Clinicians

Angela Carnevale

Haruko Watanabe

Ursula Hildebrandt

Tiffany Kingsley

Sylvia Kurin

Diane Lostrangio

Kristin McNally

Lisa Mennet

Tess Sotelo

Rebeca Valeri

Nicole Wiggins

FAN Mentors

Emily A. Anderson

Betty Peralta

Elizabeth Kang

Gina Veloni

Meyleen Velasquez

Sandy Jaecksch

Susan Wendel

Administration

Nikki Do

Lisa Foss

Paula Hardy

Jane Hinton

Megan Jimenez

Soo Kim

Alda Scebbi

Angela Carnevale, MA, MS, IMH-DP, is an Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Therapist at Cooper House. She earned her Master’s in Mental Health Counseling and was part of the first federally funded cohort to earn a Master’s in Infant Mental Health and Developmental Practice. Her clinical skill set derives from a psychodynamic framework, with attention to early childhood attachments. Angela focuses on relational, and trauma informed care through dyadic, social emotional based interventions to support optimal child development. T: 206-402-3168

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Haruko Watanabe, MA, LMHC, IMH-E® is the Clinical Director at Cooper House and an Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health clinician.  Haruko identifies as a cisgendered woman and an immigrant from Japan, who is committed to promoting healing-centered work in communities and organizations through building relationships.  Over the last 20+ years, Haruko has worked with Early Supports for Infants and Toddlers (ESIT), early care and learning, child-welfare, and community mental health systems in King County, seeking to understand the impact of adversity on early relationships and advocating for system-level transformation on behalf of young children families.  Her clinical work and workforce development efforts have been influenced by her lived experiences and teaching from the communities she has served, many of whom are low-income and families of color, as well as her ongoing learning from her ancestors, mentors, and colleagues.  In addition to her work at Cooper House, Haruko trains Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health clinicians across Washington State; she is a Leadership Fellow and an instructor at University of Washington Barnard Center on Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Advanced Clinical Training Program and a Washington State trainer on Child-Parent Psychotherapy.

Laura Jendusa earned her Master of Occupational Therapy at Maryville University in 2010. Since then, she has received extensive training and mentoring in the DIR/FCD model (aka Floortime), where she has focused her study and practice supporting relationships of caregivers and young children. As an infant mental health occupational therapist, Laura understands one’s emotional experiences and their physical, sensory and motor experiences do not develop separately. While orienting to the interconnected nature of development, Laura is honored to partner and support young children and their caregivers when challenges arise. Laura is a fellow with the UC-Davis Infant-Parent Mental Health Fellowship and a Trainer in the DIR Model. She enjoys providing trainings and reflective supervision for individuals and groups.

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Tiffany Kingsley, MA, LMHC, IMH-E® has worked with children and families in various capacities for over a decade. In 2016 she graduated from Seattle University with her Master’s in Psychology. She began her clinical work as a Child and Family Therapist in community mental health.  Prior to joining Cooper House, her recent work was as an Infant Mental Health Therapist in Early Intervention, where she provided family support and counseling to children aged birth-three.  Her experience includes promoting healthy social emotional development to children coping with developmental delays and trauma, as well as, proving support to families transitioning home from the NICU.

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FAN Mentors:

FAN Mentors provide monthly support to Program Supervisors going through the FAN Training. Mentors support Supervisors through the use of FAN tools and reflective practice.

Emily A. Anderson, MA, LMFT, IMHS-E®️ has worked with infants, very young children, and families in various capacities since 2002. While completing her Master's degree in Psychology, her focus was on early intervention with families considered to be at-risk, including adolescent parents and their babies. Prior to joining Cooper House, her most recent work was as a Clinician for the SJCC's Early Childhood School, providing ongoing relationship-based clinical support to children age 0-5 and their families, and implementing professional development for faculty and staff. She has training in Infant Mental Health, as well as expertise with young children with pervasive developmental delays. In addition to providing psychotherapy, Emily offers reflective consultation and is a Facilitating Attuned Interactions (FAN) Trainer. T: (206) 420-3804

