Trainers/Instructors
Our trainers bring extensive clinical experience and a shared commitment to helping clinicians understand and confidently use Lifespan Integration. All Trainers are LI Certified clinicians and Consultants.
LI TRAINER / INSTRUCTOR
Carrie Cochran
Carrie, M.A., LMHC, is an instructor for Lifespan Integration. She has a small private practice in the northwest corner of Washington State, focusing on relational, recent, or historical trauma. She is also devoted to the healing of helpers: first responders, health care providers, educators, social service workers, and counselors. Carrie has specific interests in nervous system functioning and rewiring better regulation within the system. She spends much of her time supporting other Lifespan Integration providers in their clinical work, and enjoys working through complex cases. Carrie’s strengths include intuitive treatment planning, teaching with an energetic and encouraging style, and a tenacious belief in the hope of healing. One of her favorite things in life is introducing Lifespan Integration to therapists looking for effective new tools to help their clients.
LI TRAINER / INSTRUCTOR
Stephanie Davis
Stephanie is a Lifespan Integration Instructor, Consultant, and Certified Therapist dedicated to expanding access to Lifespan Integration throughout the Southeastern United States. In addition to providing training and consultation for mental health professionals, she maintains a private practice in Birmingham, Alabama, where she specializes in grief, women’s issues, and trauma-informed care. Stephanie is passionate about helping individuals experience lasting healing while equipping clinicians with practical knowledge and skills to confidently support their clients. Through her teaching, consultation, and clinical work, she is committed to fostering compassionate, effective therapeutic practice and advancing the Lifespan Integration community across the region.
LI TRAINER / INSTRUCTOR
Shannon Shivley
Shannon is a Lifespan Integration (LI) Instructor in Seattle, as well as a Certified LI Clinician and Consultant. Additionally, Shannon serves as Treasurer on the Lifespan Integration Institute Board, focusing on the nonprofit growth of Lifespan Integration worldwide. Shannon received her Master’s in Counseling from Seattle University in 2014, and completed her internship in a college counseling center at Seattle Pacific University. Shannon began using LI in her internship experience, and was amazed to see her clients quickly shift from their trauma narratives into more authentic ways of living. She began facilitating in LI trainings shortly thereafter with Cathy Thorpe, and quickly went through the certification process. Shannon has been primarily using LI in her practice for over a decade. Shannon holds a psychotherapy practice in Seattle Washington where she works with clients focusing in complex trauma and perinatal work. Shannon is passionate about helping individuals and families live their best lives by repairing past trauma.
LI TRAINER / INSTRUCTOR
Daisy Swanson
Daisy Swanson is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, clinical supervisor, and Instructor with a deep passion for helping both clients and clinicians experience lasting transformation. She is the founder of Integrative Therapy NW, where she specializes in the treatment of childhood, relational, attachment, and spiritual trauma through an integrative approach that honors the connection between mind, body, and spirit. Lifespan Integration has become a cornerstone of Daisy’s clinical work because of its gentle yet profoundly effective ability to help clients resolve trauma, strengthen their sense of self, and move toward greater wholeness. As a trainer, Daisy is passionate about equipping therapists with practical skills, clinical confidence, and a deeper understanding of how to facilitate meaningful healing. She creates a learning environment that is engaging, experiential, and supportive, helping clinicians integrate the model into their practice with both competence and authenticity.
LI TRAINER / INSTRUCTOR
Lanaiah Young
Lanaiah Young, MSW, LCSW, is a Lifespan Integration Instructor, Consultant, and Certified Therapist based in Utah. She is the owner and clinical supervisor of Encompass Life Therapy. Her work is grounded in trauma-responsive care and an understanding of how past experiences continue to shape the present. Lanaiah enjoys helping clinicians understand the theoretical foundations of Lifespan Integration and how present-day symptoms and patterns may be connected to earlier experiences. She is especially passionate about teaching the depth and interconnectedness of the body–mind system, including how attachment experiences shape its development and how unmet core attachment needs may continue to affect current functioning. Through training and consultation, she supports therapists in developing greater confidence and a deeper understanding of the model. She also contributes to the continued growth of Lifespan Integration through her service on the Lifespan Integration Institute Board and several LI committees.
