Colin Bui, LMHCA
MA, Licensed Mental Health Counselor Associate
Available in-person in Bellevue or online via telehealth throughout Washington State
Rates:
Initial/intake therapy appointment: $175
Standard 50-53 minute therapy appointments: $150
Insurances Accepted:
Premera, Regence, BlueCross BlueShield (BCBS), First Choice Health Network
Specialties:
Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD)
Anxiety disorders & depression
Body-focused repetitive behaviors (BFRBs), reducing compulsions and avoidance
Racial identity struggles
Building flexibility in responding to difficult thoughts and feelings
My clients ask..
Why do I keep getting stuck in the same patterns?
You may recognize that something you do brings only temporary relief and still find it difficult to stop. Much of my clinical work has focused on helping people with OCD and anxiety understand these patterns, including how compulsions, avoidance, and safety behaviors can keep them going.
Therapy offers a space to understand what’s happening and practice responding differently, even when uncertainty or discomfort shows up.
Oftentimes, it’s easy for us to become rooted in our ways of thinking, even if our thoughts are unwelcome or intrusive. Being stuck in our ruminative thinking, being quick to act on compulsions, or letting fear control you might be part of your daily living. My clinical experience has focused on working with OCD and anxiety to sit with discomfort and develop a tolerance to your fear cues over time.
If there are ways in which your life has been decided by your intrusive thoughts, therapy can be a space to reclaim your life. Part of my role as the therapist will be to facilitate that through not engaging in safety behaviors (actions that alleviate anxiety and act as temporary relief) and utilizing exposure and response prevention to sit with uncertainty.
How do you help?
In our space together, we’ll focus on where you’re at: specifically, the struggles and difficulties that you’ve been trying to manage. We’ll focus on better understanding your feelings, how to accept discomfort, and what you may value most.
My goal is to help you make the change you would like for your life. I offer an unbiased, nonjudgmental space in which you can be unabashedly yourself while moving towards change. Coming into therapy can be daunting, but whatever change or goals you want and see for yourself, I want to be there to facilitate that growth with you.
What do sessions look like with you?
Sessions are, and always will be a collaborative experience. We’ll identify what road blocks are present in your life, what you ideally envision for your life to look like, and go about making actionable differences to obtain those goals. Each session will vary based on what you would like to focus on pertaining to this process.
You are, and always will be more than whatever struggles you feel are part of your identity. I like to point out strengths and wins, no matter how little or how large. I’ll always ask you to challenge the belief that your struggles dictate your life. Sessions will be about putting in the work to get to where you want to be.
Learn more about Colin:
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My training is rooted in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP).
I find it necessary to adapt to the needs of my clients, which requires some flexibility in the modalities I utilize. I like to explore with my clients and face our sessions with a sense of curiosity, and encourage them to do the same.
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M.A. in Applied Clinical Psychology, Pacific University
Clinical internship: Collective Care Clinic, Oregon
Provided individual therapy in a virtual setting serving people experiencing OCD, anxiety, and depression.B.A. in Psychology and Sociology, University of Portland
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WA State Licensed Mental Health Counselor Associate (LMHCA): MHCA.MC.70166271
Current member of the following professional organizations:
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I thoroughly enjoy playing recreational soccer, going on walks, reading, and playing video games. I also spend much of my free time trying to find new dishes to cook on Pinterest (it’s grown to be one of my favorite activities).