Mia Henderson, CMHC Intern

Mia Henderson is a Clinical Mental Health Counseling Intern currently pursuing her Master of Education in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Seattle University. She brings a warm, grounded, and deeply relational approach to therapy, guided by anti-oppressive, culturally sensitive, and ecospiritual values. Mia works with individuals (age 12+), couples, and polycules, supporting healing and growth across a wide range of concerns. Her clinical interests include depression, anxiety, trauma, life transitions, relationship conflict, identity exploration, spirituality, and navigating the emotional impact of systemic oppression and climate grief.

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Mia integrates a variety of therapeutic approaches, including Relational-Cultural Theory, Narrative Therapy, Existential Therapy, Somatic Experiencing, Gestalt Therapy, and DBT. Her counseling style is gentle, collaborative, and radically nonjudgmental—aiming to help clients reconnect with their internal wisdom and cultivate deeper relationships with themselves, others, and the world around them.

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Believing that transformation occurs through curiosity, intention, and connection, Mia tailors therapy to each client’s needs by honoring their unique values, cultural background, strengths, and identities. She actively invites feedback to ensure a safe, flexible, and empowering space for all clients. She is especially passionate about supporting queer and gender-diverse clients, those in nontraditional relationships, and individuals seeking meaning, purpose, and healing from complex trauma.

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Mia is a queer, nonbinary person of mixed European and Japanese ancestry. Her personal identity as a devoted Animist and folk herbalist informs her holistic view of healing, incorporating the mind, body, spirit, and human and non-human community. Prior to entering the mental health field, Mia worked in AmeriCorps with the Washington Conservation Corps and has spent time as a Crisis Counselor with Crisis Text Line. She continues to center social justice and ecological connection in both her personal and professional life.

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Outside the therapy room, you’ll find Mia camping, foraging, crafting, dancing, skiing, and playing folk music—or simply wandering through the natural world with curiosity and reverence. She believes that healing is not linear and feels honored to walk alongside clients as they grow, unravel, and re-root in themselves.