We are a group practice that specializes in treating several different mental health disorders. We see individuals, couples, children, and families.
We have locations in Clarkston, WA, Pullman, WA, and Mill Creek, WA.
07/28/2025
✨ EMDR Therapy ✨
At Dragonfly Counseling, we’re proud to offer EMDR — a powerful, evidence-based therapy that helps people heal from trauma, anxiety, grief, and more.
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) doesn’t require you to relive every detail of your past. Instead, it helps your brain reprocess painful experiences so they no longer hold the same emotional weight.
💭 Many clients describe EMDR as life-changing.
💚 Healing is possible — and we’re here to help.
📞 Reach out today to schedule with one of our EMDR-trained therapists.
07/20/2025
🌧️ The RAIN Method: A Mindful Pause with Purpose 🌈
When emotions feel overwhelming, the RAIN Method offers a simple yet powerful tool to slow down, check in, and respond with compassion instead of reactivity. ✨
Here’s how it works:
🔹 R – Recognize
What emotion am I feeling? Where do I feel it in my body? Start by naming your emotions without judgment.
🔹 A – Allow
Let the emotion be there—no fixing, avoiding, or pushing it away. Just notice it with curiosity and care.
🔹 I – Investigate
Ask yourself: Why is this here? What’s underneath it? Explore your thoughts and sensations gently.
🔹 N – Nurture
Respond to yourself with kindness. What does this part of you need? Reassurance? Love? Compassion?
🌿 Practicing RAIN helps us develop emotional awareness, self-kindness, and a deeper connection with ourselves—especially in difficult moments.
Save this post as a grounding tool for when you need a mindful moment. 💛
07/17/2025
📚 July Book Recommendation: "Too Much" by Terri Cole 💬
Do you feel like you're always the one giving, fixing, or holding it all together?
Too Much is a powerful guide to breaking the cycle of high-functioning codependency and redefining how we relate to others without losing ourselves. 💛
Terri Cole helps readers uncover the “why” behind their relational patterns and offers clear, compassionate tools to build emotional resiliency, set boundaries, and stay centered in their truth. ✨
Each chapter includes insightful tips, self-assessments, and practical exercises to help you relate to others in a healthier, more empowered way.
💡 This one’s for the helpers, the over-doers, the peacekeepers—it’s time to take care of you, too.
📖 Available wherever you get your books! Let us know if you're reading along.
07/14/2025
🌊🐾 Cali’s Corner 🐾🌊
Hi fur-iends! It’s me, Cali the therapy pup! Today’s paw-sitive reminder comes straight from the lake: sometimes, the best kind of healing starts with a splash 💦
Whether you're riding the waves of emotion or just dipping your paws into self-care, remember, it's okay to take a break, float for a while, and soak up the sunshine. ☀️🐶
Water you doing to care for yourself this summer? 🐕❤️
07/07/2025
✨ We’re so proud to share that our Executive Director & Founder, Dr. Andrea Charles, is now an approved EMDR Consultant through EMDRIA!
This recognition reflects her advanced training, extensive experience, and unwavering commitment to the EMDR therapy model. 💛
As a consultant, Dr. Charles can now support other therapists on their journey toward EMDR certification, offering consultation, guidance, and mentorship grounded in clinical expertise and trauma-informed care.
Whether you’re working toward certification or hoping to deepen your EMDR practice, she is here to help you grow with confidence, clarity, and compassion.
🌟 Interested in EMDR consultation? Reach out today to learn more.
07/04/2025
🇺🇸✨ Happy 4th of July!
Today, as we celebrate freedom, let’s remember the deepest freedoms we can claim every day:
🗽 Emotional freedoms
– Setting boundaries without guilt
– Feeling your emotions fully
– Forgiving yourself
🗽 Mental freedoms
– Challenging negative thoughts
– Growing and changing your mindset
– Unlearning what no longer serves you
🗽 Relational freedoms
– Leaving toxic relationships
– Choosing who you surround yourself with
– Loving who you want
🗽 Lifestyle freedoms
– Resting without having to “earn it”
– Slowing down
– Prioritizing your health
– Asking for help when you need it
🗽 Spiritual & personal identity freedoms
– Being your authentic self
– Changing your beliefs or values
– Redefining success for YOU
💙 This Independence Day, celebrate your personal freedom to choose yourself.
