Sam Noble
Pronouns: he/they
INDIVIDUAL & ADOLESCENT THERAPY
$170 / 50-minute session
LMHCA
Wherever you go, you must bring all of yourself with you. At times, a part of our spirit may become so heavy with ache and despair that we begin to wish that part would vanish forever so we may find relief. Many of us are accustomed to the fear of abandonment—by loved ones, school, or work—so that’s how we learn to respond to our own pain. Many come to therapy hoping to finally sever that painful part, when it is often that very part calling out for tenderness and acceptance. During therapy, you may find me offering care to that part specifically and inviting you to do the same. With courage and care, we will work on loving what feels unlovable so that true healing may take place.
Harm that is done in relationship must be healed in relationship. Many of my clients are LGBTQ+, Neurodivergent, or abuse survivors–children and adults who have dealt with profound personal trauma and loss, issues of identity, depression, anxiety, shame, and loneliness. In therapy, I often find two parallel processes take place: learning to understand and accept the person that you are, and learning to bring that understanding into your relationships with others, in pursuit of deeper connections.
My approach to therapy is integrative, which means I may employ various approaches according to what you need in the moment. Generally, our work together will be some combination of IFS (Internal Family Systems), existential therapy, and somatic work. In short, this means working on understanding how the different sides of you relate to one another, working to make meaning of your experiences, and learning to relate positively with your own physical body. Across all of these approaches, our work will always be relational. This means that at all points during our work, we will observe and make meaning together out of how our particular therapeutic relationship takes shape, and how this shape reflects the shape of other relationships in your life.
I’m credentialed as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor Associate, with a Master’s degree in Existential-Phenomenological Psychology from Seattle University, where I also earned my Bachelor’s degree in Psychology. For many years, I worked in the field of behavioral therapy, which brought me into contact with many wonderful people, but which also left me wanting something deeper and more humanistic in my approach to healing. I loved learning a non-behavioristic approach to the human person—one that lets go of the question “Why are you the way you are?” in favor of the question “What’s it like to be you?”
My family moved to the United States from the United Kingdom when I was very young, and I moved to the Pacific Northwest in my early adulthood. My loves in life are my queer community, my bicycle, and my very noisy cat Ripley (and, if I may disclose very vulnerably, my Nintendo Switch).
INDIVIDUAL & ADOLESCENT THERAPY
$170 / 50-minute session
sam@selfspaceseattle.com