Practitioners Directory

Julie is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) and has been with The Evergreen Clinic since 2000 providing therapy to individuals with Asperger’s disorder, autism, obsessive-compulsive disorder, bipolar disorder, anxiety and depression. Julie enjoys kayaking, swimming, fossil finding, spending time with animals, and is active in her Native American culture.

Education:

• Master’s in Systems Counseling, Bastyr University
• Bachelors in Applied Behavioral Science, Bastyr University

Memberships:

• Member, American Counseling Association

Toni is a child and family therapist and has been with The Evergreen Clinic since 2014. She has experience helping families work through grief and loss issues, parenting issues, family reunification and transitions such as blending families, and adoption. Her work with individuals has allowed her to assist clients with trauma, depression, self-harm, and suicide. She particularly enjoys working with children and young adults. Part of her therapeutic approach is to examine and explore the individual, their family, and community in a culturally appropriate way. Additionally, She enjoys teaching coping skills and exploring alternative behaviors. She enjoys gardening, shopping, concerts, comedy shows and theater, traveling, spending time with family, and eating food from other cultures.

Education:

• MA in Psychology, Couples and Family Therapy program, Antioch University

Memberships:

• King County Multi-Disciplinary Team for Commercially Sexually Exploited Children
• Clinical Point Person with Camp Erin, a grief and loss camp

Catie is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and a Registered Art Therapist. Catie enjoys working with children, families, and adults/parents. Catie specifically works with young children ages birth to eleven to strengthen relationships in the family. Catie is trained in infant & early childhood mental health therapy, and understands that strong bonds and trust early on in relationships can lead to emotionally stronger teens and adults. Catie enjoys working with parents and supporting them in their own healing as well as how to connect to their children. Catie also uses art and play to work with children and families around anxiety, depression, self-esteem, social skills, and grief & loss.

Education:

• Antioch University, Seattle: MA Psychology, 2014

Dan is a marriage and family therapist that works with individuals, couples, and families. He joined The Evergreen Clinic in January of 2015 and provides counseling for diverse issues including anxiety, depression, relationship conflict, anger management, school performance, and multiculturalism. Dan uses a variety of therapeutic approaches, including Emotionally Focused Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Contextual Therapy, and Mindfulness. In addition, his background as an educator can help students and families navigate concerns with schools and peers.  For enjoyment, Dan likes to travel with his wife and two kids and cheer on his favorite sports teams. He is an avid reader and musician and loves to perform and listen to music.

Education:

• MA Clinical Psychology, Counseling, Saybrook University, Leadership Institute of Seattle, 2013
• BA Education, Instrumental Music, Western Washington University, 1995
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Website:  www.TalkSpaceCounseling.com

Michael joined TEC 2012. He provides counseling for adults and adolescents in individual, family, and group psychotherapy. Michael specializes in working on issues related to older adult, health psychology, anxiety, depression, substance abuse, and adult life transition issues. He also works in psychological testing and neuropsychological testing. Michael works in an eclectic manner with a strong orientation towards brief depth psychotherapy and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.

Education and Certifications:

• Ph.D. Clinical Psychology, Pacifica Graduate Institute, 2013
• Doctoral Internship: The Everett Clinic, Health Psychology, Neuropsychology
• Dissertation: Addiction and Attachment Disorders: A Correlational Study
• Masters in Counseling from Bastyr/LIOS
• Masters in Leadership and Organizational Consulting from City University
• Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from City University
• Chemical Dependency Counseling Coursework, Bellevue College
• Certificate in Behavioral Health and Aging from the University of Washington

Memberships:

• Student Member, Washington State Psychological Association
• Student Member, American Psychological Association

I bring working knowledge and skill to the following mental health issues:

• Managing difficult life transitions
• Reducing the impact of trauma
• Supporting self-esteem and self-care
• Navigating healthier relationships
• Coping with LGBTIQA issues

I welcome working with:

• Individuals eight years old and up
• Couples
• People in poly relationships

My intention is to help you discover and support your innate strengths and capacities for a healthier life. Working together in therapy, we can do this by cultivating a foundation of trust, rapport, and understanding. As your guide, I believe you will find me a deep and active listener.

Growing up in a blended family; immigrating to the USA; coming to terms with partial eyesight, my gender identity, and my sexual orientation prepared me to be empathic with people of many walks of life and to hold the sacredness of our life voyages.

Education:

• MA, Counseling Psychology, Saybrook University
• Counseling internship, Renton Area Youth and Family Services
• Certificate in Transpersonal Hypnotherapy, Institute for Therapeutic Learning
• BS, Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Memberships:

• American Counseling Association
• Area Emotional Specialist (Sunshine) volunteer, Camp Ten Trees

Alyssa Griskiewicz is a board certified and registered art therapist and licensed mental health counselor. Her therapeutic approach is based on a healing centered model; engaging clients collaboratively, creatively, and with a profound reverence for each client’s individual journey, wisdom and worldview. She believes good therapy provides a space for a client to rest, to create, to be seen, heard and honored. Using multimodal somatic and arts-based interventions, Alyssa supports her clients in externalizing hidden or emerging aspects of their internal worlds in service to personal healing and growth. She is an ICNHA-certified henna artist, registered yoga teacher, trauma educator, and international program and retreat leader. A constant learner, Alyssa is pursuing a certification in ClayField Therapy and Guided Drawing through the School for Initiatic Art Therapy in Apollo Bay, Australia; two techniques that integrate creativity and the body to support resilience and restoration for the individual. She serves as teaching faculty in the Creative Arts Therapies Master’s Program at Antioch University Seattle.

