent
Organic gardener
Pronouns: she/her
My professional foundation includes a Master’s Degree in Mental Health Counseling and a Certificate in School Counseling. Over more than a decade in practice, I have consistently pursued specialized training to deepen my expertise across the developmental cycle. My credentials include status as a National Certified Counselor, an International Baccalaureate Certified Counselor, a National Board Certified Teacher in School Counseling, a Certified Anxiety-Informed Professional, and a Gottman Institute Bringing Baby Home Educator. My ongoing education and clinical interests span a wide range of specialized areas, including perinatal mental health, new parent support, occupational burnout, career development, neurodivergent parenting and self-care, boundary work, OCD, anxiety, depression, grief, and metabolic psychiatry.
In addition to direct clinical work, I am deeply committed to systemic advocacy and community engagement. During my former tenure as a High School Counselor, I championed preventative mental health care and co-created comprehensive, school-based mental health programs through a Collaborative Improvement and Innovation Network with the University of Maryland, the School-Based Health Alliance, and the National Center for School Mental Health. Beyond my practice, I have served on the Montessori School of Yakima Board of Directors, served as the Volunteer Coordinator with the Lambert House in Seattle and provided college advising and mentorship to low-income families. I have also contributed as a writer for Teen Girl Magazine and as a guest speaker for the graduate mental health and school counseling programs at Seattle Pacific University.
Barbara Bernedette "Bebe"
Therapy Dog
OUTDOOR ENTHUSIAST
exceptional LISTENER
BORN TO DILLYDALLY
SNACK ENTHUSIAST
NAP EXPERT
Bebe is a one-year-old Bernedoodle that was born for therapy work. She was bred and trained to be a therapy dog due to her calm and loving disposition. Bebe roams the office, greeting everyone that walks through the door and snuggles any client that welcomes it.
Counseling Approach
My approach to therapy is collaborative, warm, and deeply rooted in understanding how our brains and bodies are wired to handle life. I believe that many of the things we struggle with, such as chronic anxiety, stress, or a loud inner critic, are not signs of a broken personality or personal failure. Instead, they are often well-intentioned survival strategies that your brain developed to keep you safe in a complicated world. In our work together, we use a lot of science-backed psychoeducation to take the mystery out of your mental health, exploring the biological and evolutionary reasons behind why your nervous system reacts the way it does.
Shifting away from traditional frameworks that focus on what is wrong with you, I practice from a neurobiologically informed and neurodivergent affirming perspective. This means I honor your unique brain chemistry, sensory needs, and natural communication style rather than forcing you to conform to an exhausting standard of compliance or masking. Together, we look at your coping mechanisms through a lens of deep compassion and functional adaptation, recognizing that behaviors that feel problematic or overwhelming today were often brilliant and necessary protections in the past.
Our goal is not to judge or penalize these survival loops, but to thank them for their service and gently work on updating them. By building up your internal resources and expanding your capacity for authentic self-soothing, you can begin to dismantle internalized shame, establish sustainable boundaries, and navigate burnout. We will work at a pace that respects your system, moving from a place of chronic, threat-driven survival into a life built on self-confidence, self-advocacy, and true alignment with your authentic self.
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services & fees
I have intentionally chosen not to contract with insurance panels so that I can provide a higher, more personalized standard of care.
Choosing to seek therapy is an investment in your well-being, and I believe you deserve full agency over that journey. Insurance models often require a mental health diagnosis to justify treatment and can place rigid limits on the number or length of your sessions. By working independently of insurance panels, our work together remains entirely collaborative, confidential, and driven solely by your unique needs and pacing—not by a corporate timeline.
Therapy sessions are charged at a standard rate of $135 per 50-minute session. I also dedicate a limited number of reduced-fee slots in my practice for individuals facing financial barriers. Your card is kept on file and charged the day of your appointment.