For Individuals, Couples, Children, and Families
Meet our Team
Meet our Team
components of internal family systems, trauma-focused, existential, and experiential modalities. Jackie completed her Masters degree in Counseling from Prescott College with a specializations in Clinical and Somatic work, along with an Educational Specialist degree in Experiential Counseling with an Adventure-based specialization. Experiential counseling can involve art, play, body integration, nature, adventure, metaphors, movement, and more. It’s a non-traditional modality that is right at home with Bridges and Boundaries; focusing on the interactions between person and environment through activity. Jackie also uses elements of dialectical behavior therapy and has a certification in cognitive behavioral therapy. Jackie is excited to use these modalities along with your own lived and present moment experiences to help with anxiety, depression, behavior, trauma, and more. Jackie believes that healing must happen across systems, and her work is rooted in feminist frameworks which enables her to attend to the ways people are uniquely impacted by social and cultural factors. She has experience supporting people with diverse needs, diagnoses, lived experiences, and backgrounds, including individuals from LGBTQIA+, BIPOC, and Neurodiverse communities
Jackie Posner is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor Associate with 4 years of experience in behavioral health and over 7 years working with children, adolescents, and families in a variety of settings, including IOP, outpatient, schools, and nonprofits. She has a passion for supporting mental health in youth and adults and helping people explore their authenticity and vulnerability to develop adaptive ways of being. Jackie approaches therapy with compassion, curiosity, and collaboration, using a person-centered and relational process that centers the client's choice and wisdom. She offers an integrative approach with
Jackie Posner, LMFTA
Ivy Turner, LMFTA
Toni Principe, LICSW
Toni is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW), with nearly 20 years of experience in the field of medical social work. They have worked with people and communities, from all walks of life, as they process, cope, accept and navigate the complexities of life through grief/loss, mental health struggles, trauma, family dynamics, relationships, and life changes.
Toni's roots are grounded deep within person centered and feminist frameworks,
and their approach emphasizes the utilization of skills and tools from Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), strengths based, relational, trauma informed, and problem-solving therapy modalities.
Toni is a queer and neurodivergent affirming clinician, and has experience in treating clients with anxiety, depression, grief/loss, death and dying, cPTSD, ADHD, and significant life and role changes. As a member of the LGBTQIA2S+ community, they are a fierce advocate for self-autonomy and determination, and are passionate about their ever continuing studies so that they can continue to provide therapeutic services in the most culturally competent and supportive environment as possible. They strive to assist people from all backgrounds in embracing and embodying their inherent power so that they feel confident and supported in their journeys for self-exploration, growth, and adaptation to all that life throws our way. Toni believes that the therapeutic process is different for each individual, and that creating a safe and supportive space for others to be free to explore their vulnerabilities and self-awareness is vital.
informed therapy with a social justice lens and gain certification in Cognitive Behavior Therapy Plus.
Ivy uses narrative therapy with a trauma-informed lens, emphasizing the importance of acknowledging and naming oppressive systems that impact a client's life, such as capitalism, racism, homophobia, and transphobia. By recognizing these systems, we can distinguish what is beyond the client's control and shift our focus to their strengths and potential solutions.
Taylor McAvoy, LMHC
Taylor is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with 5 years experience.. Taylor began working with children with Autism in 2019 while gaining her master's degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Northwest University in Kirkland, Washington. During her clinical internship at LifeWire in Bellevue, she gained experience working with survivors of domestic violence alongside advocates and other mental health professionals. During this time she practiced in trauma informed and social-justice informed approaches to counseling.
