Counseling

Our Counseling team is currently accepting new clients and accepts major insurance plans, including Medicare, OHP, Regence, Providence and Moda. We also offer sliding-scale options for uninsured or underinsured clients.

If you’re interested in scheduling with our counseling staff, please click here to complete our intake form.

Once we receive your request, we’ll review it and a counselor or staff member will reach out to you.

If you have any questions about our counseling services before filling out the form, feel free to email us here.

Meet Our Counseling Team

 

Douglass Ruth, LCSW

Clinical Director

Specialties: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), and Solution Focused Therapy (SFBT)

In collaboration with his clients, Doug (he/him) helps them: identify and tap into their core values and goals; gain a deeper understanding of their motivations and symptoms; and engage in reflection and behavior change.

Doug is currently not accepting new clients.

Learn more about Doug here.

 

April Rosenberg, LCSW, LICSW

Mental Health Clinician

Specialties: Seniors, Young Adults, ACOA, Chronic Anxiety and Depression, PTSD, Group Therapy

April (she/her) draws upon her lived experience and clinical expertise to effectively use Cognitive Behavioral, Gestalt, Rogerian, Somatic, EMDR and Motivational Interviewing techniques and therapies to guide clients to real-world lasting life changes.

April sees clients at Congregation Kol Ami in Vancouver and via Telehealth.

Learn more about April here.

Leah Weiss, PhD, MSW

Mental Health Clinician

Specialties: Anxiety, Depression, Burnout, Trauma, Grief, Midlife Transitions, Women’s Mental Health, Identity Development, Life Transitions, Spirituality & Religious Identity

Leah (she/her) is a psychotherapist, researcher, author, and educator who helps adults navigate anxiety, depression, burnout, trauma, grief, life transitions, and questions of identity, meaning, purpose, and belonging. She works with individuals seeking greater clarity, resilience, and self-understanding during periods of change, loss, or uncertainty.

Leah sees clients at JFCS, Eastside Jewish Commons (EJC), and via Telehealth.

Learn more about Leah here.

Sydney Joseph, LCSW

Mental Health Clinician

Specialties: grief and loss, trauma, and the challenges that come with life’s transitions – aging, parenting, anxiety, depression, caregiving, and relationship difficulties.

Sydney (she/her), a clinical social worker, focuses her work on grief and loss, trauma, and the challenges that come with life’s transitions – aging, parenting, anxiety, depression, and relationship difficulties. She also has a particular interest in caring for carers – supporting people in caregiving roles, whether that caregiving is professional or personal.

Sydney sees clients at JFCS, at Neighborhood House, and via Telehealth.

Learn more about Sydney here.

Adrien Wolmark, PhD, LCSW

Mental Health Clinician

Specialties: Affirming care for LGBTQIA+ communities; trauma including religious and spiritual challenges; Identity development; Adults, teens, couples and relationship therapy

Adrien (they/them) is a seasoned clinical social worker with more than thirty years of experience supporting clients through trauma, identity development, and systemic challenges to emotional well-being. Deeply committed to affirming care for LGBTQIA+ communities, Dr. Wolmark believes in the innate human drive to grow and heal, even in the face of adversity.

Adrien sees clients at JFCS, Eastside Jewish Commons (EJC), and via Telehealth.

Learn more about Adrien here.

Nicole Walters, MSW, CSWA

Mental Health Clinician

Specialties: Adults across the lifespan, grief, loss, anxiety, depression, life transitions

Nicole (she/her) works with adults across the lifespan, supporting clients through issues related to depression, anxiety, grief, loss, and life transitions, including aging-related challenges. She approaches this work through a person-centered, trauma-informed (PCTI) lens.

Nicole sees clients via Telehealth.

Learn more about Nicole here.

Sima Borsuk, MSW, CSWA

Mental Health Clinician

Specialties: Older adults, including Holocaust Survivors and others who have experienced trauma

Sima’s (she/her) focus on a person-centered trauma-informed (PCTI) approach helps clients manage aging-related challenges, and she brings a vast network of necessary services to which to connect those in need.

Sima sees clients at JFCS and via Telehealth.

Learn more about Sima here.

Aimee Lacaden

MSW Intern

Aimee (she/her), is a Master of Social Work student at the University of Denver with several years of experience in behavioral health, mental health, caregiving, and community-based settings. She has worked with children, adults, and older adults with a wide range of mental health, behavioral, and life experiences.

Learn more about Aimee here.

 

Emily Canibano, M.Ed, MAT

MSW Intern

Emily (they/them) is an MSW student with more than 20 years of experience working with children, parents, and families in educational, wellness, and community settings. Their background includes extensive work with children with diverse learning, developmental, and behavioral needs, as well as supporting parents through the many transitions of family life.

Learn more about Emily here.