About Me
Hello and welcome to Jennifer Olson Relationship Therapy!
I am a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist based in Seattle, WA, and I am glad you are here. As a relational therapist, it is my honor to be your support system and move with you through the complexities of life in times of success, exhilaration, sadness, or difficulty. Understanding default behaviors, learning about attachment hurts, and healing relational wounds is my passion. I care deeply…deeply about your heart, your pain, your tenderness, and believe in your desire to live out your dreams.
With a 20+ year long career in family assistance and management, wellbeing, and education, I bring a unique perspective to my therapeutic practice. My expertise is influenced by working with high profile populations and settings that extend outside common confines. To grow personally, I intentionally sought out international studies to enhance my perspectives and was graciously educated by people, places, and cultures who enriched my world world from Asia, Latin America, Africa, Australia, and Europe. These experiences have opened my heart to the beauty and awe of human diversity, the universal need for connection, and the incredible resilience we each carry.
Raised in Washington state, I’m fortunate to continuously return to the power of mountains and nature for inspiration, challenge, and solace. The surrounding landscape of the PNW directly shapes my therapeutic approach by teaching me to relearn presence, centeredness, humility, and respect. Nature has always offered me the space to re-connect with myself and others lending support for clients to find their center, agency, self empowerment, and what truly matters.
When I'm not with clients, you will find me on a mountain trail, in a professional training, adventuring near and far, and loving on my cat Pax. I am a lover of continuously learning, traveling, and marveling at the Salish Seas with its majestic whales alongside nature’s endless gifts.
Professional Qualifications and Training
I take a holistic approach to therapy aiming to inspire new perspectives, richer experiences, and expansive options. I am a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Washington state, specializing in Relational and Family Therapy. I received a MA in Marriage and Family Therapy from Antioch University in Seattle, a MSc in Education from the University of Edinburgh, and a BA in Cultural Anthropology from Western Washington University. After graduating high school a year early, I completed an AA in Psychology from Bellevue Community College.
A therapeutic practice informed by ongoing training in multiple modalities, including:
Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (Externship, Core Skills 1-4, with ongoing consultation and supervision)
Gestalt Therapy (European Residential Training and ongoing GATSEA training)
Gottman Method Level 1
Somatic Experiencing
I also hold the following certifications
ADHD Certification
Asylum Evaluation Training
Institution of Integrative Nutrition Health Coach
200 Hr Yoga Certification with multiple Kids/Youth Yoga Trainings including Yoga Behind Bars
500+ hr Ayurveda Counseling
License #: LF61640984