Charles (John) Hall
Seattle
Summary
Dynamic psychotherapist, consultant, and business owner with 16 years of experience in psychotherapy, crisis intervention, community mental health, substance use, and responding to trauma in the workplace. Focused experience across multiple care delivery systems, including group psychotherapy practice, primary care clinics, emergency departments, specialty care, and inpatient psychiatric care.
Extensive experience supporting and responding to various critical incidents faced by businesses, communities, and the population as a whole. Direct experience supporting over 100 different businesses across the state, as well as natural disaster response in Hawaii. Specialized experience and sensitivity to supporting large tech companies in Seattle, as well as banks, schools, police departments, construction companies, airlines, and city government.
A proven track record in improving access to care, treatment outcomes, and health measures through participation in population-based pilots at Kaiser Permanente and Group Health. Adept at implementing effective strategies that improve organizational culture, support employee resilience, and reduce costs.
Overview
19
19
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification
Work History
Owner/Psychotherpist and Consultant
Alliance Counseling & Consulting Services
Seattle
01.2015 - Current
- Company Overview (Consulting and EAP support): Consultation: supporting businesses, with experience responding to over 100 different businesses over 10 years, across various challenging, and diverse events.
- Provide immediate support to businesses and employees across the state through contracted employee assistance plans and referral networks.
- EAP outreach and consultation: Respond to areas businesses experiencing a critical incident, including: grief, death, loss, natural disasters, community distress, downsizing, layoff, closure, workplace accidents, and assaults, and other events impacting the emotional health of staff, leadership, and the operational needs of the business.
- Provide group support and debriefing.
- Conultation with buisness owner, leadership and HR to manage financial risks, impacts to workplace culture, compliance, and productivity.
- Education and prevention support: create and lead educational sessions to support emotional wellness across a range of mental health topics. Recent examples include stress, coping, burnout, resilience, conflict management, and workplace relationships.
- Brief counseling services to assist employees with stressors and traumatic events at a worksite.
- Provide and support mediation within group conflict.
- Company Overview: (Psychotherapy)A business owner working as an individual psychotherapist in private practice settings.
- Individual therapy, couples therapy.
- Training in following modalities:
- Gottman, EMDR, DBT, CBT, CBT-I, Mindfulness, Commitment and acceptance therapy,
- Areas of focus: Trauma, Grief, ADD/ADHD, Relationships/couples therapy, Addiction, Transitions, Domestic Violence, Substance Abuse.
Behavioral Health Specialist & Psychotherapist
Kaiser Permanente
Seattle
01.2014 - Current
- Company Overview: Integrated behavioral health model, including assessments, psychotherapy, crisis intervention, and care coordination within multiple roles and settings.
- Utilize psychotherapy techniques and modalities, including CBT, CBTI, Motivational Interviewing, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and other evidence-based interventions.
- Substance use disorder support: individual counseling, group therapy, brief intervention support, care coordination with medication-assisted support, and interventions.
- Coordinate member care between primary care, specialty care, and urgent care clinics.
- Create and lead education and support groups.
- Documentation specialist: create and support billing and coding templates for documentation necessary for insurance billing and legal compliance.
Crisis Services | On-call & Outreach
Sound Mental Health
Seattle
01.2011 - 01.2015
- Company Overview: Crisis Services.
- Provide assessment and intervention within hospital settings.
- Provide 24-hour support, crisis response, and assessment.
- Respond to clients in crisis over the phone and in community locations
- Support psychiatric care and medical providers assisting patients in mental health crises.
- Coordinate with county-designated responders and King County courts to support the safety of clients and community populations.
Mental Health Clinician
Sound Health/Sound Mental Health
Seattle
12.2009 - 01.2015
- Company Overview: Community Mental Health agency providing counseling, case management, and resources to low-income individuals and households.
- Intake and assessment.
- Case management supporting chronically mentally ill populations, and those affected by substance use disorders.
- Group and individual therapy.
