About Me
I have a masters degree in counseling psychology from Saint Martin’s University, where I studied individual, couple and family counseling within a systemic framework. I have an undergraduate degree from University of Washington, where I studied social justice movements, identity, and community stewardship. I am currently supervised by Carol Pendleton, MA, LMFT, LMHC, CMHS.
I have worked in the field of direct service social work since 2003, working primarily with houseless and elder communities and new parents. |
I love reading and writing, being a parent, spending time in the woods and in my garden, making lists, growing flowers, watching birds and bugs, drinking tea, being with the people I love, and trying to get to the heart of the matter. I move toward relationship, depth, and meaning, and come alive for stories of community and transformation. I love human beings, in all of our messy imperfection.
I live and work on the unceded lands of the Indigenous People of the Medicine Creek Treaty, including the Coast Salish, Chehalis, Cowlitz, Nisqually, and Squaxin Peoples, who are the traditional custodians of the land on which I am an uninvited guest. These lands are currently known as Olympia, Littlerock and Rochester, Washington.
I am grateful to my many teachers—past and present. My work is guided and informed by my relationship with plants, the land, and all of the creatures who inhabit our world.
I live and work on the unceded lands of the Indigenous People of the Medicine Creek Treaty, including the Coast Salish, Chehalis, Cowlitz, Nisqually, and Squaxin Peoples, who are the traditional custodians of the land on which I am an uninvited guest. These lands are currently known as Olympia, Littlerock and Rochester, Washington.
I am grateful to my many teachers—past and present. My work is guided and informed by my relationship with plants, the land, and all of the creatures who inhabit our world.
The thing that is really hard, and really amazing, is giving up on being perfect
and beginning the work of becoming yourself.” — Anna Quindlen
and beginning the work of becoming yourself.” — Anna Quindlen
Thea Schnase, MA, LMHCA // (360) 217-9027 // thea@theaschnase.com // LMHCa License #MC 61107252
portrait photo credit Caitlin Arnold Stephano
portrait photo credit Caitlin Arnold Stephano