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Betty Peralta, MIT, MS-MHC, IMHS-E®️ taught in K-12 schools for 14 years in Seattle, The Dominican Republic, Kuwait, and Tanzania and became an infant and childhood mental health specialist at Navos in 2014. She now works privately as a parent educator and coach for domestic violence shelters and family court dependency cases; reflective consultant for home-visiting agencies; and Interaction Specialist in her practice, ALTA: Alternative Learning and Therapeutic Avenues, where she works with individuals seeking relationship help with children, partners, and themselves. In addition to training on the FAN with Cooper House, Betty also provides equity, trauma-informed care, and self-care trainings for K-12 teachers, early childhood educators, and therapists around the state. Betty received her BA from The Evergreen State College in 1992, her Masters In Teaching from Seattle University in 1999, and her Masters of Science in Mental Health Counseling in 2014.

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Elizabeth Kang PHN, MN, IMHS-E®️ is a public health nurse and has been working in the maternal child health home visiting field for 20+ years. She has worked in the First Steps program and in various positions within the Nurse-Family Partnership program including nurse home visitor, supervisor and State nurse consultant. Currently, Elizabeth is providing reflective supervision consultation through her own business.

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Gina Veloni, PHD, MN, RN, IMHS, IMHM-C®️ is a FAN Mentor for Cooper House.  Gina has provided IMH and RSC training and consultation to various home visiting programs and communities such as NFP, PAT, Parent-Child+, ECEAP, EHS, HS, tribal home visiting groups, supervisor groups, early intervention providers and mental health professionals.  She has been running her own consulting business since 2015, and prior to that worked as a Program Manager - Nurse-Family Partnership through Snohomish Health District and ChildStrive.

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Meyleen Velasquez, PHD, LICSW, PMH-C, RPT-S, IMHM-C®️ is a FAN Mentor at Cooper House. She is an immigrant Latinx psychotherapist specializing in perinatal and infant mental health. Meyleen began her career in 2006 at a community mental health center and began working with families in 2010. She's served families and young children in various settings such as in-home, shelter, and the dependency system. Meyleen's first infant mental health training was the Fussy Baby Network in 2012. The training changed the way she intervened with families and ignited a love for infant mental health. Her private practice, Hummingbird Counseling PPLC, supports women, infants, and clinicians working from an anti- oppressive framework. She is a trainer, author, and consultant.

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Sandy Jaecksch, MA, LMHC, IMH-E® (IV) is a FAN Mentor for Cooper House. She brings 17 years experiences providing reflective supervision/ infant mental health consultation and over 35 years of experience working with families, children 0-5, individuals, and staff. Sandy currently runs her own business providing Reflective Consultation. Her prior work includes as an Infant Mental Health Consultant for Clark and Cowlitz County Nurse Family Partnership Programs, a Head Start/EHS/ECEAP program, and an early intervention program.

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Susan Wendel, MS, OTR/L is a Cooper House trainer for the FAN model.  A pediatric occupational therapist with over 30 years of experience, Sue is experienced in using the FAN model with families.   In addition to her role with Cooper House, Susan holds a position at the UW Center on Human Development and Disability and is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Rehabilitation Medicine, OT Program.  

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Administration

Megan Jimenez, IMH-E®️, Endorsed Reflective Supervisor is a FAN Program Coordinator, FAN Trainer, and Fussy Baby Home Visitor at Cooper House. Megan earned her Bachelor of Science from Xavier University in psychology and is working toward a graduate degree in Organizational Leadership. She spent two years teaching in Peru and upon returning to the US, was looking for ways to work with children and families in a more 1:1 setting. She found her way into the world of home visiting working with children from birth to three and their families through the Early Head Start model. Megan was a home visitor and supervisor for the past 5+ years before coming to Cooper House to work more closely with the FAN and Fussy Baby programs. 

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Soo Kim, LMHCA, is the Intake/Operations Manager at Cooper House. Soo graduated from Seattle University with Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. She began working with children and families as a preschool teacher. She then had the privilege of working with children with autism and their families as a behavior technician. While completing graduate school, Soo worked as a program assistant and gained experience in administrative support. She is excited to hear the unique stories of caregivers and families and provide appropriate support as the Intake Manager. T: 206.402.3168 x 123

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