About the Green Zone
The Green Zone is a positive behavior support framework that focuses on where we as providers focus our energy. It emphasizes proactive intervention. This means we want to invest most of our energy in the Green, when the people we serve are at or near their baseline, and are displaying positive, skillful behaviors.
Meet the Team
Ted Ryle, LICSW, MSW, MA
Ted is the former Therapist and Clinical Director for the Cornerstone Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) program in Tacoma, WA, where he provided staff training and intensive clinical services for individuals with co-occurring intellectual disabilities and mental health needs. Ted has provided training, consultation and clinical supervision services to providers who support individuals with intellectual disabilities young people with mental health needs who are involved with the juvenile justice system. Ted currently serves as the Clinical Director in the Department of Children, Youth & Families/Juvenile Rehabilitation.
Qualifications and Trainings:
- Dialectical Behavior Therapy
- Mindfulness-based practices and interventions
- Wrap Around with Intensive Services (WISe)
- Trauma Affect Regulation: Guide for Education and Treatment (TARGET)
- Theater and Drama-based Approaches (Theater of the Oppressed, Playback Theater)
Christie Seligman, LMHC
Christie is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) with over 20 years of experience in social services and behavioral health. Her background is in the field of developmental disabilities where she leads the design and implementation of a federal and state waiver program bringing wraparound planning and positive behavior support together to engage and empower families and reduce the need for out of home placement.
Christie provides acceptance and mindfulness-based therapies to support people of all ages and abilities to develop healthy relationships with themselves and others. She specializes in eating recovery, anxiety and mood disorders, trauma and supporting people with intellectual disabilities and their caregivers.
Qualifications and Trainings:
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Licensed Mental Health Counselor
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Mental Health Professional
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Secretary of SW Chapter of International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals (IAEDP)
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Third Wave Behavioral Therapies [Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Functional Analytic Psychotherapy (FAP)]
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Family-Based Treatment for Children and Adolescents with Eating Disorders
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Wraparound Principles and Planning for youth involved in multiple systems
Richelle Futch, MSW, LICSW
Richelle is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) working in the mental health field for over 20 years. With extensive experience working with diverse and highly vulnerable populations Richelle is passionate about helping individuals identify and reduce stress and recover from trauma. Richelle began her career working with children in foster care and then worked as a counselor and treatment coordinator in the Washington State Juvenile Rehabilitation Administration supporting incarcerated youth and their families. In 2012 Richelle started working in her own private practice primarily serving individuals with difficulties regulating their emotions and maintaining relationships. As a military veteran, Richelle saw a need for the therapeutic methods she used within the state to help serve the active duty and veteran population to combat the high rate of suicide. Richelle has been creating and running workshops for service members and their families since 2018 supporting primarily the special operations community.
Qualifications and Trainings:
- Master’s Degree Social Work University of Washington
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker
- Cognitive Processing Therapy for PTSD
- DBT Intensive Training Certification Behavioral Tech, Seattle
- Advisor for Military Special Operations Family Collaborative
- Advisor for Military Spouse Behavior Health Clinicians
- Member of American Association of Christian Counselors
Blaire Taylor
Blaire is currently a Clinical Trainer specializing in the Green Zone supporting staff and adults with developmental disabilities in Supported Living. She has also worked as a middle school classroom teacher focused in the area of Social Studies and is passionate about PBIS supports.
