Thatcher Dynamic Counseling
Heal the Patterns Keeping You Stuck — Trauma, Relationships, and Recovery
EMDR and Relational Life Therapy (RLT) for individuals and couples in West Seattle and across Washington State
Thatcher Dynamic Counseling
Sometimes life leaves us feeling stuck — in repeating fights, old walls, patterns of people-pleasing, control, or codependency that once made sense and now keep real connection out of reach. Using EMDR and Relational Life Therapy (RLT), I help clients trace these patterns back to where they started and build something that actually works now.
I'm Julie Thatcher, MA, EdS, LMHCA. Before becoming a therapist, I spent 20 years in helping and education roles — as an educator, school counselor, advisor, and academic administrator — work that shaped how I show up with clients: curious, steady, and direct. I'm trained in EMDR and advancing toward full RLT certification under Terry Real, currently certified at the coaching level.
I have particular depth working with people in recovery from addiction — sober, in the rooms, working a program — who are ready to do the relational and trauma work that recovery opens up but doesn't always address on its own, as well as partners and family members navigating those same patterns.
I bring warmth, humor, and directness to this work — I'll challenge you, and I'll be in your corner while I do it.
How Thatcher Dynamic Counseling Can Help
Therapy here starts with understanding where a pattern comes from — not just naming it, but tracing it to the experience or relationship that shaped it. From there, EMDR helps reduce the emotional charge of what happened, while Relational Life Therapy gives you concrete tools to catch old strategies in real time and choose something different — with a partner, a family member, or yourself.
This approach works well for people ready to look at trust ruptures, boundary struggles, and the aftermath of addiction — whether it was their own experience or a loved one's — with the same honesty and rigor they've brought to other hard work in their lives.
Most sessions run online or in my West Seattle office, and most clients start noticing shifts within the first several sessions of consistent work.
I'm currently accepting new clients, virtually across Washington State and in my West Seattle office.
Rates
Consultation 20 min — Free
Individual Intake (EMDR / RLT) 60 min — $175
Couples Intake (EMDR / RLT) 60 min — $200
Individual Therapy Session 50 min — $150
Couples Therapy Session 50 min — $175
Not in-network with insurance; superbills provided for out-of-network reimbursement.