About Jocelyn Skillman, M.A., LMHC, MHP, CMHS

Founder: Vision – PracticeField.io
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I’m a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC), Clinical Supervisor, and ethically driven design consultant based in Washington State. My work lives at the intersection of developmental psychology, trauma-informed care, and ethical AI systems design. I bring over a decade of experience as a therapist, supervisor, and systems thinker to clients navigating the high-impact terrain of relational technology.

I currently serve as Supervisor of Alumni Outreach at The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology, provide clinical care through Eastside Therapy Services, and contribute as an IRB research reviewer for foundry10. My clinical and consulting work is informed by a long history in schools, nonprofits, and community mental health centers—and continues to evolve as I collaborate with those building emotionally responsive AI.

Through consulting & founding my own AI+MH platform, I partner with founders, product teams, and researchers to build AI systems that relate responsibly and return us to our human connection points. My focus is on working to:

• Expand the traditional therapeutic frame to ethically integrate Generative AI – learn more here

• Shape emotionally intelligent AI personalities that honor relational nuance

• Design synthetic interactions with containment, resonance, and care

• Create trauma-informed prompt architectures that prioritize safety and co-regulation

• Conduct mental health risk audits for vulnerable user populations

• Integrate ethical principles into product design and team development

My current research explores how large language models simulate relational warmth—and what that means for co-regulation, attunement, and rupture/repair processes, especially among children and emotionally vulnerable users. I write regularly on these topics in my Substack series, where I explore AI’s impact on mental health, therapeutic presence, and digital intimacy.

In addition to 1:1 consulting, I lead trainings and workshops on vicarious trauma, relational ethics, and the emotional consequences of emerging technologies. Past organizational partnerships include the Issaquah School District, Atlantic Street Center, and various regional mental health agencies.

Previous Roles

• Youth & Family Therapist, Vashon Youth & Family Services (WA)

• Mental Health Clinician, Valley Cities (WA)

• Founder, Private Counseling Practice (2016–2020)

• Counselor, The Garage Teen Café (Issaquah, WA)

• Teacher & Counselor, Children’s Institute for Learning Differences, St. Augustine Cathedral School, Salveo Counseling Center

• Development Associate, Samaritan Center of Puget Sound

Credentials

• Licensed Mental Health Counselor (WA): LH60677348

• Clinical Supervisor (WA)

• Mental Health Professional (MHP)

• Child Mental Health Specialist (CMHS)

• M.A. in Counseling Psychology, The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology (2013)

Personal Insights

• StrengthsFinder: Strategic, Woo, Includer, Developer, Ideation

• MBTI: ENFJ

• Enneagram: 2 | 4 | 9

If you’re building technology that interacts with human emotion, mental health, or care systems—I’d love to collaborate. My consulting practice is built on the belief that intelligent systems should do more than deliver; they should restore, regulate, and reconnect.

Contact: jocelyn.skillman@gmail.com