Business Details
32 Years
experience
Your Trusted Mental Health Therapists in Everett, WA
Basic Steps Mental Health has been dedicated to transforming mental health treatment since 1994. Our approach centers on Spiritual Psychology, addressing issues on physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual levels to treat root causes rather than symptoms. With over 7,000 crisis sessions field-tested by Dr. Scott Alpert, our methods empower clients to become self-counselors through evidence-based techniques. We offer structured programs like our Partial Hospitalization Program and Intensive Outpatient Program, both designed to integrate treatment into daily life while maintaining family connections.Our team combines decades of clinical experience with compassionate care, emphasizing long-term healing through self-forgiveness and emotional processing. We reject cookie-cutter solutions, instead tailoring interventions to individual developmental wounds while maintaining transparency about treatment limitations and benefits.
Services
Individual Therapy
Family Therapy
Substance Abuse Treatment
Depression Treatment
Anxiety Treatment
Opioid Treatment
Intensive Outpatient Program
Partial Hospitalization Program
Details
- Year established: 1994
Highlights and features
- We treat mental health issues on four levels: physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual
- Our approach has been field-tested in over 7,000 crisis sessions since 1994
- Clients learn professional-grade self-counseling techniques for long-term healing
- We offer structured programs with consistent start/end dates for focused treatment
- Our staff includes practitioners who have completed our own treatment programs
Services
Individual Therapy
Targeted sessions address unresolved core issues through Spiritual Psychology techniques. Clients learn self-counseling methods to process emotional trauma and develop coping strategies. Treatment combines developmental psychology with practical tools for lasting personal growth.
Family Therapy
Non-confrontational sessions help families develop communication skills and establish common therapeutic language. Free for IOP participants, these sessions address systemic patterns and support recovery through improved family dynamics and emotional understanding.
Substance Abuse Treatment
Our alternative to 12-step programs focuses on emotional root causes rather than behavioral modification. Clients explore underlying trauma through evidence-based psychological approaches while learning self-directed healing techniques for sustained recovery.
Depression Treatment
Specialized care addresses depression's emotional foundations through trauma processing and self-forgiveness techniques. Treatment combines cognitive restructuring with somatic awareness to resolve chronic emotional wounds contributing to depressive symptoms.
Anxiety Treatment
We teach clients to understand anxiety's emotional messages through compassionate self-inquiry. Our approach combines mindfulness techniques with structured emotional processing to transform anxiety into personal growth opportunities.
People
Dr. Scott Alpert
Director
Clinical director with 30+ years experience, Dr. Alpert developed our Spiritual Psychology approach through 7,000+ crisis sessions and residential treatment programs. Author and radio personality specializing in emotional trauma resolution.
Judith Holtz
Administrator
Overseeing daily operations, Judith ensures seamless program delivery while maintaining our commitment to compassionate care and client-centered treatment philosophy.
Charity Hansen
Mental Health Counselor Associate
Certified counselor providing direct client support through evidence-based therapeutic techniques and personalized treatment planning within our structured programs.
Tina Worthey
Mental Health Counselor Associate
Experienced therapist delivering individual and group counseling sessions, specializing in emotional trauma processing and self-counseling skill development.
Questions
How does your clinic differ from traditional 12-step programs?
We use Spiritual Psychology to address emotional root causes through self-counseling techniques, unlike 12-step behavioral approaches focusing on physical aspects.
What does 'treating the whole person' mean?
Our approach addresses physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual aspects simultaneously, with emphasis on emotional healing through field-tested psychological methods.
Do you publish success rates?
We avoid publishing success rates due to potential bias, instead focusing on empowering clients with proven self-counseling tools and ongoing support.
What programs do you offer?
We provide 28-day Partial Hospitalization Programs (5 days/week), Intensive Outpatient Programs (3 days/week), individual therapy, and family counseling sessions.
How much do services cost?
Programs range from $3,600 (IOP) to $7,200 (PHP); individual sessions are $125/hour with sliding scale options available for financial hardship cases.
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