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COUNSELING & SUPPORT

There's strength in asking for help

Individual, group, and family counseling and support, on your own or together.

We offer five key counseling and support programs to meet clients wherever they are on their journey.

 

Friends of Youth provides personalized outpatient mental health and substance use counseling, community and parent education and outreach, and aftercare and recovery support. Our continuum-of-care approach has expanded our expertise in helping clients with co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders.

Mental Health and Substance Use Counseling Services

Individual, family, and group counseling, ages 4-24.  Substance use counseling with a supportive, caregiver- and family-centered approach, ages 12-24. Our behavioral therapeutic care is trauma-informed, culturally responsive care focused on individual and family goals

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  • By appointment only, Monday–Friday, 9:30 am–6:00 pm
     

  • Available virtually and in person at our Issaquah, Kirkland, North Bend, Renton, and Duvall offices
     

  • Call or email to learn more or schedule an assessment:

Eligibility

  • Ages 4–24
     

  • In-person services are in East King County; telehealth counseling is available anywhere in Washington State
     

  • In-network Insurers

    • Commercial insurers: 

      • Aetna

      • Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS)

      • Ambetter

      • Premera Blue Cross

    • Washington Apple Health (Medicaid)

      • Community Health Plan of Washington (CHPW)

      • Coordinated Care

      • Molina Healthcare of Washington

      • United Healthcare Community Plan

      • Wellpoint Washington
         

  • No insurance? Self-pay and a sliding scale payment are available

Therapeutic Modalities

used across our Mental Health and Substance Use Counseling programs:
 

  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
     

  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
     

  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
     

  • Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)
     

  • Art & Drama Therapy
     

  • Motivational Interviewing
     

  • Play Therapy

Mental Health Focused Groups

Call or email to learn more

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Skills

Ages 14–17

 

Develop skills to feel happier, repair relationships, and be more prepared for life's ups and downs. DBT helps young people manage emotions and regulate potentially destructive or harmful behaviors. Available as a skills group or individual counseling support.

 

📍 Issaquah, WA

Ani-bae

Ages 14–18

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For anime fans. This group discusses romantic relationships in favorite anime and uses them to explore participants' own relationships in real life — how these relationships make us feel, what they remind us of, and how they affect our relationships with friends and family — while watching and analyzing relevant clips.

 

📍 Renton, WA

Healing with Music

Ages 13–17

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Discover your voice and find your rhythm in our music-based therapy group. Through learning instruments and creating together, participants build confidence, strengthen coping skills, and learn to support one another.

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📍 Issaquah, WA

Rooted Together

Ages 13–17

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Engage more deeply with nature and each other. Time outdoors (and some indoors) centers on emotional regulation, mindfulness, sensory grounding, and peer connection.

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📍 Issaquah, WA

Substance Use Focused Groups

Seven Challenges

Ages 14–19

 

Explore and address the underlying reasons for substance use and build motivation for positive change in a supportive, structured environment, with tools and support to help participants reach their goals.

 

📍 Issaquah, WA and online via telehealth

Community Reinforcement and Family Training (CRAFT)

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A virtual, biweekly harm-reduction group for parents and caregivers addressing substance use behaviors in their children of any age. Each session covers a skill to apply to the parent-child relationship, building community through shared experience — discussion, connection, and support follow each skills practice.

 

📍 Online

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Safe Place

Safe Place is a 24-hour, free, confidential crisis hotline and emergency shelter referral service. There are 2,100 official Safe Place sites, including all King County Library locations, Metro buses, local businesses, and nonprofit organizations.  

 

Text or call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week: 1.800.422.TEEN (8336)

We Believe In Equity and Inclusion

Friends of Youth welcomes and serves youth and families of all backgrounds, cultures, and identities, including BIPOC and LGBTQIA+ youth and caregivers. We're committed to providing care that respects and reflects the full diversity of the community we serve.

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