Biography

Faith Knowles is a Mental Health Counselor Associate with a Master's degree in Counseling Psychology from Northwest University in Kirkland, Washington. Faith also acts as a Victim Advocate with the Providence Intervention Center for Assault and Abuse in Snohomish County, Washington. This position allows Faith to provide support, empathy, and resources to those experiencing difficulties due to the effects of victimization.

Faith has experience working with clients of all ages, ethnicities, and religious backgrounds. Her interest in the wellbeing of others is reflected in her cross-cultural service work in Russia, multiple parts of Central America and through social services across Washington State. In addition to her experience working as a Victim Advocate with the Providence Intervention Center for Assault and Abuse, Faith has also provided support to bereaved individuals at Providence Hospice and Homecare of Snohomish County by helping people explore their emotions in a secure environment in hopes to make space for true healing. These roles have challenged and strengthened her desire to serve marginalized people groups within her community.

Through counseling, Faith hopes to provide the client with a safe and welcoming environment to process what is going on in their lives. This can be achieved by cultivating and maintaining a strong therapeutic relationship between counselor and client. Faith's intention is to work with the client to come closer to greater self-awareness, often resulting in a more balanced, integrated, and healthy lifestyle. She believes that a multitude of factors can and often do impede a person's motivation or ability to grow. Faith hopes to work with the client by providing the tools necessary to improve and manage their primary concerns so that they are then able to integrate these tools into their lifestyle.

Faith draws primary from an integrated theoretical approach to counseling which includes aspects of Family Systems Theory, Hope-Focused Christian Marriage Counseling, Trauma-Focused Behavioral Therapy, the work of Drs. John and Julie Gottman, Mindfulness techniques, and Rogerian Therapeutic interventions.

Personally, Faith enjoys spending time with her husband and two cats, is an amateur photographer, and finds joy in volunteering with the Alzheimer's Association with her family.