Lifespan Integration Consultants
Lifespan Integration Consultants are experienced LI practitioners who have completed LI certification and continue to maintain their certification through the required two-year renewal process. They must also meet the professional and ethical requirements of their discipline and country.
LI Consultants provide individual or group consultation on clinical cases, protocol selection, and comprehensive LI treatment planning, including complex cases. They may review concepts and clinical applications taught through the highest level of LI training completed by the consultee. Consultants are not authorized to teach material from training levels the consultee has not yet attended. Consultation groups should clearly identify the required level of LI training.
Consultants also play an important role in the LI certification process. Certification candidates are encouraged to consult with professionals who offer varied perspectives and areas of expertise. By following cases over time, consultants can assess a candidate’s understanding and application of LI and provide informed feedback regarding readiness for certification.
Contact information is maintained in the LI directory. Use the directory link beneath each bio for current availability and contact details.
LI CONSULTANT
Kelly Cooper
Kelly is a Certified Lifespan Integration clinician and LI Consultant. Kelly provides Lifespan Integration therapy to women in person in Lynden, Washington, and online throughout Washington State. Her work focuses on helping clients develop deeper self-awareness, process past experiences, and experience lasting healing. She offers down-to-earth, hope-filled, and client-centered care. Kelly’s Christian faith shapes her worldview; however, she welcomes clients from all backgrounds and faith perspectives. She also provides consultation for therapists pursuing Lifespan Integration certification.
LI CONSULTANT
Justus D’Addario
Justus is a Certified Lifespan Integration therapist and LI Consultant offering online therapy to Washington State residents. He also provides consultation for therapists who want to deepen their understanding of Lifespan Integration and become more confident and effective in their clinical work. His areas of focus include attachment repair, rebuilding a sense of safety and connection, and working with the more subtle and complex aspects of LI. He supports clients experiencing concerns such as dissociation, PTSD, ADHD, and flashbacks. Justus works with people from a wide range of backgrounds, identities, and sexual orientations, including parents, teachers, military personnel, executives, therapists, law enforcement professionals, and medical providers.
LI CONSULTANT
Marianne Esterly
Marianne is a Lifespan Integration Consultant who enjoys helping clinicians strengthen their confidence and skills in using LI to support healing with their clients. In her counseling work, Marianne strives to provide a safe and healing space where clients can better understand their stories and recognize the impact they have on their lives and relationships. She honors the courage it takes to live authentically and to acknowledge the experiences that have shaped the present. Her areas of focus include anxiety, depression, recovery from sexual abuse, perinatal and postpartum concerns, attachment repair, and family-of-origin work.
LI CONSULTANT
Corey Griffin
Corey Griffin has 22 years of clinical and administrative experience specializing in trauma, resilience, and perinatal wellness. Corey has 12 years of experience in program development, teaching and consultation. Corey is passionate about supporting helpers, both in her practice and by providing consultation to other LI clinicians. She uses a systemic framework that blends conscious coping skills with the somatosensory trauma integration LI offers, empowering clients to dismantle old patterns and cultivate enduring post-traumatic growth. Her background spans from substance use disorder treatment, doula work, and she has worked as an integrated therapist in OB-GYN and Midwifery practice. She has completed certifications in Perinatal Mental Health (PMH-C) and EMDR previously. Corey combines her experience and knowledge to help clinicians grow in their use of LI.
LI CONSULTANT
Beth Griffith
Beth is a Certified Lifespan Integration clinician and LI Consultant with extensive experience supporting individuals and couples experiencing depression, grief, anxiety, trauma, crisis, and relationship concerns. She recognizes that painful experiences, loss, and major life changes can leave people feeling disoriented, alone, or uncertain about their direction and purpose. When trauma and loss remain unresolved, even the ordinary challenges of life can become more difficult to navigate. Beth helps clients grieve what has been lost, integrate past experiences, and develop greater clarity as they move forward. Using Lifespan Integration, Beth offers a structured and individualized path toward healing. She works collaboratively with each client to develop a treatment plan that reflects their unique needs and goals.
