Bethany Bylsma, LMHC

I grew up between Alaska, Tanzania, Kenya, spending many warm summers in Washington State. On these journeys I learned what it means to be different, to be sunburned, to be an adventurer and how to pack my whole world in a few suitcases. I moved back to the United States at eighteen and continued exploring who I was going to be as an adult, as a woman, and as an artist. Before becoming a therapist, my background in Media Communications found me working for a media-based non-profit traveling the whole of the United States and working in Uganda with people of all cultures and walks of life. The arts, the nonprofit world, and my travels have caused me to fall in love with story. I am enamored by the subtle differences that make each of us unique, wild, and entirely our own. The setting, the characters, and the pages yet to be written...I love it all. As I continued meeting men and women, mentoring high school and college-aged philanthropists, and working alongside many folks who held brave but difficult stories of trauma, I knew I wanted to understand more of how our stories shape who we are, and who we become. I moved to Seattle in 2012 and earned my Masters of Arts in Counseling Psychology. My clinical internship was working with low-income youth and individuals in north Seattle. I now work with families, teens, and individuals in Seattle. I am a member of the American Counseling Association , the Association for Spiritual, Ethical, and Religious Values in Counseling, and the Northwest Alliance for Psychoanalytic Study, and the American Art Therapist Association. Completed Trainings: Certificate in Dream Tending through NW Creative & Expressive Arts Institute 10 month apprenticeship in Depth & Archetypal Practices The Enneagram in Clinical Practice Currently: finishing a 9 month certificate and training program in Psychedelic Assisted Therapy from the California Institute of Integral Studies. As I said, and will continue to say : Welcome. Everything belongs. I look forward to meeting you.