Angie Jacobs, MSW, LSWAIC

Associate Mental Health Therapist | (she/her)

Supervised by Marykate Tihinen, MA, LMHC (425.224.5439 | marykate@unifiedbh.org)

Hello and welcome! Whether you are new to therapy or have had experience with it in the past, I recognize that even reaching out to begin working with someone can sometimes feel daunting. It’s no small thing to prioritize tending to your mental health and overall sense of wellbeing. I consider it a deep honor to walk alongside anyone in their journey of self- discovery, self-understanding and ultimately, self-trust. It truly says a lot that you are here. 

My background is in Social Work, primarily within the community mental health and housing world. I have had the privilege of building deep relationships with and walking alongside many incredible folks as they have had to navigate both systemic and complex trauma. My social work training has taught me to view things from a larger systems perspective, meaning I strive to understand the full context of someone’s experience as it relates to family dynamics, attachment injuries, culture, generational patterns and/or historical trauma and our various identities (race, ability, sexuality, gender, socioeconomic status, etc.). All of these factors can and do influence our experiences in the world and our experiences of trauma- what gets coded in our bodies as the difference between what is safe and what is not safe and overwhelms our ability to cope. 

I firmly believe that the struggles we face and the patterns we find ourselves stuck in all make perfect sense within the full context of our lives and given our nervous system’s survival adaptations. In addition to influencing our nervous system responses, trauma can also often detrimentally impact our relationship with ourselves. My aim in working with clients is to support a more compassionate understanding of all the different parts of ourselves, our nervous system responses, patterns, and relationship dynamics so that we may begin to create new pathways for healing. My approach is grounded in an Internal Family Systems framework (“parts work”), Attachment Theory (having to do with relational patterns), Polyvagal theory (understanding and regulating the nervous system) as well as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (understanding the connection between our thoughts, feelings and behaviors). 

I work primarily with individuals (18+) who may be dealing with anxiety, depression, relationship struggles and trauma histories. As a queer-identified person, I find particular joy working with those who identify anywhere on the LGBTQIA+ spectrum.