Therapists in Sanders County, MT
Hayley Allen-Blakney
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Thompson Falls, MT 59873
Waitlist for new clients
I pull from a wide range of techniques including internal family systems, EMDR, CBT and DBT and integrate these approaches in trauma work and anxiety treatment.
I'm glad to have you visit my page. My philosophy is to meet each person where they are and to provide support in navigating their journey. I work from the understanding our early attachment experiences impact us throughout our life journey. Working with anxiety disorders, PTSD and trauma is my passion. I have a holistic approach and look at all the areas of a person's life (such as medical needs, finances and other environmental factors) in determining how to best support them. I am evidence-based and utilize research and ongoing training to shape my practice.
I pull from a wide range of techniques including internal family systems, EMDR, CBT and DBT and integrate these approaches in trauma work and anxiety treatment.
I'm glad to have you visit my page. My philosophy is to meet each person where they are and to provide support in navigating their journey. I work from the understanding our early attachment experiences impact us throughout our life journey. Working with anxiety disorders, PTSD and trauma is my passion. I have a holistic approach and look at all the areas of a person's life (such as medical needs, finances and other environmental factors) in determining how to best support them. I am evidence-based and utilize research and ongoing training to shape my practice.
Online Therapists
Hillary Funk Welzenbach
Counselor, MA, LCPC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Missoula, MT 59801
Offering in person indoor and outdoor sessions as well as telehealth. If we have a chance to work together I will offer you my presence and attention. We will work together to help you see yourself more clearly, make choices that support your healthy growth, and address your goals so that your experience of life is more positive. I see families, couples, and individual adults. I have experience helping folks with personal growth, depression, anxiety, trauma, sexual abuse, marriage issues, divorce, parenting, family conflict. I also offer movement therapy groups using The Discipline of Authentic Movement.
Offering in person indoor and outdoor sessions as well as telehealth. If we have a chance to work together I will offer you my presence and attention. We will work together to help you see yourself more clearly, make choices that support your healthy growth, and address your goals so that your experience of life is more positive. I see families, couples, and individual adults. I have experience helping folks with personal growth, depression, anxiety, trauma, sexual abuse, marriage issues, divorce, parenting, family conflict. I also offer movement therapy groups using The Discipline of Authentic Movement.
Dale Adi Lee
Counselor, EdS, LCPC
Verified Verified
Kalispell, MT 59901
,Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC)
Specialties include: Abuse,Anger, Assertiveness,Depression,Disability;
Family issues,Grief and Loss,Loneliness, Marriage and Family; Individual Therapy.
Discover your life's destiny of grace. Accomplish the marriage transformation you seek. Acquire the communication skills and relationship answers you need. Fulfill the purpose you and your marriage were created for.
Where there is pain you will find joy where there is despair hope and where there is darkness light. We look forward to serving you and extending the master's touch.
Our love for Christ as a husband and wife counseling team is complemented by a passion for helping men, women and children in need.
,Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC)
Specialties include: Abuse,Anger, Assertiveness,Depression,Disability;
Family issues,Grief and Loss,Loneliness, Marriage and Family; Individual Therapy.
Discover your life's destiny of grace. Accomplish the marriage transformation you seek. Acquire the communication skills and relationship answers you need. Fulfill the purpose you and your marriage were created for.
Where there is pain you will find joy where there is despair hope and where there is darkness light. We look forward to serving you and extending the master's touch.
Our love for Christ as a husband and wife counseling team is complemented by a passion for helping men, women and children in need.
Dr. Stephanie Paidas
Counselor, PhD, LCPC
Verified Verified
Whitefish, MT 59937
Waitlist for new clients
Paidas works with teens and adults in individual, couples, or family sessions held in a relaxing and confidential office atmosphere in Whitefish.
