Kaela Koepke, MS, LMHC

Welcome to my practice, PNW Ecotherapy!

I am a Mental Health Therapist, Nature Therapist/Ecotherapist and Nature Guide in the greater Seattle area. As a licensed professional therapist, I offer Mental Health Therapy and Nature Therapy for women in office in the Roanoke neighborhood of Seattle, Telehealth or outdoors in nature in Seattle and Mukilteo. I have a bachelor’s degree in Psychology and a Master’s of Science (MS) degree in Mental Health Counseling from Central Washington University in Ellensburg, WA. I am a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in the state of Washington. I have over 10 years of experience working as a Mental Health Therapist.

I also offer a Women’s Nature Circle, Seattle Spiritual Herbalism Program, Plant Walks and Mushroom Walks. My plant work combines my two passions, psychology and nature, and stems from my own personal relationship and healing with the plants over the years. I have been getting to know the plants of Cascadia for 15 years independently and I’ve been teaching about plants for four years.

I am a green witch, which to me means that I work with plants for spiritual purposes. I am a PNW bioregional spiritual herbalist, which means I am only interested in the plants and trees of Cascadia and I am primarily interested in their emotional and spiritual healing properties. I do not have a formal herbalist certification or training. I learn from direct relationship with the plants, knowledge from other herbalists and the Salish people through books and classes.

My life path number and corresponding tarot archetype is the Hierophant, one who teaches about the ancient spiritual traditions of the earth and one who is a bridge between the sacred and the seeker. It is my joy to share what I’ve learned with others. My goal as a Nature Guide is to help you connect with nature for healing and growth.

I am a 44-year-old neurodivergent, white passing, Persian and Irish queer cis woman (she/her pronouns), witchy, hippy, mountain mama, raised in the PNW. My biggest passion in life is being in nature – hiking and backpacking; communing with plants and trees; foraging, wildcrafting and growing my small-batch apothecary; making nature art; and connecting with people, because humans are nature, too.