Erik Mildes, MA, LMHC
Welcome to Seattle Christian Counseling!
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Professional Christian Counseling for Individuals and Couples
Over the last 7 years I have had the privilege of sitting with people in the midst of their unique healing processes. I have experienced people’s stories of brokenness become places of great healing and redemption as voices are reclaimed and darkness turns to light. I have seen God break the bonds of depression and heal where the textbooks say healing is not possible. This is the work of being a Christian counselor, working alongside the Holy Spirit, integrating solid therapy with the work of the Living God. This is why I do the work I do.
Please don’t hesitate to give me a call and come in for a risk free session. I do look forward to meeting you and would be honored to be part of your healing journey.
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1-(206)-999-4534 direct email
Through this work my clients have achieved:
- A greater ability to give and receive love in a satisfying way
- Increased awareness of and ability to connect with God, self, and others,
- A greater sense of joy, peace, and compassion even in difficult relationships,
- A deeper understanding of identity,
- Increased ability to offer patients and gentleness in tense situations
- An increased awareness and understanding of you styles of relating and life motivations,
- A deeper understanding of purpose and meaning in your life
- Decreased symptoms from which you have suffered
My areas of expertise include:
Recovery from abuse, broken relationships, anxiety, depression, identity and purpose, anger issues, sexual brokenness, and spiritual issues.
Theology of Christian Counseling
“And I will lead the blind in a way that they do not know, in paths that they have not known I will guide them. I will turn the darkness before them into light, the rough places into level ground. These are the things I do, and I do not forsake them.” Isaiah 42:16 ESV
All of my work rests on the foundation that God is good and that He is the one who turns darkness into light. This means that the darkness you carry isn’t anything to be afraid of but holds the greatest potential for greatest change. This is the place where you are most likely to see Him face to face and to experience His healing presence. It is God’s will for you to experience healing and redemption and it is His will to transform all of the darkness in you into light.
Christian Counseling in Process:
We live in communities that are meant to be based on relationships of faith, hope and love. Unfortunately, much gets in the way of what is meant for our lives and us together. Jealousy, contempt, violence, and abuse mix into the picture and what should be, is not. Our experience becomes one of hurt, mistrust, self-contempt, broken relationships, and misunderstanding.
I offer an emotionally safe and productive place where you can freely be yourself as you are, where you are. Along with being empathetic, patient, and tender, I possess the strength, willingness and understanding necessary to join you in the dark/difficult places of your life and story. Respecting and using therapeutic approaches from a variety of perspectives, I primarily work from a relational style of therapy, drawing upon Scripture and the leading of the Holy Spirit to intimately integrate psychodynamic, phenomenological (looking at the meaning of one’s experience), cognitive behavioral and Family Systems approaches.
We will work to understand your current relationships and problems in a way that sheds light on destructive or harmful patterns in your life. This will better help us find a way through them that results in the greatest possible growth and healing for you. I will also assist you in changing self-defeating styles of relating through a relationship building process of here and now work that will flush out underlying causes to the symptoms you face. Through all of this we will seek a greater and life changing understanding of your identity in the Holy Father, a true love for Christ in you and others, and vital and empowering relationship with the Holy Spirit.
Testimonials:
Male client about relational and commitment issues.
“I started seeing Erik somewhat reluctantly as I had never visited a counselor. I was concerned about the perception of others, and frankly, a little worried that I might need “counseling.” Fortunately, my apprehension couldn’t have been more misplaced. Erik provides an environment that fosters compassion and relationship, and as needed, disagreement and challenge. And he is very easy to talk to! Through prayerful insight, observation, wisdom, and a love for his profession and patients, Erik makes connections to events in your life that are not obvious and I am convinced can only be discovered through the process and tools that he provides. I came to look forward to our time together.
My time with Erik has changed the way I view myself, my family, and the world. I even have a new and lovely wife for which I must give Erik much credit. I would highly recommend Erik to anyone.”
Submitted by anonymous.
Female client thriving after severe abuse.
“I have been working with Erik Mildes for close to 3 and a 1/2 years. From the very beginning of contacting and meeting Erik, I felt listened to and comfortable. (As comfortable as you can be dealing with Abuse issues.) I had never really received a diagnosis and Erik was very good not to label or diagnose me. He instead treated me like a person, a young woman. I was the one to first broach the topic of DID, though I put it in the first forms I filled out in a covert way. I mentioned losing time, attention span that wavered, panic attacks, and very protective of my self and my surroundings. As I got to know Erik, which really happened very rapidly because of his gentle, searching and patient demeanor, I felt free to share what my inner and outer worlds were like…
Memberships and Affiliations:
The American Association of Christian Counselors (AACC)
Life Innovations – Prepare/Enrich
Financial Peace University (Dave Ramsey)