Embrace Counseling
1812 E Madison St #101
Seattle, WA 98122
Email: jarred@jarredcounseling.com
Jarred Lathrop-Weber
Education:
- Bachelor of Social Work (2004)
Pacific Lutheran University - Master of Arts in Child, Couple, and Family Therapy (2009)
Antioch University
Work Experience:
- National Nonprofit Crisis Outreach program (2006-11)
Family Advocate/Child and Family Therapist - Seattle-based Community Counseling Organization (2008-09)
Mental Health Clinician - HIV Vaccine Trials Unit (2006-09)
Recruiter - Nonprofit Family Services (2004-06)
Family Support Specialist
Mr. Lathrop-Weber is a therapist based in Seattle's Capital Hill. His qualifications and information are listed above. You can go to his website for his opinion of his philosophy and practice. I will not list it here except to exemplify what he thinks of himself and what he does in practice.
He is an engaging young man who seems to genuinely care about others. He serves in many capacities, in addition to his practice, and so I feel he is pulled in many directions. He frequently discussed his other jobs, his health, his issues with his office space, and how much he does for the "community." He agreed to see me in therapy before meeting me because of a mutual acquaintance who was looking for help for me because I could not afford therapy. This was very kind of him, but I do not believe he thought it through, because he was not prepared to be committed to the therapy of someone who was not supporting him.
I was very honest with this man, and he understood the depth of my troubles. We also signed the standard "safety agreement" which included things such as calling the crisis line should I have a crisis, but also that I should contact him, by email or by phone. As he began to see that I would often go into crisis (after only 5 weeks) and I would email him, (not continuously) he would respond, and send me notes stating that he would discuss "my concerns"in our session and to call the crisis line if I needed to discuss my problems. The problem is that a therapist NEVER calls the crisis line and they do not know that most of the time they are not very helpful, unless you want a referral. If you feel suicidal, and they ask you, "What can you do tonight to help yourself feel better?" Who can answer that? "I called you, that's what I am doing to try to feel better." And then they get off the phone and you still feel the same. I am interested to know how others experience the crisis line. Please leave your comments.
After a particularly difficult time, in which I was irrational and going through things that had been brought up by therapy, I emailed him and I was not well. But what I said to him, while not attacking nor being abusive nor demanding, irritated him, I suppose, because I never really got a reason why he wrote me an EMAIL the next day dropping me as a client, telling me to call the crisis line or go to one of the many poverty mental health centers that he was aware I had had issues with in the past, washing his hands of me. He had said he would CALL me the next day. He did not do that. I am not sure about you, but when you are mentally vulnerable, you hope you can depend on your therapist to at least get you through a crisis, and then decide together whether or not you are a good fit. Did not happen, and even my psychiatrist was "appalled" by his actions and said what he did was very "cold."
While I would not recommend Mr. Lathrop-Weber for just anyone, and especially no one who needs in between therapy session support. I am pretty sure he is too busy for a needy client. He is probably best suited for a gay man who simply has issues coming out of the closet or a gay male couple who need couple's counseling or have internalized homophobia, but no deep seated issues with mental health. He is not mature enough nor invested enough nor unselfish enough to care for people who have serious psychotherapy issues. So, I would not recommend him for many people at all. Period. He has his own issues that he has not worked through in order to be present for his clients.
Thanks for reading, and I will post another review in the coming days!
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