We serve local at-risk youth and their care providers. We work with adoptive and foster families, as well as local schools and tribal organizations, to provide everything necessary to encourage development in all areas of life.
We provide each client with an individualized intake assessment to help us create a specialized plan that meets both their needs and the needs of their family.
The Japanese practice of Reiki, involves light touch, or the laying on of hands on or above the individual, utilizing the measurable electro-magnetic...
Evolve Youth Services’ Child Family Specialists assist and support our youth and their family members in flexible, recovery-oriented services.
Evolve Youth Services' Parent Partners are parents who have first-hand experience with the adoption process, and who have exhibited exceptional qualities...
The goal of equine therapy is the help youth develop necessary skills and attributes, such as accountability, responsibility, self-confidence...
Evolve Youth Services has developed relationships with several local tutors who work with youth in a variety of capacities.
Neurofeedback is brainwave biofeedback where a person learns to regulate their own brain function. ...
Make art with an artist. Mir teaches drawing, painting, and creative practices. She paints murals throughout Humboldt County, and offers the unique experience at Evolve Youth Services for youth to drop in and work alongside her.
Hands on healing through an integrative therapy combining physical manipulation and energy work.
In line with EYS’ philosophy, Sun Yi’s Academy takes a holistic approach to personal development and Martial Arts practice...
Experience Counselors at EYS provide a safe, nonjudgmental environment where a positive, therapeutic relationship can benefit the youth’s and family’s overall wellbeing. Counselors focus on nurturing these relationships to assist in increasing selfesteem, reducing family conflict, to mitigate the effects of trauma, increase healthy coping skills and to address attachment issues. The team approach at EYS provides encouragement, understanding and assistance for the clients to ensure they can tap into their potential and succeed in many areas of life. Evolve Youth Services is a trauma-informed agency focused on attachment as a key factor for healing early childhood trauma.
Autumn has been providing counseling to youth in Humboldt County for over 15 years. She worked as a Leader Grief Counselor at Hospice of Humboldt for over 10 years where she created and developed the Circle of Care Youth Program for grieving children in our community. She served as a member of the leadership team with the 0-8 Mental Health Collaboratives for 3 years, provided mental health services to children who were considered at high-risk for abuse, provided counseling to children in foster care and helped to create a mental health program for local first-responders.
The Japanese practice of Reiki, involves light touch, or the laying on of hands on or above the individual, utilizing the measurable electro-magnetic radiation given off by the human body, to create deep states of relaxation. In this state, clients can experience faster and more powerful healing through an increase of blood flow and energy within the body, aiding in bringing the body’s various systems into balance (enhancing the production of positive neuro-chemicals, improving digestion, reducing inflammation, lowering blood pressure, etc.), as well as facilitating mind/body integration and a deeper sense of calm and awareness, so that you will leave your sessions feeling more relaxed and better than ever before.
With a Master’s degree in Psychology and a Master’s Attunement in Reiki, Jessica combines traditional counseling and Reiki to help clients, and parents, to reduce stress, anxiety and physical ailments, as well as to improve relaxation, communication, relationships, general well-being and more.
Through counseling, Jessica is able to help clients gain new perspectives on their past and present challenges, understand others better, process negative emotions and thoughts, and transform problems and obstacles into solutions and growth opportunities.
Jessica tailors her holistic approach specifically to each client and their particular needs, so you will choose how much of each modality you prefer. Whether you struggle with anxiety or depression, finding meaning in life, or would like to feel a deeper connection with yourself and others, the deeply relaxed states produced by Reiki and the self-awareness gained through counseling, will help you align with your highest self and greatest good.
This approach has proven extremely effective for EYS youth and families because it works on both the physiological and the psychological level to enhance well-being.
Evolve Youth Services’ Child Family Specialists assist and support our youth and their family members in flexible, recovery-oriented services. Through the coordination and direct provision of rehabilitation and case management services, our Child Family Specialists engage with families in accordance with their individualized service plans, assisting both the child and family with their tasks of daily living. Services may include educational support, crisis intervention, skill development, transportation, parenting assistance, aid in home management, the facilitation of recreational activities, personal coaching, therapeutic mentoring and behavior management. Providing these services within various settings (homes, schools, and community settings), our Child Family Specialists work closely with the youth and family, serving as a role model and advocate for all involved in the Wraparound process. Maintaining a close and collaborative relationship with internal staff, external resources and our families, the Child Family Specialists are an integral part of the multi-faceted therapy plan.
Evolve Youth Services’ Parent Partners are parents who have first-hand experience with the adoption process, and who have exhibited exceptional qualities in their own efforts to develop viable permanency plans for their own children. With an unparalleled understanding of how to navigate the special needs of adoptive youth and an appreciation of what it takes to be successful, our Parent Partners offer a wealth of knowledge and experience. As parent advocates the Parent Partners mentor parents currently facing challenges in their families and may act as an advocate for parent’s needs. The purpose of this position is to provide active, hands-on peer support to parents/caregivers of youth receiving services. Holding life experience as the parent of a youth with emotional or behavioral challenges, our Parent Partners offer an important level of support to our families.
