Who we are

Holding space for others is costly. Let us hold space for you.

Wild Healers Collective exists to support helping professionals by cultivating community gatherings, transformative experiences, and ongoing learning grounded in ecological relationship and embodied practice.

We are guided by a vision of community rooted in the real—and often raw— relationship with the earth around us. Rewilding, for us, is about cultivating sustainability within ourselves, among our peers, and in relationship with the more-than-human world.

While we are trained as therapists, this work stands apart from our clinical practices. It is centered on creating spaces that invite those in our field—and adjacent helping professions—to reconnect with the wild within and the living world around them.

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Our Team

Kyle Petricek (he/him) is a private practice psychotherapist, located in Fremont (Earth). In a previous life he was an elementary school teacher and soccer coach.

He now practices therapy and creates and supports rituals for children, teens, couples and families. While he enjoys the four walls of his office, he much prefers to live outdoors. He is a learner, ritual worker, husband, and dog lover. He thrives best in relationship with humans and the nonhuman world.

Co-Founder

Kyle Petricek, LMHC

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Hannah Martin, LMHC

Hannah is a psychotherapist, writer, and naturalist who lives by the Salish Sea. Due to growing up beside the Icicle River in Leavenworth, she has always been fascinated with water and surrounding ecosystems. Her journey into wild swimming began in 2022 when, at a loss of how to manage a peak in anxiety, decided to try cold plunging as a stress-management tool - it worked!

Since then, she gets in wild water most weeks whether at Golden Gardens or an alpine lake, and loves to encourage others to join her. When not in the water or being a therapist, you can find her living a very cozy life at home with her partner and rescue pup.

Co-Founder
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Zack’s love for the outdoors—and for the kind of connection that happens within it—began in the Blue Ridge Mountains, where he was raised. Now based in Seattle, WA, he works as a therapist in private practice, helping people move toward greater wholeness, depth, and meaningful change.

He loves creating spaces where people can come alive together through play, rest, and genuine connection, which is why he feels so aligned with the mission of Wild Healers. Zack feels most himself in the oceans, alpine lakes, and rugged mountains of the Pacific Northwest, where awe and aliveness seem close at hand.

He’s an avid foodie who deeply enjoys good coffee, rich conversation, and the simple pleasures that make life feel full, especially when surrounded by people. At heart, he loves learning, depth, beauty, adventure, and the kind of moments that remind us we’re truly alive.

Co-Founder

Zack Lacy, LMHC

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