✨ Which of these freedoms do you want to embrace more fully this year? Share below. ⬇️
06/28/2025
🌬️ Feeling anxious, jittery, or totally shut down? Your nervous system might just need a little support.
This Beginner Cheat Sheet breaks down two common states—🧠 anxiety/overthinking and 😶 numbness/disconnection—and gives you simple, practical tools to regulate in the moment.
💡 Whether it’s box breathing, grounding with your senses, or dancing it out, these techniques can help you reconnect with your body, slow your thoughts, and feel more present.
✨ Remember: Regulation isn’t about “fixing” yourself—it’s about tuning in and gently supporting your system when it’s overwhelmed.
Save this for later or share it with someone who could use a moment of calm 🤍
06/22/2025
📖 June Book Recommendation: Self-Esteem by Matthew McKay & Patrick Fanning
Self-Esteem dives deep into how our life experiences shape the way we see ourselves, and it offers powerful tools to help quiet the inner critic and rebuild a strong, compassionate sense of self-worth.
It’s especially helpful for clients working through negative self-talk, low self-esteem, or difficulty setting boundaries. While the tone leans more educational (think workbook-style), it’s incredibly impactful for those who enjoy that format and are ready to do some intentional self-growth work.
💬 “You are not your inner critic.” Let this book help you believe it.
06/21/2025
🎉🐾 Cali’s Corner 🐾🎉
Hi furiends, it’s my 1st birthday today! 🎂🎈
This past year has been full of tail wags, belly rubs, and so many snuggles with my Dragonfly Counseling family. Thank you for all the love you’ve given me—I’ve loved every second of being your furry little therapist. 💕
Here’s to another year of head tilts, happy zoomies, and being the best good girl I can be.
With a full heart (and a treat in paw),
~ Cali 🐶💗
06/20/2025
💬 Let’s Talk: When’s the right time to come in for relationship counseling?
Is it when the fights start getting louder?
When the silence becomes heavier?
Or… should you come in before things feel broken?
💡 Truth is, many couples think of counseling as a “last resort” — but what if it could be your first step toward deeper connection?
👉 Some signs it might be time to check in:
• You’re gridlocked in perpetual arguments
• Communication feels off
• Life changes (like a baby, job, or move) are adding stress
• You feel like roommates, not partners
• You just want to strengthen what you already have
✨ Relationship counseling isn’t just for crisis — it’s for growth, clarity, and connection.
❤️ So, what do you think?
When do you believe is the best time to seek counseling in a relationship?
👇 Drop your thoughts below — let’s open up the conversation.
06/18/2025
Wishing Bree Torgerson All the Best! 💛
We’re so grateful for the time Bree Torgerson spent with us at Dragonfly Counseling. She brought warmth, insight, and heart to her work supporting clients with anxiety, self-esteem, relationships, ADHD, grief, and more.
Bree is now stepping into solo practice and will continue offering therapy as well as non-clinical systemic family constellation work (online and in-person).
You can find her at www.thirdwingconnection.com. We’ll miss her and wish her so much success in this next chapter! 🌿✨
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Change is a part of life. It can be hard and messy, but in it's own way beautiful.
A dragonfly represents change, transformation, growth, adaptability, and in the end - self-realization. A dragonfly's wings are iridescent and change depending on how the light hits them. They say that there are magical properties associated with iridescence and that it is related to a person's ability to find their true self and remove self-doubt.
Dragonflies only fly for a fraction of their lives, which people say represents "living in the moment". When we live for the moment we are aware of everything around us. We can see all that is good and we can make changes when necessary.
Now is the time to live, not hide away from the world.
Letting people in is hard and letting people see the ugly parts is even harder. Vulnerability is something that is hard for most people, we want people to see the best version of us.
But what if you found someone that you could trust with that vulnerability? When you find that person there is no value you can place on it, it is unmeasurable. Let us come alongside you and help you discover your true self.
