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Pathlight Mood & Anxiety Seattle
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Treatment Focus
This center treats mental health conditions and co-occurring substance use. You receive collaborative, individualized treatment that addresses both issues for whole-person healing.
Primary Level of Care
Offering intensive care with 24/7 monitoring, residential treatment is typically 30 days and can cover multiple levels of care. Length can range from 14 to 90 days typically.
Treatment Focus
This center treats mental health conditions and co-occurring substance use. You receive collaborative, individualized treatment that addresses both issues for whole-person healing.
Primary Level of Care
Offering intensive care with 24/7 monitoring, residential treatment is typically 30 days and can cover multiple levels of care. Length can range from 14 to 90 days typically.
Provider's Policy
To ensure you can pursue recovery, Pathlight Mood and Anxiety Center's dedicated team will work on your behalf by acting as a liaison with your insurance provider, answering your questions, and providing guidance and support every step of the way. Please contact Pathlight Mood and Anxiety Center's admissions team to hear about what your benefits will cover.
Pathlight Mood & Anxiety Seattle
Pathlight Mood & Anxiety Seattle
About Pathlight Mood & Anxiety Seattle
Children, adolescents, and adults can access structured residential mental health treatment at Pathlight Mood & Anxiety Center on Madison Street in Seattle. Their psychiatrist-led programs treat mood, anxiety, and trauma-related disorders for medically stable clients, with 24/7 residential care for children and teens, 24/7 residential care for adults, and 7-day partial hospitalization program (PHP) care for children and adolescents in Seattle’s First Hill neighborhood.
Practice Skills With Clinical Support
Pathlight Seattle uses mindfulness-based, psychiatrist-led care to help clients understand symptoms and practice new responses. Treatment can include dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), behavioral activation, DBT-centered trauma education and protocol, and specialized trauma and obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) tracks that support emotional regulation, communication, values-based choices, and daily functioning.
Choose Structured Residential or Daytime Care
Seattle’s 24/7 residential programs give children, teens, and adults a highly structured treatment setting when symptoms require more support than weekly outpatient care. For children and adolescents who need intensive daytime care, the partial hospitalization program (PHP) meets 7 days per week while allowing evenings at home or in a peer-supported setting.
Support Families Beyond Discharge
Pathlight includes family and alumni support before, during, and after treatment. Their team develops a personalized discharge plan and can connect clients and families with aftercare services, alumni support programs, education, and practical resources, helping families understand next steps and continue support after residential or partial hospitalization care ends.
Center Overview
Treatment Focus
This center treats mental health conditions and co-occurring substance use. You receive collaborative, individualized treatment that addresses both issues for whole-person healing.
Joint Commission Accredited
The Joint Commission accreditation is a voluntary, objective process that evaluates and accredits healthcare organizations (like treatment centers) based on performance standards designed to improve quality and safety for patients. To be accredited means the treatment center has been found to meet the Commission's standards for quality and safety in patient care.
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Licensed by Washington
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Meet Your Care Team
Elizabeth Wassenaar
Regional Medical Director
MS, MD, DFAPA, CEDS-C
Alyssa Aakre
Director of Operational Excellence
Amy Richards
Regional Nursing Director
RN, BSN
Robert McFerren
Executive Director
LCSW-S
Matthew Pecht
Clinical Director
PsyD
Adam Marion
Regional Vice President
LCSW
Your Care Options
Specializations
Adolescents
Teens receive the treatment they need for mental health disorders and addiction, with the added support of educational and vocational services.
Children
Treatment for children incorporates the psychiatric care they need and education, often led by on-site teachers to keep children on track with school.
Anxiety
Anxiety is a common mental health condition that can include excessive worry, panic attacks, physical tension, and increased blood pressure.
Depression
Symptoms of depression may include fatigue, a sense of numbness, and loss of interest in activities. This condition can range from mild to severe.
Trauma
Some traumatic events are so disturbing that they cause long-term mental health problems. Those ongoing issues can also be referred to as "trauma."
