Clinicians
FAN Mentors
Administration
Emily A. Anderson, MA, LMFT, IMHS-E®️ has worked with infants, very young children, and families in various capacities since 2002. While completing her Master's degree in Psychology, her focus was on early intervention with families considered to be at-risk, including adolescent parents and their babies. Prior to joining Cooper House, her most recent work was as a Clinician for the SJCC's Early Childhood School, providing ongoing relationship-based clinical support to children age 0-5 and their families, and implementing professional development for faculty and staff. She has training in Infant Mental Health, as well as expertise with young children with pervasive developmental delays. In addition to providing psychotherapy, Emily offers reflective consultation and is a Facilitating Attuned Interactions (FAN) Trainer. T: (206) 420-3804
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Rebecca Berg, MS, OTR/L, IMH-E® (she/her) (she/her) has been serving young children and their families since 1999. From her origins as an early childhood educator, she went on to complete her Master of Science in Occupational Therapy from New York University in 2008. Her work is influenced by extensive training and mentoring in sensory processing and DIR (also known as Floortime). Rebecca completed an Infant Mental Health externship in 2018 and will finish the Napa Infant-Parent Mental Health Fellowship in spring 2024. She is endorsed by the Washington Association of Infant Mental Health and has been made Assistant Faculty at Profectum. At Cooper House, Rebecca is committed to being in partnership with families, providing equity-centered, developmentally-informed, and relationship-minded services reflecting identity, culture, and values. She also serves the team in the role of Integrated Clinical Model Lead, working to develop and expand the unique transdisciplinary mental health and occupational therapy assessment and intervention model created by Cooper House. In addition to her clinical work, Rebecca has lectured locally and nationally, providing training and consultation for parents, teachers, and professionals. She aspires to be an ally and advocate for social justice, neurodiversity-affirming and trauma responsive practices, and relational health in her professional writing and participation in planning committees and work groups. T: (206) 402-3168
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Angela Carnevale, MA, MS, IMH-DP, is an Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Therapist at Cooper House. She earned her Master’s in Mental Health Counseling and was part of the first federally funded cohort to earn a Master’s in Infant Mental Health and Developmental Practice. Her clinical skill set derives from a psychodynamic framework, with attention to early childhood attachments. Angela focuses on relational, and trauma informed care through dyadic, social emotional based interventions to support optimal child development. T: 206-402-3168
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Ursula Hildebrandt, PhD, LICSW, IMHS-E®️ is an infant and early childhood mental health therapist with Cooper House. She has been in the infant mental health field as a researcher and educator since 1997 and began working directly with families with young children in 2015. Ursula earned her doctorate in developmental psychology from the University of Washington (UW) in 2003, including a Certificate in Infant Mental Health and her Masters in Social Work from UW in 2017. Prior to working for Cooper House, Ursula worked for Wellspring Family Services and Kindering Center. T: (206) 402-3168.
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Laura Jendusa earned her Master of Occupational Therapy at Maryville University in 2010. Since then, she has received extensive training and mentoring in the DIR/FCD model (aka Floortime), where she has focused her study and practice supporting relationships of caregivers and young children. As an infant mental health occupational therapist, Laura understands one’s emotional experiences and their physical, sensory and motor experiences do not develop separately. While orienting to the interconnected nature of development, Laura is honored to partner and support young children and their caregivers when challenges arise. Laura is a fellow with the UC-Davis Infant-Parent Mental Health Fellowship and a Trainer in the DIR Model. She enjoys providing trainings and reflective supervision for individuals and groups.
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Tiffany Kingsley, MA, LMHC, IMH-E® has worked with children and families in various capacities for over a decade. In 2016 she graduated from Seattle University with her Master’s in Psychology. She began her clinical work as a Child and Family Therapist in community mental health. Prior to joining Cooper House, her recent work was as an Infant Mental Health Therapist in Early Intervention, where she provided family support and counseling to children aged birth-three. Her experience includes promoting healthy social emotional development to children coping with developmental delays and trauma, as well as, proving support to families transitioning home from the NICU.
