In addition to teaching at Antioch, I am a licensed mental health counselor, Washington-approved clinical supervisor, child mental health specialist, geriatric mental health specialist, registered drama therapist/board-certified trainer, and registered expressive arts therapist. In my private practice, Owl’s Well Counseling, I work with all ages, focusing on building resilience and healing grief, loss, and trauma. In my private practice, I serve as a War Trauma Provider under King County’s Veterans levy, serving Veterans and military family members.
I am a graduate of Antioch University’s drama therapy program and am currently a PhD student in Antioch’s Counseling Education and Supervision program. In addition, I have training in several evidence-based practices, including Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Psychosis (CBTp), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Play Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing (MI). As a Drama Therapist, I love working with groups and particularly love Armand Volkas’ Healing the Wounds of History, Augusto Boal’s Theater of the Oppressed, Playback Theater, Yehudit Silverman’s Story Within, Robert Landy’s Role Theory, Psychodrama, and Ritual.
Prior to private practice, I served as Clinic Manager at Valley Cities’ Rainier Beach and Renton Clinics, where I supervised dozens of clinicians, interns, and case workers. I also served as a Mental Health Counselor and Drama Therapist at Valley Cities’ Renton and Auburn sites, a Clinician at Compass Health and the Center at Saint Andrews, and a Creative Arts Therapist in Multicare Auburn Hospital’s geriatric mental health units.
I also served as a practicing lawyer for over twenty years, providing environmental compliance counseling to municipalities, large manufacturers, and oil companies. My experience included international audits of facilities in Brazil, Japan, and the United States.
Drama Therapy Program Director
Counseling Division/Relational Therapies Division
School of Counseling, Psychology, and Therapy
CAT Liaison
Clinical Mental Health Counseling program
- PhD Candidate, Antioch University
- MA Counseling, Antioch University
- JD, Law, University of Texas at Austin School of Law
- BA, English, Southern Methodist University
I serve as Teaching Faculty and the Director of the Drama Therapy Program within Antioch’s Counseling and Relational Therapies Divisions. I previously served as Teaching Faculty, teaching Introduction to Drama Therapy, Creative Arts Therapy, Group Drama Therapy, Ethics and Professional Issues, Practicum, and Internship. As Director of the program, I endeavor to create a learning environment for our students that is caring, challenging, embodied, engaging, inclusive, and playful. I want each student to feel a true sense of belonging within our program and within each class that I teach.
As a teacher, I try to promote an environment of caring and trust that encourages and challenges students in their learning. I have a nurturing teaching philosophy that awards effort and individual growth as well as achievement. In addition, I believe in the power of story and that each of our stories is sacred. This is a belief that I carry with me in my work with groups and commit to carry in teaching each class, especially for the supervision and consultation work that we engage in together.
My classes are a mixture of didactic and experiential learning, with an emphasis on role play, case presentations, and embodied exercises to explore the roles of counselor, client, and the space between. I encourage class participation, welcome questions, and enjoy lively discussions and peer feedback.
- Working on Dissertation: "The Lived Experience of Tenders of Grief Ritual"
- Author, Red Thread Journey Portfolio (2022).
- This is the portfolio of Maggie Yowell Wilson created for Red Thread Guide Intentional Creativity Training. A copy of this portfolio was submitted to MUSEA.
- Author, A Red Thread Journey into Intentional Creativity (2020).
- This is the initial book of Maggie Yowell Wilson created for Color of Woman Intentional Creativity Teacher Training. A copy of this book has been submitted to the MUSEA library, and the book may be purchased on Amazon. This tells the story of Maggie's creativity.
- Author, Creation of A Council of All Beings Performance Ritual. Unpublished master’s thesis. Antioch University Seattle (2013).
- Editor and Contributor, Environmental Compliance Handbook, Association of Washington Business (2005).
- Co-Author, Using Carbon Sequestration Projects to Offset Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the Emerging U.S. Carbon Trading Market: Opportunities for Agriculture and Timber Industries, with J. Ferrell, 20 American Bar Association Natural Resources & Environment Magazine, No. 1, 20 (Summer 2005).
- Author, “The Northwest Collaborative Air Priorities Project: A Working Model for the Stakeholder Process” (Summer 2003).
