Associate & Adjunct Faculty, Psychology

Julie Adams, B.S., Willamette University; M.S., Central Washington University; M.A., Columbia University; Psy.D., Pacific University; adjunct faculty, psychology. Julie Adams is a licensed clinical psychologist with a specialty in OCD and anxiety disorders. She started her career as a school psychologist. After obtaining her master's in journalism, she wrote for Psychology Today magazine and worked for MSNBC. Since the fall of 2000, she has worked as a school psychologist for Marysville Schools and also has a private practice in both Everett and Edmonds. Adams is active in the Obsessive Compulsive Support Group in Seattle and the WA State Psychological Assocation.

Jennifer Alford, B.A., University of California Santa Barbara, M.S., Ph.D., Pacific Graduate School of Psychology; adjunct faculty, psychology. Jennifer Alford is a clinical psychologist, with subspecialties in pediatrics and neuropsychology.  Through specialty clinics at the University of Washington's Center on Human Development and Disability and the Odessa Brown Children's Clinic, Alford provides brief neuropsychological screening for children, aged 13 months to 18 years, with sickle cell disease, congenital hypothyroidism, phenylketonuria and other metabolic disorders. Alford approaches her clinical work with children and families from a developmental and cognitive behavioral perspective.

Mary Anderson, M.A.C., Mars Hill Graduate School; M.A., Psy.D., Argosy University; adjunct faculty, psychology. Mary Anderson is a clinical psychologist who has worked in various bi-cultural community mental health settings as well as private practice prior to joining the adjunct faculty at Antioch in Seattle in 2008. Previously, she lived and taught in Mexico for nine years. Upon returning to the US, she has given trainings on cross-cultural therapeutic considerations, done research on the long-term effects of social victimization among girls, done testing batteries for Social Security and maintained her private practice.

Mike Archer, B.A., American University; M.A., Antioch University Seattle; Psy.D., Antioch University Seattle; adjunct faculty, psychology. Mike Archer has extensive experience providing individual and group treatment for adolescents, adults and families. In addition to his private practice, his background includes working with both in-patient and out-patient treatment of acute and chronic psychological disorders. His areas of specialization include body image issues in men, GLBTQ issues, psychological assessment and eating disorders.

Cheryl R. Azlin, A.D.N., Golden West College; B.A., M.S., California State University at Fullerton; Psy.D., Fuller Theological Seminary Graduate School of Psychology; adjunct faculty, psychology. After completing a doctoral internship at the Boston Children's Hospital/Harvard Medical School, Cheryl Azlin practiced as a licensed psychologist on the North Shore of Boston for sixteen years prior to relocating to Seattle. She has taught as adjunct faculty at several universities in graduate counseling programs on various topics, which include family systems theory, marital therapy, lifespan development, child and adolescent therapy and psychopathology. Also a registered nurse, she formerly worked in obstetrical/labor and delivery nursing. Her clinical interests include developmental psychology, child and adolescent therapy, perinatal psychology, health psychology, marriage and family therapy and the integration of psychological and theological studies.

Elin Björling, B.A., University of Illniois; M.A., Antioch University Seattle; Ph.D., University of Washington; adjunct faculty, psychology. Björling is a health educator and researcher who has investigated chronic illness in women. As part of her graduate training, she was awarded a three-year fellowship from the Center for Women's Health at the University of Washington. She has taught health education, stress management, and health systems courses. Her most recent research was a mixed-method investigation of stress and headaches in adolescent girls. Björling also currently owns a health education media company here in Seattle.

Greg Brisendine, B.A., University of North Carolina; M.A., Antioch University. Greg Brisendine was the director for a wilderness program for special needs children and adolescents. He also worked as a wilderness counselor for adjudicated adolescents and has worked in direct care for a psychiatric hospital. Additionally, Brisendine has facilitate ropes course experiences for children and adults and created experiential education programs as a private consultant.

