Melody is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist as well as a Child Mental Health Specialist. She counsels individuals, adolescents and families helping them manage emotions and behaviors associated with trauma, stress, shame, depression, racism, infertility, low self-esteem and abuse in private practice. She also provides therapy in schools to students in crisis. Melody was a mental health evaluator in the Emergency Department at Seattle Children’s Hospital for several years . Melody utilizes personal experiences as well as intensive training in trauma and suicidal ideation to help a multitude of populations become healthy, positive and productive.