Clarice Wirkala
(She/Her/Hers)
Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC)
Clarice Wirkala, PhD. I specialize in depression, anxiety and stress in college students. I believe in providing affordable therapy to college students.
I specialize in depression, anxiety, career and academic stress, as well as relationships in college-aged clients. I am committed to providing affordable therapy to college students who are paying on their own. My fee for full-time UW students in $90/appointment. 1 mile walk from UW. LGBTIQA+ affirming!
Practice hours (PDT)
Accepts new patients after hospitalization for
- Self-harming behavior
- Suicidal intent or a plan
- Suicide attempt
Reserves times throughout the week for new clients after discharge from the hospital.
Adjusts scheduling to accommodate new clients after their hospitalization.
Areas of focus
Areas of expertise
- Academic Concerns
- Alcohol Use
- Anxiety
- Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
- Body Image
- Career
- Chronic Illness/Pain
- College and School Placement
- Conflict Resolution
- Depression
- Drug Use
- Eating Concerns
- Gaming/Internet Concerns
- Gender Identity
- Grief and Loss
- Immigration/Acculturation
- Infidelity
- Intimacy Concerns
- Life Transitions
- Loneliness/Isolation
- Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
- Panic
- Parenting Concerns
- Peer Difficulties
- Perfectionism
- Performance Anxiety
- Personal Growth
- Phobia
- Polyamorous relationship
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Racial/Cultural Oppression or Trauma
- Relationship(s) with Friends/Roommates
- Relationship(s) with Parents/Children/Family
- Relationship(s) with Partner/Husband/Wife
- School Concerns
- Self-Esteem
- Self-Harm
- Sexual Assault
- Sexual Concerns
- Sexual Identity
- Sleep Concerns
- Social Anxiety
- Spiritual/Religious Concerns
- Substance Use
- Suicidal Ideation
- Trauma
- Women's Issues
- Work/Life Balance
Age groups
- Teens (13-17)
- Young adults (18-30)
Special groups
- Adult children of alcoholics
- Body positivity
- Immigrants
- Neurodivergent people
- People who identify as gay
- People who identify as lesbian
- People who identify as non-binary
- People who identify as queer
- Transgender
Treatment specialties
Therapeutic modalities
- Individual Therapy
Treatments
- Attachment-Based Therapies
- Culturally-Sensitive Therapy
- Existential Psychotherapy
- Feminist Therapy
- Positive Psychology
- Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
Location
Remote options
- Video
Payment options
$90 — $230per session
- Documentation provided for patient filling
- Out-of-network insurance
- Out-of-pocket
- Sliding scale
- I offer a free consultation
Credentials
Licenses
LMHC
LH60691207, Washington
Education
Columbia University
PhD (Doctor of Philosophy), 2010
I studied Developmental Psychology, or human growth and development through the lifespan.