George Callan, B.A., Immaculate Heart College; M.A., Santa Clara Univesity; Ph.D., Pacifica Graduate Institute; adjunct faculty, psychology. George Callan is a depth psychologist and licensed marriage and family therapist whose clinical and academic interests include archetypal psychotherapy, dream work and initiatory and alchemical processes as they relate to the individual, communal and global psyche. She practices psychotherapy and mentorship in Seattle where she works with individuals, couples and families and supervises therapists and interns in the fields of clinical and depth psychology. For more visit, www.georgecallan.com.

Steve Curtis, Ph.D., Utah State University; associate faculty, psychology. Steve Curtis has specialized in the assessment and treatment of children presenting emotional, behavioral, developmental and learning difficulties throughout his training and work experience. He is both a Licensed Child Clinical Psychologist and Nationally Certified School Psychologist. His specialty is in working with elementary-aged children who are struggling with behavioral and learning difficulties at home or school. Recently, Curtis was appointed as an advisory board member of SENG, a non-profit dedicated to the social and emotional needs of gifted children, and was featured on CNN talking about the economic crisis and its effect on children. Curtis is also the author of Understanding Your Child's Puzzling Behavior.

Fransing Daisy, Ph.D., University of Washington; adjunct faculty, psychology. Fransing Daisy is Coordinator for the American Indian/Alaska Native Programs with the NW AIDS Education and Training Center. She also provides consultation for urban and reservation behavioral health agencies, psychological assessment and supervision of graduate level students related to cross cultural issues. She enjoys working with psychotherapeutic issues, from a community perspective, immersed within the interchange of cross-cultural and extended family. She has published in the areas of Harm reduction, single parenting, cultural competency, HIV/AIDS and Hepatitis C prevention/risk assessment and substance abuse.

Jennifer R. Danczyk, B.F.A., Chapman University; M.A., Notre Dame de Namur University (formerly the College of Notre Dame); adjunct faculty, psychology. Jennifer Danczyk is a registered and board-certified art therapist and a licensed marriage and family therapist in Washington and California. She is currently in private practice in Kirkland, WA and is a past president of the Northern California chapter of the American Art Therapy Association.

Carey DeMartini, B.A, University of Chicago; M.A., Antioch University Seattle; adjunct faculty, psychology. Carey DeMartini is a Board Certified Art Therapist and Licensed Mental Health Counselor. Additionally she is a registered Yoga Teacher. DeMartini has experience practicing as an art therapist in community mental health organizations with people of all ages for over 8 years and has been teaching yoga for 10 years. She is a member of the American Art Therapy Association and its local chapter, the Evergreen Art Therapy Association, as well as the International Association of Yoga Therapists and Yoga Alliance.

Lynn Dhanak, B.S., University of Washington; M.S., Ph.D., University of Washington; adjunct faculty. Lynn Dhanak currently works as a consultant on federally funded health behavior and mental health research projects. She was formerly a Research Scientist on National Institute of Health and National Institute of Mental Health funded research grants in areas such as HIV/AIDS, PTSD, chronic pain, health behaviors and wellness. She was a Co-Chair of the Lesbian and Gay Concerns Committee of the Washington State Psychological Association and was formerly in private practice. She has a history of grassroots organizing for social change including participating in the collective formation of an early domestic violence shelter, WomenCare Shelter, in Bellingham, Washington.

Bruce Duthie, B.A., M.Ed., Sam Houston State University; Ph.D., Texas A&M University; associate faculty, psychology. Bruce Duthie is a forensic psychologist who has a broad background in psychotherapy and psychological assessment of both children and adults. He also has research interest in personality assessment. He is currently working at the Special Commitment Center as the Forensic Services Manager.

Lisa Erickson, B.A., M.S., University of Kansas; adjunct faculty, psychology. Lisa Erickson is the former director of the North Drug and Alcohol Program of the Center for Human Services in Seattle. Erickson has done related work in the areas of domestic violence, adolescence and rehabilitation. She currently is in private practice in Seattle, working with individuals, couples and families.

