Mitzi Weiland (she/her)

I attended Antioch University Seattle for my Master Degree in Marriage and Family Therapy. I completed a clinical internship at Valley Cities Community Mental Health Clinic as part of the older adult services team and worked with individuals, couples, and families in the clinic. I have also worked in skilled nursing care, assisted living, and facilitated grief and loss groups. My passion for working with adult children and their parents in end-of-life care situations has been useful for sandwich generation clients. In order to better serve clients facing death and dying concerns, I received my CT (Certified in Thanatology) designation in 2017 from the Association of Death Education and Counseling. In order to best fit your unique needs, I utilize an integrative approach that carefully and thoughtfully selects from several models: ACT, Brainspotting, Existential therapy, Experiential therapy, Humanistic psychology, Systems theory, Cognitive-behavioral therapy, and Feminist theory.

I believe in honoring everyone’s unique perspectives, joys and fears about rest-of-life and end-of-life processes. I believe speaking about our mortality is a rich experience and can lead to personal depths we would be unable to reach without considering our impermanence. Thanatology has given me the language to share information about death and dying, in a way that is (for myself) congruent with both modern society and cultural/personal beliefs. I do not discriminate against anyone- in fact, I love the depth of differences we all contain.