Counseling Services

Vivian is a licensed clinical social worker. She graduated with her Master of Social Work from the University of Washington. She has worked in the field of medical social work, including time in oncology and palliative care, for over 8 years. Vivian facilitates support groups for Cancer Lifeline. She understands the value of having a safe space to share. Vivian uses a person-centered approach to connect with the wisdom in each person she serves. She is ready to explore topics such as stress, fear, anger, depression, anxiety, grief, sadness, values, resilience, and growth.

Chelsea Gault is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker in the Seattle area. She received her Masters of Social Work from Boston University, with a focus on psychotherapy and clinical skills in the medical setting. She completed a rigorous graduate internship in the Hematology Oncology unit at University of California San Francisco, which led to her passion for supporting those experiencing or affected by cancer. Chelsea has worked in various settings throughout her career, including oncology and palliative care clinics. Chelsea views the role of therapy as a collaborative process in which she offers a compassionate, non-judgmental, and strengths-based space to support individuals or loved one’s navigating serious illness. She believes that in every stage of someone’s cancer experience, there is potential for insight, meaning and building of resilience. Her approaches are informed by Humanistic, Cognitive Behavioral, Mindfulness and Grief therapies. In her free time, Chelsea spends time in the garden, cooking, or playing with her two cats.

Therapy can bring added support and guidance along on the journey. I believe everyone experiences therapy in different ways, I am client-centered and collaborate ways to empower and renew hope in my client’s lives. I have completed a M.S. in Marriage and Family Therapy and have completed a Medical Family Therapy Certificate. In addition to my clinical training in Solution-Focused Therapy, I exude openness, respect, curiosity, and accountability. I bring these characteristics into therapy sessions to bring balance and restoration into my clients’ lives. I work with couples, families, and individuals with a systems perspective. I have experience working with Anxiety, PTSD, ADHD, Depression, adjustment to a change or stressor, and self-development skills. I have supplementary education in social justice and cultural studies, which has been an interest of mine. A bit about me as a person, I am a Washingtonian and I come from immigrant parents. With this background, I am interested in working with clients experiencing intersectionality. I enjoy an array of creative crafts, reading in a cozy spot or by the water, spending time outside hiking or kayaking, and spending time with loved ones.

Angela Lim is a licensed independent clinical social worker. Angela Lim earned her Master of Social Work Degree from the University of Washington and completed internships at Cancer Lifeline and the Seattle Veterans Administration. Angela has worked in health care for 40 + years, 20 years as a health care social worker. She provides care for individuals and families in all phases of life, including those seeking to improve their overall health and those facing serious illness, grief and loss. Angela Lim’s practice philosophy is “we each hold the solution to the challenge we face, connecting to a good listener can guide you to your truth”.

Carolyn Maret is a licensed independent clinical social worker. For the last 10 years, her practice has been based in the field of health care, serving patients and families in oncology, palliative care, and long term care settings. Her therapeutic approach is one of open inquiry, offering a non-judgmental, values-based process to support those living with significant illness. She is a lifelong learner, motivated to help her clients explore meaning, value, and purpose in their lives at every stage, especially when navigating grief, loss, and life transitions. Carolyn received her master’s degree in social work from the University of Washington in 2012 and was a Carol LaMare Palliative Care and Oncology Social Work fellow. She is also certified as a SMART facilitator with the Benson Henry Institute at Massachusetts General Hospital – a program that teaches mindfulness, cognitive-behavioral, and physical relaxation skills. Prior to graduate study, Carolyn worked as a licensed massage therapist, volunteering with hospice and providing therapeutic manual treatment to cancer patients.

Sharon Mast is a licensed clinical social worker with a passion for serving individuals and families as they navigate serious medical conditions, grief/loss and bereavement. With over a decade of experience, Sharon has worked across a range of medical settings, providing compassionate care and support throughout the continuum of care. Sharon practices individual and group work and volunteers as a wilderness grief guide, providing a unique peer based approach to supporting individuals in their grieving process. Additionally, she facilitates Stress Management and Resiliency Training groups for the cancer community. Sharon received her Master of Social Work from the University of Washington. She completed her internship at the Swedish Cancer Institute and was a Healthy Generations Hartford Center of Excellence scholar. Her approach is holistic, trauma-informed and integrates mind, body, spirit interventions. Sharon’s work with individuals affected by cancer is guided by a deep sense of honor and respect for their experience, and she views the collaborative process as one of profound significance and meaning.

Weston Pew is a certified counselor in Washington state and a licensed mental health counselor. Additionally, he is an adult educator, wilderness guide, and group facilitator who holds two MA’s: one in experiential education with a focus on relational leadership development and the other in depth psychology with a focus on holistic human development. For the past nine years, he has been cultivating transformational containers for individuals and groups that bridge the ancient practices of initiation, pilgrimage, meditation, nature connection, contemplative dialog, and ceremony, with the cutting edge fields of adult developmental theory, existential-humanistic psychology, counseling, mindfulness, and behavioral change theory.

Linh Truong is a licensed marriage and family therapist. Her service to people is characterized by humility, openness, possibility, and genuine empathy. Whether counseling individuals, couples, and families, Linh helps people gain different perspectives of the problems that bring them to therapy, following a bio-psycho-social-spiritual framework. Being trained to provide therapeutic services in medical settings, she supports patients and their family members in processing their emotional experience of coping with physical illnesses and navigating changes accommodated by individuals and the whole family.

Trenecsia a cis-gendered Black woman, a parent, a student, and a healer. Her primary objective is to facilitate and support the next level of growth and development for individuals and families. This means something different for everyone, so she focuses on building a therapeutic relationship that lends to the understanding and accomplishing of identified goals. There are a number of things that contribute to diminished mental wellness and I am here to help you find out what that is for you and to support you on taking action. She welcomes all identities and feels it is important to affirm those that are most marginalized. As a Black woman, she understands how difficult it may be to find a provider that looks like you. For that reason, her practice passionately focuses on the overall health and wellness of BIPOC folks. As someone who comes from a family and a culture that doesn’t talk about mental health and wellness, she knows it can be difficult to share experiences with a stranger and be vulnerable. She has come to understand that journeys are best traveled when there is someone alongside of you, who acknowledges you non-judgmentally. She has worked in various setting including inpatient, outpatient, private practice, group practice, community mental health, elementary and middle school settings. She has also worked with many populations and issue presentations such as depression, anxiety, chronic pain, substance use, family challenges, relationship challenges, life transitions, identity exploration, and more.

Rebekah is a licensed independent clinical social worker. She received her Master of Social Work from the University of Washington where she was a Carol LaMare Palliative Care and Oncology Social Work Fellow. With over a decade of experience as an oncology social worker, Rebekah continues to support patients adjusting to a new diagnosis, managing chronic illness, navigating grief and loss, and living in survivorship. As part of her role at Swedish Cancer Institute, she also facilitates the CLIMB children and family support group as well as Stress Management and Resiliency Training groups.

Courtney Zier is a Seattle-based psychotherapist with over 10 years of experience in the mental health field. She specializes in working with cancer caregivers and survivors to address the emotional side of a cancer diagnosis. Her work focuses on the importance of self-care, advocacy, and resilience. Courtney recognizes that survivors face a difficult transition into “the new normal” and believes that the effects of cancer do not end when treatment does. Courtney received her Master’s Degree in Community Counseling from Seattle University and her Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts from Cornish College of the Arts. She completed her clinical training as an intern with Sound Mental Health, with a clinical focus on case management, group therapy, and milieu therapy as an intern at an outpatient mental health clinic.