Thrisa Phillips Jimmy MSW, LSWAIC
Thank you so much for taking your time to explore Coastal Canvas Counseling. This has been a deeply personal journey for me as I have worked my entire adult life to come back home and serve my communities at large. I use a multi-cultural and holistic lens to my work while weaving in evidence-based and experiential approaches. My core value in my work is guiding the people I sit with to recognize and embrace their own inner strength. Many times, we hear “what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger” or “hard times make you stronger”. In reality, that strength has always been a part of you. You were born with that strength. Through the trauma, stressors, or life transitions, you may have learned tools to use that strength to survive, overcome or create but that strength has always been with you. Sometimes, the tools you have picked up are no longer serving you. Perhaps they have even brought distress to you or others that you love. Our minds are amazing and capable of change, including picking up new tools and walking away from others that no longer serve us. This is your journey and I’m the fancy historian that is privileged to witness and support it!
Work Experience
2013-2015: Behavioral Management and academic support Chief Lesichi Schools
2015-2016: Direct Care Supervisor at First Choice In-Home Care
2016-2018: Youth Prevention Social Worker: Nooksack Tribe
2018-2020: Washington State Department of Children Youth and Families
2020-2022: Investigator at Washington State Adult Protective Services
2022-present: Lummi Behavioral Health Associate License Mental Health Provider
Cultivate Curiousity and Creativity
I’m passionate about curiosity and creativity and how it supports the healing and discovery process. I use modalities like Inner Family Systems (IFS), art therapy, and walk and talks PLUS we also offer classes on how to make your own designs to make into jewelry, cutting boards and other home decor items with our Glowforge (a laser printing machine).
CREDENTIALS AND TRAININGS
Thrisa Phillips Jimmy, MSW, LSWAIC
License: SC61447218
Education and Training
2011: AAS Human Services Management
2013: High Honors Summa Cum Laude Eastern Washington University; Bachelor in Children’s Studies
2016: Positive Indian Parenting
2017: Healing of the Canoe
2018: Motherhood is Sacred, Fatherhood is Sacred and Suicide Prevention
2018: CPS Training: Dependency and Court Procedures, WA WAC and RCWs
2020: APS training: Vulnerable adults, WA WAC and RCWs
2020: Motivational Interviewing Training, Suicide Prevention
2022: 41 hours of wrap around with Intensive Services (WISe) training, Certified CANs
2022: Full EMDR training, Motivational Interviewing, Mindfulness, DBT informed
2022: Inner Family Systems Training (IFS)
2023: Brainspotting, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Health (TF-CBT)
2023: Completed Master’s in Social Work with concentration in mental health from University of Washington
2024: 8-week Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR)
