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Karen Lucas

(she/her)

Radiant Health Center

LMHC, LMP

Clients I Work With

You don’t have to have it all figured out to reach out. Most people who find their way to my office — or to a virtual session — arrive carrying something they’ve been holding for a long time. Maybe it’s anxiety that never fully quiets. Maybe it’s a relationship pattern that keeps repeating no matter how hard you try. Maybe you’ve always felt a little different from the people around you, and you’re not sure why. Maybe something happened — or many things happened — and your body and mind haven’t felt safe since. Whatever brings you here, you are welcome. My practice is built around the belief that healing happens in relationship, and that every person deserves a space where all of their parts — even the ones that feel messy, confusing, or hard to explain — are met with warmth and curiosity. I work with individuals and couples in person on Capitol Hill in Seattle, and virtually in WA & TX.

Approach

My approach to counseling starts with social justice, neurodiverse affirming, and trauma-informed care. My style is conversational. The theories I apply are the integration of systemic, somatic, attachment theory, interpersonal neurobiology, mindfulness, and relational. I believe we learn and change in the context of our relationships. It is important to explore the impact that systems have had on you. These systems include your family (attachment styles), communities that you grew up in, and past and current relationships. Once we better understand how your attachment style, sensory profile, emotional, physical, and neurological bodies have been impacted by these systems, we bring in awareness and self-compassion. Together through our relationship, we will create healthy change to help you lead a thriving life that is filled with joy.

Beliefs & Lived Experience

I came to this work through my own healing. Understanding my insecure/secure attachment — and how my family of origin shaped it — has been one of the most transformative journeys of my life. Seeing how those early patterns showed up in my friendships, my marriage, and my mothering gave me both humility and hope. Healing is possible. I know this not just professionally, but personally. My family system includes a beautiful variety of neurodivergent people. Learning to understand my own sensory profile — and those of the people I love — has changed how we live together. Less ableism, less enabling, more genuine thriving. My path into counseling began with the body. Ten years as a massage and CranioSacral therapist taught me that healing lives in our tissues as much as our minds. I still offer CranioSacral and Transforming Touch® table work for clients in person and TT virtually.

More About My Practice

Sessions with me are conversational, warm, and unhurried. I follow your lead. We might explore something that happened this week, a pattern you keep noticing, or a sensation in your body that’s hard to put into words. I bring curiosity, humor when it fits, and a deep respect for your pace. Some sessions are primarily talk. Others may include somatic awareness — gently noticing what your body is doing as we speak. For some clients, we incorporate CranioSacral or Transforming Touch® table work, where healing happens through safe, regulated touch. Our relationship is the foundation of everything we do — and building that trust, that sense of genuine safety, is never rushed. We set the goals together so you feel accompanied in the whole process.

Ages Served

Adults
Older Adults (65+)
Young Adults (18-25)

Services Provided

Couples Therapy
Individual Therapy

Languages Spoken

English

In Person Availability

Mondays and Wednesdays on Capitol Hill

Specializations

Modalities

Attachment-Based
Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB)
Mindful Self Compassion
Narrative Therapy
Relational Therapy
Somatic Therapy
Systemic Therapy

Specialties

ADHD
Anxiety
Attachment
Autism
Burnout
Chronic Pain and Illness
Codependency
Depression
Divorce
First Responders and Medical Professionals
Highly Sensitive People (HSP)
LGBTQ+
Life Transitions
Parenting
Parts Work
Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
Relationship Issues
Self Esteem
Sex-Positive, Kink Allied
Trauma and PTSD

Insurance and Payment

Payment Accepted

Cash
Check
Credit
Health Savings Account (HSA)
Out of Network (Superbills Provided)

Session Fees

$190
-$240

State Licensed In

Texas
Washington