PRIYANKA SHOKEEN, PH.D.

Washington State License: PY61191379

Works with: Individuals

Sees clients: 18 and up

Therapeutic Approach

Priyanka provides counseling, psychotherapy, and psychological testing and assessments at Seattle Anxiety Specialists, and serves as our Clinical Director. She provides clinical supervision to our staff, clinical consultations to other professionals in the area, and care coordination for patients with complex or refractory symptoms.

Her clinical work centers on providing both short-term and long-term psychotherapy for adults. Priyanka has a long history of working with clients on issues of trauma, and recognizes its subjective impact on people’s lives regardless of presenting issues. Her other areas of focus include anxiety, mood dysregulation, identity issues, and cultural or immigration-related challenges. She also has lots of experience working with treatment resistant conditions like personality disorders, and offers in-depth, long-term psychodynamic work to address accompanying challenges.

Priyanka’s integrative therapeutic style builds upon EMDR, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), and psychodynamic/psychoanalytical approaches, allowing them to complement one another. She also incorporates attachment-based approaches and interventions. As a therapist, Priyanka supports clients through slow, hard work that leads to sustainable changes, and she consistently provides a safe space where challenges can feel uncomfortable, but never threatening.

More about Priyanka

Priyanka has had a lifelong passion for psychology, leading her to earn four degrees in the field. She possesses a deep curiosity for stories, believes there is something to learn from each person who enters her office, and views each client as an expert in their own experiences. Beyond her clinical practice, Priyanka has been a dedicated volunteer with Physicians for Human Rights for many years, advocating for asylum seekers and collaborating with lawyers on asylum cases.

Before joining Seattle Anxiety Specialists, Priyanka was a clinical fellow at Columbia University.

If you are interested in signing up with Priyanka, you can check her availability here.

Provides therapy in:

• English

• Hindi

• Urdu/Punjabi