Floyd Else, MA, LMHC, Webmaster CounselingSeattle.com, Bellevue, Washington

FLOYD ELSE, MA, LMHC
Webmaster for CounselingSeattle.com

Mailing address: P.O. Box 6714, Bellevue, Washington 98008-0714

Currently devoting full-time to being a retired counselor and active webmaster.

Best way to reach me is to send an email.

If necessary, give me a call at (425) 643-7434 and leave a voice mail message. Please repeat your name and telephone number at least twice in your message. If you have not heard back within three days, please assume there is a problem and call again.

Professional Qualifications
General Background Information

Professional Qualifications

State Licensure: Licensed Mental Health Counselor (#1857), State of Washington

Professional counselor since: 1985

Other Certifications

National Certified Counselor (#26431), National Board for Certified Counselors

Master of Addiction Counselor (#26431), a specialty certification by National Board for Certified Counselors

College Degrees

Master of Arts Degree in Counseling, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa

Postgraduate work: completed an undergraduate major in art and ten hours of graduate work, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington

Bachelor of Science Degree, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska.

Professional Memberships

American Mental Health Counselors Association

American Counseling Association

Washington Mental Health Counselors Association

Washington Counseling Association

Seattle Counselors Association

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General Background Information

Floyd worked for Seattle-King County Public Health (the Health Department) from 1986 until retiring in June 2003. He has provided individual and group counseling in county owned and operated inpatient and outpatient treatment programs, working with adults with complex problems and disabilities. His duties have included doing alcohol/drug abuse assessments, facilitating process groups, and giving lectures to large groups.

He specialized for five years as a Dual-Diagnosis (MICA) Counselor working with clients who had both a major mental health diagnosis and a chemically dependency diagnosis. In aftercare planning he coordinated aftercare referrals for mental health case management, medication monitoring, continuing chemical dependency treatment, vocational counseling, job placement services, legal services, clean and sober transitional housing, and other services as needed by clients. In the process, he developed a variety of questionnaires, forms, and handouts for use in diagnosing, teaching and counseling clients.

He has maintained a small private practice in Bellevue, Washington from 1994 to June 2005.

In his past life (before becoming a counselor) Floyd has worked as director of a non-profit program, as a bank branch operations manager, as an industrial engineer-schedule planner in aerospace, as a junior high school special education teacher, and as a US Army legal clerk.

At various times in support of his many educational undertakings, he has also worked as a nursing unit clerk in hospitals, as a professional resume writer for a career development firm and many other types of work.

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Counselor Bellevue Washington

FLOYD ELSE, MA, LMHC Webmaster for CounselingSeattle.com

Professional Qualifications

General Background Information

FLOYD ELSE, MA, LMHC
Webmaster for CounselingSeattle.com