Healing and wholeness are possible for you (yes- you!), and Dr. Stephanie Paidas at Natural Transformations can help. Stephanie has worked in various therapeutic roles since 1995, addressing depression, anxiety, trauma, illness, family conflict, and supporting people through life transitions and difficult times. Together, we'll explore your experiences, symptoms, thoughts, emotions, and relationships to best understand and support your growth and healing. Our sessions can help you to cultivate the life you long to live with healthy coping and relationships alongside self-love and acceptance.
Paidas works with teens and adults in individual, couples, or family sessions held in a relaxing and confidential office atmosphere in Whitefish.
Healing and wholeness are possible for you (yes- you!), and Dr. Stephanie Paidas at Natural Transformations can help. Stephanie has worked in various therapeutic roles since 1995, addressing depression, anxiety, trauma, illness, family conflict, and supporting people through life transitions and difficult times. Together, we'll explore your experiences, symptoms, thoughts, emotions, and relationships to best understand and support your growth and healing. Our sessions can help you to cultivate the life you long to live with healthy coping and relationships alongside self-love and acceptance.
Douglas Doria
Counselor, LCPC
Verified Verified
Missoula, MT 59802
I have been most influenced by Internal Family Systems, existential philosophy, attachment theory, and narrative therapy.
Whether you're dealing with the stress of life transitions, long-term emotional patterns, or an existential crisis, I Iook forward to hearing your story. I believe in the potency of evidence-based counseling and care about giving you the tools and insights necessary for you to graduate from therapy in a better place. It is my passion and privilege to facilitate sessions that target the root of whatever is coming up for you. As we process the past, find clarity in the present, and create workable plans to cultivate lasting changes, I hope to be your ally in healing and growth.
I have been most influenced by Internal Family Systems, existential philosophy, attachment theory, and narrative therapy.
Whether you're dealing with the stress of life transitions, long-term emotional patterns, or an existential crisis, I Iook forward to hearing your story. I believe in the potency of evidence-based counseling and care about giving you the tools and insights necessary for you to graduate from therapy in a better place. It is my passion and privilege to facilitate sessions that target the root of whatever is coming up for you. As we process the past, find clarity in the present, and create workable plans to cultivate lasting changes, I hope to be your ally in healing and growth.
Melissa L Burns
Counselor, LCPC
Verified Verified
Kalispell, MT 59901
I am trained in EMDR, Internal Family Systems Level 1, CBT, Mindfulness Meditation, and Grief and Loss.
I am happy to journey with you as you deal with anxiety, depression, grief, life changes, spiritual abuse, narcissistic abuse, and trauma. I can help you clarify what you are actually seeking, and possibly what you did not receive that you may have needed as you grew up. We often cannot see those things ourselves, and having someone outside of our regular relationships can provide unexpected insight and clarity.
I am trained in EMDR, Internal Family Systems Level 1, CBT, Mindfulness Meditation, and Grief and Loss.
I am happy to journey with you as you deal with anxiety, depression, grief, life changes, spiritual abuse, narcissistic abuse, and trauma. I can help you clarify what you are actually seeking, and possibly what you did not receive that you may have needed as you grew up. We often cannot see those things ourselves, and having someone outside of our regular relationships can provide unexpected insight and clarity.
Cassandra Sloane
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Missoula, MT 59802
I utilize an integrative approach which includes talk therapy, somatic therapy, mindfulness, Motivational Interviewing, Internal Family Systems, and EMDR therapy.
I believe that most people go through something difficult in their lives and need help moving through the resulting pain that they feel. My goal is to make you feel safe, comfortable, and connected to me while we do our work together. I am a trauma informed therapist who works with a variety of clients and client issues. My work includes anxiety, depression, complex trauma, substance use, parenting, and life transitions in adolescents and adults. I am person-centered and believe that sessions should be focused on the needs of the client.
I utilize an integrative approach which includes talk therapy, somatic therapy, mindfulness, Motivational Interviewing, Internal Family Systems, and EMDR therapy.