Who We Treat
Adolescents
Teens receive the treatment they need for mental health disorders and addiction, with the added support of educational and vocational services.
Children
Treatment for children incorporates the psychiatric care they need and education, often led by on-site teachers to keep children on track with school.
LGBTQ+
Addiction and mental illnesses in the LGBTQ+ community must be treated with an affirming, safe, and relevant approach, which many centers provide.
Men and Women
Men and women attend treatment for addiction in a co-ed setting, going to therapy groups together to share experiences, struggles, and successes.
Treatment Services
Licensed Primary Mental Health
Some primary care providers offer mental health diagnosis and treatment. This can prevent patients from developing more serious conditions.
Residential
In a residential rehab program, patients live onsite, with access to daily treatment and 24-hour care. An average stay is 30-90 days.
Virtual
Virtual services deliver therapy, counseling, or recovery support remotely through secure online platforms and telehealth technology.
Approaches
Evidence-Based
A combination of scientifically rooted therapies and treatments make up evidence-based care, defined by their measured and proven results.
Family Involvement
Providers involve family in the treatment of their loved one through family therapy, visits, or both–because addiction is a family disease.
Individual Treatment
Individual care meets the needs of each patient, using personalized treatment to provide them the most relevant care and greatest chance of success.
Therapies
1-on-1 Counseling
Patient and therapist meet 1-on-1 to work through difficult emotions and behavioral challenges in a personal, private setting.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
This cognitive behavioral therapy teaches patients to accept challenging feelings and make the appropriate changes to reach personal goals.
Art Therapy
Visual art invites patients to examine the emotions within their work, focusing on the process of creativity and its gentle therapeutic power.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy helps people identify and change unhelpful thought patterns and behaviors that contribute to emotional distress.
Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Dialectical Behavior Therapy teaches skills for managing emotions, improving relationships, tolerating distress, and increasing mindfulness.
Family Therapy
Family therapy addresses group dynamics within a family system, with a focus on improving communication and interrupting unhealthy relationship patterns.
Group Therapy
Group therapy brings people together in a supportive setting to share experiences, develop skills, and work toward common goals.
Interpersonal Therapy
Interpersonal therapy focuses on improving relationships, communication, and social functioning to support mental health and emotional well-being.
Mindfulness Therapy
This ancient practice can be mental, emotional, and even spiritual. In meditation, you focus your attention on the present moment without judgement.
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Conditions We Treat
ADHD, ADD
ADD and ADHD are neurodevelopmental conditions that affect attention, focus, organization, and impulse control, often impacting daily life, school, work, and relationships.
Anger
Although anger itself isn't a disorder, it can get out of hand. If this feeling interferes with your relationships and daily functioning, treatment can help.
Anxiety
Anxiety is a common mental health condition that can include excessive worry, panic attacks, physical tension, and increased blood pressure.
Bipolar
This mental health condition is characterized by extreme mood swings between depression, mania, and remission.
Depression
Symptoms of depression may include fatigue, a sense of numbness, and loss of interest in activities. This condition can range from mild to severe.
Grief and Loss
Grief is a natural reaction to loss, but severe grief can interfere with your ability to function. You can get treatment for this condition.
Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
OCD is characterized by intrusive and distressing thoughts that drive repetitive behaviors. This pattern disrupts daily life and relationships.
Personality Disorders
Personality disorders destabilize the way a person thinks, feels, and behaves. If untreated, they can undermine relationships and lead to severe distress.
Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
PTSD is a long-term mental health issue caused by a disturbing event or events. Symptoms include anxiety, dissociation, flashbacks, and intrusive thoughts.
Substances We Treat
Co-Occurring Disorders
A person with multiple mental health diagnoses, such as addiction and depression, has co-occurring disorders also called dual diagnosis.
Learn More About the Center
Family and Caregiver Resources
Explore education and support resources for loved ones involved in treatment.
Pathlight Orientation
Learn what families can expect before and during Pathlight treatment.
Virtual Family Education
Join free education sessions for families supporting a loved one in treatment.
Alumni and Aftercare Support
Learn how outreach, events, and support groups extend care after discharge.