Clinicians

Elise Quiggins, MA, LMFTA

ABOUT

You may be feeling anxious, down, or extremely overwhelmed. Maybe you’re experiencing a transition like navigating a chronic illness, exploring your identity, or finding your way through a family or school change. All of these things and more can cause us to feel confused, distressed, and disconnected from ourselves, unsure how to move forward and live a life we can love. In therapy, my goals are to highlight your strengths as well as create space that allows you to slow down and reconnect with your embodied wisdom and various parts of yourself.

I most often see clients in middle school and older who are experiencing symptoms related to anxiety and depression, grief/loss, identity, life transitions, stress, and trauma. As a Marriage & Family Therapist Associate, I have additional training in and love seeing couples, families, friendships, polycules, and other relationships for therapy. I have lived experience as a chronically ill and queer person and enjoy seeing clients who are also in these communities.

I specialize in using somatic therapy techniques to help clients not only address current problems but also build skills to address challenges that arise down the road. Sometimes, I may use additional interventions or ideas from other theories, like Bowenian Therapy, Emotion-Focused Therapy, Feminist Therapy, Internal Family Systems Therapy, and Viktor Frankl’s Logotherapy (existential therapy). I may incorporate art, games, and yoga into therapy, if it is interesting to you. I often name systems of oppression such as ableism, homophobia, misogyny, racism, transphobia, and more in therapy to acknowledge harm they cause. I use a slightly different approach for every client in order to help you make the changes you want and need in your life.

Who I am as a therapist is also informed by who I am as a person. I identify as white, bisexual, chronically ill/dynamically disabled, female and nonbinary, and as a trauma survivor.

Gender Pronouns: she/they

Experience & Education

• Bachelor of Arts in History – University of Puget Sound – 2019
• Master of Arts in Couples & Family Therapy – Antioch University – 2025
• Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist Associate #MG70036244
• 200-hour Mindfulness-Based Yoga Teacher Training – Source Yoga Tacoma – 2022
• 60-hour Domestic Violence Intervention Treatment Training – Antioch University – 2024
• Working with Trans, Non-Binary, and Gender Non-Conforming Clients – Antioch University – 2024
• Gottman Level 1 Training – Gottman Institute – 2025

Insurance

I am a Preferred Provider with Aetna, Cigna, First Choice, Kaiser Permanente, Premera, and Regence. Please call for inquiries regarding additional insurance plans.

Self-Pay

A Good Faith Estimate of expected charges will be provided when scheduling an appointment or upon request for self-pay clients.

Cancellation Policy

Cancellation is required 24-hours in advance of the appointment to avoid $100 fee.