Pre-doctoral Internship in Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine. Dr. Jane Curtis has specialized in the assessment and treatment of adults and seniors presenting with a wide variety of emotional, family, medical, and neuropsychological difficulties. But during her career, she has worked with the young and old alike. During the past 20 years, Dr. Curtis has worked with children and adults in a variety of medical and academic settings. She has been in private practice on Bainbridge Island since 1999 and provides psychotherapy and assessment services to individuals, couples, and families. Her current focus is the experience of anxiety and depression throughout the life span. Dr. Curtis completed her doctoral training in 1992 in Professional-Scientific Psychology at Utah State University in Logan, Utah. This program is approved by the American Psychological Association in Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychology.
Pre-doctoral Internship in Child Clinical Psychology, Post-doctoral Fellowship in Child Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Washington School of Medicine. Dr. Steve Curtis has specialized in the assessment and treatment of children presenting with emotional, behavioral, developmental, and learning difficulties throughout his training and work experience. He is both a Licensed Child Clinical Psychologist and Nationally Certified School Psychologist. Dr. Curtis has worked in a variety of medical, school, and university settings for the past 25+ years. In his private practice, he provides psychotherapy and assessment services to children and families. His specialty is in working with elementary-aged children who are struggling with behavioral and learning difficulties at home or school. Dr. Curtis completed his doctoral training in 1992 in Professional-Scientific Psychology at Utah State University in Logan, Utah. This program is approved by the American Psychological Association in Clinical Psychology, as well as Counseling and School Psychology. Recently, Dr. Curtis was appointed as an advisory board member of SENG. SENG is a non-profit national organization dedicated to the social and emotional needs of gifted children (www.sengifted.org). Dr. Curtis is also the author of Understanding Your Child's Puzzling Behavior. For more information about Dr. Curtis' background, please review his curriculm vitae.
Diana Potter is a professional tutor at Lifespan who has extensive experience working with children. She is a trained special education teacher and has worked in both private and public educational settings for 25+ years. She worked most recently for 10 years at the ASSETS school in Honolulu, Hawaii. ASSETS is a private school in Honolulu for dyslexic, gifted, and gifted/dyslexic students. Ms. Potter has a B.A. in English, with a special education teacher certification from the University of Utah. She also completed graduate level course work in special education at the University of Hawaii. She is trained in Orton-Gillingham, Slingerland, Mortensen Math, Project Read, Differentiated Integration, and classroom management techniques. Her expertise is in teaching reading, writing, and math to elementary-age children with learning challenges.
Gail is Lifespan’s Office Manager. She works Monday through Thursday. She is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the clinic including handling questions about Lifespan, scheduling of appointments, obtaining insurance authorization, handling insurance claims, organization of the office, conducting payroll activities, and completing other miscellaneous activities as needed. She can answer many of your questions about Lifespan including matters related to the background of our clinicians, types of services provided, fees, billing, and directions. Gail has extensive experience with office management and is an integral part of our organization.
Corinna O'Brien Corinna is our Administrative Assistant at Lifespan. She works part time and is primarily responsible for reminder calls, scheduling, and other many other related tasks as needed. She can also answer almost any question that you may have regarding our services and procedures.
Lionel Enns, M.Ed., NCSP Lionel is our Clinical Psychology Doctoral Intern. He is completing his Ph.D. in School Psychology at the University of Washington. Beyong his core school psychology training, he has completed his coursework as a Board Certified Behavioral Analyst (BCBA) and will sit for the exam this spring. He has completed training at the U.W. Experimental Education Unit and the Seattle Autism Center. At Lifespan, he will be providing services for a reduced fee while he completes his training. |
Steven E. Curtis, Ph.D., NCSP 
Diana Potter, B.A. 
Gail Nakata
