Jackie St. Louis

Jackie St. Louis is the founder of Tender Tongues Counseling and principal of D-Fine Concepts Consulting. Jackie’s history in behavioral health includes working with youth in the Public School system, as a forensic evaluator in corrections and as a co-occurring therapist. As the Director of Unsheltered Crisis response, Jackie led the city of Seattle’s homelessness response. Jackie is passionate about seeing communities thrive and has deep affiliations with marginalized groups, including people of African descent, other persons of color, immigrants, and refugees. In his private counseling practice, Jackie employs a holistic, outcomes-based approach that focuses on helping individuals attain and embrace the best versions of themselves through a process of reflection, perspective-making, reconciliation, and acceptance. Jackie’s work as a consultant exists at the intersection of racial equity, behavioral health, social issues, and public policy.

Jackie is a community engagement innovator who works as a partner and ally to elevate and amplify voices of those with lived experience in change-making initiatives.