A holistic approach to healing

At Songbird Psychological Services, PLLC, we believe that healing is never one-dimensional. Emotional wellbeing cannot be separated from physical health, relationships, trauma history, identity, culture, environment, or the systems in which a person lives. For that reason, our practice was built around a holistic approach to psychological care. It is essential to us to treat every client as a whole person rather than a collection of problems to be managed.

We are passionate about providing accessible, high-quality healthcare that thoughtfully incorporates body, mind, culture, and external factors into the therapeutic process. Our goal is not simply symptom reduction, but helping clients build lives that feel more sustainable, connected, empowered, and aligned with their values. 

This means honoring both strengths and vulnerabilities: celebrating neurodiversity, disability, identity, resilience, and adaptation while also creating room to address pain, grief, trauma, conflict, and the very real barriers people face in everyday life. 


Clinical Philosophy

Our work blends evidence-based treatment with a justice-focused understanding of human suffering and healing. We recognize that distress does not occur in a vacuum. Trauma, oppression, chronic stress, disability, medical experiences, family systems, and societal expectations all influence how people move through the world. 

We strive to provide care that is person-centered, trauma-informed, and culturally responsive. We prioritize being affirmative of disability and neurodiversity. Our approach is grounded in research-supported interventions and each case is carefully conceptualized through a specific therapeutic framework. We draw from evidence-based approaches that support emotional regulation, psychological flexibility, relational healing, and sustainable behavior change while always tailoring treatment to the individual needs of each client. 

Healing does not occur exclusively in the therapy room. At Songbird Psychological Services we remain committed to helping our community become holistically healthy for all of its members through relational and collective initiatives. We apply our clinical philosophy to our broader systems-level efforts as well, which means behind the scenes we stay active in volunteer and policy efforts that foster sustainable, justice-informed holistic wellbeing. 

We believe accessible and affirming psychological care is part of community health. This means striving to reduce barriers where possible, honoring marginalized experiences, practicing with cultural humility, and using evidence-based approaches in ways that are responsive to the real-world contexts our clients inhabit. 

Our aim is not to force clients into rigid models of “normal,” nor is it to treat mental health symptoms in the absence of addressing other relevant life factors. Instead, we aim to help clients understand themselves more fully, navigate challenges more effectively, and build systems of support that honor their lived realities.


Who We Serve

Songbird Psychological Services is a generalist practice capable of supporting a wide range of therapeutic and psychological assessment needs. We welcome clients across many stages of life and presenting concerns.

That said, we are especially well-suited for clients whose needs often require a broader, more integrative lens than traditional therapy settings provide. 

We are an especially strong fit for:

  • Many adults come to therapy carrying both visible and invisible histories such as developmental trauma, medical trauma, chronic illness, disability, nervous system dysregulation, burnout, grief, or longstanding relational wounds. Our work helps clients understand the interconnected impact of these experiences while building a more compassionate and workable path forward.

  • Relationships become more complex when partners are managing chronic illness, disability, neurodivergence, caregiving roles, differing support needs, or systemic barriers. We help couples improve communication, reduce resentment, increase mutual understanding, and build relationship structures that work for their unique realities rather than external expectations.

  • We have a special passion for working with children and families who require nuanced, compassionate, and systems-aware care. We particularly love to serve foster and adoptive youth, children with intellectual developmental disorder (IDD), and children with AuDHD or other complex neurodevelopmental profiles. Our work emphasizes both child support and caregiver empowerment.

Why “Songbird”?

Songbirds are known for adaptation, unique communication, resilience, and the creation of connection through voice. We chose the name Songbird Psychological Services as a reflection of the healing process itself: learning to listen inwardly, finding language for lived experience, and developing new ways to move through the world with greater freedom and authenticity. A unique feature of songbirds is that while they hatch with a rough idea of how to sing their song, they require support and teaching to fully use their voice. Similarly, we believe each person has within them an innate capacity for change, growth and healing. But like a songbird, sometimes we need a bit of coaching for our song to fully ring out!

Also, Dr. Bethany DeHaven loves to bird by ear and can often be found listening to the calls of PNW birds on CD in the car or recording local birds to identify in the Merlin app!