- Support chemical dependency treatment programs for populations with co-occurring disorders.
- Crisis response team: Respond to urgent events across the campus to those experiencing a mental health crisis or posing risk to staff or clients.
Intern
Veterans Administration (Outreach Center)
Spokane
03.2008 - 07.2009
- Company Overview: Readjustment Counseling, individual psychotherapy, group therapy.
- Co-facilitate groups.
- Intake and assessment.
- Outreach and support services at regional events.
- Coordinate services with the local Veterans Hospital.
Field Agent
Spokane Fair Housing Alliance
Spokane
08.2006 - 07.2009
- Company Overview: A non-profit agency supporting housing rights, and reports to the Department of Justice.
- Conduct interviews, and assist in the evaluation of fairness practices.
- Travel throughout the state to investigate complaints of housing injustice.
- Assist with grant writing.
Case Manager Specialist
Highroad Human Services
Coeur d'Alene
12.2007 - 05.2008
- Company Overview: A community mental health agency providing mental health support to both adolescent and adult populations.
- Case management: payee and financial support, mental health monitoring, and community outreach.
- Coordinate care with primary care providers, school administrators, and court administrators.
Education
Master of Social Work -
Eastern Washington University
Spokane, WA06-2009
Completed 1 Year Towards Master of Public Administration - Public Administration
Eastern Washington University
Spokane, WA05-2009
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
Eastern Washington University
Cheney, WA01.2007
Skills
- Gottman Method Therapy: Levels I, II &II
- EMDR: Completed basic training
- Geriatric Mental Health: Certificate from University of Washington continuing development 2010
- EAP CIR3 Critical Incident Response 3: September 2015
- Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
- Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT)
- C-DBT: Dialectical Behavior Therapy Certification (C-DBT): Practical Clinical Applications for Trauma, Comorbidities, Addiction and More January 2021
- ASD: Completed certified Autism Spectrum Disorder Clinical Specialist Intensive Training (ASDCS) June 2025
- Crisis intervention and conflict resolution
- Group therapy facilitation
- Behavioral assessment and documentation
- Employee assistance programs
- Risk management strategies
- Care coordination and team collaboration
- Human resources management
- Program development and implementation
- Cost reduction techniques
- Profit and loss analysis
- Staff management and oversight
- Operations management practices
- Employee development initiatives
- Process optimization strategies
- Bidding and contract negotiation
- Labor relations expertise
- Budget development and management
Certification
Social Worker Independent License: LW60433673
Training
- November 2017 – December 2018 The Gottman Institute - Seattle, WA Practicum in Gottman Couples Therapy: Levels 1-3
- June 2016 University of Washington – Seattle, WA Certificate in Guardianship
- September 2015 Robert Douglas and Associates – Seattle, WA EAP Critical Incident Response 3
- February 2014 Humanitarian Assistance Programs – Seattle, WA Eye Movement and Desensitization Rehabilitation (EMDR): Phase I and Phase II
- July 2012 University of Washington – Seattle, WA Geriatric Mental Health Specialist Certificate
- October 2011 - June 2012 Seattle Central Community College – Seattle, WA Completed recommended coursework towards chemical dependency professional license
Timeline
Owner/Psychotherpist and Consultant
Alliance Counseling & Consulting Services
01.2015 - Current
Behavioral Health Specialist & Psychotherapist
Kaiser Permanente
01.2014 - Current
Crisis Services | On-call & Outreach
Sound Mental Health
01.2011 - 01.2015
Mental Health Clinician
Sound Health/Sound Mental Health
12.2009 - 01.2015
Intern
Veterans Administration (Outreach Center)
03.2008 - 07.2009
Case Manager Specialist
Highroad Human Services
12.2007 - 05.2008
Field Agent
Spokane Fair Housing Alliance
08.2006 - 07.2009
Master of Social Work -
Eastern Washington University
Completed 1 Year Towards Master of Public Administration - Public Administration
Eastern Washington University
Bachelor of Arts - Psychology
Eastern Washington University
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