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Sylvia Kurin, MSW, LICSW, IMHS-E®️ started her clinical work in Uruguay in community mental health and later continued in the U.S. She worked for Consejo Counseling, Center on Human Development and Disability, Wellspring, Navos, and Boyer Children's Clinic. She was trained as a Clinical Psychologist in Uruguay with a psychodynamic theoretical orientation. She is a graduate of the certificate program in Infant Mental Health, and completed her Master's Degree in Social Work from the University of Washington. She provides bilingual (Spanish/English) psychotherapy services. Additionally, Sylvia provides reflective consultation and is a FAN Trainer. T: (206) 402-3972
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Diane Lostrangio, MSW, LICSW, IMHM-C®️ began her clinical career in community mental health and then went on to work with families formed through adoption. In 2007, she entered into private practice providing pre and post adoption services for children and families. Her post graduate training includes completion of Adoption and Foster Care Therapy and Advanced Clinical Practice Certificates as well as training in Infant Mental Health. In addition to working directly with young children and their families, Diane provides reflective consultation and is a FAN Trainer. T: (206) 799-4736
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Kristin McNally, MSR, OTR/L, IMHM-C® earned her Master’s in Occupational Therapy from the Medical University of South Carolina in 2000. She has since practiced as a pediatric occupational therapist, specializing in sensory integration, the DIR® Model (Floortime), and Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health. Kristin is endorsed by the Washington Association for Infant Mental Health as an Infant Mental Health Mentor-Clinical. She provides reflective consultation for birth-to-three providers and is a Facilitating Attuned Interactions (FAN) Trainer. Kristin is an assistant faculty member of the Profectum Foundation, where she provides training and mentoring in the DIR model. Kristin is driven to support early childhood development and to empower children and parents in their interactions through child directed play. T: (206) 402-3168 x 111
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Lisa Mennet, PhD, LMHC, IMHM-C is the Cooper House owner and clinical director emeritus. She began her clinical career at Ryther Child Center, then studied at the Center on Infant Mental Health at the UW, and was later a clinical instructor there. She’s taught infant mental health principles at the UW schools of Social Work and Nursing, and for the Washington DSHS. Lisa earned a certificate in child psychoanalytic psychotherapy from SPSI, and a doctorate in Infant Mental Health from UW. Her particular area of interest is the impact of trauma on early relationships.
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Tess Sotelo, MAOT, OTR/L earned her Masters of Arts in Occupational Therapy at the University of Southern California in 2016. She has since been in practice as a pediatric occupational therapist, most recently at Mosaic Children’s Therapy. Tess specializes in the DIR®/Floortime model. Enthusiastic about working with both parents and children, Tess mobilizes children’s functional emotional developmental capacities with respect to their individual differences in sensory processing, motor planning, cognition and social emotional development. T: (206) 402-3168
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Rebeca Valeri, MSW, LICSW, IMHS-E®️ has dedicated her work to serving infants, children, and families. She started her clinical work at Youth Eastside Services focusing on early intervention with parents and young children ages 0-3. She continued her training in Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health while working at Wellspring Family Services. Rebeca most recently worked at Bellevue School District, which has grown her skills to working in school settings. She completed her Master's Degree in Social Work from the University of Washington. She provides bilingual (Spanish/English) psychotherapy services. T: (206) 402-3168 x112
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Nicole Wiggins, MA, LMHC is a psychotherapist with extensive experience working with very young children. She holds a Master’s degree in Communicative Disorders and previously worked as a pediatric speech language pathologist for 12 years. Nicole is a graduate of the certificate program in Infant Mental Health at the University of Washington, and earned a Master’s degree in Psychology from Seattle University. She is currently in training to become a psychoanalyst at Northwestern Psychoanalytic Society. Nicole sees infants, children and adults in her practice and provides reflective consultation. T: (206) 669-6309
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FAN Mentors:
FAN Mentors provide monthly support to Program Supervisors going through the FAN Training. Mentors support Supervisors through the use of FAN tools and reflective practice.
Betty Peralta, MIT, MS-MHC, IMHS-E®️ taught in K-12 schools for 14 years in Seattle, The Dominican Republic, Kuwait, and Tanzania and became an infant and childhood mental health specialist at Navos in 2014. She now works privately as a parent educator and coach for domestic violence shelters and family court dependency cases; reflective consultant for home-visiting agencies; and Interaction Specialist in her practice, ALTA: Alternative Learning and Therapeutic Avenues, where she works with individuals seeking relationship help with children, partners, and themselves. In addition to training on the FAN with Cooper House, Betty also provides equity, trauma-informed care, and self-care trainings for K-12 teachers, early childhood educators, and therapists around the state. Betty received her BA from The Evergreen State College in 1992, her Masters In Teaching from Seattle University in 1999, and her Masters of Science in Mental Health Counseling in 2014.
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Elizabeth Kang PHN, MN, IMHS-E®️ is a public health nurse and has been working in the maternal child health home visiting field for 20+ years. She has worked in the First Steps program and in various positions within the Nurse-Family Partnership program including nurse home visitor, supervisor and State nurse consultant. Currently, Elizabeth is providing reflective supervision consultation through her own business.
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Gina Veloni, PHD, MN, RN, IMHS, IMHM-C®️ is a FAN Mentor for Cooper House. Gina has provided IMH and RSC training and consultation to various home visiting programs and communities such as NFP, PAT, Parent-Child+, ECEAP, EHS, HS, tribal home visiting groups, supervisor groups, early intervention providers and mental health professionals. She has been running her own consulting business since 2015, and prior to that worked as a Program Manager - Nurse-Family Partnership through Snohomish Health District and ChildStrive.