Education and Certifications:

• Master of Arts, Counseling and Art Therapy– Antioch University (LIOS)
• Licensed Mental Health Counselor Associate – State of Washington
• Board Certified Art Therapist
• Certified ClayField Therapist
• Certified Guided Drawing Facilitator
• Registered Yoga Teacher
• Bachelor of Arts, Psychology & Studio Art- University of Vermont

On Therapeutic Art
Art therapists use the undeniable, intuitive and universal power of the arts to support expression and integration in the healing process. Through intentional and precise creative techniques, art therapists support their clients to move towards healing using symbolism, metaphor, cognitive interventions, and the magic of the creative process. The art object created in a therapeutic art session may sometimes be imagined as an externalized aspect of the Soul, with potent wisdom to offer both its creator and the collective.

ClayField Therapy and Guided Drawing are profoundly effective, sensorimotor-based art therapy modalities that integrate the ancient wisdom of the body with current trauma therapy techniques to support resilience and recovery. These approaches rely heavily on the “felt sense” experience of the client as they work, and less traditional, cognitive approaches to healing. In accordance with innovative research in trauma recovery and integration, these techniques work from the “bottom up” to help client’s discover a sense of personal reliance, support, and profound repair.

Wilder is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who works with adolescents, couples, and adults. Wilder enjoys working with adolescent males who have difficulty expressing their feelings, wish to address/explore issues around masculinity, or struggle with physical awareness. Wilder has worked with youth and adults of all genders who have experienced anxiety, panic attacks, depression, PTSD, or difficulty with social skills. Wilder is trained in Drama Therapy, and specializes in helping youth and adults communicate more effectively and meaningfully with others. He also specializes in working with parents and youth who are technologically immersed and need guidance around connecting with others in effective and appropriate ways. A unique component of Wilder’s therapy sessions is that he sometimes uses specific video games to gain a better understanding of individual or family dynamics, teach new social/emotional skills, and practice transitioning skills between video games and life’s other activities. For the past 3 years, Wilder has facilitated social/emotional skills groups for adolescents using gaming to help kids learn how to understand themselves on a deeper level and have more satisfying relationships.

Education:

Antioch University, Seattle: MA Psychology, 2014

Kristin joined the Evergreen Clinic in December of 2014 and provides individual and family counseling. Kristin enjoys working with children, adolescents, parents, co-parents, and adult individuals. Her specialties are working with families experiencing the transitions of separation, divorce, and post-divorce, while working individually with children and adolescents with behavioral issues, school difficulties, depression, anxiety and body image issues. In working with adults, Kristin specializes in supporting clients with life-transition issues such as divorce, independence as well as anxiety, depression, body image issues, and eating disorders. Treatment techniques include, but are not limited to: family systems, cognitive behavioral therapy, emotional focused therapies and internal family systems. Kristin is a northwest native and has been practicing therapy in private practice, as well as, community agencies for the past 18 years. She is a co-author of the recently released book The Co-Parents’ Handbook and is a frequent speaker for local and national groups on the topic of co-parenting, children’s responses to divorce and training for Collaborative Child Specialists. Kristin has a young son and is part of a large, complicated, loving two-home family. She enjoys any type of travel from road trips to far away locales and always hopes for an unexpected snow day.

Education and Certifications:

• MS/BA from Western Washington University in General Psychology
• MA from Argosy University in Mental Health Counseling
• Community College Faculty Preparation Program Certificate from Woodring College of Education (Western Washington University)
• Licensed Counselor in Washington State since 2006
• Certified Child Mental Health Specialist in Washington State since 2000
• Trained in Collaborative Law and Mediation

Memberships:

• Board Member of Collaborative Professionals of Washington
• International Association of Collaborative Professionals member
• American Counseling Association member
• King County Collaborative Law member

Website: https://www.kristinlittlecounseling.com/

With hope, humor and compassion I take a systems approach to look at life. We are all part of one system or another and those systems affect our lives. How we were raised has a significant role to how we show up today as an individual. The communities we grew up in help shape our beliefs and thus in turn determine how we choose to exist. Often we were raised by people “just doing the best they could” and that is okay, however a slight reframe of that may allow you to vision how and why to do something different. I say that “we received what we received” from our parents and not necessarily what each of us needed. It is now time to give yourself what you need, after all you are in charge, so why not give you yourself exactly what you need. We are able to author or re-author what we want our lives to be and we can take what we had, accept it and move through it so it no longer holds power over us.

The journey of learning about oneself is just like life, it will be a multitude of emotions, experiences and most of all, I hope it to be exactly what you need. I am the type of therapist that will gently ask you the questions to help you uncover the truth and allow you the space and time to do that. I meet you where you are and allow you to do the work with me supporting you along the journey. We create a safe enough space for this to happen and I ask you to come ready and willing to do the work.

I use hope, so we have something to look forward too.
I use compassion to meet everyone so they know safe enough exist.
I use humor to help us keep things in perspective.

Join me in helping you create the life you were born to live!

Website: http://www.timothypetersoncounseling.com