Karissa Smaglick (She/Her)
CCS Service Facilitator
Services: Service Facilitation & ISD
Karissa looks to support adolescents and young adults with challenges around depression, anxiety, self-esteem, difficulty concentrating, identity issues, suicidal ideation, and self-harming. Karissa aims to provide support using a strength-based and participant-led approach combined with art techniques for Individual Skill Development. She hopes to use art to practice building coping skills, mindfulness, distress tolerance, self-patience, and creativity. Karissa is a transracial Chinese adoptee (transracial meaning one being raised by a family/community that differs from an individual’s culture of origin) and identifies with the LGBTQ+ community.
She is passionate about exploring the intersection of identity and mental health. Outside of CCS, Karissa enjoys creating art, cooking, gaming, and tending to her indoor plants!