Christa Ellery is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist practicing in the Ballard neighborhood of Seattle, where she sees individuals and couples both in person at Market Street Psychotherapy and online. She holds a Master of Arts in Couple and Family Therapy and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology and Sociology, both from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and is licensed in Washington and Nevada.

Her clinical sensibility is shaped by attachment theory and family-systems thinking, drawing as well on Jungian, narrative, feminist, mindfulness-based, and acceptance-and-commitment frames. She works from the conviction that therapy is fundamentally about empowerment: the slow accumulation of inner knowledge, skills, and emotional grounding that allow a person to live more intentionally and to be more present in their relationships, work, and inner life. She pays particular attention to the stories and systems that shape a person, from family dynamics to wider cultural pressures.

Much of her practice centers on people navigating major life transitions, relationship challenges, and questions of identity. She has substantial experience working across a wide range of relationship structures, including kink and consensual non-monogamy, and is openly LGBTQ+ allied, racial-justice allied, and sex-worker allied. Her stated aim is a warm, collaborative, and non-judgmental space in which clients can explore what matters most to them and move toward a life that feels more authentic and fulfilling.