Hitztaler Counseling, LLC

Hitztaler Counseling, LLC is a counseling practice in Enumclaw, Washington, led by Joy E. Hitztaler, MA, LMHC, a licensed Mental Health Counselor for Washington State. Joy works with individuals, children, teens, families, and couples, and has been in private practice for 16 years. Sessions run 50 to 60 minutes, held in the office in downtown Enumclaw or by phone or computer for remote sessions. She offers a cash rate and accepts many insurance companies. Her experience covers phobias, anxiety, depression, adjustment disorders, addiction, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, sexual abuse, eating disorders, chronic pain, fibromyalgia, families with parents separating or divorced, Oppositional Defiant Disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, domestic violence, parenting and discipline, parent-child relationship difficulties, couple and marriage issues, career and life direction, crisis and suicidal ideation, and attachment issues. She has also worked as a school counselor, child and family therapist, domestic violence group facilitator, inpatient mental health counselor, and social worker.

Joy holds a Masters Degree in Counseling Psychology from Northwest University in Kirkland, Washington, and a Bachelors Degree in Psychology with a minor in pastoral care from Northwest College, also in Kirkland. She regularly takes continuing education classes tied to her current clients and to updates on diagnoses and treatments.

Beyond one-on-one sessions, Joy created Joy Life Unlimited, a six-week online course built around looking into the past, choosing to believe truth, and not letting negative events, thoughts, and beliefs limit life today. She has written several books and a therapeutic coloring book that teach tools for managing life in healthy ways, and sells games and charts she originally created for clients. She also offers free and paid resources for better health.

The office sits on Stevenson Avenue in downtown Enumclaw, about a tenth of a mile from Cole Street, the public artwork Foal, the Enumclaw Senior Center, and Town Center Park, and roughly the same distance from Griffin Avenue.

The practice holds a rating of 4.70 from the customers who have reviewed it.