Cynthia H. Ervin, B.A. Oberlin College, M.A., Ph.D. Emory University. Cindy Ervin is a clinical psychologist with a full-time private practice in Seattle. She works with couples and individual adults and is an Approved Supervisor with the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy. She has received extensive training in couples psychotherapy, particularly in the Gottman method and in Emotionally Focused Couples therapy.

Amanda Franklin, B.A., M.Ed., University of Washington; associate faculty, psychology. Amanda Franklin is in private practice at Epiphany Counseling Services, where she sees individuals, couples, families and children; adults and children who have been sexually abused; and several very low-fee clients on an ongoing basis. She is a licensed mental health counselor; a clinical member and approved supervisor with the American Association of Marriage and Family Therapy, supervising beginning therapists towards licensure; and a volunteer with Washington CASA (court appointed special advocate for children in dependency court).

Kim Friedman, B.A., University of California-San Diego; M.A., Antioch University Seattle; adjunct faculty, psychology. Kim Friedman is a licensed mental health counselor in private practice in Seattle where she works with individuals, couples and groups. She is a certified psychodramatist and a member of the American Society for Group Psychotherapy and Psychodrama, the American Counselors Association, Seattle Counselors Association and Puget Sound Group Psychotherapy Network.

Martha Glisky, B.A., McGill University; M.S., Ph.D., University of Arizona;  adjunct faculty, psychology. Martha Glisky is a clinical neuropsychologist who works at Evergreen Medical Center in the neuroscience and neurologic rehabilitation department. She provides neuropsychological evaluation and cognitive remediation services there and in her private practice in Bellevue. Research interests have included the beneficial effects of activity and exercise on cognitive and emotional functioning, the cognitive and emotional aspects of Parkinson's disease and understanding the impact of neurologic illness on quality of life.  

Macall Gordon, B.S., Stanford University; M.A., Antioch University Seattle; adjunct faculty, psychology. Macall Gordon is a researcher specializing in infant mental health with an emphasis on infant sleep and parent-child interactions, as well as the cultural context of parenting and child-rearing advice. Her current research examines the interaction of infant sleep interventions and family/maternal well-being. She has presented her research at national and international conferences on infancy and child development.

Pamela Hays, B.A., New Mexico State University; M.S., University of Alaska; Ph.D., University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu; adjunct faculty, psychology. Pamela Hays is a licensed clinical psychologist and from 1989-2000 was a core faculty member of the graduate psychology program at Antioch University Seattle. Her research has included studies of the impact of rapid social change on Arab women's mental health in North Africa, and of the mental health needs of Vietnamese, Lao and Cambodian refugees living in the United States. Her articles on cognitive behavior therapy, couples therapy, older adults and multicultural and feminist issues have appeared in numerous professional journals, and her book Addressing Cultural Complexities in Clinical Practice is published by the American Psychological Association. She is a nationally known presenter on cross-cultural issues and regularly presents continuing education workshops for therapists.

Cathy Henschel-McGerry, B.A., M.A., Antioch University; adjunct faculty, psychology. Cathy Henschel-McGerry has been in private practice since 1983. From 1985 to 1987 she worked in agency settings with adults who have addictive disorders. Her areas of interest include transpersonal psychology and family systems.

Alexandra Hepburn, B.A., Sarah Lawrence College; M.Ed., Columbia University, Teachers College; Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania; associate faculty, psychology. Alexandra Hepburn is the program coordinator, with an extensive background in psychospiritual development and loss and grief; she has taught related courses at Antioch for over 20 years. The interconnections of psychology, spirituality and transformation are the foundation of her private therapy practice, which also focuses on such themes as identity and meaning, loss and trauma, life transitions and the deepening of awareness. She is interested in the role of spirituality and religion in the contemporary world, and considers herself a lifelong explorer of transpersonal psychology, integral studies and nondual perspectives.

