Meagan Teutsch Patel

I am a licensed mental health therapist and clinical social worker with over 16 years of experience in counseling adolescents, adults, couples, and families. My approach to psychotherapy is collaborative, dynamic, solution-focused, and grounded in compassion, systems theory, and neuroscience. I specialize in the following areas: - Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) - Infertility, Reproductive Health & IVF - Third Party Reproduction Including Donor Gametes, Surrogacy & Psych Evaluations for Donors and Gestational Carriers - Adoption - Miscarriage & Perinatal Loss - Chronic Illness & Medical Trauma - Couples Counseling & Relationship Issues - Grief & Loss - Anxiety & Depression - OCD & Phobias - LBGTQ and Transgender Support - Eating Disorders - Self-Esteem & Body Image ADHD I support clients with ADHD by empowering them to manage symptoms and strengthen executive functioning skills such as focus, organization, time management, and emotional regulation. Through a supportive and collaborative therapeutic approach, I help clients build confidence, leverage their strengths, and thrive personally, professionally, and/or academically. Fertility Counseling Supporting clients through the grief of miscarriage and the challenges of infertility, assisted reproduction, surrogacy, and adoption is work that I am deeply passionate about in part because of my own journey to parenthood. Chronic Illness One of my specialties is chronic illness and medical trauma, having worked as a medical and palliative care social worker and psychotherapist at Swedish Medical Center for many years. As a therapist, I utilize evidence-based modalities and am trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT) and Gottman Method for couples, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Motivational Interviewing (MI), Problem Solving Therapy (PST), and Mindfulness, and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). I hold a Bachelor of Arts (BA) from Franklin University Switzerland in Lugano, Switzerland and a Master of Social Work (MSW) from the University of Southern California. My professional memberships include: National Association of Social Work (NASW), the American Society for Reproductive Medicine (ASRM), and RESOLVE (The National Infertility Association). I provide in-person therapy sessions at my office in Seattle's Madison Park as well as telehealth. Additionally, I offer walk-and-talk therapy in the Washington Park Arboretum. While I don't currently accept insurance, I provide Super Bills for insurance reimbursement and accept Employee Assistance Prpgrams including Spring Health and Lyra. When I'm not working, I love skiing, hiking, mountaineering, paddle boarding, and spending time with my husband, our twins, and our greyhound.