- Author, “Washington Air Practice” in Washington Lawyer’s Practice Manual, Chapter on Environmental Law (2000, 2001, 2002).
- Contributor, SONREEL Year in Review, Air Quality Section (2000-2002).
- Co-Author, “Preparing the Environmental Case for a Criminal Trial” with J. Dragna, Public Law Institute (1992).
- Invited Presenter/Director, “The Global Stage: Voices Across Borders,” an Ethnodramatic Performance for NADTA Annual Conference on Global Politics (October 2026).
- Co-Presenter, “Trauma-Informed Mindfulness Practices and Spaces,” Antioch University CES Residency Program (March 2025).
- Presenter, “Grieving Alone: Disenfranchised Grief in Counseling and Creative Arts Therapy Programs,” WACES Conference (scheduled for October 2024).
- Presenter, “Grieving Grandfamilies: Rituals for Connection,” WACES Conference (scheduled for October 2024).
- Presenter, “Dancing with Death with Dignity Decisions,” Antioch University CES Residency Program (July 2024).
- Co-Presenter, “Shadow Liberation,” an interactive performance using Theater of the Oppressed and Shadows to address Gender and Sexual Oppression, presented by the Antioch University Community-Based Theater class at the Theater Puget Sound Black Box Theater, Seattle Center (July 2024).
- Co-Presenter, “Comparing Yalom’s Phases of a Group with Emunah’s Five Phase Model of Drama Therapy,” at Antioch University (recorded presentation for Instructional Design and Adult Learning Class) (Spring 2024).
- Co-Presenter, “Kolb and Fry’s Experiential Learning,” at Antioch University (recorded presentation for Instructional Design and Adult Learning Class) (Spring 2024).
- Presenter, “Multicultural Supervision: Reflection Using a Needle Felted Doll,” (recorded presentation for Multicultural Supervision course at Antioch University) (March 2024).
- Presenter, “Grieving Alone: Disenfranchised Grief in Counseling and Creative Arts Therapy Programs,” Antioch University CES Residency Program (January 2024).
- Co-Presenter, “Women’s Health in Uganda and Canada,” at Antioch University (90-minute online presentation to Global Mental Health Issues and Professional Sustainability Class) (Fall 2023).
- Co-Presenter, “Counseling in South Africa,” at Antioch University (90-minute online presentation to Global Mental Health Issues and Professional Sustainability class) (Fall 2023).
- Co-Presenter, “Decolonizing Supervision Using Drama Therapy,” at Antioch University (50-minute online presentation to Professional Identity and Leadership: Liberation and Multicultural Discourse class) (Summer 2023).
- Co-Presenter, “The Council of All Beings,” at North American Drama Therapy Association Annual Conference (Fall 2022) (developed accepted proposal and presentation but was unable to join co-presenters due to illness).
- Invited Faculty Spotlight, Creative Arts Therapy Student Association, Antioch University (online) (2022).
- Invited Speaker, “A Celtic Labyrinth Pilgrimage” at Saint James Episcopal Parish (October 2021).
- Instructor, “Introduction to the Creative Arts Therapies for Veterans and their Families” for the Veterans Training Service Center, Seattle (full day, online) (October 2020).
- Guest Teacher, “Beyond the 50 Minute Hour” at Institute for Clinical Social Work, a psychodynamically-focused PhD program in Chicago (online) (August 2020, 2021).
- Guest Preacher, “Lessons from Florence Nightingale,” Saint James Episcopal Parish (online) (June 2020).
- Presenter, Safeguarding God’s Children, Saint James Episcopal Parish (2019). Safeguarding God’s Children is a training program for the Episcopal Church designed by the Church Pension Group to make our churches as safe as possible for our children and youth and those who work with them. The training raises awareness concerning issues of sexual and emotional abuse and provides tools for prevention that we can all use to protect our children from harm, promote safety, and bring healing.
- Presenter, Safeguarding God’s People, Saint James Episcopal Parish (2019). Safeguarding God’s People is a training program for the Episcopal Church to identify and prevent sexual harassment and abuse within the church and community.
- Co-Facilitator, “Day Long Symposium: Healing for Women After Cancer Using Creative Arts Therapies” at Saint Mark’s Cathedral (March 2017).