I believe that most people go through something difficult in their lives and need help moving through the resulting pain that they feel. My goal is to make you feel safe, comfortable, and connected to me while we do our work together. I am a trauma informed therapist who works with a variety of clients and client issues. My work includes anxiety, depression, complex trauma, substance use, parenting, and life transitions in adolescents and adults. I am person-centered and believe that sessions should be focused on the needs of the client.
Montana Center for Somatic Psychotherapy
Counselor, LCPC, LCSW, SWLC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Missoula, MT 59801
We offer Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Authentic Movement, EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), Hakomi, Circle of Security, Group Therapy, Couples Therapy, Individual and Family Therapy.
Life can feel a bit too much at times. Here at Montana Center for Somatic Psychotherapy we can offer our presence to help you slow down, reconnect with your body, your feelings, and what you want to believe about yourself. We can help you work through the patterns physically and in relationships where you feel pain and that hold you back from the life you want to live. We work with Trauma and PTSD, Attachment and Relationships, Depression, Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, Family issues, and a longing to connect with something much bigger than yourself.
We offer Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, Authentic Movement, EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), Hakomi, Circle of Security, Group Therapy, Couples Therapy, Individual and Family Therapy.
Life can feel a bit too much at times. Here at Montana Center for Somatic Psychotherapy we can offer our presence to help you slow down, reconnect with your body, your feelings, and what you want to believe about yourself. We can help you work through the patterns physically and in relationships where you feel pain and that hold you back from the life you want to live. We work with Trauma and PTSD, Attachment and Relationships, Depression, Anxiety, Bipolar Disorder, Family issues, and a longing to connect with something much bigger than yourself.
Christy Franklin Professional Services
Counselor, MS, LCPC, NCC, CCTP
Verified Verified
Kalispell, MT 59901
I help adults and parents of struggling children with ADD/ADHD and ASD and provide marriage and family therapy to be utilizing EFT, a gold standard model for treating relationships and also focus on perinatal and postpartum issues.
Looking for a therapist can be difficult, finding one that is good fit can be even harder. I am from the Flathead Valley, I grew up here and I am as real as it gets. If you are looking for a therapist that "gets it" and will "get you," you have come to the right place. Having difficulty in your relationships? I am an Emotionally Focused trained therapist, the gold standard when treating marriage, couples and family, and relationships in general. Experiencing anxiety, panic attacks, racing thoughts, PTSD, depression, childhood and adulthood trauma, perinatal and postpartum issues, the loss of a loved one or a pet? I can help!
I help adults and parents of struggling children with ADD/ADHD and ASD and provide marriage and family therapy to be utilizing EFT, a gold standard model for treating relationships and also focus on perinatal and postpartum issues.
Looking for a therapist can be difficult, finding one that is good fit can be even harder. I am from the Flathead Valley, I grew up here and I am as real as it gets. If you are looking for a therapist that "gets it" and will "get you," you have come to the right place. Having difficulty in your relationships? I am an Emotionally Focused trained therapist, the gold standard when treating marriage, couples and family, and relationships in general. Experiencing anxiety, panic attacks, racing thoughts, PTSD, depression, childhood and adulthood trauma, perinatal and postpartum issues, the loss of a loved one or a pet? I can help!
Anne R Harris
Counselor, MA, LCPC
Verified Verified
Missoula, MT 59808
Advanced training and practice with therapeutic tools like EMDR, Internal Family Systems, Gestalt, and Group Work support my work.
I find that my skill and experience are very helpful to people who have survived trauma. I work often with folks who are burdened with emotional, physical, and sexually traumatic histories. I also welcome you to contact me if you are questioning your gender identity. I have assisted many people move through the difficult process of confirming their internal gender identity with the labels attached at birth. I also welcome you to come and chat if you are exploring an alternative family structure such as polyamory.
Advanced training and practice with therapeutic tools like EMDR, Internal Family Systems, Gestalt, and Group Work support my work.
