Biography of Trish Geist, MA, LMHC
Centralia, WA
You might say Trish was born to be an inspirational leader. You might even say she was born to help others achieve their dreams. However, neither of these statements would be completely true without understanding the knowledge and skills Trish brings to educating and leading individuals about personal elements inhabiting the mind, body, and spirit in conjunction to the world in which individuals live. From a young age Trish has been engaged with a deep desire to understand the world around her and the inner workings of individuals. Leading her to pursue a career in mental health, motivational speaking, and leadership. Trish is an inspirational leader with over twenty-eight years of experience leading individuals, diverse teams, and projects to success with unwavering integrity and dedication. With a proven ability to quickly acclimate, ascend, assess, and become a positive contributing force in an organization. Her leadership skills has helped her ascend to an executive management level as the Director of Clinical Services from 2018-2021 at Cascade Community Healthcare. She has particular skills and ability to empathize, relate, evaluate, and motivate individuals and teams. She is an adept communicator with blended experience learned through a variety of jobs in counseling, mediation, advocacy, public relations, marketing, financial, executive leadership, organizational psychology, and criminal justice. Throughout the last twenty-eight years her career and education expanding across mental health facilities, criminal justice, and non-profit agencies providing counseling involving a variety of mental health disorders. She is versed in dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT) as a modality and has worked with it both in the juvenile justice system and mental health facilities. She has helped individuals understand their mental health through teaching groups based on a preset and a personally developed curriculum, as well as individual services. From her desire to help others Trish has focused academically on achieving a higher education that corresponds to understanding the human dynamics within the world that we live. Trish has licensure as a Washington State Licensed Mental Health Counselor. She has achieved not only two Bachelor of Arts degrees, but also a Master’s of Arts in Mental Health Counseling from Saint Martin’s University. Trish lives and works with a simple philosophy “Life is a journey not a destination.” This is embodied in her approach to help individuals heal and teach individuals the concepts to grasp a deeper-rooted foundation of life’s journey. As well as her connection to strive for personal success through engaging life in all aspects, challenging conventional thoughts, and engaging opposing philosophies to transform others beyond the philosophical ideologies of society and self. With the knowledge and skills Trish brings to educating individuals she was born to be an inspirational leader and help others achieve their dreams and what better way is there to inspire others but through social media. Trish is available for motivational speaking engagements and counseling services Contact information is available below.