Duncan Hollomon, B.A., Swarthmore College; M.F.A., Loyola College; J.D., Ph.D. Union Institute; adjunct faculty, psychology. Duncan Hollomon comes to Antioch with a professional background in performing arts and law prior to his becoming a psychologist. As a psychotherapist his practice focuses on adults, including issues of midlife, depression and couples work. His primary professional interest is integrating theories and approaches to psychotherapy, and incorporating insights from eastern spiritual practices.

Truus Jansen, B.A., M.A., University of California, Los Angeles; adjunct faculty, psychology. Truus Jansen's primary therapeutic interests are in assisting clients to free themselves from the effects of past personal and societal hurts in order to develop better relationships and to achieve more meaningful and creative lives. In her therapeutic work she also focuses on issues related to economic and social justice. An important part of her practice involves working with groups. Currently she leads groups for parents and families, people with chronic illness and disability and groups working on internalized oppression.

Tim Jenkins, B.A., University of North Carolina; M.A., University of North Carolina; M.A., Antioch University Seattle; adjunct faculty, psychology. Tim Jenkins provides counseling for individuals, groups, couples and families, currently with an emphasis on divorce, aging and blended families. He conducts workshops and groups on forgiveness, dreamwork, journaling and mindfulness techniques and teaches classes on the interface of film, psychology and personal growth.

Kathryn Johnson, B.A., Seattle Pacific University; M.A., The George Washington University; Ph.D., Seattle Pacific University; adjunct faculty, psychology. Kathryn Johnson is a registered art therapist who practiced in psychiatric and geriatric settings for more than 10 years. In 2004 she completed her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology with a focus on health psychology. Currently, Johnson works in an outpatient medical practice and focuses on psychological factors that impact physical health outcomes and neuropsychological testing. She remains active as an art therapist and recently completed research on the Diagnostic Drawing Series and bipolar disorder.

Kelley Kenney, B.A., Mansfield University; M.Ed., Temple University; D.Ed., The George Washington University; adjunct faculty, psychology. Kenney is a Licensed Professional Counselor and has been actively involved in the Pennsylvania Counseling Association having served as the president of their Counselor Education and Supervision division. She served as chair of the North Atlantic Region of the American Counseling Association and continues to serve as a co-chair of the American Counseling Association's Multiracial/Multiethnic Counseling Concerns Interest Network.  She also now serves as a member of the Governing Council of the American Counseling Association representing the North Atlantic Region, as well as the board of the Association of Multi-Ethnic Americans.

Mark Kenney, B.S., Temple University; M.Ed. Kutztown University; adjunct faculty, psychology. Kenney is a Licensed Professional Counselor and has taught undergraduate courses in masculinity studies at Albright College and graduate courses in counseling at Chestnut Hill/DeSales University Campus. He is co-chair of the American Counseling Association's Multiracial/Multiethnic Counseling Concerns Interest Network and has also served as the Association for Multicultural Counseling and Development's North Atlantic Region Representative. He is on the board of the Association of Multi-Ethnic Americans.

Cheryl Lau, M.A., Antioch University; adjunct faculty, psychology. Cheryl Lau has extensive experience working with diverse populations in various organizations. She has worked in direct service, as well as managed and trained staff. Her focus is on diversity issues, gerontology, wellness, communication, stress management and employee motivation. Over the years, she has worked in collaboration with city, state, federal and other community-based agencies and has a thorough understanding of the social service delivery system in Washington State.

Ann Lazaroff, B.M., University of Redlands; M.A., Antioch University Seattle; associate faculty, psychology. Lazaroff is a licensed mental health counselor who has worked in a community mental health setting with chronically mentally ill adults and their families, as well as in crisis intervention. She is currently in private practice providing therapy for individuals, groups, couples and families, with an emphasis on family of origin issues, mood disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder.

