Edin Denison, LICSW
(they/them)
Preferred Name: Ed
About Me
This is a space where you can explore ways to interact with your world, discuss how supremacy culture impacts health, and talk about strategies to navigate systems built without your success in mind. My approach has a lens of humor, liberation, and how relationships impact well-being. We will work on incorporating community, culture, and ability into your care so you are more successful when releasing physical and emotional tensions. As non-pathologizing providers, diagnoses will only be used when required and with your collaboration. Those who share the most success after working with me are looking to move forward after difficult or traumatic experiences. They have described me as attuned, genuine, and conversational. They are most likely looking for support through challenges, on-going consultation, or to reprocess harmful experiences in a way that is more adaptive. They are committed to the work and rest. As a person with lived experience I am willing to offer this, when appropriate, as a way to normalize the human experience and shift dynamics in hierarchical systems. It also means I know addressing trauma gets fugly. There is no requirement to show up perfectly. Finding supportive resources will be part of our work together, because my lived experience does not translate into being an expert on your situation or your only source of information. We will collaborate as you challenge your comfort zones and begin to realize you can trust yourself and your experiences. If you think we could be a good match, reach out and let's taco 'bout it. If we have collaborated in the past, reach out anytime to check availability.
Education & Experience
Master of Arts (M.A.) - Addiction Studies Master of Social Work (M.S.W.)
Professional & Volunteer Affiliations
U.S. Army Veteran - Honorable Discharge, Disabled AFSP - 2009-2017. Crime Victim Crisis Line - 2019-2023
Specialty Area
- Abuse/Neglect
- Adoption
- Anxiety/Panic Attacks
- Domestic Violence
- Family Issues
- Gender Identity
- Grief/Loss/Mourning
- Moral Injury
- Posttraumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
- Race, Culture, Ethnicity Issues
- Sexual Abuse
- Survivor's Guilt
- Traumatic Incident
Population Served
- Adults
- BIPOC
- Couples
- Families
- Group
- LGBTQ+
- Seniors
Insurance
- BlueCross BlueShield
- Sliding Scale
Premera, Regence, WA State Crime Victim Ins.