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Welcome to Mindforge Therapy Group! Led by experienced peers, reducing burnout, fatigue, anxiety, depression, and PTSD.

We offer telehealth therapy services across Washington state, tailored for first responders, nurses, and healthcare professionals. Call to schedule services at 253-398-9565 or BOOK ONLINE Email: [email protected] or call (425) 640-7009 x1

11/04/2026

Who you were isn't gone. She's changing.

You may be grieving the version of yourself you thought you’d be by now, or the life you imagined. Maybe your reactions, priorities, or energy feel unfamiliar. Kids need you differently or leave home; parents need care; work has plateaued or shifted; friendships have thinned; time seems to move differently. And it can feel strange to grieve when life looks fine on paper.

This is real grief, not self-pity or a midlife-crisis cliché. Hormonal shifts can intensify emotions, while identity often reshapes in midlife. That isn’t failure. Gratitude and grief can both be true.

Try naming what you’re grieving out loud. Write down what you want now, not only what you used to want. And talk it through with someone. You don’t have to have it all figured out before reaching out.

Mindforge offers individual, couples, and group therapy, including flexible weekday telehealth from 12pm–9pm. We support first responders, firefighters, law enforcement officers, healthcare workers, and people navigating midlife change. If cost is a concern, ask about options.

Mindforge Therapy Group is accepting a few new clients. We accept insurance, call for details.
Call (425) 640-7009, ext 1, and ask for therapist Elizabeth Ecklund, MSW, BSN, LICSW, RN.

10/31/2026

The scariest part of starting therapy isn't the therapy. It's the search.

Calling practice after practice, hearing "no new clients," leaving voicemails that never get returned, and then finding someone who has a spot in six weeks but doesn't take your insurance. TRUTH: we've heard this story from so many first responders and healthcare workers that we built our practice around fixing it.

Here's what we do differently:

✨ Immediate openings (because when you're ready to talk, you're ready)
✨ We accept insurance, call for details
✨ Flexible weekday telehealth, 12pm–9pm, built around shift schedules
✨ A therapist who understands the job

If cost is a concern, we'll work with you to find options that fit. No spooky waitlists, no haunted hold music. 🎃

Mindforge Therapy Group is accepting new clients. Call (425) 640-7009, ext 1, and ask for therapist Elizabeth Ecklund, MSW, BSN, LICSW, RN.

10/30/2026

You carry everyone else's worst day. Where does yours go?

Being the calm one on shift is part of the job. You hold space for people on the worst day of their lives, then clock out and keep going. Composure is a skill, but composure isn't the same as being okay. Everyone has a breaking point, and it usually shows up at home first.

Therapy gives those days somewhere to go. Mindforge offers individual, couples, and group therapy designed for first responders, firefighters, law enforcement officers, and healthcare workers, with flexible weekday telehealth appointments from 12pm–9pm that fit around shift work.

Mindforge Therapy Group is accepting new clients with immediate openings. We accept insurance, call for details. If cost is a concern, we'll work with you to find options that fit.

Call (425) 640-7009, ext 1, and ask for therapist Elizabeth Ecklund, MSW, BSN, LICSW, RN.

10/28/2026

An article-style look at FMLA and paid leave in Washington State, because knowing your options is part of taking care of yourself.

Washington has two separate leave systems, and they often run at the same time:

• Federal FMLA: unpaid, job-protected leave for employees at businesses with 50 or more staff.
• Washington PFML (Paid Family and Medical Leave): the state's paid program, offering partial wage replacement.

Under Washington PFML, eligible employees who have worked at least 820 hours in the state during the qualifying period can receive up to 12 weeks of leave for their own serious health condition or to care for family, and up to 16 to 18 weeks when events combine.

Mental health conditions can qualify under PFML when they meet the legal definition of a serious health condition involving continuing treatment or incapacity. PFML also uses a broader definition of family than federal FMLA.

A mental health condition may qualify for leave, and may even warrant it. Mindforge Therapy Group can support you before, during, and after. We're accepting new patients, and we accept insurance, call for details.

Call (425) 640-7009, ext 1, and ask for therapist Elizabeth Ecklund, MSW, BSN, LICSW, RN.

10/28/2026

Your body isn't betraying you. It's changing.

A hot flash during a shift, meeting, or call. Night sweats, new joint aches or stiffness, heart flutters, dry skin or hair, and a body shape or weight distribution that feels unfamiliar. If you don’t feel at home in your body, there can be real grief in that.

This isn’t vanity or a character failure. It’s the loss of predictability in your own body. Changing estrogen and progesterone can affect temperature regulation, sleep, connective tissue, and metabolism. These symptoms are real and worth discussing. Pushing through without saying anything isn’t a treatment plan.

For first responders, firefighters, law enforcement officers, and healthcare workers, stepping away mid-shift may not be possible. You’re not weak, and you don’t have to have it all figured out to ask for help.