Marianne Lewis, B.A., Northwestern University; M.A., Antioch University; adjunct faculty, psychology. Marianne Lewis is a career counselor and psychotherapist who has been in private practice since 1990. As an outplacement consultant, she has also provided career transition counseling and coaching for over 3000 individuals. Lewis is also a certified focus group director and served as Director of Marketing and Development for the Seattle Symphony for more than 10 years. She has been instrumental in founding four nonprofit organizations including a community school, a family crisis-intervention center, a regional arts council and a spiritual organization.

Sara Beth Lohre, M.A., St. Mary’s University of Minnesota; adjunct faculty, psychology. Sara Beth Lohre's experience includes nonprofit management, community networking and organizing, curriculum and program development, and extensive counseling experience with a wide range of issues and populations including those transitioning from incarceration. Lohre has developed and implemented social service programming such as mentor training and life and work skill coaching, worked with youth and families, the older and wiser, new immigrants and people from all different socioeconomic backgrounds. She is currently in Antioch's Psy.D. program.

Lisa Lynch, Ph.D., Union Institute; associate faculty, psychology. Lisa Lynch received her Ph.D. from the Union Institute and University in Arts and Sciences with a specialization in ecopsychology. The focus of her dissertation was on the use of fiction to explore and illustrate environmental issues surrounding a river in central Oregon. Lynch was interim chair of the Integrative Studies in Psychology program and has taught ecopsychology at Antioch and for Union Graduate school. She is looking forward to to continuing to offer her courses in ecopsychology and exploring the many ways this perspective can inform the lives and professions of her students.

Nancy Macdonald, M.S.W., University of Washington; adjunct faculty, psychology. Nancy Macdonald is a licensed marriage and family therapist and a licensed independent clinical social worker. She uses a family systems perspective in counseling individuals, couples families and groups. In private practice for over twenty-five years, she taught the systemic model developed by Virginia Satir to social workers in Lithuania, Russia and Ukraine in 1994, '95 and '97.

Karen MacQuivey, B.A., Indiana University; M.S.W., University of Washington; adjunct faculty, psychology. Karen MacQuivey is a clinical social worker in private practice with Eastlake Counseling Group in Seattle. She has specialized for many years in family violence issues and feminist/spiritual social change.

Craig Matsu-Pissot, B.S., Weber State University; Ph.D., California Institute of Integral Studies; adjunct faculty, psychology. Craig Matsu-Pissot's area of concentration is Buddhist Psychology. He is also interested in comparative religion/perennial philosophy, the spirituality of indigenous cultures and cross-cultural perspectives.

Aleta A. Mattaino, B.A., California State University, Long Beach; M.A., Seattle Pacific University; adjunct faculty, psychology. Aleta Mattaino is a licensed mental health counselor. She has a private practice providing psychotherapy services to adults for treatment issues that include depression, anxiety, trauma, relationship/family system and developmental/lifespan transitions. Her areas of interest and ongoing training include mindfulness-based practices in psychotherapy, somatic-based treament of trauma, addiction, attachment and affect regulation and interpersonal neurobiology. She serves on the board of Pacific Northwest Psychoanalytic Studies (regional chapter of APA, Division 39) and on the Alliance Community Psychotherapy Clinic/Clinic Without Walls committee (a project of the Northwest Alliance for Psychoanalytic Study).

Lisa Mayfield, B.A., University of Puget Sound; M.A., Antioch University Seattle; adjunct faculty, psychology. Lisa Mayfield is a licensed mental health counselor in private practice. She is actively involved in Washington Mental Health Counselors Association, where she is a past-president, and currently serves as public policy chair. She regularly teaches a licensure preparation course for the clinical examination sponsored by Washington Mental Health Counselors Association.

