Eric Levine

I strive to help people navigate life situations with empathy and warmth rather than label them with conditions that call for months and months of therapy. I pledge to explore your options, weigh the outcomes, and by so doing help build the confidence needed to make your own decisions about what’s best for your future.

If you do select me to talk with I will be as careful and supportive as possible. My mission is to see the world through your eyes, to pose questions to help clarify how you see that world, and to always be in your corner whatever you decide. What I will do consistently is listen intently without judgment, show sincere empathy, look for and validate strengths, do collaborative problem solving, and even share some humor along the way. I find that these practices help good solutions rise to the top.

My name is Eric Levine. I’m a licensed Counselor based in Washington State having worked 14 years in the field of counseling after earning my Masters specializing in Counseling Psychology at UCLA.

Workplace and career issues are two areas of emphasis, helping people who want to stay in their present job with its difficulties, make a decision to leave and how to prepare for it, or even explore a different career and/or educational path–with all the emotions those things can evoke.

Relationships, which are so important in general, can be affected by these issues and so many others, so of course we can work on them as well. In fact, relationship issues are the primary reason people seek out my help. Effective tools and incremental steps in either area can improve your outlook on the future and lead to better outcomes.

Like many counselors my preference is to work with people in person. But since remote counseling has come to the fore (even more so after the pandemic hit) I find the next best mode is talking on the phone which brings with it a sense of focus and “presence,” along with inflection, emphasis, feeling tones, humor, and most importantly the ability to immediately clear up any misunderstandings with the sensitivity of the spoken word. In that regard I’ve been told I have a very calm and pleasant voice that I owe to my father, a newscaster whose warm emotionality came right through the radio, even more so to those of us around him.

If you are facing an upsetting situation in your life, involving a relationship, workplace stress, career uncertainty, or a life transition I look forward to helping you map out your next steps.