Karin P. Email & Phone Number

In my private practice, I focus on supporting those individuals recovering from complexly traumatic childhoods. We know that CPTSD can take many forms and I work with each individual to understand the impact of those childhood experiences on their current functioning. Currently, I specialize in parent/child attachment, relational trauma, religious trauma and adverse religious experiences, women's sexual wellness, and adult learned-secure attachment. I utilize attachment theory, EMDR, internal family systems, and other frameworks aimed at healing trauma from the root up rather than the top down. My philosophy holds that our feelings and behaviors make sense if we work to understand the underlying messages they offer. Being a person is hard work; our lives are complex and navigating the world is challenging even in the best of circumstances. What we all long for, a sense of wellness, is not just the absence of affliction, it is the presence of vitality. Each of us has the capacity for this vitality, where we live fully and whole-heartedly. Clients who find my services most helpful tend to be those who are looking for a new way of living, who seek a deeper understanding of their feelings, their relationships, and their life.

Spokane, Washington, Us

Spokane, Washington, Us

Spokane, Washington, Us

As project manager, I have the opportunity to assist Excelsior in developing new in-roads in bringing the wellness model to Washington State. Partnerships include Washington State Juvenile Rehabilitation, doing a state-wide site survey and providing consultation as they move towards a trauma-informed approach to treatment, and Mead School District, as they pilot bringing intensive wrap-around behavioral health services into a targeted classroom.

Spokane, Washington, Us

As Vice President of Behavioral Health, I am responsible for the development and implementation of behavioral health services across Excelsior Wellness Center. This involves collaboration with both internal and external entities, oversight to ensure compliance to regulatory and best practice standards, and close collaboration with the executive leadership team. Additionally this role involves:• Oversee the implementation of behavioral health services, including mental health, care coordination, peer support, recreational therapy, chemical dependency, crisis response, and internship programming. o Includes supervision and oversight of professional development of the programmatic supervisors. o Includes all employee administrative supervision, training, and discipline.• Provide direction and integrative coordination in the planning, development, and implementation of comprehensive behavioral health services to ensure successful treatment and a healthy work environment.• Ensure strategic vision for the agency is articulated in programmatic decisions at both the micro and macro levels.• Develop new programs, quality assurance initiatives, and pilot projects as appropriate within the agency’s vision and values.• Develop and moderate programmatic goals for all behavioral health services and employees. This includes assisting in development of policies, operating procedures, and internal processes. • Monitor programmatic budget to ensure fiscal responsibility and the meeting of service needs.

Spokane, Washington, Us

Excelsior Youth Center is a progressive minded agency that focuses on whole family care, including mental health, physical health, chemical dependency services, recreational services, and peer support. Working here has been a chance for me to continue to grow as a leader in the community mental health field. In my role as clinical director:• I oversee the implementation of behavioral health services, including mental health, care coordination, peer support, recreational therapy, and chemical dependency. This includes supervision of the programmatic supervisors. • Train all direct service staff on documentation requirements and ensure these requirements are routinely met.• Assist with agency infrastructure development as it pertains to behavioral health services • Develop processes to ensure ethical, timely, and quality services to a wide range of clients between and within programs• Maintain a small caseload and assist with direct service as needed• Ensure contractual deliverables are tracked and met • Provide clinical supervision as needed• Engage in agency-wide vision implementation and development

Spokane, Washington, Us

At EYC, I have the pleasure of supervising clinical staff and service delivery in the Wraparound Intensive Services (WISe) program. This program provides intensive mental health and case management services in client's homes and community. It is strengths based and person centered. In my role as Clinical Supervisor:• Oversee service delivery to ensure fidelity to the WISe model, adherence to the principles of wraparound, and excellence in therapeutic interventions.• Respond to any concerns or questions from clients and ensured needs or complaints were addressed in a timely manner.• Provided clinical and administrative supervision for program staff from a variety of educational and theoretical backgrounds.• Develop and delivered staff professional development training on topics directly related to community mental health.• Assist addressing staff politics to ensure healthy and supportive working environment.• Review all clinical documentation, including intakes, treatment plans, crisis plans, and progress notes, and ensured completion to WAC standards• Performed intakes and diagnostic interviews

Seattle, Wa, Us

In my role at Children's Home Society, I oversaw operations and direct services for two outpatient mental health programs: Child and Family Counseling and WISe (wraparound intensive services) programs. My duties included:• Managed all administrative aspects of program, including budgets, contracts, performance measures, and outreach into community. Develop procedures to ensure efficient work flow that maintained focus on excellent treatment.• Coordinated with governing agencies as both performance and program were monitored. Advocated for program needs and collaborated with community partners to enhance services in the county.•Supported all concerns or questions from clients and ensured needs or complaints were addressed in a timely manner. • Provided clinical and administrative supervision for program staff from a variety of educational and theoretical backgrounds. • Monitored staff professional development, including ensuring staff had access to appropriate training to ensure diverse and quality services. Developed and delivered staff professional development training on topics directly related to community mental health.• Managed all staff politics to ensure healthy and supportive working environment. • Oversaw all documentation, including intakes, treatment plans, crisis plans, and progress notes, and ensured completion to WAC standards • Carried a small caseload and performed intakes • Supervised staff who manned the on-call crisis phone and responded in person if necessary

• Conduct confidential counseling sessions for individuals, families, and couples across diverse populations and needs• Work with a multi-disciplinary team of therapists to improve client treatment while maintaining confidentiality • Perform intake assessments, provide accurate diagnosis across a range of conditions, and create appropriate treatment plans • Create and facilitate therapeutic groups for adolescents, children, and parents

Pullman/Spokane/Tri-Cities/Vancouver/Everett/Global, Washington, Us

• Member of a research team to evaluate the effectiveness of the ARC model of intervention as a treatment plan for complex trauma in elementary and pre-school classrooms • Develop innovative and engaging curriculum on complex trauma and ARC model to be taught to education and helping professionals and community members • Conduct participatory, exercise-based trainings for teachers, school counselors, support staff and administrative professionals in participating elementary and pre-schools • Partner with community organizations to ensure full participation in program and development of shared narrative of program identity

Flint, Michigan, Us

During my time at Catholic Charities, I held a variety of roles. I began as a Counseling Intern in the Childbirth And Parenting Alone (CAPA) program where I:• Scheduled and conducted individual and family counseling sessions with clients, working with a broad spectrum of presenting problems in a high risk population of young, first-time mothers who qualified for state assistance• Maintained through and accurate records, including intake assessment to provide accurate diagnosis and create appropriate treatment plans• Co-developed and co-facilitated parenting classes and groups focusing on healthy relationships and self-esteem• Participated in events to raise community awareness of CAPA servicesI also held the role of Mental Health Counselor in the Counseling Department, with similar duties:• Scheduled and conducted individual and family counseling sessions for high risk adult clients who qualified for state insurance• Maintained through and accurate records, including intake assessment to provide accurate diagnosis and create appropriate treatment plansAdditionally, I held the role of PREP Coordinator, where I conducted in-home relationship support for high risk clients. In this position, I:• Scheduled and conducted evidenced-based relationship classes with clients who qualified for Nurse Family Partnership through Summers' Research Granto Offered the class in the community, agency, or home, to suit the needs of the client• Regularly met with Nurse Family Partnership Grant team to discuss research progress and offered insight to any successes or barriers to treatment

Master’S Degree, Community Counseling

Bachelor’S Degree, Psychology, Sociology, Creative Writing