Basic Steps Mental Health, in Everett, Washington is an outpatient Clinic that treats people sufferin
12/16/2025
For a long time, I held back from sharing some of the most powerful tools I learned at the University of Santa Monica. These are techniques I use every day in my practice, tools that have helped thousands of people and sustained me through more than 30 years in the mental health field, including many years working in a crisis center.
Spiritual Psychology isn’t about labels or beliefs. It’s about practical, life-changing tools that support healing, clarity, and deeper self-understanding. If you’re hungry for change, it may be time to explore what’s possible when mind, heart, and spirit work together.
Our mission at Basic Steps Mental Health is to support, educate, and provide ongoing services to help empower people struggling with mental health and substance addiction problems. Our practice teaches the practical application of Spiritual Psychology to treat the mind | body | emotions | and spirit.
So when we receive testimonials like the one below, we know we're on the right path 💜!
Happy holidays to you and yours. I don’t know about you, but when the holidays come around, memories of the past come rushing to mind, both good and bad. Luckily, I have plenty of tools to support me through the old anger and hurt, and I try to hold onto the good memories for as long as I can.
If we treated ourselves with respect, the majority of our problems would improve. Even though this states the obvious, it is not as simple as it sounds. Why don’t you take the ultimate care of yourself? Is there not enough time? Would people judge you as selfish? Maybe you find it more fun drinking with your friends than growing? The biggest element of change is the desire to change. Going with the flow will keep you stuck and deteriorating. Have you ever given yourself ultimate care?
I learned, on my first day in graduate school, that I couldn’t fix people. Frustrated, I had to find another strategy to help myself feel better. At that time, emotionally, I felt broken and tried to win the hearts of people so they would not hurt me. You see, I came from years of childhood abuse, and deep down, I tried to protect myself from ever experiencing any type of abuse again. So I tried to play the nice guy, was there for people who were in a crisis, and didn’t realize this was my attempt to keep myself safe.
When you become overwhelmed, it is because your internal resources cannot match the situation confronting you. This is when you blank out, can’t cope, freak out, use anger as a shield, or simply go into hiding. Why can’t we just handle everything like a “normal” person? It is because of having a shaky foundation.
At Basic Steps Mental Health, we believe true healing begins when you look deeper within yourself. Our approach using Spiritual Psychology helps you explore what’s beneath the surface. We don’t just focus on managing symptoms, but we guide you in discovering the root causes of emotional pain, anxiety, and stress. By understanding the deeper “why” behind your struggles, you can begin to transform your thoughts, emotions, and behaviors from the inside out.
Our goal is to help you reconnect with your authentic self and create lasting emotional and spiritual well-being!
Have you ever considered that what you see is make-believe? That people aren’t causing you upset, but you are? Spiritually speaking, everything outside of us is just an illusion. “But they made me feel bad.” Here is the Ego in motion. In graduate school, they must have written on the whiteboard hundreds of times, “I am upset because…”
At Basic Steps Mental Health, we believe true healing goes beyond talk therapy. Our Spiritual Psychology approach integrates evidence-based mental health care with mindfulness, compassion, and personal growth, helping you reconnect with your inner strength and sense of purpose.
Whether you’re navigating anxiety, depression, or life transitions, our goal is to guide you toward balance, clarity, and self-acceptance... One step at a time!
When a person walks into a room, their energy impacts it. Some emit a creepy vibe that puts you on guard, while others may fill you with a sense of joy. What impact do you have on a room?
As an advocate of Spiritual Psychology, I often feel like a lone wolf. While CBT and DBT get most of the attention, I’ve seen them fall short, leaving psychotherapy with a bad reputation. If old approaches aren’t working, it may be time to try something new, Spiritual Psychology, which delivers proven results without being harmful (though I admit, it can be pleasantly addictive).
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Basic Steps Mental Health combines Clinical Psychology with Spirituality providing you with the best odds for resolving substance abuse and mental health problems. Our main goal at Basic Steps Mental Health SPC is to provide the highest quality Outpatient treatment in the industry through the use of Evidence-Based Psychological Approaches that address the underlying core issues that bring you into treatment.
We provide an array of services for individuals who are ready to address the problems in their lives that they may have been struggling with for years. If you have attempted treatment numerous times and left with an empty feeling inside, Basic Steps Mental Health provides a comprehensive program that doesn’t avoid the issues but goes through them.
We develop individual treatment plans. In our Intensive Outpatient program, we provide a minimum of two individual sessions per week, daily workshops that teach people various counseling skills, and by treatment, end participants are able to master our “Self-Counseling Approach” where they literally counsel themselves on paper! This is more than a Dual Diagnosis Clinic - in treating both Addiction and Mood problems we also address your life direction.
We stand by our commitment to free Aftercare to people who have completed our Intensive Outpatient Program. Our program is an Alternative to the 12 Steps. For people who want to be different and go to a Psychological program, Dr. Scott Alpert, our Clinical Director, since 1994 has treated over 7,000 people using Spiritual Psychology, an approach that addresses problems on the physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual levels. Our goal is for our clients to create a better relationship with themselves, receive ongoing support, and master real tools that can be used for a lifetime. This is treated the way you always wanted it to be without any shame, only compassion because we believe “When Love is Applied to Hurt we Heal.”
