Intern Therapists
MEND Seattle is a clinical training program for graduate-level intern therapists. As part of this program, we offer low-cost counseling with fees of $70 and sliding scale rates of $60 and $50. Our Intern Therapists start at different times throughout the year, most often in September, and see clients during their internship for up to 10-18 months. After that time, clients have the opportunity to continue with their therapist in their own practice. Learn more about our Intern Therapists below.
Eddyson Darisme
he/him | Black | Haitain/First-Gen. Immigrant | Cismale
Eddyson is Haitian-born and has lived across borders and cultures, shaped by life in both Canada and the United States. Rooted in his Haitian heritage and shaped by experiences across diverse cultural landscapes, he holds a deep understanding of immigrant, diaspora, and bicultural identities. Currently completing his MA in Counseling at Saybrook University (expected spring 2026) and pursuing LMHC licensure, Eddyson draws on his background as an educator and spiritual care provider in schools and hospitals. He approaches therapy as a collaborative process, centering connection, empathy, mutuality, and authenticity, and views himself as a partner in healing rather than an expert at fixing. His clinical interests include trauma and generational trauma, mindfulness, gender and sexuality, racial identity formation, spiritual and religious trauma, grief and loss, attachment, spirituality/meaning-making, and existential distress. Outside the therapy room, Eddyson is an old soul at heart—he collects vinyl records and practices film photography.
"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”- Maya Angelou
La Tonya Littleton, LMHC
she/her | black | ciswoman | hetero
* limited availability for in-person sessions*
La Tonya is a doctoral student from Saybrook University in the Clinical Psychology program and anticipates graduating in January 2025. Her therapeutic approach is humanistic where she believes that everyone aspires to be their best self in their independent and unique way. La Tonya has experience in community mental health, in-patient hospitalization, and military intensive outpatient programs. She is passionate about working with Black, Indigenous, and People of Color and is an ally to many marginalized communities.
"Nothing can dim the light which shines from within.”- Maya Angelou
Phoenix Rainbow Sparrow-Harris Butterfly, LMHCA
she/her | black | cis | female | hetero
* currently available for psychological assessments only*
Phoenix is a Black ciswoman who was born and raised in the South. She is pursuing her doctorate in Clinical Psychology with a concentration in Consciousness, Spirituality, and Integrative Health at Saybrook University and will receive her master’s degree in clinical psychology in June. She believes that therapy is a partnership between therapist and client. Her approach is grounded in a holistic view of the person as unique. Leslie does not believe in a one-size fits all approach. Therefore, her therapeutic approach is holistic and integrative, which includes utilizing humanistic, person-centered, emotion-focused, anti-racist and liberation, African/Black psychology, somatic, and expressive arts as therapy orientations. Leslie’s goal is to create a welcoming space for individuals to unpack the thoughts and feelings that brings them to therapy. Phoenix is passionate about helping people heal body, mind, and spirit so they live their best lives as their authentic selves. In therapy, Phoenix focuses on helping you reach the goals you set for yourself in therapy. Although Phoenix is open to anyone, she is particularly interested in those who identify as Black and Indigenous, neurodiverse, and QTBIPOC.
"Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced." - James Baldwin