Services
Creative Writing Groups/Workshops
“I loved the intimate, small group setting, being outside with nature, connecting with other Women while being creative at the same time” (past participant.)
Ekphrastic Nature Poetry: Registration Open Now
May 2nd, Seward Park 10:30-12:30—playing with the “Duplex” style of poetry created by Jericho Brown, (send note below if interested.)
May 10th: Lincoln Park 10:30-12:30—creating our own styles inspired by Mary Oliver and others—Women only/Women-Identified, (send note below if interested.)
Maiah A Merino, MA(she/her/ella), a Poet, mixed-genre writer, and Therapist, was recently named a 2025 “Garden Poet” at Lakewold Gardens where you can listen to her reading her poem Entretenida/Intertwined online or go visit and find her poem in the gardens. Recently featured in We Are All God’s Poems, Maiah offers workshops and groups in support of playing with language, perception, and world-making in pursuit of deeper connections with self and other. Maiah has work forthcoming in Cascadia Zen II and Weeping Women: The Haunting Presence of La Llorona in Mexican and Chicanx Lore. Her work appears in The Yellow Medicine Review, I Sing the Salmon Home: Poems from Washington State, Writing the Land: Windblown I and Raven Chronicles. A past Teaching Artist with Path with Art, Seattle Arts & Lectures and other community organizations, Maiah is excited to share these offerings with others in community!
“Maiah is a powerful healer, teacher, and poet. I very much appreciate the impact she has had on me both personally and professionally.”
—Carlos Encalada
Brinca, PLLC
MSW, LICSW, Psychotherapist
Perinatal Services
Perinatal services for individual birthing individuals and/or their partners. Schedule one-on-one confidential counseling through a secure platform or by phone: receive on-going support throughout your pregnancy, in the 4th trimester and beyond. Sliding scale available.
Maiah also provides reflective trainings/consultations for Newborn Parent/Caregiver Groups online only and in person, along with professional trainings for providers and agencies.
“I’ve had several therapists in my life and Maiah is perceptive, professional and effective. Highly recommend.”
Individual Services for Adults
Individual energetic healing sessions or counseling for adults dealing with anxiety, depression, life transitions, parenting, identity issues or grief and loss, Maiah’s approach is collaborative, creative, insightful, warm and reflective. She invites you to deepen your own wisdom, resourcefulness and dynamic energies so as to find your own pathway to healing.
“Maiah taught me therapy can be flexible and the approach to healing can embody elements of life that spark joy such as experiential activities that include nature, body movement, and cultural connections. I learned healthy boundaries that still encompassed compassion, patience, and understanding of body, mind and soul connections, while walking with a person who is healing. I continue to carry Maiah's teachings into my work today and with the clinicians I now supervise.”
—Lynsey (Parrish) Dearth, MSW, LICSW
Mental Health Clinical Supervisor
Northern Cheyenne, Crow, Turtle Mountain Chippewa
Reflective Consultation for BIPOC Clinicians
De-colonize your practice(s) explore your growth edges and highlight your natural strengths. Maiah offers a cross-cultural context utilizing a variety of framing techniques, as well as weaving in her experience as a Child mental health specialist, Minority Mental Health Specialist,and Perinatal specialized.