- Co-Presenter, “The Art of Parachuting” at North American Drama Therapy Association Conference 2016 (October 2016).
- Guest Teacher, Antioch University Seattle (July 2015).
- As a part of Antioch's Drama Therapy Summer Institute, I taught a day-long class on using fairy tales and myths in therapy with children and adolescents. Through experiential and collaborative exercises, including the use of masks, movement, storytelling, and puppets, participants explored the power of myths and fairy tales to heal and transform.
- Guest Preacher, “The Woman Crippled by a Spirit Transformed” at Saint Andrew’s Episcopal Church (July 2013).
- Co-Facilitator, Theater of Possibility-Adult Master Class, co-taught with Lauren Marshall (15 hours) (2013). Co-taught an advanced three-day intensive workshop at George: Center for Community that taught Theater of the Oppressed, Improv, and other Drama Therapy techniques to educators and other professionals.
- Co-Facilitator/Teacher, Theater of Possibility (October 2012-June 2013) co-facilitated groups with Founder, Lauren Marshall, for youth on the autism spectrum and with other challenges. We used Theater of the Oppressed, Improv, and other Drama Therapy techniques to encourage and build relationship skills and self-confidence.
- Co-Facilitator/Teacher, Living Stories Self-Revelatory Performance Workshops (2012, 2013). In the Fall of 2012, I co-facilitated an 8-week Living Stories self-revelatory performance workshop at George: Center for Community with Dorothy Lemoult, MA, LMFTA. In the Fall of 2013, we offered this workshop again in a 10-week format.
- Co-Presenter, “Border Crossings: Theatre for Healing in an International Cultural Exchange,” North American Drama Therapy Association Annual Conference 2011 (San Francisco, California).
- Board of Directors Recognition for superior performance and outstanding representation of the guiding principles and values of Valley Cities Behavioral Health (November 2017).
- Certificate of Appreciation, Pacific Northwest International Section (PNWIS) of the Air and Waste Management Association (A&WMA) 2009 Awards Program.
- Recognized by Washington Law & Politics Magazine as a Super Lawyer® for 2005, 2006, and 2007.
- Recognized by Washington Law & Politics Magazine as one of the Top 40 Women Lawyers in 2007.
- Recognized by Washington Law & Politics Magazine as one of the Top 50 Environmental Lawyers in 2007.
- Recognized by Washington State Bar Association with Pro Bono Publico Service Commendation, 2003-2007, 2009.
- American Counseling Association (ACA)
- Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES)
- Association for Creativity in Counseling
- Intentional Creativity Guild
- International Expressive Arts Therapy Association (IEATA)
- International SandStory Association
- North American Drama Therapy Association (NADTA)
- P.E.O. Chapter EI (philanthropic educational organization)
- SoulCollage Facilitators Network
- Washington State Bar Association
- Western Association for Counselor Education
- Conference Proposal Reviewer, Western Area Counseling Education and Supervision (March 2024).
- Board Certified Trainer Review Committee Member, North American Drama Therapy Association (January 2023-Present).
- Education Committee Member, North American Drama Therapy Association (January 2023-Present).
- Registration Committee Member, International Expressive Arts Therapy Association (December 2023-July 2024).
- Registry Committee Chair, North American Drama Therapy Association (December 2023-Present).
- Registry Committee Member, North American Drama Therapy Association (July 2023-Present).
- Chaplain, Philanthropic Educational Organization (P.E.O.), Washington Chapter EI (2023-Present).
- Member, P.E.O., Washington Chapter EI (2022-Present).
- Board of Directors, Gaia’s Temple (January 2021-January 2023).
- Board of Directors, H.E.A.R.T.S (Health Enriched by the Arts) (December 2019-Present).
- Program Chair, North American Drama Therapy Association Annual Conference (2017-2018).
- Board of Directors, Renton Civic Theater (beginning January 2017-January 2018) (left Board while going through foster parent training).
- Performing Member, Playback Theater Northwest (2013-2018).
- Introduction to Drama Therapy
- Ethics and Legal Issues for Drama Therapy
- Community-Based Theater
- Creative Arts Therapy
- Creative Arts Therapy Master's Projects
- Group Drama Therapy
- Pre-Internship Practicum for Drama Therapy
- Psychodrama
- Internship Consultation and Supervision for Drama Therapy