"The greatest art is to attain a balance, a balance between all opposites, a balance between all polarities. Imbalance is the disease and balance is health. Imbalance is neurosis, and balance is well-being."
-Osho

MiddlePath Counselors

Elizabeth Snyder, MS, LMHC

Elizabeth Snyder, a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, received her MS in Psychology from Western Washington University in 2000. She has training in the areas of Cognitive Behavior therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, and Existential-Phenomenological Therapy. Elizabeth maintains a clinical practice serving mostly young adults and adolescents as well as assists Dr. Evan Freedman with forensic psychological and parenting evaluations. She serves as the President of the Board of Directors for Kids’ Council Northwest, an organization that provides support and resources to youth experiencing grief and loss from the death of a parent, caregiver or sibling. She has volunteered with Camp Willie and Treehouse, programs that support children and families who have experienced a death.  Elizabeth has worked in the mental health field for over ten years.  She was raised in Bellingham and has a deep connection with this community.  For more information about Elizabeth please see this http://www.freedman-associates.com/

Toni Lyons, MSW, LMSW
Toni is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (#00005044) who received her Bachelor of the Arts from the University of Wisconsin and her Masters in Clinical Social Work from the University of Maryland.  Toni has worked as a clinician and Program Manager with children, adolescents, families and adults for 28 years.  Along with advanced intensive training in DBT, Toni is also an approved clinical licensure supervisor, Nationally Certified Wraparound Facilitator and has specialized in Solution Focused Therapy, Systemic and Structural Family Therapy, Approaches to ADHD, Narrative Therapy, Play Therapy and other therapeutic approaches.  She enjoys family, reading, writing, gardening, running and the arts. For more information about Toni’s approach to therapy see www.fullattentioncounseling.com.

Mark Lazich, MS, LMHC
Mark Lazich, a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, received his Master of Science degree in Counseling Psychology from Southern Oregon University. He has training in cognitive behavioral therapy which is influenced by his existential-humanistic and multicultural orientations. He has further post-graduate training in the areas of child and family therapy, chronic mental illness, developmental disabilities, EMDR, motivational interviewing, and men’s issues. Mark maintains a clinical practice serving primarily adults, adolescents and their families. Mark has been licensed in Washington State since 2003.  For more information about Mark please see http://www.freedman-associates.com/

Matthew Meyer, MC
Matt received his Bachelor of Science in Psychology from Western Washington University and his Masters in Counseling from Trinity Western University.  He is a registered Counselor in Washington State.  He is trained in the areas of Emotionally-Focused Therapy and has been extensively trained in Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).  Matt works as a private practitioner seeing couples, individuals, families and adolescents.
In his own time Matt enjoys spending time with his wife, twins and friends.  He gardens, reads and enjoys athletics.  For more information about Matt see www.bridgingcounseling.com.


Karen Jackson, MA, LMFT

Karen is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Washington State.  She received her M.A.in Child, Couple, Family Therapy and in Art Therapy from Antioch University Seattle. Karen completed intensive training in DBT and provides weekly individual DBT therapy for teens and young adults. She brings warmth, sensitivity, and humor into her work.   Other areas she specializes in are: couples counseling; women’s issues; sexuality; parenting issues; anxiety; depression; trauma; and loss and grief.  For the past several years Karen has served as a clinical staff member/art therapist at Camp Erin and Camp Willie – grief camps for children/teens.

She is passionate about her work and in continuing to explore expressive arts as a catalyst for self-awareness and healing.  Her extensive training in the field of Art Therapy enhances her ability to facilitate client goals and to create a more collaborative treatment environment.  Karen maintains a private practice located in Fairhaven.  She is a native Washingtonian and enjoys: spending time with her 4 children, family, friends, nature, sunsets, coffee, gardening, and projects that inspire and challenge her “creativity.”  For more info about Karen and her private practice see www.therapyinbellingham.com

Riannon Bardsley, BA

Executive Director, began working with youth and at-risk populations at age 12. During her adolescence, Riannon volunteered with the Special Olympics training team in Seattle Washington, where she was born and raised. This led to work on the Teen Link Line at the Crisis Clinic at age 14. This 8 year experience inspired her to continue working with people who were struggling and in need of support, kindness and opportunities. Riannon continued to work and volunteer in program development and direct service work with women and children in a Domestic Violence Shelter, Group Homes for runway youth and teenage girls in foster care, a Seattle downtown shelter working with vulnerable populations of people experiencing homelessness, as well as a housing program in down town Seattle for mentally ill and fragile homeless adults. Once completing her Bachelor’s Degree in Non-Profit Business at Evergreen College, Riannon worked in a Juvenile Prison as a counselor for mental health, maximum-security females (12-19 years old).

Throughout all of these experiences her dedication to her community and to people who were asking for help never wavered. In 2006, Riannon moved to Bellingham, WA where she began working at NWYS in the Whatcom Transitional Living Program. This is also when Riannon took on one of her biggest challenges to-date; parenting. In 2007, Riannon and her partner became foster parents and have invited many loving and needy children from Whatcom County into their home.
The newest challenge in Riannon’s life is as Executive Director of NWYS. Riannon is excited about this opportunity to continue to offer and provide support, direction and hope to those in her community that are less fortunate.  She is trained intensively trained in DBT.  For more information on Riannon see www.nwys.org.

Elizabeth Morgan, MSW


















MiddlePath Counseling

2110 Iron Street
Bellingham, WA 98225

(360) 201-0120
info@middlepathcounseling.com

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