Ivy Turner is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist Associate with 3 years of experience in the field. Ivy graduated from Pacific Lutheran University's Marriage & Family therapist program. During their time at Pacific Lutheran University they interned at Infinite Possibilities in Puyallup, they gained experience with couples counseling, family therapy and individual counseling with young adults and teens. After graduating they worked at the Y Social Impact Center of Seattle working with foster care youth and families where they were able to practice trauma
Barbara Drescher, LMHC
Barb is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor with 25 years of experience in human services. She started in the field in 1996 by working with foster children in a therapeutic program then, went on to work with adults and children in a community mental health setting. She has since gone on to working in a Group Practice setting with Bridges and Boundaries since 2020. Barb earned her master’s degree from Saint Martin’s University in 2013 and her licensure in 2015.
Starting in 2015, she spent three years working as a Designated Crisis Responder where she worked with individuals who were struggling with acute mental illness and required emergent intervention. Through this experience, Barb learned to approach crisis and other intensive services with a calm and knowledgeable demeanor. Barb utilizes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused Brief Therapy, Play Therapy, Trauma Focused CBT, talk therapy and has a client-centered approach to building rapport. She is always seeking to grow her toolkit and provide meaningful practices to treating those who are facing challenges in their daily lives. Barb is kind, gentle and has experience working with all ages to improve their quality of life. Allow Barb to assist you with daily challenges and functioning to have more fulfillment in life, no matter your age!
Lillie McCatty, LMHC, CMHS
Owner
In addition to traditional psychotherapeutic techniques Lillie employs a variety of creative arts and play therapies including the use of masks, puppets, sand tray, doll house, visual and dramatic arts, and more. Lillie has undergraduate and graduate level specializations in child mental health. Lillie McCatty is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in the State of Washington. Lillie comes to you with a Master of Arts in Drama Therapy from New York University (NYU) and a total of 20 years of experience in the field of counseling and psychotherapy with children and adults.
Taylor earned her Bachelor's degree from University of Washington, Seattle in 2018 and earned her Master's degree from Northwest University in 2021.
Her experiences working with survivors of domestic violence inspired Taylor to work in trauma-informed and narrative approaches to therapy. She is passionate about being an ally to people of all backgrounds and identities and integrates these values into therapy. As a member of the LGBTQI+ community herself, Taylor is well-practiced in understanding systemic issues and the unique challenges LGBTQI+ people face. She has also attended various training opportunities and consultation groups that integrate these systemic issues into therapeutic techniques with clients.
She believes that the professional relationship should be a safe space to explore identity, experience, coping, and meaning. Taylor uses narrative therapy practices in her work helping clients explore already existing capability within themselves and helps make meaning from their life experience. She also uses a person-centered approach to therapy believing that the client is the expert in their own life. Her skills and training include Trauma-informed Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Techniques, Narrative Therapy, Existentialism, and integrating Polyvagal theory into therapy. She takes an acceptance-based approach to working with neurodiverse clients helping them find their own strengths, build healthy narratives of their lives, and practice self-advocacy.
She is state recognized as a Child Mental Health Specialist. She has training and experience in Child Life interventions and is therefore qualified to support children who have physical issues that require potentially upsetting medical procedures including things like needle-hesitancy as well as terminal and chronic illnesses. Lillie has experience helping clients with a number of situational difficulties including domestic violence, divorce, adoption, pregnancy, and more. She is highly capable of treating a variety of psychiatric diagnoses including adjustment disorder, depression, anxiety, ADHD, oppositional defiant disorder, PTSD, personality disorders, and so on. Lillie has extensive professional and personal experience treating individuals and families from diverse backgrounds and she is a state certified Mental Health Specialist for African-American Populations. Having grown up in the Olympia community Lillie is well connected to community resources and looks forward to facilitating growth and healing in your family.
Amanda Brown, Office Manager
Amanda is the first, friendly face when you enter our offices. She provides support to clients and clinicians with billing, insurance support, scheduling, portal access, and front office needs. Amanda comes to us from her work in the urgent care world and is very experienced in client care as well as the office side of things. In addition to her work with our current clients Amanda also screens all of our incoming clients and helps navigate the onboarding process. Amanda is available Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 10:00am-2:00pm.