LI CONSULTANT
Nichole Grimes
Nichole is a Certified Lifespan Integration clinician and LI Consultant. She believes in the sacred nature of the counseling relationship and creates a nonjudgmental therapeutic environment that honors the full range of human experiences and identities. Her approach is grounded in a genuine, compassionate, and affirming therapeutic relationship that supports the safety and trust needed for healing and change. At the core of her philosophy is a deep respect for each person’s inner wisdom and the belief that this wisdom can be more clearly heard and understood when the right support, guidance, and structure are present. Nichole has confidence in the body–mind system’s capacity to recover from significant trauma and loss when provided with nurturing and supportive conditions. Her person-centered approach complements her training in Lifespan Integration. She takes time to understand each client’s unique life story and collaborates with them to develop a treatment plan that reflects their individual needs and goals. Nichole feels honored to support clients as they connect with their inner world and discover their own path toward healing, growth, and greater integration.
LI CONSULTANT
Jill Karber
I have a passion for helping clinicians grow in confidence, deepen their understanding of the LI model, and develop their own authentic clinical style. My goal in consultation is to create a supportive, collaborative environment where clinicians feel both encouraged and appropriately challenged as they work toward certification.
For more than a decade, I have specialized in the treatment of trauma, PTSD, attachment wounds, betrayal trauma, anxiety, depression, neurodiversity, and complex relational dynamics.
As a consultant, I enjoy helping clinicians strengthen case conceptualization, refine protocol selection, navigate stuck cases, and build confidence in the moment-to-moment clinical decisions that make LI so effective. I value curiosity, humility, and thoughtful reflection, and I strive to provide consultation that is practical, compassionate, and grounded in both clinical experience and the LI framework.
Whether you are beginning your LI journey or working toward certification, I look forward to supporting your growth as both an LI therapist and a trauma-informed clinician.
LI CONSULTANT
Denise Kuyper
Denise is a Certified Lifespan Integration clinician and LI Consultant who offers consultation to therapists seeking to strengthen their understanding and use of LI.
She understands that feeling stuck can be deeply distressing—like being in a lifeboat without oars and unable to see a clear way forward. Through Lifespan Integration, Denise works collaboratively with clients to support gentle movement toward greater clarity, wholeness, and a more authentic sense of self
LI CONSULTANT
Sarah Kardelen
Sarah Kardelen specializes in working with clients who have complex trauma, who are healing from childhood trauma and neglect, abusive relationships and oppressive systems. She offers a welcoming, compassionate space for folks to explore, question, reflect and ultimately come home to their authentic selves.
Living in Turkey for many years deeply impacted and formed who she is, which is a bilingual (Turkish/English) and bicultural (Turkish/American) therapist. She approaches her life and work through an anti-oppression lens and is committed to providing culturally-responsive care. She is especially passionate about the intersection of psychology, spirituality, culture and creativity.
Sarah loves supporting clinicians in their journey as LI therapists. She draws from her background as an educator, therapist, DV advocate and supervisor to empower and equip clinicians to become more fully who they want to be as LI therapists. She works with therapists to gain a deeper understanding their clients, themselves and LI treatment planning. Sarah provides a sliding scale rate for consultation for LI BIPOC and immigrant LI clinicians.
LI CONSULTANT
Wesley Linam
Wesley attended her first LI training in 2007. For the past nearly 20 years, Wesley has used LI as her primary modality to bring healing and freedom to her clients. Wesley was an LI Trainer from 2016 to 2025. From 2020 to 2022, Wesley was the lead on rewriting all 4 levels of the LI Manuals. She continues to take the lead on maintaining the LI manuals.
Wesley currently serves as the President of the LI Institute board. Wesley has extensive experience working with a full range of complex trauma with men and women including human trafficking, sexual addiction, domestic violence, first responder trauma and childhood sexual abuse. Wesley knows the LI protocols and treatment planning inside and out and loves helping learning LI therapists become competent and confident in their practice.
