Therapy for adults navigating anxiety, identity shifts, and changing relationships.

I’m Tamryn Kobayashi, an intern therapist in Washington.

I offer 55-minute psychotherapy sessions at CoHear in Bellevue, as an intern therapist. This means a lower rate.
From April, 2026, I will be accepting insurance. Here are the details.

I work with individuals and couples, and adults of all ages.

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You don’t have to know exactly what’s wrong but you might recognize yourself in some of these experiences:

    • Feeling anxious, avoidant, or unsure in close relationships

    • Patterns that repeat despite insight or effort

    • Longing for closeness while also protecting yourself

    • Chronic self-criticism or shame

    • Feeling “not enough” or fundamentally flawed

    • Difficulty accessing self-compassion

    • Anxiety, low mood, or emotional numbness

    • Feeling overwhelmed or shut down

    • Trouble settling or feeling safe in your body

    • Emotional neglect or inconsistency growing up

    • Feeling unseen, unprotected, or parentified

    • Carrying responsibility too early

Many people come to therapy feeling unsettled, stuck, or disconnected, without a clear diagnosis or label. You might sense that something from earlier in life is still shaping how you relate, cope, or feel about yourself today.

It’s hard to know if the chemistry will be there with a therapist. Let’s schedule a free 15-minute consult to see if we might work well together and for me to answer any questions you might have.

Contact Me

Attachment-focused therapy in-person in Bellevue and online across Washington

  • Do you sometimes wonder, Is this really all there is to life?

  • Do you find yourself more anxious, reactive, or exhausted than you used to be?

  • Do you hold a lot together for everyone else and aren’t sure who holds you?

  • Do you feel disappointed in yourself for not being happier?

  • Do you sense there’s more to you, but you’re not sure how to access it?

You might feel at home here if…

You’ve tried things that were ‘supposed’ to help but you are still struggling.

You long to feel more free, to find a new version of yourself who is grounded and at peace.

Anxiety feels like your baseline and you can’t remember how to relax.

I work mainly with adults who carry early relational experiences into their present lives, often showing up as anxiety, self-doubt, difficulty trusting, or a sense of longing. Many are thoughtful, capable people who have tried to understand themselves, yet still feel something is missing.

You think a lot about your relationships. You replay conversations. You wonder if you asked for too much or not enough.

You learned early on that you could only rely on yourself.

You don’t really remember much about your childhood and you’ve always wondered why.

If you’re not sure whether your experiences “count,” that uncertainty itself often belongs here.

My Approach

We are all shaped in relationship and we’re also healed in relationship.

The ways you learned to manage closeness, conflict, reassurance, or disappointment didn’t come from nowhere. They were formed early, often in relationships that mattered very much.

In our work together, we pay attention to those patterns with curiosity instead of judgment. I work with each client in their own unique way and find the most benefit comes from combining psychotherapeutic work and somatic practices.

Over time, the experience of being met consistently and honestly in therapy begins to shift how you relate to yourself and others. What starts in the room becomes something you carry with you.

But how do I go about choosing a therapist? There are so many to choose from and it feels too overwhelming to decide on one. Some ideas…