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Meyleen Velasquez, PHD, LICSW, PMH-C, RPT-S, IMHM-C®️ is a FAN Mentor at Cooper House. She is an immigrant Latinx psychotherapist specializing in perinatal and infant mental health. Meyleen began her career in 2006 at a community mental health center and began working with families in 2010. She's served families and young children in various settings such as in-home, shelter, and the dependency system. Meyleen's first infant mental health training was the Fussy Baby Network in 2012. The training changed the way she intervened with families and ignited a love for infant mental health. Her private practice, Hummingbird Counseling PPLC, supports women, infants, and clinicians working from an anti- oppressive framework. She is a trainer, author, and consultant.
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Sandy Jaecksch, MA, LMHC, IMH-E® (IV) is a FAN Mentor for Cooper House. She brings 17 years experiences providing reflective supervision/ infant mental health consultation and over 35 years of experience working with families, children 0-5, individuals, and staff. Sandy currently runs her own business providing Reflective Consultation. Her prior work includes as an Infant Mental Health Consultant for Clark and Cowlitz County Nurse Family Partnership Programs, a Head Start/EHS/ECEAP program, and an early intervention program.
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Susan Wendel, MS, OTR/L is a Cooper House trainer for the FAN model. A pediatric occupational therapist with over 30 years of experience, Sue is experienced in using the FAN model with families. In addition to her role with Cooper House, Susan holds a position at the UW Center on Human Development and Disability and is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, OT Program.
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Administration
Nikki Do, BSW is the Administrative Coordinator at Cooper House. Nikki graduated from Seattle University with a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work. They have 4+ years of experience working with children and youth in an educational and nonprofit setting. She is passionate about mental health and ensuring that marginalized communities have the resources to thrive and flourish.
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Lisa Foss, MA is the Training & Consultation Program Manager at Cooper House. Lisa earned her Master’s in Developmental Psychology from the University of California, Berkeley and has 15+ years’ experience in nonprofit programs, event planning, operations, and fundraising. Lisa is a passionate advocate for children and families. Prior to joining Cooper House, her most recent work was with Open Arms Perinatal Services. In her current role, Lisa leads our efforts to bring the FAN model, reflective consultation, and training to the IECMH workforce.
T: (206) 303-9763
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Paula Hardy is the Client Accounts Manager at Cooper House. She has a multi-faceted background in information technology, claims and insurance billing, program development and customer service, having worked in a variety of healthcare environments prior to joining the staff at Cooper House. Her focus is on creating efficient systems that support, promote and enhance clinical resources for families. She can assist you with information regarding Cooper House and its services in addition to any billing questions you may have. T: (206) 946-8604
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Jane Hinton is the Executive Director at Cooper House. Jane earned her Bachelor of Arts in Human Services from Western Washington University in 2000. Since then she has worked to develop systems and collaborate with partners to promote early learning, youth development, and family support programs. She previously worked as the Family Support Director at the Center for Human Services and the Executive Director of Powerful Voices. Jane's professional interests are violence prevention, organizational development, and social justice.
T: 206.402.3168 x106
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Megan Jimenez, IMH-E®️, Endorsed Reflective Supervisor is a FAN Program Coordinator, FAN Trainer, and Fussy Baby Home Visitor at Cooper House. Megan earned her Bachelor of Science from Xavier University in psychology and is working toward a graduate degree in Organizational Leadership. She spent two years teaching in Peru and upon returning to the US, was looking for ways to work with children and families in a more 1:1 setting. She found her way into the world of home visiting working with children from birth to three and their families through the Early Head Start model. Megan was a home visitor and supervisor for the past 5+ years before coming to Cooper House to work more closely with the FAN and Fussy Baby programs.
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Soo Kim, LMHCA, is the Intake/Operations Manager at Cooper House. Soo graduated from Seattle University with Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. She began working with children and families as a preschool teacher. She then had the privilege of working with children with autism and their families as a behavior technician. While completing graduate school, Soo worked as a program assistant and gained experience in administrative support. She is excited to hear the unique stories of caregivers and families and provide appropriate support as the Intake Manager. T: 206.402.3168 x 123
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Alda Scebbi, MA is the Senior FAN Program Coordinator at Cooper House. Alda earned her Bachelor’s from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her Master’s in International Law and Human Rights from the University for Peace in Costa Rica. Since 2014, Alda has worked in positions that gave her experience in client relations, sales, and event planning. Alda made a career change into the social innovation sector when she joined our team in 2019 in order to live out her goal to act as a passionate advocate for women and children. In her current role, Alda provides support for FAN trainings and supports operations of Cooper House. T: (206) 402-3168 x122