Educational Consultants & Advocates

Mayda Taney M.A., M.Ed.

LH00010 651

Inner Well Counseling & Art Therapy
info@innerwellcounseling.com

206-304-1954

824 S. 309th Pl.
Federal Way, WA 98003  

Mayda possesses a unique combination of expertise with 14 years as a special education teacher and her clinical degree and experience.  Because of this expertise, she is extraordinarily equipped to consult with and coach parents in navigating and negotiating the educational system on behalf of their children.  She can educate and assist parents with Individualized Educational Plans (IEP’s); 504 plans; educational testing and the results and advocacy on behalf of children.  

Mayda provides coaching and consulting for parents and professionals in the areas of developmental disabilities and special education.  She has expertise working with children diagnosed with Asperger’s Syndrome, Tourette ’s syndrome, mood disorders and those that are medically fragile.  Mayda also has experience working with children diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder and attention deficit disorder.  

In her work as an educator, Mayda has worked with children and families brought together by domestic and international adoption as well as kinship adoption.  She has had the opportunity to work with families of many cultures and configurations.   

Mayda also provides Counseling/Therapy services and Parent Education/Coaching services.

Shelley Sears-Seigal MA Ed., MA Psy.
RC00054796

Positive Steps
9814 Harborview Place
Gig Harbor, WA 98332

253-241-8566

shelleysears@mypositivesteps.com

www.mypositivesteps.com

Shelley works with young children (from birth and up), families, teenagers, adult individuals and couples. Her work with children includes specialties in foster/adoption issues, attachment and separation, children with special needs, specialized tutoring, home-school support, school related anxiety and behavioral issues.

With a valid teaching license, Shelley is able to provide home-school families with lesson planning, specialized tutoring or academic assessments.

Shelley also provides Counseling/Therapy Services, Parent Education/Family Coaching Services and Training/Workshop Services.

Shelley provides services in her office in Gig Harbor or in the home of clients.

Lynn Marie Tienken MS, LMHC

LH00005234

Balanced Family Solutions

lmarie@yahoo.com

1914 N. 4th St., Suite 400

Seattle, WA 98103

and

15600 Redmond Way, Suite 201
Redmond, WA 98052

206-661-2825

Website: www.lynntienken.com

Serving as an educational consultant comes naturally for me. I worked as a school counselor for 12 years and an elementary teacher for 3 years in public school. That background has served me well in the role as an educational consultant. School staff and seem to respond well to my questions and insights about an identified student. I regularly attend school staffing on a child and provide observations tthat meet the needs of parents and children,.

It is my pleasure and passion to counsel and coach individuals, couples and families in my private practice. My 24 years as a therapist blends my experience as a school counselor, parent lecturer, teacher trainer, and mother of two confident sons. For post adoption families I offer the opportunity to engage in work with me from different levels of needs: parents needing counseling and direction for children with behavior problems related to anxiety, depression, trauma, eating and sleeping issues; parents wanting coaching (at home or in my office) for strategies, that “establish limits, develop family routines and simplify the home life; and parents wanting consultation with school personnel and observation of their child in the classroom. As a specialty, I have counseled adoptive families, who have faced divorce, establish single parent homes.

My treatment philosophy emanates from my spiritual base: I want to understand my clients’ pain through the eyes of simplicity, compassion and patience. As such I need to know their story then provide strategies that help them learn from their limitations to treat themselves with respect and forgiveness. With my 24 years as a family therapist, I know that people can change how they think and communicate. They can be happy in basic and ordinary ways when they listen to their heart.