Loren Cline, LMHC · Vashon Island
A question worth sitting with.
I'm Loren Cline, a Licensed Mental Health Therapist on Vashon Island. For more than twenty-five years, I've worked with women, men, and adolescents looking honestly at the patterns shaping their lives — and finding their way toward something different.
A note from me
I came to this work because I was curious about what happens between people, and I've stayed in it because that question keeps deepening. After more than two decades, I'm still moved by what people can grow into when they're met with care.
Most of the people I see arrive carrying a pattern they didn't choose — in a relationship, in their body, in how they're using a substance, in the shape of their work. The opportunity in therapy, often, is to look at the pattern honestly, treat it with respect, and slowly choose a new path.
I'll be warm with you. I'll also be direct when directness serves you. I hold the room steady so you can use the time however you need it — to explore, to sit with something hard, to make a mistake out loud. The boundaries I keep are part of what protects the work we do.
This isn't a place to stay the same.
It's a place to become.
My approach
My orientation is relational and client-centered. In practice, that means I treat the connection between us as part of the work, not its setting. We pay attention to it. We tend to it. The clients I've worked with longest tell me the relationship itself is part of what changed them, and that lines up with what I've come to believe.
A useful question to begin with:
What will be different in my life if therapy is successful?
I find exploring this answer — slowly, in real time, together — useful for setting the intentions and goals of our work.
Who I work with
Most of my work is with women looking honestly at the patterns shaping their lives — in relationships with partners, friends, and family; with their bodies and food; with alcohol or marijuana; with work and direction; with their own intuition. The patterns are different for everyone. The work is patient.
Often: relationships · body & food · alcohol & marijuana · friendships & family · career & direction · intuition
I also work with men addressing the patterns shaping their lives — in relationships, with work and direction, with substances, and in the work of finding language for what gets felt but not said. The territory varies; the attention is the same.
Often: relationships · work & direction · substances · emotional language · life transitions
With younger clients, the work often centers on social anxiety, time management, substance use, eating, the impact of social media, and the practical skills of regulating a young nervous system in a noisy world.
Often: social anxiety · time management · substance use · eating · social media · nervous system regulation
Specialties
Trauma · Addiction · Codependency · Depression · Anxiety · Relationship challenges · Self-esteem · Life transitions
What happens when you reach out
If you'd like to talk, the simplest start is to email or call. I respond within two business days.
From there, if it feels like the right direction, we set up a brief phone consultation — about fifteen minutes, no charge — to talk about what's bringing you in and whether the fit feels right. There's no obligation past that.
Sessions
Individual sessions are 50 minutes at $165.
I don't bill insurance directly, but I'll provide a monthly superbill you can submit to your insurer for out-of-network reimbursement.
I ask for 24 hours' notice for cancellations. Sessions canceled with less notice are billed at the full rate — the time has already been held for you.
Get in touch
[email protected]
Phone
(425) 753-3359
Office
Tree of Life Wellness Center
17331 Vashon Hwy SW
Vashon, WA 98070
Working with you
In person on Vashon Island.
Telehealth across Washington.