Dr. Gabriella Luther comes to Olympic Psychology Services after completing an internship at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma. While she awaits the issue of her Washington State license, she is working as a "Post-Doctoral Psychology Resident." She sees out-of-pocket payees for both therapy and psychological testing, but will not be contracted with insurance companies until after her Washington State license is issued.

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Dr. Gabriella Luther (she/her) earned her Ph.D. and Master’s degrees in Counseling Psychology from the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon (APA-accredited). Her dissertation examined depression in multiracial adults and her research generally explores the health behaviors and outcomes of people with marginalized identities, including racial discrimination and weight bias. Dr. Luther has experience providing therapy and crisis intervention for children, adolescents, and adults.

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Dr. Luther enjoys working with both adolescents and adults treating a variety of concerns, including anxiety, depression, OCD, trauma, and life transitions. She has a particular passion for working with college-aged clients and those with marginalized identities, such as those in LGBTQ community and BIPOC clients. She has expertise providing gender-affirming therapy for trans and nonbinary clients as well as therapy for adults with ADHD.

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Dr. Luther is a neurodivergent, queer, mixed-race person of color who understands the joys and difficulties that often come with holding these different identities, and enjoys helping others learn to navigate these identities with more self-compassion and strength. She strives to create a safe space for all clients and focuses first and foremost on building a positive and trusting relationship with all her clients. This means operating from a size-inclusive, gender and queer-affirming, and anti-racist perspective in her practice. She utilizes a social justice-oriented psychodynamic lens and welcomes a collaborative and open therapeutic dynamic.

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Dr. Luther also uses ACT and DBT techniques to tailor specific interventions for the needs of each client. What this can often look like in practice is a focus on the impact of clients’ relationships, both past and present, while also using mindful, acceptance-based strategies for managing strong emotions in the here and now. 

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In her free time, Dr. Luther enjoys repeatedly picking up and putting down heavy things, reading all the fantasy books she can get her hands on, picnics in the beautiful NW nature, and snuggling her dog, Luna.