I find that my skill and experience are very helpful to people who have survived trauma. I work often with folks who are burdened with emotional, physical, and sexually traumatic histories. I also welcome you to contact me if you are questioning your gender identity. I have assisted many people move through the difficult process of confirming their internal gender identity with the labels attached at birth. I also welcome you to come and chat if you are exploring an alternative family structure such as polyamory.
Leslie Myers
Licensed Professional Counselor, LCPC , MEd
Verified Verified
Troy, MT 59935
Do you feel stuck? Do you often think that there has to be more to life than constant worrying and anxiety? Do you feel like things will never get better? We all struggle at one point or another with negative feelings and life situations. It doesn’t have to be this way. Whether it’s family problems, addiction issues, parenting struggles or just a feeling of needing more, I would like to help you find ways to move forward.
Do you feel stuck? Do you often think that there has to be more to life than constant worrying and anxiety? Do you feel like things will never get better? We all struggle at one point or another with negative feelings and life situations. It doesn’t have to be this way. Whether it’s family problems, addiction issues, parenting struggles or just a feeling of needing more, I would like to help you find ways to move forward.
Jeneane Nicodemus
Marriage & Family Therapist, MA, LMFT
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Whitefish, MT 59937 (Online Only)
Whether you're needing guidance with personal boundaries, in a transitional life phase, recent or historic trauma, intimate partner violence, parenting, blended family dynamics, divorce, abandonment, or other needs that you currently feel stuck working through give me a call and we can unravel things together.
Most clients come to therapy when other things they've tried are no longer working. Whether it's the frustration of work and career, difficult familial connections, friendships or intimate relationships that feel less than satisfying. Issues around speaking up, feeling heard, respected emotionally are often some of the goals dear to our hearts, but also seem so out of reach. Most of us want to feel heard and as though we matter. Our futures are full of hope and opportunity, but getting there can also seem daunting. What is keeping you from achieving your beautiful life?
Whether you're needing guidance with personal boundaries, in a transitional life phase, recent or historic trauma, intimate partner violence, parenting, blended family dynamics, divorce, abandonment, or other needs that you currently feel stuck working through give me a call and we can unravel things together.
Most clients come to therapy when other things they've tried are no longer working. Whether it's the frustration of work and career, difficult familial connections, friendships or intimate relationships that feel less than satisfying. Issues around speaking up, feeling heard, respected emotionally are often some of the goals dear to our hearts, but also seem so out of reach. Most of us want to feel heard and as though we matter. Our futures are full of hope and opportunity, but getting there can also seem daunting. What is keeping you from achieving your beautiful life?
Karen G Strange
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, CST, CSAT, CPTT, EMDR
Verified Verified
Missoula, MT 59801
As a Certified Sex Therapist, Certified Sex Addiction Therapist, and co-founder of the Center for Sexual and Relational Health, I specialize in helping individuals and couples struggling with sexual/porn addiction, compulsive sexual behaviors, infidelity, and the associated trauma from those behaviors. Because sexual/porn addiction impacts the entire family system, I am also a Certified Partner Trauma Therapist as I help partners navigate the emotional impact created by the problematic behaviors of their loved ones. I journey alongside my clients to help them create a new narrative for themselves so they can move forward.
As a Certified Sex Therapist, Certified Sex Addiction Therapist, and co-founder of the Center for Sexual and Relational Health, I specialize in helping individuals and couples struggling with sexual/porn addiction, compulsive sexual behaviors, infidelity, and the associated trauma from those behaviors. Because sexual/porn addiction impacts the entire family system, I am also a Certified Partner Trauma Therapist as I help partners navigate the emotional impact created by the problematic behaviors of their loved ones. I journey alongside my clients to help them create a new narrative for themselves so they can move forward.
Stephanie Isbell
Counselor, MA, LCPC
Verified Verified
Missoula, MT 59804
Waitlist for new clients
If your child is a preteen or teen, the principles of No-Drama Discipline and Family Systems Trauma Therapy can help you create a healthy, joyful, and calmer family environment.
Note: I am currently not taking new clients. Please visit my web site www.bigskyfamilytherapy.com for more information.
