Our Team
Madhavi Baiju, Professional Counselor Associate (Telehealth Only)
Madhavi Baiju is a Professional Counselor Associate. She is a relational-cultural and person-centered counselor who aims to work with people from all walks of life. She believes that growth and change comes from one's connection to themselves, others, and their environment. Madhavi is LGBTQIAS2+ affirming and brings a multicultural lens to her counseling session. Madhavi aims to assist her clients as they work towards personal growth and fulfillment.
Michael Caylor, Professional Counselor Associate (Starting October 2025)
Michael Caylor is a final-year Master's student in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Grand Canyon University, completing his practicum and internship at MRCC. He uses unconditional positive regard and empathy to help clients address anxiety, depression, and trauma. Michael is particularly interested in working with adolescents and young adults. As a counseling intern, he offers services to uninsured and underinsured individuals.
Andrew Geller, Professional Counselor Associate
Andrew Geller is a professional counselor associate. His primary goal is to encourage his clients to identify their own strengths, resiliency, and ability to tackle life’s challenges head-on. Andrew’s clinical approach is informed by Mindfulness-based therapy, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Jungian Psychoanalysis, Eastern principles and philosophy, and Narrative Theory. He received certification in 2020 for teaching yoga and meditation. He works primarily with individual clients (ages 16+).
Jenny Lindsey, Professional Counselor Associate
Jenny offers a compassionate, supportive space for adults navigating life transitions, grief, anxiety, and trauma, especially from childhood or harmful relationships. Her approach blends Emotionally Focused Therapy with body-based techniques to help clients reconnect with their emotions and build deeper self-awareness and connection. Jenny brings candor, humor, and cultural humility to her work, honoring each person as the expert of their experience. Outside the therapy room, she enjoys nature, fiction, art, and hot tea.
Hayley Crosby, Professional Counselor Associate (Starting October 2025)
Hayley offers a warm, down-to-earth approach to counseling, with options for outdoor sessions, in-person, and telehealth. With training in EFT and mindfulness-based approaches, she supports clients in reshaping relational patterns through felt experience, compassionate presence and connection. Drawing from a background in agriculture and natural resources, she welcomes clients navigating challenges in rural locations. She works well with neurodiverse clients, youth (8+), adolescents, those navigating life transitions and anyone who feels most comfortable processing while moving or being in nature. In her free time, she enjoys whitewater boating, archery, trail running and hands-on projects.
Kelsey Pederson, LCSW
Kelsey Pederson, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Oregon and California, brings over a decade of experience supporting youth, adults, and families in their journeys toward healing and growth. With a diverse background that includes wilderness therapy, transitional living programs, child welfare, private practice, and clinical supervision, she approaches her work with a deep commitment to courage, belonging, social justice, and faith. Kelsey believes in the inherent value of every individual and fosters relationships rooted in dignity, respect, and kindness.
Ami Formica is completing her Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at OSU Cascades and is interning at MRCC.
With a background in theater education and as a mother of three, she brings diverse perspectives to her work. Using a person-centered approach and unconditional positive regard, she helps clients explore their strengths, challenges, and personal growth. Ami offers pro bono and reduced-fee therapy for uninsured and underinsured individuals.
Ami Formica, Counseling Intern
Alanna Fraser, Professional Counselor Associate
Alanna fosters a warm, supportive, and collaborative therapeutic space where clients are met with empathy, compassion, and respect. As a person-centered counselor, she integrates approaches such as existential, person-centered, gestalt, narrative, exposure, and somatic therapies to support each client’s unique process. She works with adults facing grief and loss, anxiety, life transitions, aging, relationship challenges, and trauma. Alanna affirms LGBTQIA2S+ identities and approaches counseling with cultural humility, honoring each person as the expert of their own life. Outside of her work, she enjoys spending time with her dogs, exploring nature, and reading.
Zuleka Bliss is a relational, humanistic counselor who integrates existential, somatic, narrative, and parts work within a trauma-informed, person-centered approach. She emphasizes the mind-body connection and clients’ innate wisdom to support healing through awareness and embodiment. Her focus areas include trauma, grief, life transitions, and aging. Zuleka creates an affirming, inclusive space grounded in compassion and cultural attunement. She holds a Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling and training in CBT, DBT, mindfulness, somatic therapies, and IFS. Originally from Aotearoa New Zealand, she enjoys pottery, gardening, and time with her fiancé and dog.
Zuleka Bliss, Professional Counselor Associate
Donna Blankenship, Professional Counselor Associate
Donna, with over 20 years of experience, is a passionate advocate for children and families. Holding dual master’s degrees in Education and Counseling, she understands the unique challenges they face. Currently pursuing Synergetic Play Therapy certification and her Registered Play Therapist (RPT) credential, Donna creates a welcoming playroom that fosters creative, developmentally respectful processing. Her extensive background with diverse students equips her to support families in building resilience and strong relationships. She collaborates closely with children, caregivers, and individuals to enhance communication, manage stress, and develop personalized treatment plans that highlight their strengths.
Dr. Edward Ewe, LPC, Approved Clinical Supervisor, Owner
Edward Ewe is a Licensed Professional Counselor (Oregon), a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (Washington), a National Certified Counselor, and Approved Clinical Supervision in both Oregon and Washington. As a trained EFT therapist, he works with couples and individuals dealing with grief and loss, life transitions, stress management, and relational issues.