Mental Health & Counseling - Counseling has been an important part of Vashon Youth & Family Services since its very beginning, more than 25 years ago. Individual counseling, couple's counseling, family counseling, and therapeutic groups are all part of the array of counseling services we provide.

Vashon Youth & Family Services' counseling staff bring varied experiences and styles to the client-therapist relationship in a confidential setting.  Skilled counselors provide help for youth, children, families, couples, and individuals for problems they cannot solve on their own. Help is available for family conflict, divorce, and grief and loss issues, as well as for most other therapeutic matters.

This Just In: Counseling & Therapy Groups 2006-07
Our counseling staff will be offering a number of groups on topics such as Dream Analysis, Women's Issue, and Men's Issues. If you are interested in being part of a therapy group in one of these areas, please call VYFS at 463-5511 to reserve a spot on the waiting list. Groups will begin when enough particpants have signed up, typically six to twelve individuals, depending on the group. If you are interested in a group that is not listed, please call Clinical Supervisor Jeffrey Zheutlin, or email him at jzheutlin@vyfs.org.

Consulting Psychiatrist - Vashon Youth & Family Services counseling staff are pleased to have the services of Dr Melanie J Brace, a psychiatrist in private practice specializing in child and adolescent psychiatry. Dr Brace works with Vashon Youth & Family Services' counseling staff every month, as an integral part of counseling staff meetings. She provides valuable advice and support to our therapists.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) - Answers to many of your questions about counseling and the counseling process may be found in this section. Click here for more information

If you have other counseling questions or concerns, please feel free to be in touch with our Clinical Supervisor, Jeffery Zheutlin at 206-463-5511.

To contact us by mail, please write to:
Vashon Youth & Family Services
PO Box 237
Vashon, WA 98070

To email information or questions to VYFS, please email us at: info@vyfs.org

To drop off your information in person, please visit 20110 Vashon Hwy SW (on the VHS campus) during normal business hours: 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday; evening hours by appointment only, depending on the therapist's schedule