Practice Steward
Max Rosencrantz is the founder and practice steward of Washington Therapy Group.
He was born and raised in Seattle, Washington, and currently lives and works here. Before moving into the helping professions, Max spent seven years working as a mechanical engineer. He has been working with individuals one-on-one since 2020 in non-clinical, change-oriented contexts.
Background and Orientation
Max spent five years in Boulder, Colorado, where he trained in a range of coaching and personal development approaches. Over time, his work became increasingly informed by trauma-aware perspectives, nervous system regulation, and the role of safety in learning and change.
Through this work, he developed a deep respect for the kinds of change that occur in healing, relational contexts—and a growing recognition of the limits of work that exists outside a formal therapeutic frame. This recognition is a central reason Washington Therapy Group exists.
Current Status
Max is currently planning to get a master’s degree and licensure as a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) in Washington State. He is not currently licensed, does not provide psychotherapy, and is not seeing therapy clients through Washington Therapy Group at this time. In the future, he hopes to provide quality therapeutic services to Washington state residents through Washington Therapy Group.
At this stage, this website exists primarily as an educational and reflective space—to articulate the values and orientation guiding the formation of the practice, to explore how therapeutic change works when it works well, and to share writing related to therapy, healing, and human development.
Nothing on this site should be understood as the provision of psychotherapy or clinical services.
Philosophy of Change
Max holds the view that human systems have a natural intelligence that tends toward health and well-being when given the right supportive context. In psychotherapy, he believes that context is shaped primarily by the quality of the relationship between therapist and client, and by the therapist’s ability to guide experiences that support real, durable change in the brain.
Without this foundation, effort and insight often fail to translate into meaningful shifts. With it, change can become less effortful and less adversarial.
Max’s focus over the past several years has been on understanding how lasting change actually happens—change that does not require constant effort or self-management to maintain. He holds a somewhat paradoxical view: that meaningful change happens both in an instant and over the long arc of time. In his experience, therapeutic work is most effective when there is space for change to emerge, rather than being forced.
Role in the Practice
As practice steward, Max is responsible for shaping the vision, values, and developmental direction of Washington Therapy Group.
Clinical services, when offered, will be provided exclusively by licensed clinicians practicing within the shared orientation of the group. Max does not supervise clinical work and does not function in a therapeutic or diagnostic role within the practice at this time.