Mental Health Services

Aisha Candrian Morton (she/they) is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (MFC47668.)

Aisha has been working as a therapist for over 20 years, both in Humboldt County and Hawaii. She considers herself a holistic therapist, offering a diverse range of skills to her clients, meeting their needs

with care and compassion, knowing it is her job to assist them in their self discovery. Aisha finds great joy in holding space for people in the transitions and identity explorations that come no matter what age or developmental stages of life they may be in.

Aisha works with clients from age 5 up offering trans health care, Identity exploration, healthy relationships and communication, trauma informed therapy, management of stress, anxiety and depression support, body centered therapy, mindfulness, ADHD/attention management, holistic health

and healing, treatment of disordered eating, EMDR, Art therapy, Dialectic Behavioral Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and more!

Lark Doolan (he/him, AMFT133525) is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist working under the supervision of Aisha Morton, LMFT MFC47668.

Informed by his training in Hakomi therapy and Flash EMDR, Lark uses a relational, psycho-dynamic approach, incorporating elements of experiential, somatic and mindfulness therapies. 

Lark works with a range of client populations, including clients building trauma resilience, living with neurodivergence, managing life stress/major life transitions, who are youth, families in transition, and couples exploring non-heteronormative/open relationship dynamics. 

Lark moved to unceded Wiyot Land after being raise on the ancestral Land of the Muwekma Ohlone. 

Sara Goodrich (she/they, ACSW116372) is an Associate Clinical Social Worker working under the supervision of Abigail Hudson-Crim, LCSW 79262.

Sara offers a variety of strengths-based therapeutic tools aimed to increase your innate resilience. In their work with clients, Sara explores the goals to which clients aspire and find the tools that resonate with them. These tools may include: nature-based interventions, body-based therapeutic practices, and rituals for emotions and life transitions.

At the same time that Sara recognizes that individual work is critical, healing is a community project. Sara is particularly passionate about working to build an inclusive culture in which everyone is empowered to be their authentic selves. Sara recognizes that social conditions are deeply connected to both individual and community wellbeing. With this recognition, Sara prioritizes working with clients that have the experience of feeling othered by normative culture. 

Michaela Mujica-Steiner (she/her, AMFT140300) is a registered Associate Marriage and Family Therapist.

Michaela approaches her work through a primarily psychodynamic, attachment-based, transpersonal, ecopsychological, non-pathologizing and Internal Family Systems (IFS) lens. She specializes in supporting individuals who identify as neurodivergent and members of the 2S/LGBTQIA+ community, as well as psychiatric survivors and those healing from religious trauma, spiritual abuse, or psychospiritual crises. Michaela believes that mental distress is a valid human experience that deserves to be met with compassion, love, curiosity, and empathy, rather than fear and stigmatization. She is dedicated to creating a nurturing environment where clients feel seen, heard, and fully supported on their healing journeys. Michaela earned her M.A. in Counseling Psychology with an emphasis in Depth Psychology from Pacifica Graduate Institute.

Liam Boardman (he/they) is a marriage and family therapist trainee working under the supervision of Aisha Morton, LMFT MFC47668. 

Liam primarily works from a humanist perspective but incorporates elements of cognitive behavioral therapy, postmodern approaches, psychodynamic theories, and feminist-informed therapy into his approach.

In his years in behavioral health, Liam has worked with several different age ranges, populations, and approaches. He values intersectionality and the importance of the therapeutic relationship. Liam recognizes the importance of finding meaning and being one's authentic self. He is grateful for the opportunity to learn from others and provide support to the queer community of Humboldt County.

Shermyn Swanson (They/He, AMFT156301) is an Associate Marriage and Family Therapist working under the supervision of Aisha Morton, LMFT MFC47668.

Shermyn works from a deeply relational stance, centering the therapeutic relationship as a collaborative, co-created space for meaning-making and healing. They weave together approaches such as post-structural narrative, feminist, emotionally focused, family systems, and trauma-informed care, drawing on experiential methods such as play therapy, existential exploration, and ACT to meet the unique needs of each client.

Shermyn’s clinical experience spans community mental health, crisis intervention, and youth services, including work with adults navigating severe mental illness, survivors of sexual assault, homeless and runaway youth, and college students facing life transitions. As a queer therapist, they are committed to affirming and culturally responsive care for 2S/LGBTQIA+ clients, neurodivergent individuals, and people in diverse relationship structures. They bring warmth, curiosity, and deep respect for each client’s lived experience, holding space for stories of resilience, identity, and growth.