Welcome to Isaiah Morehead Counseling, PLLC

Helping individuals have generational impact.

A Washington-based Telehealth Trauma Therapist, treating Family of Origin issues.

  • “Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering.”

    ~Carl Jung

  • "Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers."

    ~Voltaire

  • “I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.”

    ~Gandalf

My practice focuses on people working through Family of Origin issues by helping heal unresolved issues from your past. This might involve sexual or physical abuse, emotional neglect, inconsistency & abandonment, you acting like the adult instead of your parents, or religious trauma.

The mere idea of family feels like a trap, risky, untrustworthy, or disingenuous. You’ve relied on yourself and take pride in being self-sufficient. Being connected or engaged feels exhausting; Relationships are hard to find, let alone maintain, often left at surface level or non-reciprocal. You hate being vulnerable, like to keep the focus off you, maybe feel guilt or shame … but moments prompt you to think, “am I like my parents … maybe I’ll end up alone or like them?”

Are you brave enough to be the person you needed your parents to be, yourself?

  • Choose a therapist for quality, not convenience:

    My name is Isaiah Morehead, and I'm honored you’re here! I'm a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LH61276721) in Washington!

    I know what it feels like to have a past that follows you: I studied counseling to better myself. That was good, but was also unfortunately motivated by desiring superiority over my parents; intellectually, morally, emotionally, even spiritually.

    Lots of individuals come to me trying to better themselves, while trying to outlive their pasts. Healing takes work, and it's easy to settle for feeling better over being better. My job is to help steward you through that process, see your natural reaction learned from your past. Then, choose to respond effectively.

    Clients choosing to work with me want: to be challenged. You want to rethink limiting beliefs and address conflicting emotions. You want to be empathized with, but also have a counselor who engages and shares honest insights. You don’t want to be dependent on therapy forever and take clinical expectations seriously (read below).

    About & Specialties

  • In addition to being a mental health counselor:

    • You can expect to experience a broad lens and reference psychological, philosophical, theological, and fantasy/sci-fi to explain therapeutic points.

    • I firmly endorse that exercise, movement, and quality of relationships contribute to overall health.

    • Working with different cultural and ethnic backgrounds is a passion and privilege. I have a great passion for learning, exploring the outdoors, and time with friends and dog.

    • I am working toward doing therapy abroad and love learning French, “J'aimerais aller travailler en français.”

    • There’s a power in meaningful, real relationship. My job is to be a steward of honest conversation.

    Contact

  • I also do Christian Counseling!

    Sometimes, talking about faith, religion, or spirituality is not always clinically pertinent, or even therapeutically conducive. That’s all part of meeting people where they are at!

    For clients who give informed consent, I also provide Christian Counseling! This is similar to my traditional therapeutic experience, with the added nuance of having your faith and worldview understood.

    People often confuse “Christian” counseling with “Biblical“ counseling. Though both have their merits, Christian counseling works for those who base their life on the life & teachings of Jesus, discerning how this informs & impacts their psychological functioning.

    For more information, click below!

    Christian Counseling

Clinical Expectations

  • Dedication & Accountability

    The clinician retains the prerogative to: see clients on a provisional basis when starting out, refer out for debilitating co-occurring issues, take breaks, or end treatment due to inconsistent session attendance, or if deemed clinically necessary. The clinician will not assume, filter, or label clients' issues through a social-political lens, though the client may, to maintain therapeutic integrity.

    Be dedicated and committed to the therapeutic process, to developing the therapeutic relationship, engage with questions and ideas, stay consistent with weekly sessions, attempting to reschedule if able, and communicating when necessary (i.e. making cancellations). Be ready and stationary during session. Make sure to understand the therapeutic vision of the clinician’s practice.

  • Curiosity & Openness

    The clinician retains the prerogative to: objectively ask questions, and as a mirror for yourself (you’re listening to yourself), is not inherently trying to agree with you. The clinician is trying to understand someone’s viewpoint from a psychological perspective. The clinician does not offer “advice,” but offers clinical suggestions, when appropriate.

    Therapy involves increasing awareness of ourselves. Validation is important, but not at the expense of understanding how we perceive and are perceived. Both matter.

    You’re in therapy because something isn’t working, so learning new perspectives to grow is necessary. My clients learn to ask insightful questions, not provide answers.

  • Fortitude

    Real healing is loving (having something’s best interest at heart), confronting, and growing past broken parts of oneself. Healing is not merely doing things to make yourself “feel good or happy.“

    My practice prioritizes clients willing to put in the work to heal and improve. I’m not going to work harder than you, but with you. Therapy is not always comfortable, and clients should expect to be challenged and open to confronting things inhibiting treatment.

    Sometimes we have to suffer to grow and appreciate joy, and to see if what we do to “feel happy” masquerades as, or avoids, health.

What have past clients said?

  • "Isaiah is a wonderful therapist that I highly recommend. He is an active listener who has made me feel both seen and heard. He asks thoughtful questions and has provided me with productive insights, tools and resources. Every session is a conversation full of knowledge, compassion and progress. I have gained invaluable insights, thanks to Isaiah, that I am forever grateful for.”

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  • "Isaiah is extremely knowledgeable about what he does from a developmental standpoint; he will not only help you understand what you are experiencing, but he will give you all the tools you need to engage with your issues in a practical way for you to experience meaningful growth. I have dealt with other practitioners in this area that don't put the care and attention and care into dealing clients the way Isaiah does. Isaiah is definitely a bar raiser and given how difficult it is to find a good therapist I'm very happy to have found him."

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  • “Speaking as a man with ADHD, I have found that his approach is very effective for me. He's provided me with the tools and guidance I've needed to expand my emotional intelligence. This is so valuable in a society that doesn't often make those things accessible to men, and in one that isn't always understanding of neurodiversity. If any of this feels familiar to you, I can wholeheartedly recommend giving him a call."

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  • “…I've been in therapy for over a decade and his approach is subtle but effective. He's great with appointment times, e-mail communication, and he always has resources to share that have helped me lots. I appreciate his ability and willingness to engage in practical immediate problems as well as long term existential or philosophical struggles.”

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