Our Team

When you work with a therapist at Interconnections Healing Center, you can be assured that you are working with a competent, experienced, and professional therapist.

We are all therapists who are:

  • Social-justice oriented and work from an anti-oppression lens
  • Culturally informed and demonstrates cultural humility
  • Trauma-informed
  • Relational and interpersonal
  • Emotion-focused
  • Open, active, and transparent in the room
  • Committed to and has expertise working with QTBIPOC folx (clients from the queer, trans, black, indigenous, and/or people of color communities)
  • Committed to continued self-examination and exploration

Please take your time to read through our bios to see which therapists could be a good fit given our other unique identities, areas of expertise, and approaches to therapy.

If you are open to working with more than one of us, please email our Care Coordinator, Koji Tohmon, or more than one of us to see which of us might have an opening that fits with your schedule.

We look forward to hearing from you!

Agnes Kwong, PhD

Director, Founder, Licensed Psychologist
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Rachel Messer, MA

Billing and Operations Manager
Pronouns: They/Them

Koji Tohmon, BS

Client Care Coordinator
Pronouns: He/They

Emi Ichimura, MS

Doctoral Practicum Trainee
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Rachel Lee, BA, MSW

Clinical Counselor
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Shirley Juan Ley, PsyD

Licensed Psychologist
Community Engagement Director
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

Z. Mayreni López, MS, LMHCA

Clinical Counselor
Pronouns: They/She

Andrew Pereira, PhD

Licensed Psychologist
Pronouns: He/Him/His

Rosie O’Connor, MA, MSW, LICSW

Licensed Ind. Clinical Social Worker
Pronouns: They/Them

Ariana Trujillo, MA, LMHC

Clinical Counselor
Pronouns: She/Her/Ella

Ellie Wilde, PhD

Clinical Counselor and Postdoctoral Fellow

Pronouns: They/Them

Melanie Sherzad, MSW, LICSW

Licensed Ind. Clinical Social Worker
Pronouns: She/They

Andrew Pereira, PhD

Licensed Psychologist
Pronouns: He/Him/His

Ariana Trujillo, MA, LMHC

Clinical Counselor
Pronouns: She/Her/Ella

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Get In Touch

If you are interested in becoming a new client please fill out the form below to connect with us so we can work on providing you a customized appointment recommendation or an appointment with the therapist you requested. Either our Operations Manager, Rachel Messer, or the therapist requested will reach out to you within 2-3 business days from your form submission. You can also contact Rachel directly at 206-659-5945 for assistance

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