Mindforge offers individual, couples, and group therapy, with weekday telehealth from 12pm–9pm. If cost is a concern, ask about options.

Call (425) 640-7009, ext 1, and ask for therapist Elizabeth Ecklund, MSW, BSN, LICSW, RN.
Mindforge Therapy Group is accepting a few new clients. We accept insurance, call for details.

10/27/2026

Doing burnout: how do we fix it?

In high-stress work, burnout isn't a character flaw. It's what happens when output outpaces recovery, week after week.

Rest isn't a reward you earn after the list is done. It's part of the work of staying well. Working to live, not living to work: it's a phrase for a reason.

So, what are your priorities? Do you know them? If you had to name your top three, could you? And does your calendar reflect them, or does it reflect everyone else's?

If you live by them, great. Keep going. If you're not sure, or the weeks keep slipping by in a blur of shifts and obligations, that's worth noticing. Therapy can help you reconnect with what matters and build a schedule that reflects it.

Mindforge Therapy Group is accepting new patients. We accept insurance, call for details.

Call (425) 640-7009, ext 1, and ask for therapist Elizabeth Ecklund, MSW, BSN, LICSW, RN.

10/26/2026

Do you feel the need for control? How much control do you really have in day-to-day situations?

We can't always control what happens to us. But we can control how we respond.

When so much of your work is unpredictable, the calls, the codes, the crises, it's understandable to grip tighter everywhere else. Sometimes that grip helps. Sometimes it becomes the source of the stress.

A useful question: what's actually in your hands right now? Your preparation. Your next response. Your breath. What happens around you may never be up to you. How you meet it is.

If the need to control everything is wearing you down, therapy can help you sort what's yours to carry and what isn't.

Mindforge Therapy Group is accepting new patients. We accept insurance, call for details.

Call (425) 640-7009, ext 1, and ask for therapist Elizabeth Ecklund, MSW, BSN, LICSW, RN.

10/25/2026

Bids for connection, Gottman style.

In couples research, a "bid" is any small attempt to connect: a comment, a question, a touch, a sigh meant to be noticed. "Look at that sunset." "How was your shift?" A hand on your shoulder.

What matters isn't the size of the bid. It's whether it gets a response. Turning toward a bid, even briefly, builds trust. Turning away or against it, again and again, is what quietly erodes connection, not the big fights.

First responders and healthcare workers know this well: after a demanding shift, bids are easy to miss. Noticing them is a skill, and it can be rebuilt.

Our Virtual Couples Intensives use Gottman-informed work across 4 to 8 sessions, and partners can join from different locations, so shift schedules and demanding weeks don't have to put your relationship on hold.

Openings this coming week with therapist Elizabeth Ecklund, MSW, BSN, LICSW, RN:

🗓 Tuesday, October 27: 1, 2, 4, and 5 p.m.
🗓 Thursday, October 29: 1, 4, and 7 p.m.
🗓 Friday, October 30: 3, 4, and 7 p.m.

All times are Pacific. Mindforge Therapy Group is accepting new patients. We accept insurance, call for details.

Call (425) 640-7009, ext 1, and ask for therapist Elizabeth Ecklund, MSW, BSN, LICSW, RN.

10/25/2026

✨ A few telehealth openings are still available next week at Mindforge Therapy!

If you've been putting off starting therapy, this is your nudge. Appointments are available October 27–30, with flexible daytime and evening slots, all Pacific time.

Whether you're navigating anxiety, feeling overwhelmed, or adjusting to a life change, you deserve space to focus on yourself.

Flexible telehealth appointments are available 12pm–9pm on weekdays. Mindforge Therapy Group is accepting new patients, and we accept insurance, call for details. If cost is a concern, we'll work with you to find options that fit.

Call (425) 640-7009, ext 1, and ask for therapist Elizabeth Ecklund, MSW, BSN, LICSW, RN.

Please keep personal health information out of comments and messages. Feel free to share with someone who may be looking for support. 💛

10/24/2026

✨ More therapy appointments available next week at Mindforge Therapy!

If you've been thinking about starting therapy, there are openings available:

🗓 Additional openings Tuesday through Friday, October 27–30, between 12pm and 8pm Pacific.

Whether you're navigating anxiety, feeling overwhelmed, or adjusting to a life change, you deserve space to focus on yourself.

Flexible telehealth appointments are available 12pm–9pm on weekdays. Mindforge Therapy Group is accepting new patients, and we accept insurance, call for details. If cost is a concern, we'll work with you to find options that fit.

Call (425) 640-7009, ext 1, and ask for therapist Elizabeth Ecklund, MSW, BSN, LICSW, RN.

Please keep personal health information out of comments and messages. Feel free to share with someone who may be looking for support. 💛

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Tacoma, WA
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Opening Hours

Monday	3pm - 10pm
Tuesday	3pm - 10pm
Wednesday	3pm - 10pm
Thursday	2pm - 9pm

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