LI CONSULTANT
Lisa Lopez
Lisa is a Certified Lifespan Integration clinician who offers both traditional counseling and Christian counseling, based on each client’s preference. As a LI Consultant, she also provides LI consultation to clinicians seeking to strengthen their confidence and skills in using Lifespan Integration.
Lisa works with adults, teens, and children experiencing concerns such as depression, anger, anxiety, stress, trauma and PTSD, grief and loss, self-harm behaviors, relationship difficulties, ADD/ADHD, identity concerns, and challenges related to decision-making. She also supports clients recovering from physical, sexual, and emotional abuse and provides guidance in parenting, family health, child behavior, life coaching, and spiritual direction.
Lisa is a Washington State Child Mental Health Specialist and an Ethnic Minority Specialist serving the Latino population in Washington. She is bilingual in Spanish and English and is also a licensed professional teacher in Washington, maintaining her professional-level teaching certificate from her previous work as an educator.
LI CONSULTANT
Suzie Lyons
Suzie Lyons, LICSW, is the owner of Live Mindfully and a Lifespan Integration Consultant.
Working with clients for two decades has taught Suzie that each and every one of us is a luminous being connected to the life force of the universe, and that all things in creation are connected. It is this recognition that drives her passion and creative determination to guide individuals in connecting with themselves.
Suzie’s personal passions for spirituality and neuroscience have guided her to recognize that these processes are not separate, but intimately intertwined. Both sciences teach us to meet life and work through our experiences of pain, frustration, confusion, love, and joy in order to be affected by life and ultimately transformed by living fully
LI CONSULTANT
Ethan Maryon
Ethan is a Certified Lifespan Integration clinician and LI Consultant who specializes in addiction, trauma recovery, and building healthy relationships. He also offers consultation to clinicians who want to deepen their understanding and use of Lifespan Integration.
When he is not in the therapy office, Ethan can often be found outdoors exploring nature, cultivating balance and mindfulness on the yoga mat, and connecting with family and friends.
Ethan’s approach is rooted in curiosity and a love of learning. He works to integrate the latest research and proven techniques to address addiction, trauma, and the development of healthy intimacy in relationships. His deep appreciation for human resilience fuels his commitment to helping clients overcome the effects of trauma and feelings of disconnection from others. He has found Lifespan Integration to be the most effective tool for helping clients make these changes and rediscover their own unique path.
Ethan is committed to supporting clients on their path toward healing, growth, and thriving relationships. He honors the courage it takes to begin this journey and works collaboratively with clients to help create lives of greater fulfillment and connection.
LI CONSULTANT
Takako Molgard
Takako provides consultation for LI therapists and is currently accepting consultees. Her consultation style is collaborative, thoughtful, and growth-oriented, creating space for both clinical development and personal reflection.
She is particularly passionate about supporting BIPOC clinicians in restoring a sense of belonging within themselves and the professional community, including exploring the impacts of internalized racism, cultural identity, and systemic oppression. Takako also supports White clinicians in developing greater awareness of implicit racial biases and strengthening culturally responsive, anti-racist clinical practice.
In her clinical work, Takako specializes in complex PTSD, addiction, attachment wounds, racial trauma, spiritual trauma, domestic violence, and identity-related concerns. Her work is informed by attachment theory, multicultural perspectives, and a deep commitment to helping clients heal from the effects of trauma and disconnection from their authentic selves and others.
LI CONSULTANT
Emily Mullenax
Emily earned her Master of Social Work (MSW) from New York University and currently practices as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) specializing in trauma-informed treatment. She believes healing is supported through compassion, empowerment, and integration.
Emily recognizes that therapy is not about rewriting the past or bypassing difficult experiences with toxic positivity. Although the past cannot be changed, she helps clients make peace with what happened, become more grounded in the present, and face the future with greater confidence. Her goal is for clients to eventually graduate from treatment with the skills and insight needed to live more fully.
Integration is central to Emily’s approach. Western culture has often separated the mind, body, and spirit, which can leave people feeling disconnected or at war with themselves. Emily works to bridge these areas, helping clients develop a greater sense of wholeness and internal cohesion.
