About Doctor Wili

Wilikinia Narvaez, EdD, LICSW

I am a Washington State Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW). I hold a Doctorate of Education (EdD) in Counseling Psychology from Argosy University, a Master of Social Work (MSW) with a concentration in Child and Adolescent Behavioral Mental Health from the University of Hawaii at Manoa and a Bachelor of Social Work (BSW) degree from Hawaii Pacific University.

I specialize in child and adolescent behavioral mental health and have been working with this population for the past 11 years in a number of different settings. I am an active member of the National Association of Social Workers and the American Counseling Association.

In addition to my private practice, I also teach in the Psychology Department at Columbia Basin College in Pasco, WA. I am a part of a Community Outreach Program Development Team with the American Childhood Cancer Organization Inland Northwest. This multidisciplinary team utilizes the findings of my dissertation research in working to create a community outreach program that will help increase support for families of childhood cancer survivors once treatment ends. As a part of this endeavor, I help facilitate a monthly family support group for families impacted by childhood cancer.

My clinical experience includes providing inpatient and outpatient therapy, pediatric social work and child and adolescent behavioral mental health services. My specialized training includes child and adolescent behavioral mental health, brief, focused and time limited psychotherapy and grief counseling.

My therapeutic approach is eclectic in nature. I utilize evidenced based interventions, which include strategies from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Solution-Focused Therapy, Play Therapy and Family Systems techniques. I frequently attend trainings and review contemporary research in an effort to reassess the tools utilized in my practice to ensure the highest quality services for my clients. The interventions utilized in my practice are in line with the current evidence-based child and adolescent psychosocial interventions as outlined by The American Academy of Pediatrics.