Heather Elizabeth Islander
Licensed Mental Health Counselor Associate
Updated August 10, 2026 How we verify
About
Heather Islander is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor Associate in Seattle, WA, practicing as Islander Counseling. She works with individuals, couples, and teens on anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and life transitions, drawing on trauma-informed, somatic, and attachment-based approaches including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Internal Family Systems, and Lifespan Integration. She holds a Master of Arts in Counseling Psychology from Bastyr University and brings a prior background as a Licensed Massage Therapist, Certified Craniosacral Therapist, and teacher.
Services
- Anxiety
- Depression
- Trauma and PTSD
- Grief
- Life Transitions
- Relationship issues
- Self-esteem
- Chronic illness
- Chronic pain
- Education/learning disabilities
- Attachment concerns
- Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
- Internal Family Systems (IFS)
- Lifespan Integration
- Somatic experiencing
- Trauma-informed approach
- Mindfulness
- Emotional regulation
- Person-centered
- Attachment-based
- Compassion-focused
- Feminist
- Relational
- Strength-based
- Psychodynamic
- Gottman Method (couples)
- Counseling Psychology
State licenses
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Washington · License #MC61671593 · Licensed Mental Health Counselor Associate (LMHCA) Active
expires 2026-12-10
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Washington · License #MA00020040 · Licensed Massage Therapist (LMT) Active
expires 2027-02-21
In the field
Sources
The facts on this page are drawn from 18 public sources and independently fact-checked before publication.
Psychology Today directory
- Identity anchor, credentials (LMHCA/MIT/LMT), license number MC61671593, address, specialties, fees, insurance, session formats (psychologytoday.com)
provider website (Islander Counseling, about page)
- Bio, education, training history, modalities, populations served (islandercounseling.com)
provider website (Islander Counseling, contact page)
- Phone, email, office address, telehealth availability (islandercounseling.com)
provider website (Islander Counseling, homepage)
- Practice name, tagline, services, headshot photo credited to Lydia Brewer Photography (islandercounseling.com)
provider website (Islander Counseling, service page)
- Session length (50 min) and fee ($175) (islandercounseling.com)
directory (TherapyFinder)
- Bio quote, populations served detail, alternate photo candidate (therapyfinder.com)
directory (Lifespan Integration International Directory)
- Office location (Saturn Building), modality training confirmation (lifespanintegration.us)
booking platform (Noterro)
- Craniosacral therapy services, alternate contact phone (206) 321-7808 (islander.noterro.com)
booking platform (Noterro practitioner page)
- Alternate headshot photo candidate (islander.noterro.com)
NPPES NPI registry
- NPI 1548081805, taxonomy Counselor Mental Health (101YM0800X), practice/mailing addresses, enumeration date 2024-10-21 (npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov)
NPPES NPI registry (ruled-out candidate)
- NPI 1134938178 belongs to a different person, Heather Lynn Horner, clinical social worker in Tacoma WA — not the subject (npiregistry.cms.hhs.gov)
WA state licensing data (data.wa.gov Health Care Provider Credential Data)
- Mental Health Counselor Associate license MC61671593 (Active, issued 2025-12-10, expires 2026-12-10) and Massage Therapist license MA00020040 (Active, issued 2004-10-05, expires 2027-02-21), both with no disciplinary action on record (data.wa.gov)
web search (OIG exclusions)
- No OIG LEIE exclusion record found for Heather Islander (oig.hhs.gov)
web search (SAM.gov)
- No SAM.gov exclusion/debarment record found for Heather Islander (sam.gov)
web search (legal/news)
- No lawsuits, malpractice claims, or disciplinary news found for Heather Islander (google.com)
- Professional profile exists (Private Practice, Bastyr University); photo could not be verified due to access block (linkedin.com)
Insight Timer
- Meditation teacher profile, 545 followers, joined May 2018 (insighttimer.com)
Amazon (book listing)
- Authored book 'Compassionate Seeing: Approachable Techniques and Stories for Integrated Craniosacral Therapy' (amazon.com)