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Press & media kit
Everything a journalist, booker or organizer needs.
Issy Kleiman, MA, LMFT, is an AAMFT Approved Supervisor, therapist, speaker and the founder and Clinical Director of Counseling Services for Wellbeing in Seattle, Washington. Her bio, verified credentials, expert topics and high-resolution photographs are collected here, ready to publish.
- Media email
- izzy@counselingwellbeing.com
- Media phone
- (206) 242-8211
- Media contact
- Issy Kleiman, Founder & Clinical Director
- Response time
- Within one business day, same day on deadline
How quickly you hear back
Same day when a deadline is tight
If you are on deadline, say so in your message. Urgent requests are answered the same day wherever possible.
Assets immediately
The press kit and high-resolution headshots on this page are ready to download now, with no request needed.
Official bio
A short bio, ready to use.
Issy Kleiman, MA, LMFT, is an AAMFT Approved Supervisor, therapist, speaker and the founder and Clinical Director of Counseling Services for Wellbeing in Seattle, Washington. She supervises associates and licensed clinicians, helping them build thoughtful, ethical and grounded clinical practice.
Her work with individuals, couples, families, children and adolescents is informed by training in the Gottman Method, Emotionally Focused Therapy and family systems. Issy brings a trauma-informed, affirming and culturally responsive approach to care with LGBTQ+, BIPOC and neurodivergent clients.
She built an integrated therapy and psychiatry practice model where both services sit under one roof, with one intake and one chart. Through speaking, podcasting and consultation, she shares practical perspectives on mental health, relationships and clinical practice with clinicians, teams and organizations.
A shorter 50-word version is available on request, along with the full seven-page press kit.
Verified credentials
- Full name
- Israella K. Kleiman (Issy Kleiman)
- Credentials
- MA, LMFT, AAMFT Approved Supervisor
- Washington license
- MFT.LF.60032200, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (active)
- Licensed since
- 25 October 2008
- AAMFT membership
- Member in good standing since 10 May 2004
- Current role
- Founder and Clinical Director, Counseling Services for Wellbeing
- Practice model
- Therapy and psychiatry under one roof, one intake and one chart
- Locations
- Seattle (Green Lake), Burien, and Smokey Point / Arlington
- Statewide
- Secure telehealth across Washington
- Podcast
- Ask Izzy, at askizzypodcast.com
Verification letters from the Washington State Department of Health and AAMFT are available on request.
Expert commentary and speaking topics
Seven topics Issy can speak to, on the record.
Each topic works as a quote for a story, an interview segment, a podcast episode, a keynote, a workshop or a clinical training.
01
Clinical supervision and the next generation of therapists
What it takes to train, supervise and retain good clinicians, clinical decision-making in complex cases, and the difference between supervision and therapy.
02
Integrated therapy and psychiatry under one roof
Why most practices do one or the other, what changes when both sit in one chart, and how coordinated care affects access and outcomes.
03
Couples in a hard season
Recurring conflict, the difference between solvable problems and enduring differences, repair after rupture, and when couples therapy is not the safe choice.
04
Perinatal and postpartum mental health
Ambivalence, identity change after birth, why mixed feelings are normal, and how families can tell ordinary adjustment from something that needs care.
05
Affirming care for LGBTQ+ and neurodivergent clients
What affirming care looks like in practice, masking and burnout, sensory and communication access, and why a diagnosis alone does not tell you what a client needs.
06
Anxiety, ADHD and adolescents
How anxiety actually shows up in teens, the cost of waiting lists, school and family collaboration, and everyday guidance for parents.
07
Mental health access in Washington
Same-week access, insurance navigation, telehealth across a large state, and what a practice can realistically do about the shortage of clinicians.
Issy hosts and produces
Ask Izzy: Life, Therapy, Honest Talk.
A listener-driven podcast on grief, resilience, caregiving and parenting. She runs the show herself, so she is already at home on a microphone.
Press kit
The full seven-page media kit.
Biography, verified credentials, suggested topics, media appearances, booking and contact details, and photograph guidance in a single PDF you can forward to an editor, producer or event organizer.
Direct link: issykleimanlmft.com/press/issy-kleiman-press-kit.pdf
Also available
- A 50-word and a 100-word bio, for programme listings and article bylines.
- Verification letters from the Washington State Department of Health and AAMFT.
- Four high-resolution headshots, cleared for publication with credit.
- Episode topics and notable episodes from Ask Izzy, the podcast she hosts and produces.
- Suggested interview questions and a fact sheet on integrated therapy and psychiatry.
Ask for any of these with your inquiry and they are sent the same day.
High-resolution headshots
Photographs, cleared for publication.
Four photographs of Issy Kleiman, MA, LMFT, each 2048 pixels wide and ready for print or broadcast. Publish with credit to Issy Kleiman, MA, LMFT. Please do not crop, retouch or alter the images.
Media contact
Working on a story or an event?
Media contactIssy Kleiman, Founder & Clinical Director
izzy@counselingwellbeing.com
(206) 242-8211
Response timeInquiries receive a reply within one business day. If you are on deadline, say so and it is answered the same day wherever possible.
For therapy intake, insurance and the wider provider team, visit counselingwellbeing.com.
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Please include your outlet or organization, your deadline or event date, and what you need from Issy. Journalists, producers and event organizers are welcome to email or call directly instead.