Clinicians

Jessica Wattnem, MBA, MA, LMFTA

ABOUT

I work with individuals and couples navigating relationship challenges, betrayal trauma, intimacy concerns, and attachment-related wounds. I help clients understand the patterns that keep them feeling stuck and find healthier ways to connect with themselves and the people they love.

With couples, I focus on improving communication, navigating conflict, rebuilding trust after infidelity or betrayal, and restoring emotional and physical intimacy. I also support couples who feel uncertain about their relationship and want greater clarity about whether to repair, reconnect, or move in a different direction.

In individual therapy, I work with relationship distress, anxiety, depression, shame, low self-esteem, trauma, and major life transitions. Together, we work toward greater self-understanding, self-trust, and meaningful change.

Having lived and worked in various countries, I especially value working with multicultural and intercultural clients and bring curiosity and cultural awareness to our work together.

My approach is warm, collaborative, trauma-informed, and attachment-focused. I draw from the Gottman Method, Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), combining practical tools with deeper emotional work to help clients build more secure, authentic, and fulfilling relationships.

Experience & Education

• Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy – Northcentral University
• Master of Global Management (MBA) – Thunderbird School of Global Management
• Bachelor of Business Administration – The University of Iowa
• Washington Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Associate (LMFTA) – License # MFTA.MG.70023302
• Gottman Method Couples Therapy – Level 1 Training
• Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) Training – Medical University of South Carolina
• Delta Kappa International Marriage and Family Therapy Honor Society – Member
• Private Practice – Provided individual and couples therapy with a focus on relationship distress, communication, infidelity and betrayal, trust, intimacy, anxiety, depression, and life transitions.
• Clinical Practicum & Internship – Provided therapy to adolescents, adults, couples, and families in community mental health and private practice settings, with an emphasis on trauma-informed care and relationship and family concerns.

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.