Mindy Sallis has over 30 years of experience working with foster, adoptive, and other at-risk youth and is an adoptive parent to 10 children. Having taught foster parenting and therapeutic foster parenting at College of the Redwoods, Mindy has worked with Evolve Youth Services as a parent partner for 3 years.
The goal of equine therapy is the help youth develop necessary skills and attributes, such as accountability, responsibility, self-confidence, problem-solving skills and self-control. Providing an innovative setting in which the equine team and youth can identity and address a range of emotional and behavioral challenges. Studies have indicated that equine therapy has been successful in helping clients improve in the following areas:
Evolve Youth Services has developed relationships with several local tutors who work with youth in a variety of capacities. Involved with our staff training whenever possible, our tutors have gained insight to trauma informed instruction, and carry out the holistic philosophy of Evolve Youth Services. We work with tutors who have a long history of working with youth in a variety of capacities.
Math and Science Tutor
A private tutor for over fifteen years, Kelly has experience with high school students, middle school and college students as well as adult professionals. Having worked in two charter schools, as a Soil Science Lab instructor at HSU for many years, as well as with the Big Lagoon Rancheria Tribe, Kelly has found that enhancing the understanding of math and science for teenagers is truly her calling. Kelly currently tutors math through Pre-Calculus including Pre-Algebra, Algebra I, Algebra II, Geometry, Trigonometry, Pre-Calculus, Integrated I, Integrated II, Integrated Ill and SAT Math Prep and all high school science courses. Meeting regularly each week, Kelly has assisted many of Evolve Youth Service’s youth in raising their math and science grades while fostering confidence in the subjects.
Hands on healing through an integrative therapy combining physical manipulation and energy work. Christy is trained in Swedish, Deep Tissue, Sports Massage, Injury Care, Prenatal Massage, Reflexology as well as Reiki and Jin Shin Do.
Christy has been a massage therapist and energy worker since 1999 and has taught Reiki since 2012. She attended Trinity School of Massage in San Francisco where she completed an extensive 720-hour massage certification. In the 21 years since completing massage school she has worked in chiropractors offices, gyms, day spas, and an acupuncture office as well as maintaining a private practice. In each session she uses her intuition and your guidance to blend all many modalities into the perfect session for you to achieve relaxation, stress relief, and healing. In addition to this work she spent many years working with youth in the foster care system as a residential counselor in group homes both in Humboldt County, in Arizona, and in New Mexico.
Mir de Silva is an illustrator and garden designer living on the North Coast of California. She received her AA in studio art from College of the Redwoods, then graduated from Humboldt State University in the spring of 2020 with bachelor degrees in Studio Art and Art Education. As a student she received the Martin Wong Scholarship for painting and academic merit. She represented Humboldt State University in the Art of Painting in the 21st Century exhibition at the John Natsoulas gallery in Davis. Her work has been shown across the state of California, including several large-scale murals painted in Humboldt County. Mir also works with youth to create works, including a storm drain mural painted at Eureka High School with the marine biology class, and a polyptych panel mural collaboration with middle school and high school students at St. Bernard’s Academy. She draws her inspiration from the natural world, painting scenes from gardening and exploring the North Coast. She uses her paintings to foster creativity within her community and inspire positive relationships between humans and nature.
In line with EYS’ philosophy, Sun Vi’s Academy takes a holistic approach to personal development and Martial Arts practice, balancing the focus of instruction between character development, physical fitness and self-defense. The Academy offers a wide range of classes, with students ranging from 4 to 74 years in age, and a family friendly atmosphere.
Tae Kwon Do is an extremely effective martial art for teaching self-defense, improving physical fitness, and enhancing self-confidence and self-discipline. In addition to learning self-defense and improving their physical fitness, students at Sun Vi’s Academy learn how to apply the Five Tenets of Tae Kwon Do to their lives, both on and off the mat: Courtesy, Integrity, Self-Discipline, Perseverance and Indomitable Spirit. Every class ends with a discussion of one of these principles and how we can apply it to every aspect of our lives.
The staff of Black Belt Instructors are all highly trained, both in the martial arts and in education. Senior Master Lewis, Sun Vi’s Academy’s Chief Instructor, is a 7th Dan Black Belt in Tae Kwon Do, a former National Champion and Tenured Professor.
Discover what the Sun Vi’s Family is all about. You don’t have to be a Black Belt to start, but you have to start to become a black belt. Youth in the Evolve Youth Services program have enjoyed the teachings of Sun Vi’s Academy for many years, strengthening both their bodies and their minds.
