Hi I'm Tom
I love to help people grow. It seems that every stage of my life has been focused on helping people in one way or another!
I graduated from the US Air Force Academy – a place of huge personal growth in my life. Upon graduation, I became an instructor pilot, teaching men and women to fly both in the aircraft as well as from the teaching platform. While working with new pilots, I also found myself helping them in their personal and spiritual lives. Though I thoroughly enjoyed flying jets, I found significant fulfillment in working deeply in people’s lives.
I left the Air Force to continue to work helping people as an area representative for The Navigators, a Christian para-church organization. I led ministries on Air Force bases as well as communities in Texas and Oklahoma. Walking alongside of others in these ministries, revealed new levels of life’s brokenness that we all experience life’s journey. I took a sabbatical from the Navigator ministry to pursue further training in counseling to increase my effectiveness with others.
I choose to study at Grace Theological Seminary under two professors that I wanted to study under – Dr. Larry Crabb and Dr. Dan Allender. This was another season of deep personal growth as well as development as a counselor. Upon completion of my Masters of Arts in Biblical Counseling, I returned to Oklahoma to continue my ministry with the Navigators and further my growth as a counselor.
I was invited to be a staff counselor at Dallas Theological Seminary where I enjoyed working with seminary students and their spouses. I was also invited to be part of the new counseling team of the Navigators, working with Navigator ministry staff and returning missionaries.
In 1990, I relocated my family to the Northwest with the focus of forming a Christian counseling team for the Puget Sound area. In 1992, I founded Pearl Counseling Associates in Tacoma, WA. I served as the director at Pearl Counseling, working with clients in my own private practice as well as supervising other counselors working toward licensure in WA state. After 30 years of working deeply with people (26 years as a professional counselor), I retired (2013).
It is 2019 and after being asked by many people to work with them in a counseling relationship, I have decided to return to counseling in a part time manner. I will be taking on a limited number of clients.

Services
My experience includes working with:
- Depression/Anxiety
- Healing from Sexual Abuse
- Anger Issues
- Conflict Resolution
- Men’s Issues
- Women’s Issues
- Grief Counseling
- Stress Management
- Spiritual Direction
- Marital Counseling
- Premarital Counseling
- Telehealth Counseling
- Supervision
Fees and Payments
Fees for all services are billed to your insurance company at current rate:
- $190 – Initial Session
- $160 – Additional Sessions
- $170 – Couples
Self-Pay fees paid with Credit Card (at time of service):
- $180 – Initial Session
- $150 – Additional Sessions Individuals
- $160 – Additional Sessions Couples
Sessions are 50-55 minutes long. These fees apply to in-person, phone and online sessions. Extended sessions are billed at the same rate.
Thirty minute online sessions available to existing clients when needed for continuity of our work together.
Insurance Accepted: Premera, First Choice, Regence, US Family Health Plan (USFHP), Aetna, HMA (Health Management Administrators), Triwest, Tricare (with referral from Physician)
Contact Information
Office Address: 9125 Bridgeport Way SW, STE 102, Lakewood, WA 98499
Phone: (253) 766-4723
Fax: (253) 904-0199
Office: (253) 893-4943
Email: Tom@VineandBranchesCounseling.com
Office Hours: Wednesday: 6am to 8pm/ Thursday: 6am to 8pm/ Saturday: 6am to 3pm
Telehealth Office Hours: Flexible. Contact me to coordinate an appointment at tom@tommulhern.com
Website: https://tommulhern.com

