Beyond Solutions Counseling: Couples Therapy in Seattle with Tina Hanson

1. What led you to decide to open your private practice therapy business in Seattle?

Tina Hanson: Beyond Solutions Counseling

Growing up in a Southeast Asian refugee family, I experienced firsthand how forced migration, intergenerational trauma, and social and economic adversity shape relationships and family dynamics. After several years of working with children and families, I felt called to focus on couples therapy, helping partners navigate challenges, strengthen connection, and build healthier patterns. Opening Beyond Solutions Counseling gave me the opportunity to create a space where trauma-informed, attachment-focused care is rooted in both lived experience and clinical expertise.

2. What kind of services do you provide?

I provide therapy for individuals, couples, and families, integrating somatic (body-based) work, nervous system regulation, and relational healing to cultivate deeper emotional safety and connection. I have also recently expanded into offering psychoeducational workshops focused on breaking intergenerational patterns and building emotional safety in families.

3. How do your services help people?

Therapy with me goes beyond teaching coping skills. I help people understand the experiences that shape how they respond to stress, relationships, and life itself. Together, we uncover what keeps you stuck and support you in responding with more awareness and choice.  In doing so, you can feel more grounded, connected, and present in your life and relationships.

4. What kind of people do you love working with?

I love working with individuals, couples, and families who bring courage, curiosity, and a deep commitment to growth. They are ready to explore how trauma, attachment, and past experiences shape their relationships, and to take intentional steps toward building stronger, more resilient connections with themselves and those they care about. Many of my clients are navigating the challenges of parenting, relationship stress, or intergenerational trauma, while also living within systems shaped by social inequities and injustice.

5. What happens during a first appointment with you?

During your first session, I’ll ask questions to understand what brought you to therapy and what you hope will change. It’s a space to be heard, feel understood, and begin noticing how your emotions and stress show up in your body and relationships. Together, we’ll lay the groundwork for the work ahead.

6. What do you wish people knew about services with you?

I wish people knew that therapy goes far beyond talking about problems. We also work with the parts of you that learned how to survive, helping you feel safe, connected, and supported. Therapy with me is not about fixing everything that’s wrong in your life; it’s about building the capacity to respond to the emotional highs and lows of life with intention, choice, and compassion. Therapy doesn’t just shift how you feel, it transforms how you show up in your relationships, your family, and your community.

7. How can people contact you?

More information can be found on my website:
www.beyondsolutionslmft.com

You can also find me on Instagram:
@beyondsolutionslmft

About the Author: Seattle Washington Therapist, Chelsea Kramer LMFT PMH-C

Chelsea Kramer is a Seattle Therapist who works with individual and families facing grief, anxiety, reproductive and medical mental health concerns.

Learn more about Chelsea’s specialties: grief, anxiety, infertility, pregnancy loss, chronic illness, menopause, medical trauma

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