Practicum Leaders
Carole Anne Coryell, Ph.D., M.S., L.C.P
ccoryell@mhgs.edu
Carole Anne graduated from the University of Oregon with a Bachelor of Science degree in Human Services, Seattle Pacific University with a Master of Science in Counseling; and from Seattle Pacific University with a doctorate in Clinical Psychology. She has worked extensively with a wide range of people for over 20 years, including infants and toddlers of at risk teen mothers, extremely sexually and emotional abused children, "at risk adolescents", adults and families, as well as older/aging adults. Dr. Coryell has been with Mars Hill Graduate School since 2001 and enjoys facilitating practicum groups through growth and intense change. She currently has a full time practice in Bellevue Washington working with people through grief, anxiety, depression, life transition (leaving home, entering the career world etc), and family relational issues. She enjoys the mountains, the outdoors, and spending time with her friends and her husband.
Chris Keller, M.A., L.M.H.C.
ckeller@mhgs.edu
Chris graduated from Taylor University (B.A. Psychology) in 1999 and Western Seminary (M.A. Counseling) in 2001. He has been a part of the clinical faculty for 5 years and before that also was a Practicum Facilitator and Teaching Assistant. He is the co-founder and Editor-in-Chief of
The Other Journal, an online publication exploring intersections of theology and culture. He has a private practice in the Capitol Hill neighborhood of Seattle. Chris is married to Ali and has one child, Zoe.
Vanessa V. Villavicencio, MAC, LMHC
vvillavicencio@mhgs.edu
Vanessa was born and raised in Puerto Rico. She holds a BS in communications from the University of Puerto Rico and completed her MA in counseling from Western Seminary (now MHGS). Since graduating from Western Seminary in 1999, Vanessa has worked at a residential treatment facility working with sexually aggressive youth; as a managed care counselor working in the community; and as a School
Based Mental Health Counselor where she worked with the Hispanic population. Vanessa also worked at a counseling center working mainly with adults and women issues and began her work with students as practicum facilitator at MHGS in 2006. Currently Vanessa has a private practice in Lynnwood, works as an Intake Clinician at Fairfax Psychiatric Hospital and since 2007 has been working as Practicum
Leader at MHGS. Vanessa lives in the Shoreline area with her husband, Kevin and two sons, Tyler & Logan.
Gina Waggoner, MAC, LMHC
Practicum Director, Adjunct Faculty
gwaggoner@mhgs.edu
Gina graduated with a BA in Psychology from Western Washington University in Bellingham, WA and earned her Masters of Arts degree in Counseling from Western Seminary Seattle. Since 2001, she has served the MHGS community in various capacities including Practicum Leader, Practicum Facilitator and Teaching Assistant.
A Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Gina has a private practice where she works with individuals and couples. Areas of focus are sexual abuse issues, trauma, dissociation and personality disorders. She is trained in Lifespan Integration and is a member of ISST-D (International Society for the Study of Trauma and Dissociation) and the Masterson Institute.
Gina is co-owner of 3rd Street Therapies in Marysville, WA where she holds her private practice and heads a community of mental health therapists, massage therapists and other services committed to healing such as art, dance and spiritual direction. Her most joyous activities are spending time with her husband, four grown children and spouses, singing, playing guitar, ballet, and kayaking (hopefully with multiple pods of Orcas).
Other Practicum Leaders
Practicum Facilitators
Jim Williams, MACP, RC
Practicum Facilitator
Mars Hill Graduate School Alumni
Josh Sandoz, MACP, RC
Practicum Facilitator
Mars Hill Graduate School Alumni
David Johns Bowling, MACP, RC
Practicum Facilitator
Mars Hill Graduate School Alumni
Bethany Gardner, MACP, RC
Practicum Facilitator
Mars Hill Graduate School Alumni
Deb Montgomery, MACP, RC
Practicum Facilitator
Mars Hill Graduate School Alumni
Maureen McCarthy Koth, MACP, RC
Practicum Facilitator
Mars Hill Graduate School Alumni
Jeanette Scott, MACP, RC
Practicum Facilitator
Mars Hill Graduate School Alumni