Kim McBride, B.A., M.A., Antioch University Seattle; M.A. Certificate Fielding Graduate University Santa Barbara; associate faculty, psychology. Kim McBride is a licensed marriage and family therapist. In her private consulting/counseling practice, she applies behavioral science and organization development skills to healthcare businesses and to couples. McBride was a health science instructor at Lake Washington Technical College in Kirkland, WA for several years. She is a clinical member of the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.

Walter A. McGerry, B.A., University of Washington; M.A., Antioch University Seattle; adjunct faculty, psychology. Practicing since 1980, McGerry's orientation for therapy, consultation and supervision combines humanistic, transpersonal and Jungian theory. He sees clients, consultees and supervisees in private practice and maintains studies and practices in: alchemy as a symbolic practice of transformation, creative processes, psychotherapy's roles and meanings in socio-political contexts and conscious connection to transpersonal experience. As a member of the Northwest Alliance for Psychoanalytic Studies, he consults, pro bono, for therapists seeing clients at their clinic. He is actively involved in and past president of the Jungian Psychotherapist Association, and is also a member of the Association for Humanistic Psychology, Washington Mental Health Counselor's Association, and Psychotherapists and Counselors for Social Responsibility.

Mark McNeil, B.A., Indiana University; M.A., University of Washington; M.A., Antioch University Seattle; adjunct faculty, psychology. Mark McNeil was a manager at large U.S. corporations for more than 13 years before coming to Antioch Seattle to embark on his second career in psychology. Since completing his degree at Antioch, he has worked in employee assistance as well as supervising an outpatient mental health clinic. A licensed mental health counselor practicing in Lakewood, he is particularly influenced by the work of C. G. Jung and Carl Rogers.

Kathy Melman, B.A., Washington University in St. Louis; Ph.D., University of Washington; adjunct faculty, psychology. Kathy Melman completed a pre-doctoral internship (UCLA NPI) and post-doctoral fellowship in child-clinical psychology. As a licensed clinical psychologist for the past 25 years, Melman works with children, adolescents, adults, couples and families in her independent practice. She shares her clinical experience, teaching and supervision in the Child and Family Systems professional seminars at Antioch.

Jill Meyers, B.F.A., Webster Theatre Conservatory; M.A., Antioch University Seattle; adjunct faculty, psychology. Jill Meyers is a certified child life specialist who worked at UCSF Children's Hospital, in Oncology and Cardiology, while also developing the Creative Arts Programming for pediatrics there. Meyers has taught both here and abroad for nearly 20 years using theatre as an expressive/therapeutic tool. She has developed numerous arts/environmental collaborative programs worldwide. Her latest collaboration was with teen patients from UCSF Children's Hospital in San Francisco, high school students from the Northwest School (Seattle) and the deYoung Museum (San Francisco). This collaboration resulted in a performance art piece entitled, "Tomorrow...A Better Day," which performed in both San Francisco and Seattle.

Suzi Mohn, B.A., University of Nebraska; M.A., George Fox University; adjunct faculty, psychology. Suzi Mohn is a licensed marriage and family therapist with specialties in couples' crises, including infidelity, emotional and physical abuse, and divorce recovery. She has extensive experience working with individuals and couples who are dealing with infertility and pregnancy loss, high risk pregnancies, premature and multiple births and children with special needs. Mohn, who has a private practice in Issaquah, also works with children, adolescents and their families on issues related to family coping, divorce adjustment, peer pressure and life transitions. She consults with therapists on marketing their private practices and serves as the newsletter editor and marketing/media relations chair for the Washington Association for Marriage and Family Therapy.

John Moritsugu, Ph.D., University of Rochester; adjunct faculty, psychology. John Moritsugu's interests include community psychology, racism and ethnic minority issues. He has over twenty years of teaching experience, with fifteen years conducting a course on the Asian American Experience. Most recently, his interests have included the cultures of racism and the possible ways of coping with societal system stressors. He is a licensed psychologist in Washington State with experience in private practice and consultation.

