Victoria Lopez, LMHC

I work with kids, teens, and adults worn down by anxiety and OCD move forward towards a life of confidence and hope. I left community mental health in 2025 to pursue my passion of working with anxiety and OCD+related disorders. As a person with lived experience, it is important to me that folks receive compassionate, evidenced-based care. I offer in-person therapy in Seattle and telehealth statewide, using ACT, ERP, and I-CBT to help people build toward a life that once felt out of reach during their hardest moments.

OCD is the primary focus of my work. When it co-occurs with other anxiety disorders, trauma history, mood concerns, or neurodivergence (such as ADHD or autism), I keep OCD treatment central while thoughtfully considering the full picture. I use ERP, I-CBT, and ACT as core approaches, adjusting pacing and interventions to support executive functioning, sensory needs, trauma sensitivity, or depressive symptoms. I monitor how symptoms interact over time and collaborate with prescribers or other providers when helpful to ensure clients receive coordinated care.

I have 8+ years as a child, youth & family therapist in CMH. From this I’ve gained expansive experience working with many different presentations and diagnoses. I’ve had quite a few anxiety and a handful of OCD clients at my previous employment and have left (mid 2025) to pursue these focuses full time. I’m trained in ERP, ACT and I-CBT. I partake in multiple anxiety/OCD specific consultation groups monthly and engage in on-going training to expand my skillset. I also have been mentored under an established OCD expert which has given me great direction and support.

As a queer, multiethnic, neurodivergent clinician, I’m deeply committed to supporting people from all walks of life, especially those impacted by systemic oppression. My work began with LGBTQ+ communities, and although I now specialize in anxiety-related disorders, that passion remains central to my practice. I am Latina (not fully fluent in Spanish due to assimilation) and understand cultural nuances. I also have some ASL experience and can communicate more than the average person (but not a certified interpreter). Please feel welcome to bring your whole self.

In community mental health I have worked with a diverse population of clients on medicaid both in the office and in school settings. Thus it has been important for me to be culturally competent and I have taken trainings, partaken in workshops and continued to explore what cultural humility looks like in the therapy room.