Yes, your donation to LUSID Psychological Care is tax deductible as we are a registered 501(c)(3) Non-Profit.

Our hope is to take children on developmental journeys whenever they need extra support, not just in the immediate aftermath. Healing is not linear. That’s why, we want to have adventures that can keep up with the children who come to us. We fully expect someday to not only have children jump out of our helicopters so they can find their way back through the obstacle courses, but we also intend on helping some of them get pilot’s licenses.

When we say we understand the peaks must outmatch the valleys, we mean it. We know that some of these children will have come to use with awful wounds and in order to fully heal, those children will have to become capable of outmatching their abusers, however they get there.

Traumatic energy finds a way. Always. We want to be there, ready with the path of least resistance, beaten with persistence so that no one has to go at it the painful way, or alone.

We are a system of survivors ready to share what works with the next generation. We believe those with lived experience should create, preserve, and grow healing systems for future generations because that is trauma informed care.

We know that failure to thrive here can lead to tragic outcomes and so we are committed to doing the work to ensure the cycle breaks here and now. For good.

Beyond a shadow of a doubt.

We will always hold space for survivors to become who they are. Fiercely.

As a matter of proper trauma informed care, no, we will never be beholden to a religious organization out of respect to the tremendous amount of children that face victimization in that setting.

By keeping this free, we are not subject to the willingness of an insurance company to grant you or your loved one access to care. We are empowered by community to provide the support that is needed to do the hard work.

This is a proper decolonized practice that best supports community engagement for healing. We understand that most people care and just don’t know what to do.

If you want to help, we know what to do.

Taryn is a Psychological Associate at NW Family Psychology on Bainbridge Island, WA.

There’s a lot of work to do, and it can be overwhelming to look at it all as one big lump. We get it. So we broke it down into some more manageable chunks. The general fund will be used for awareness, fundraising, overhead, and operating expenses. Land & Lodge, Vehicles, Service Dogs, and the Spring 2026 Adventures are all self explanatory and funds given to those projects will determine when they get completed.