Elise Murowchick, B.S., University of Washington; M.S., City University of New York; Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University; adjunct, psychology. Elise Murowchick is a human developmentalist with a special interest in biopsychosocial development, adolescent development and quantitative methodology. She has worked on research projects across the lifespan and species that have included flies, rats, children, adolescents and even adults.

Flora Ostrow, B.A., State University of New York at Buffalo; M.Ed., University of Washington; adjunct faculty, psychology. Flora Ostrow has experience working in alcohol dependency programs ranging from therapy to aftercare to vocational rehabilitation. She was formerly a staff member at the VA Medical Center and is currently in private practice.

Glen Paddock, Assoc. Diploma Juvenile Corrections, Mount Royal College; B.S.W., University of Regina; M.S.W., University of British Columbia; Ph.D., Purdue University; adjunct faculty, psychology. Glen Paddock holds an advanced diploma in the assessment and treatment of psychological trauma from the University of Washington, and is a licensed couple and family therapist and Clinical Member and Approved Supervisor with the AAMFT. He has a particular interest in systemic healing intervention with individuals and couples where one or both have experienced adoption, foster care or being raised in out-of-home care. Paddock has a passion for the continuing development of skilled, diversity-competent supervisors of clinical practice in the state of WA.

Deborah Pierce, B.A., University of Washington; M.A., Kansas State University; adjunct faculty, psychology. Deb Pierce is a registered drama therapist and a board certified trainer with the National Association for Drama Therapy. She is the founder and artistic director of Lighthouse Theatre, a nonprofit theatre based on drama therapy principles. Pierce has used drama therapy in her work with psychiatric patients, sex-offenders, women in prison, adolescents in a treatment center and survivors of domestic violence. In 2004 she wrote, directed and produced Rule of Thumb, based on her work with survivors, which is offered as a training piece on domestic violence, and toured western Washington for three years. She has also contributed a chapter, "Drama therapy as treatment for survivors of domestic violence," to The use of the creative therapies with survivors of domestic violence, edited by S. L. Brooke.

Cheryl Retic, B.A., University of Washington; M.S., Seattle Pacific University; adjunct faculty, psychology. For the past nine years Cheryl Retic has practiced in a variety of settings as a Marriage and Family Therapist and Social Worker. These settings have included private practice, chemical addiction recovery, the Division of Children and Family Services, and as a parent evaluator with King County Superior Court. She currently supervises and trains court-appointed advocates within King County Superior Court who advocate for abused and neglected children. She is an experienced trainer, presenter and group facilitator and has taught seminars regarding parenting, self development, family systems and childhood trauma, relationship health, women’s self-development, conflict resolution, anger management and training seminars on cultural competency, substance abuse and poverty.

Alma M. Rolfs, B.A., University of California at Berkeley; M.S.W., University of Michigan; adjunct faculty, psychology. Alma Rolfs is a licensed clinical social worker and registered poetry therapist with 20 years of experience in mental health, substance abuse and counseling services. She has taught counseling in the art therapy graduate program at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and is a board member of the National Association for Poetry Therapy. She is bicultural/bilingual in Spanish and is currently working at Consejo Counseling and Referral Services coordinating a parenting program and doing group treatment in the domestic violence program.

Meredith Sargent, M.A., Ph.D University of Delaware; adjunct faculty, psychology. Meredith Sargent is a licensed clinical psychologist and has been in practice for over twenty years. Sargent performs a variety of evaluations for children, adolescents and adults, including psychoeducational evaluation of learning and attention problems, neuropsychological evaluations and psychological evaluations. Her evaluations identify the individual's strengths as well as their problem areas. In addition to evaluation and consultations, Sargent specializes in individual and family therapy with children, adolescents and adults to address a variety of concerns including coping with parent-child relationship problems, anxiety and depression.

