an affirming and trauma-informed cooperative, offering a unique blend of modalities and services

Bainbridge Collaborative Counseling was created by three local mental health therapists who are equally passionate about working outside the box to help our fellow humans thrive.

As a team of neurodiveristy-affirming and trauma-informed therapists, we've found that we work better when we practice genuine collaboration — be it as consultants for one another, co-facilitating a therapy group together, working with teachers, teaching a class for parents, or working together to help meet a need in our community.

Our varied backgrounds — military, school counseling, justice system, teaching, and intensive multi-systemic social services, to name a few — have influenced and added value to how we approach our work, and in turn provide you with a variety of options under one roof.

While we each provide clinical services independently, we believe that when we combine our strengths and perspectives we open our minds to more possibilities and can provide more holistic care for our clients.

If you are seeking therapy, please VISIT our individual websites and reach out to us directly via the links below.

Marcee
Ben-Menachem

M.Ed, NBCT, LMHC

Rebecca
Martin-Dean

MA, LMHC

Freddy
Bale

M.Ed, LMHC

Mental health is health, & one size of therapy does not fit all.

Our collective
service offerings:

• Individual mental health therapy
• Small group therapy
• Sibling therapy with different therapists in the same office space

(this gives us the flexibility to provide individual care for each sibling and bring them together when appropriate to work on specific shared goals)

• Trainings & parent groups
• Parent & school consultations
• Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) consultations for parents and schools
• Mental health assessments
• Risk assessments
• ADHD assessments
• IEP and 504 consultations

As well as consultation and referral services for things like psychiatry, neuropsychological evaluations, etc…

The modalities
we practice:

We ♡ our schools

All three of us not only sincerely enjoy working with the schools to help our clients, but we also see it as a necessity in order to provide holistic care for our clients. We value the productive relationships we have with the schools in our community.

We believe that interdependence is a strength.

It's something we each focus on with our clients, and also practice as colleagues.

In that spirit, we are thrilled to have two new collaborators join our space!

A resource for those who work with, teach, love, befriend, parent or are neurodivergent themselves. 

Practical Skills Coaching to help ADHD humans age 10+ navigate a complex world with confidence.

We acknowledge that Bainbridge Island is within the aboriginal territory and the primary ancestral home of the “People of Clear Salt Water” [Suquamish People] since time immemorial. 

It is the ancient place on Agate Passage, the site of Old-Man-House Village, the winter home of Chief Seattle and the heartland of the Suquamish people.  It is here — past , present and future — that they live on the land of their ancestors and our great-grandchildren in harmony with the lands and waterways along Washington’s Central Salish Sea as they have for thousands of years.

Respecting the land on which we stand

CHAMPIONING SAFER SPACES FOR ALL

A safer space is a supportive, non-threatening environment where all participants can feel comfortable to express themselves and share experiences without fear of discrimination or reprisal. Creating a safer space is especially important when dealing with mental health issues, which can be a sensitive area for people and involve deeply personal or traumatic experiences.

We use the word safer to acknowledge that safety is relative — not everyone feels safe under the same conditions. By acknowledging the unique experiences of each individual — be they Neurodivergent, BIPOC, LGBTQIA+ or not — we hope to create as safe a space as possible for everyone.