She believes that when people feel more connected to themselves, they are better able to connect securely with others. In this way, individual healing can also support meaningful change within families and communities.
LI CONSULTANT
Andrea Pauls
Andrea is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor in New Mexico and has been practicing in the state since 2002.
Andrea has been using Lifespan Integration for the past 14 years and continues to be delighted and encouraged by the transformation she sees in clients. She has been a Certified Lifespan Integration clinician for several years and has supported therapists in completing their own LI work and working toward certification.
Andrea also enjoys helping therapists strengthen their confidence and sharpen their skills in using LI, whether for continued professional development or as part of the certification process. She works with a variety of clients and often supports individuals in recovery. Her practice primarily serves women, though she also works with men and older adolescents.
LI CONSULTANT
Judy Piper
Judy is a Certified Lifespan Integration clinician and LI Consultant with a private practice in Kirkland, Washington.
Lifespan Integration is her primary treatment modality for individuals. She works with clients experiencing PTSD and complex PTSD, anxiety, depression, grief, addictions, and relational concerns.
Judy also has specialized training in complex grief and is comfortable integrating faith and spirituality into therapy for clients who wish to include these areas in their healing process.
LI CONSULTANT
Elana Rosencrantz
Elana is a Certified Lifespan Integration clinician and LI Consultant practicing in New Jersey. She works with adults, adolescents, and children and offers consultation to therapists seeking to deepen their understanding and use of Lifespan Integration.
Whether clients are experiencing anxiety or depression, hoping to improve their relationships, or seeking greater fulfillment in life, Elana believes therapy can provide relief and hope. She has a particular passion for working with relationship and attachment concerns.
LI CONSULTANT
Delta Sullivan
Delta is a Licensed Professional Counselor who has had the privilege of walking alongside individuals as they heal from trauma, anxiety, depression, grief, shame, and the many difficult experiences that shape their stories. Her passion for helping others find healing naturally led her to Lifespan Integration, a modality she has seen bring profound transformation to both clients and clinicians.
Delta earned her Master of Science in Counseling and Psychology from Troy University and has practiced as a counselor since 2018. Throughout her career, she has come to believe that healing happens not only through effective techniques, but also through the confidence, presence, and compassion of the therapist. That belief is at the heart of her work as a Lifespan Integration Consultant.
As a consultant, Delta creates a supportive and encouraging space where therapists can deepen their understanding of LI, strengthen their clinical skills, and grow in confidence as they integrate the modality into their practice. Whether a clinician is beginning LI training or working toward certification, she wants them to know they do not have to figure it all out alone. She recognizes that learning a new modality can feel both exciting and overwhelming and considers it a privilege to walk alongside clinicians through that process.
One of the things Delta often tells clients is, “Your story is not over yet.” She believes the same is true for therapists. Every consultation is another chapter in professional growth, with continued opportunities to learn, refine clinical skills, and become more fully the clinician each person is meant to be.
Delta considers it an honor to support therapists on their Lifespan Integration journey and to help them develop the confidence and competence to practice LI with authenticity, curiosity, and hope.
LI CONSULTANT
Cindy Wuflestad
Cindy is an approved LI Consultant and is committed to advancing LI therapists through their certification experience.
She has been active in the LI community since 2003 after receiving her first experience of LI as a client. During her years with the LI organization, she has been an instructor, a member of the LI-CORE leadership, and directed the process of certification in the US. Lifespan Integration is her therapeutic modal of choice. She is also trained in EMDR, EFT, CIMBS, and executive coaching.
Cindy is dedicated to encouraging and supporting competent, growing Lifespan Integration therapists through individual and group consulting opportunities. Her desire to learn and develop her own skills through the years, coupled with her background in business and coaching are the foundation for her consulting today. Cindy’s focus is to equip LI therapists to become compassionate, expert LI clinicians.
How to become an LI Consultant
Certified LI therapists who have been using LI with their clients for a minimum of two years post certification can be invited to become Lifespan Integration consultants by the Lifespan Integration trainer(s) who have supervised them and for whom they have facilitated at LI trainings. Clinicians interested in becoming LI consultants should seek supervision from one or more of the LI trainers.