Jonnali Mayberry (she/her) is a cisgender female and identifies as BIPOC/Black mixed, having ancestry including Indo-Guyanese and Madagascan, as the story goes. She is neurodivergent, having been diagnosed for ADHD later in life, and a part of a neurodivergent family. She is in a cross-cultural relationship and has children of mixed ancestry. She is committed to equal human rights and offers mental health therapy as a way to disrupt systemic oppressions of all types.
She earned a Master of Arts in counseling psychology in 2011, from The Seattle School and she is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor in the state of Washington (license number LH 60547886). She has been in private practice since 2016, beginning in her Beacon Hill office. She also earned a Master of Science in family, youth, and community science in 2006. Before training to be a therapist, she taught relationship skills to parents, couples, and youth.
Jonnali completed her graduate internship with Atlantic Street Center, an agency providing community mental health services to primarily youth of color in South Seattle schools. After earning her counseling degree, she completed over 3,000 supervised hours of community mental health providing individual and group therapy in the city of Philadelphia for primarily Black African American children and their families in schools, homes, and in an outpatient clinic. In Seattle, she has worked as a therapist in capacities ranging from therapeutic day treatment for 0 to 5 year olds to transitional housing for families reunifying after incarceration.
“I’ve learned that making a ‘living’ is not the same thing as making a ‘life’.”
Jonnali's work in community mental health has informed her decision to create her private practice in 2016, for the city of Seattle, a city in flux. As a BIPOC woman of mixed heritage, she aware of what is at stake in the present time regarding equity and justice, especially in regards to healthcare and education. Her 10 years of experience providing education and therapy for children and young adults in urban settings, primarily from families with low-income, has provided her with feelings of resistance toward capitalism, colonialism, racism, heterosexism, and so many more ‘isms. Jonnali is committed to growing in understanding of the intersections between racialization, empire, neurodivergence, and therapeutic treatment and outcomes to maintain relevance to those she serves, no matter their background.
In 2013, Jonnali completed the Doulas of North America (DONA) Doula training with Debra Pascali-Bonaro and The University of Pennsylvania's Women's Health Center. Offering doula services to mothers- and families-to-be is another joy of hers in connecting her attachment-focus and emotional support practice with the beautiful process of birth. She is not currently serving as a doula.
In 2015, Jonnali completed The Post-Graduate Attachment Focused-Therapy Certificate program through Deborah Gray's Nurturing Attachments with a focus on adoption.
Between 2018 and 2024, Jonnali also trained in Lifespan Integration and uses this modality for treating trauma, when appropriate.
In 2024, Jonnali completed the The Neurodiversity Symposium presented by B Lourenco, MA, LMHC, closely examining specific topics and experiences relating to neurodivergence, autism, and ADHD.
Jonnali enjoys learning more about mind-body connection and being politically active and sane. She enjoys hot yoga, cycling, imaginative play with her children, and travel with her family.