Dr. Nadine Paschzella MD, Ph.D., LMHCA
Dr. Nadine Paschzella MD, Ph.D., LMHCA, is a child and adolescent psychiatrist and child and family therapist. She is Board Certified in Germany as a child psychiatrist and licensed in Washington State as a Mental Health Counselor Associate.
She received her medical degree at the Humboldt-University of Berlin, Germany, in 2002, where she conducted research on the development of chronically ill children. In 2004-2006 she participated in the research program and worked in an outpatient unit specialized in treating children with autism spectrum disorder at the University of Homburg/Saar, Germany.
Most recently Dr. Paschzella was a clinical Co-Director of an inpatient/outpatient child psychiatric hospital in Ludwigshafen/Germany, where she lead a multi-professional team, provided supervision and oversight of an inpatient unit and out patient day programs. Between 2006 and 2013 she completed an intensive training in family systems therapy and became a trainer at the Dr. Maria Bosch family institute “Familientherapie Zentral” in Weinheim/Germany.
Dr. Paschzella has over 15 years of experience in providing psychotherapy to children, adolescents, families and adults in a variety of clinical settings.
She integrates clinical techniques from different therapeutic approaches such as dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), cognitive behavior therapy (CBT), mindfulness based approaches and family systems therapy.
Her areas of interest and expertise include the following:
- Anxiety and Depression
- OCD
- ADHD
- Autism Spectrum Disorder
- Behavioral issues
- Adjustment issues
- Parenting support
- Family issues
- Emotional dysregulation and self harming behaviors
- Trauma
- Sexual orientation and gender identity
Dr. Paschzella can be reached at (206) 486 2572 or by email at dr.paschzella@gmail.com.