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Ethan (he-they) is a licensed clinical social worker and licensed clinical addictions specialist with 8 years of experience in mental health treatment and therapy. Ethan has worked as both a direct tech and a therapist. His work has been with individuals, families, and substance use recovery and harm reduction groups. Ethan’s work is informed by social ecology, interdependence, community, belonging, harm reduction, feminist critical theory, liberation psychology, just-practice, and person-centered therapy. He has worked in residential treatment and private practice as a therapist supporting individuals and families to develop relational safety with self and the community they exist in through narrative therapy, DBT, ACT, EFT, and mindfulness-based therapies. They are passionate about supporting masculine-identifying individuals find health and belonging.

Ethan has also taught at the MSW level as an adjunct faculty member at Western Carolina University in the Addictions Studies Program, which they are a graduate of and recipient of the Health Resources and Services Administration Opioid Workforce Expansion Stipend.

Ethan’s research interests include evidence-informed social work practice models, ecologically informed clinical interventions, masculinity, LGBTQIA+ mental health, and harm reduction.

Outside of Social Work, Ethan spends time playing volleyball and soccer, running, enjoying live music, and taking care of his house-plants.