Gamer-friendly Therapy
in Seattle, WA
Level up your mental health. Build your inner Loadout.
Level up your mental health
Are anxiety and stress grinding down your daily XP? Feeling stuck in endless loops of overthinking, stressful side quests, or boss battles with panic and anxiety?
Inner Quest Psychotherapy helps gamers and anxious minds navigate anxiety, burnout, and the pressures of real-world campaigns – whether that’s high stress work environments, relationship challenges, chronic feelings of isolation, or inner struggles with anxiety.
We speak your language
You’re not just an NPC here.
Here, therapy is a co-op mode: you bring your lived experience and the challenges you’re facing, and we bring tools and strategies crafted with intention—like crafting the perfect loadout.
With goal-setting that feels like quest tracking, therapy can be your ultimate character development arc.
Using scientifically proven therapy approaches, we help you:
- Debug negative thought loops
- Manage emotional cooldowns
- Level up your social stamina
- Equip new coping strategies
- Build resilience stats
- Navigate your storyline with greater agency
Therapy with results
Here are some of the results clients I’ve worked with have achieved:
- Went from having severe panic attacks 5x a week to having only a mild nervous sensation once every couple of months
- Went from feeling anxious throughout 90% of the day to feeling anxious 30% of the day
- Went from having intense PTSD flashbacks and nightmares 5-6 days a week to going for several weeks at a time without any flashbacks or nightmares
- Went from repeatedly failing exams due to anxiety (despite knowing the material well) to consistently getting A- grades on exams
- Different student: went from failing most of college courses every semester for 3 years due to deeply rooted feelings of failure to passing every single course with As and Bs for two semesters in a row
- Went from self-doubt and struggles with self-esteem to pursuing a promotion at work
- Went from self-inducing vomiting 1-2x a day due to bulimia to going multiple weeks on end without vomiting, including in previously triggering situations. In addition, was able to engage in social activities involving food instead of avoiding social activities as before.
Ready to press start?
Your safe zone starts here. Schedule a free 15-minute consultation and begin your next chapter with support that’s both grounded in science and fluent in your world.
Elza Boycheva MS LMHC
Licensed Mental Health Counselor
15+ Years of Experience
Hi! I’m Elza.
I’m the founder of Inner Quest Psychotherapy and a licensed therapist with over 15 years of experience helping individuals navigate anxiety, trauma, and self-esteem challenges using evidence-based therapy techniques. My approach is grounded in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), a scientifically proven framework that empowers you to rewire unhelpful thought patterns, manage emotional triggers, and build lasting emotional resilience.
I first started working with gamers while working as a therapist at DigiPen Institute of Technology a number of years ago, and have extended my work with gamers into my private practice, including both gamers and those working professionally in the video game industry.
What sets my work apart is the balance of clinical expertise and real-world application. Therapy here isn’t one-size-fits-all—it’s personalized support designed to help you level up with clarity and purpose. Whether you’re feeling overwhelmed by anxious thoughts, stuck in self-doubt, or struggling to move past painful experiences, I bring a calm, strategic presence and a strong foundation in research-backed methods to help you create meaningful change.
Think of therapy here as a real-life skill tree: structured personal growth, unlocked one step at a time, with the tools that actually work for you. This isn’t about respawning endlessly through the same struggles—it’s about leveling up with insight, clarity, and emotional armor that holds up under pressure.
Ready to embark on a transformative quest?
Reach out Today. Your transformative Quest awaits.