Alvin Ronald Seifert, B.A., Iowa Wesleyan College; Ph.D., University of Tennessee. Ron Seifert is a licensed psychologist and a professor of health psychology, with over 30 years of combined clinical, research and teaching experience. Seifert is an expert in behavior theory research and applications, having done extensive and innovative work in clinical settings and designing his own programs and research measures. He designed and published the original control study demonstrating reduction of epileptic seizures following EEG biofeedback training. A significant piece of his career focus continues to be the work with complex neurodevelopmentally and behaviorally disordered children, using a neuroscientific approach.

Barbara S. Sheffield, M.A., University of California-Santa Barbara; adjunct faculty, psychology. Barbara Sheffield is licensed as a Marriage and Family Therapist in California and Washington. She is a Certified Employee Assistance Professional, a CAMFT Certified Supervisor and has three years post-graduate training from the Santa Barbara Gestalt Training Center. Her theoretical orientation integrates Gestalt, solution-focused and psychodynamic theories. Currently, Sheffield teaches Law and Ethics, Domestic Violence, Group Psychotherapy Skills and a professional development seminar. She is a past Clinical Coordinator of Family Service Agency of Santa Barbara and a Clinical Director of Domestic Violence Solutions.

Ken Smith, M.Div., Yale University; M.A., Antioch University Seattle; adjunct faculty, psychology. Ken Smith is a licensed marriage and family therapist and mental health counselor in private practice. He has taught at the University of Puget Sound, Western Washington University and Antioch University Seattle. Prior to that he worked as a program director for the University of Washington YMCA/YWCA. His therapy integrates various models including behavioral, systemic, experiential, and psychodynamic. He works with couples, individuals and families.

Jay Uomoto, B.S., University of Washington; M.A., Ph.D., Fuller Theological Seminary; adjunct faculty, psychology. Jay Uomoto is the Director of the Center for Polytrauma Care, the Regional Polytrauma Network Site Program at the VA Puget Sound Health Care System in Seattle. He is a Clinical Associate Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine, a neuropsychologist and rehabilitation psychologist who has spent most of his professional career directing brain injury rehabilitation programs in the civilian sector.

Stephen Wagner, Ph.D., University of Oregon; adjunct faculty, psychology. Stephen Wagner is a licensed psychologist and ward manager at the Center for Forensic Services at Western State Hospital in Tacoma. At Western State, he does psychological testing and interviewing of adolescents and adults, using the Rorschach, TAT, MMPI, WISC/WAIS-R, etc. He has also developed programs for an inpatient adolescent unit and developed a psychoeducational approach to treating shyness using a cognitive-behavioral approach.

Kris Wheeler, B.A., University of Washington; M.A., Antioch University Seattle; adjunct faculty, psychology. Kris Wheeler is a licensed mental health counselor in private practice. She serves on the board of the Northwest Alliance for Psychoanalytic Study (NWAPS) and co-edits The Forum, a newsletter /journal for NWAPS, published three times a year. She is the former Dean of COR Northwest Family Development Center's training programs and was chair of COR's certificate program in British Object Relations Psychotherapy. Before pursuing her interests in psychoanalysis, Wheeler was a movement artist, on the dance faculty of the University of Washington and a founding member of two dance companies. She began teaching in Antioch's psychology program in 1989.

Kyle Lee Williams, B.A., Hunter College; M.A., S.U.N.Y.-Albany; A.B.D., University of Manitoba; adjunct faculty, psychology and liberal studies. Kyle Williams has a background in the study of comparative religion with special interest in the psychology of religion, Eastern religions and religion and the arts. Following a career in the performing arts, she taught comparative religion at several universities, lectured for the International Association of Jungian Studies and has published scholarly articles, essays and poetry in various magazines and journals. She works with individuals in private practice as a psychotherapist and teacher of the Feldenkrais Method™.  She is currently working on a collection of essays on the interface between analytical psychology, Buddhism and Hinduism, and presently serves as Board President for the C. G. Jung Society, Seattle, dividing her time between Seattle and British Columbia.