Our Team

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Chelsea Van Essen, LCSW
Clinical Director & Clinician

Chelsea (she/her) is a passionate social justice advocate, entrepreneur, and outdoor educator. Beginning her first anti-trafficking organization during her undergraduate studies, today she continues to fight alongside others for their healing and freedom as a Founder and the Clinical Director of Logos Healing Institute. Chelsea is clinically trained in multiple therapy modalities and practices with a clinical lens of trauma, interpersonal neurobiology, and attachment.

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Jessica Garbett, MS, LSW
Director of Operations & Clinician

Jessica (she/her) is the Co-Founder and Director of Operations at Logos Healing Institute. She holds a Master’s in Outdoor Adventure Sport Management and a Master’s in Social Work, and brings over nine years of experience supporting trauma-informed mental health services in diverse settings. Jessica oversees organizational operations and builds the systems and teams that support sustainable, ethical care for survivors of sexual violence and complex trauma.

Sommer Crowley, LSW
Logos Clinical Trauma Therapist

Sommer (she/her) is a clinical trauma therapist with a deep commitment to walking alongside survivors of complex trauma with compassion and attunement. She holds a Master of Social Work with a focus on mental health and trauma and brings experience working in anti-trafficking residential safe home treatment programs. Her clinical lens is grounded in attachment theory, interpersonal neurobiology, and experiential approaches, emphasizing safety, connection, and embodied healing.

Healing Trauma Training Program Alumni

Cassidy Gallegos (Meraki Healing Center)

Catie Cizek (Cadence Collective)

Devon Williams

“Being foundationally attuned to attachment disruptions and trauma’s impact on our body’s protection & connection systems, Logos uses a creative and flexible combination of interventions that really support our clients to develop voice, choice, and self-regulation.”
— Catie Cizek

Our Board of Directors

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Lindsay Jennings
Board Member

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Lindsay is the Chief Operating Officer at Hello Storage and brings a powerful blend of business acumen, strategic insight, and deep compassion to her role on the Board of Directors at Logos Healing Institute. A passionate advocate for creating spaces of restoration and connection, Lindsay is dedicated to supporting survivors of sex trafficking and trauma on their journey toward healing. Her presence on the board reflects her unwavering belief in the power of healing, community, and purpose-driven leadership.

Andrew Arnold
Board Member

Andrew is the Executive Director and Instructor Trainer for Solid Rock Outdoor Ministries. He has been a practitioner of experiential based discipleship, leadership development and learning for 20 years. Andrew has trained and developed over 300 people to lead others in wilderness and outdoor settings and he has been an instructor and facilitator to thousands of participants on wilderness trips.

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Seth VanEssen
Board Member

Seth is a successful loan officer, investor, and entrepreneur. But his favorite roles in life are husband and father. Seth loves to adventure with his wife, twins, family and friends from the mountains to the oceans. He is passionate about fostering community and inviting those who are isolated and distant to be part of community and find belonging.

“Each of us has a unique part to play in the healing of the world.”
— Marianne Williamson

Our Board of Directors

A woman with dark hair smiling outdoors with a scenic background of greenery and a body of water.

Lindsay Jennings
Board Member

Close-up of a smiling bald man wearing a turquoise collared shirt with a small fish logo on the chest, against a dark background.

Lindsay is the Chief Operating Officer at Hello Storage and brings a powerful blend of business acumen, strategic insight, and deep compassion to her role on the Board of Directors at Logos Healing Institute. A passionate advocate for creating spaces of restoration and connection, Lindsay is dedicated to supporting survivors of sex trafficking and trauma on their journey toward healing. Her presence on the board reflects her unwavering belief in the power of healing, community, and purpose-driven leadership.

Andrew Arnold
Board Member

Andrew is the Executive Director and Instructor Trainer for Solid Rock Outdoor Ministries. He has been a practitioner of experiential based discipleship, leadership development and learning for 20 years. Andrew has trained and developed over 300 people to lead others in wilderness and outdoor settings and he has been an instructor and facilitator to thousands of participants on wilderness trips.

Headshot of a young man in a dark blazer and light green shirt, smiling, with green plants in the background.

Seth VanEssen
Board Member

Seth is a successful loan officer, investor, and entrepreneur. But his favorite roles in life are husband and father. Seth loves to adventure with his wife, twins, family and friends from the mountains to the oceans. He is passionate about fostering community and inviting those who are isolated and distant to be part of community and find belonging.

“Each of us has a unique part to play in the healing of the world.”
— Marianne Williamson