Welcome to Calm Counseling, PLLC. Making the choice to begin counseling can be the first step in creating desired change. We provide access to therapeutic support with our trained Interns, Associates & Licensed therapists. Having a range of clinicians to work with various issues has helped bring more fiscally accessible and in-person services to the Shoreline area and surrounding community. Please see the "Services" tab to read more about the counseling services we provide. Further information may be found in the tabs section under fees, location, and what the process of setting up therapy entails.
See 'Location Information' page tab for directions, map and address to office location.
Phone Contact Information
(206) 999-3889
Interns and Associates
Supervision & Internship Program:
Supervision, Theory, Background & Special Focus
Todd Rendleman, PhD, is an SPU Master's of Science enroute, and is a current MFT Student Intern, working and training at Calm Counseling from 08/2025-06/2027.
Todd is working with Calm Counseling and applying his background in Communications and academia to the practice of Marriage and Family Therapy. His gifted approach to relational communication between various couples and families has been a wonderful addition to our team and surrounding community. |
Shannon Carpenter is earning her Master's of Science at Capella University, and is a current MFT Student Intern, working and training with Calm Counseling, PLLC from 09/2025-09/2026.
Shannon has come to Calm Counseling with an insightful interest in providing her community with relational therapy and support. She is gifted in her skills to patiently slow the therapeutic process to match a family or couple and their specific needs around the pace of relational treatment. The productivity of therapy around her client's process is supported through that natural ability to absorb and effectively use the newly learned skills applied around communication. Shannon's effective approach to processing clinical needs so therapeutically allows for couples and families to explore their goals in a more productive and fruitful way. Please see the main "Interns & Associates" page for more extensive information. |
Sara McManus is our current Associate working with clients on select weekdays. She comes to Calm Counseling with extensive experience working with high schoolers as an educator, school counselor and advisor for nearly two decades. Working in a private practice setting gives Sara the time and opportunity to address life transitions and challenges clients may face, in a more extensive and therapeutic way.
Sara specializes in life transitions, mood & emotional impacts, as well as identity and women's issues. Please see Intern & Associate page to learn more.
Contact 206-999-3889 to schedule a screening call to discuss who might be a good fit.
Please see the 'Interns and Associates' tab for more information on referrals and recommendations to other therapeutic practitioners & medical professionals in the Seattle, Shoreline, and surrounding King and Snohomish County communities.
Our office is located at the corner of 155th & 15 NE, with a parking lot entrance on the north side of 155th The Huebner Building 1424 NE 155th St NE Shoreline, WA 98155 Meeting for in-person sessions at office #204 or #207 A waiting room is upstairs, & your therapist will come and get you as soon as they are ready. |
Second floor of Huebner Office Building - Office #204
Second floor of the Huebner Office Building - Office #207
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Email renee@calmcounseling.com or admin@calmcounseling.com directly, or call 206-999-3889 to have a brief screening call & schedule with our interns and associates.
Referrals to Clinicians in the Community
Please call or message if seeking a direct referral to services outside of Calm Counseling, we will be of support.
Amisha Gandhi LMFTA, was a student intern with Calm Counseling, and is now an LMFT Associate, practicing out of a location Self Space located in Kirkland & Bellevue, WA. Having closely worked with Amisha, I highly recommend her to people seeking in-person (and remote) care on the east side and the surrounding Seattle area. Amisha has extensive experience working with adolescents and couples, as well as expertise working with with East Asian populations.
Amisha offers fantastic trainings, the most recent titled "Sipping Chai, Shifting Minds: A Conversation on South Asian Mental Health". She has also created a wonderfully helpful podcast for people. It is an excellent podcast to listen to, and/or share, as a therapeutic tool to pass on and share with others.
Follow on Instagram @letschaiandchat
🎧 Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/0Jh20J8xp4qg5IUXr2TfUg
🍎 Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lets-chai-and-chat/id1844780820
Amisha offers fantastic trainings, the most recent titled "Sipping Chai, Shifting Minds: A Conversation on South Asian Mental Health". She has also created a wonderfully helpful podcast for people. It is an excellent podcast to listen to, and/or share, as a therapeutic tool to pass on and share with others.
Follow on Instagram @letschaiandchat
🎧 Spotify: open.spotify.com/show/0Jh20J8xp4qg5IUXr2TfUg
🍎 Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lets-chai-and-chat/id1844780820
Baine Craft, PhD LMFTA, was a student intern with Calm Counseling, and is now an LMFT Associate, practicing out of his location Harbor Light Mental Health located in Bellingham, WA. Working with Baine for 2 years, we had the opportunity to see what a gifted couples and relational therapist he is.
Baine uses his years as an educator of behavioral psychology and an Academic Advisor & Dean, alongside his MFT Training to support the behavioral growth and personal insight of clients who had services through our site. We are excited to hear more about his practice and sharing his clinical gifts with our community.
Baine uses his years as an educator of behavioral psychology and an Academic Advisor & Dean, alongside his MFT Training to support the behavioral growth and personal insight of clients who had services through our site. We are excited to hear more about his practice and sharing his clinical gifts with our community.
Further details if seeking services through Calm Counseling, PLLC
Please click on the "Interns and Associates" tab to read more about Sarah McManus, our Associate of Mental Health Counseling, or Todd Rendleman & Shannon Carpenter, our current student interns working toward their Masters degree in Marriage and Family Therapy.
Please call Renee Calm or our admin if you are seeking referrals to any other support services. If you are more urgently needing therapeutic services, please call the phone numbers listed on our website.
If one is experiencing a crisis that is impacting safety or is a threat to life, please call 911 immediately. You may also call the Washington 24-hour crisis line at 988 or 1-866-4-CRISIS, and/or go to any WA State hospital emergency room.
There are several resources for various mental health needs listed at
https://www.crisisconnections.org/24-hour-crisis-line/
There are several resources for various mental health needs listed at
https://www.crisisconnections.org/24-hour-crisis-line/
Please see "About Renee Calm" page to read more about my style of therapy and specialties.