Meet Our
Workshop Team
We are happy that you are exploring a better connection with your partner and would be honored to support you on this journey. We know how wonderful it is to feel understood by your special person! In relationships, we all get disconnected sometimes. We are invested in helping you find ways to team up and repair when you are feeling distant.
Let’s get started!
Kristin Nielsen
MS, LMFT, CST
Kristin is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Certified Sex Therapist with a private practice in Bothell, WA. She is an advanced skills therapist in Emotionally Focused Therapy. Kristin specializes in sexual health and intimacy issues. She sees adult individuals and couples coping with life stages and transitions, conflict, betrayal and trauma. Having lived in various parts of the United States, she considers herself to be 1/3 Washingtonian, 1/3 Texan and 1/3 New Yorker.
She spends time with an active family and loves to ski, travel and entertain family and friends.
Phone: (425) 210-0381
Email: knielsencounseling@gmail.com
Marcia Erickson Bates
MS, LMFT
Marcia is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with offices in Everett and Marysville. She is part of a group practice called Lutheran Counseling Network. An advanced skills therapist in Emotionally Focused Therapy, she works with adult individuals and couples around issues such as recovering from trauma and betrayal, reducing conflict, deepening connection, and strengthening self-esteem. She is happy to accommodate clients who want to integrate their spirituality into therapy.
Marcia and her husband have two grown boys. She loves hiking, spending time with friends and family, and adventuring with her husband in their '78 Volkswagen camper.
Phone: (425) 258-2955, x2
Kristin and Marcia are independent practitioners in private practice and are not in business together.