If your child is a preteen or teen, the principles of No-Drama Discipline and Family Systems Trauma Therapy can help you create a healthy, joyful, and calmer family environment.
Note: I am currently not taking new clients. Please visit my web site www.bigskyfamilytherapy.com for more information.
Coral Beck
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, MPA
Verified Verified
Missoula, MT 59801
Please note: I do not have openings for new clients. I work with adults who are struggling with day to day stresses, life transitions or survivors of trauma. I have worked within the fields of trauma and mental health for over 20 years. I believe the foundation of belonging, sense of well-being and change is grounded in relationships, how we interact and how we are supported by others. Whether you are struggling with feelings of depression, anxiety, family conflict or past experience with trauma, I view my role as someone who is neutral and a facilitator of the process in which self-worth is strengthened and persons supported.
Please note: I do not have openings for new clients. I work with adults who are struggling with day to day stresses, life transitions or survivors of trauma. I have worked within the fields of trauma and mental health for over 20 years. I believe the foundation of belonging, sense of well-being and change is grounded in relationships, how we interact and how we are supported by others. Whether you are struggling with feelings of depression, anxiety, family conflict or past experience with trauma, I view my role as someone who is neutral and a facilitator of the process in which self-worth is strengthened and persons supported.
Shawna Belle Buffalo
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Arlee, MT 59821
I use internal family systems for family therapy & Gottman techniques combined with emotion focused for couples.
Helping individuals heal and improve their lives is what drives my work as a therapist. I offer a non-judgmental space and treat the whole individual. Our relationship is the most important foundation that will determine positive outcomes, and I keep that at the forefront of my work. I enjoy working with children, adolescents and adults who are experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship issues. I use a team approach to help clients learn new coping skills & healthier ways to problem-solve their issues.
I use internal family systems for family therapy & Gottman techniques combined with emotion focused for couples.
Helping individuals heal and improve their lives is what drives my work as a therapist. I offer a non-judgmental space and treat the whole individual. Our relationship is the most important foundation that will determine positive outcomes, and I keep that at the forefront of my work. I enjoy working with children, adolescents and adults who are experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, and relationship issues. I use a team approach to help clients learn new coping skills & healthier ways to problem-solve their issues.
Adrienne Gross
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Stevensville, MT 59870
During this time I have gained valuable experience in exploring ways of dealing with complex problems and behaviors individually and within the family structure.
Taking the first step in reaching out for help can be the most challenging and difficult part in the process of self healing. My objective is to make this, and all of the time we spend working toward your goals, as comfortable as possible by offering the opportunity for you to share and grow in a non-judgmental, supportive, and encouraging environment. My main focus is meeting you where you are, and using your strengths to work on areas of self improvement that are important to you.
During this time I have gained valuable experience in exploring ways of dealing with complex problems and behaviors individually and within the family structure.
Taking the first step in reaching out for help can be the most challenging and difficult part in the process of self healing. My objective is to make this, and all of the time we spend working toward your goals, as comfortable as possible by offering the opportunity for you to share and grow in a non-judgmental, supportive, and encouraging environment. My main focus is meeting you where you are, and using your strengths to work on areas of self improvement that are important to you.
Mitch Guerette
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Missoula, MT 59803
Waitlist for new clients
In addition to working with attachment and trauma-related disorders, I utilize cognitive-behavioral interventions, narrative therapy techniques, and emotionally-focused therapy for the purpose of treating anxiety disorders, mood disorders, and ruptured partner/family relationships.
I believe that all people are capable of healing from past trauma and making changes to improve their lives. I feel fortunate to be able to help people through these processes. I work hard to earn my clients' trust by offering them authenticity, understanding, and unconditional positive regard. I have been in the mental health field for 16 years and I have been practicing therapy in Missoula for the past 14 years.
In addition to working with attachment and trauma-related disorders, I utilize cognitive-behavioral interventions, narrative therapy techniques, and emotionally-focused therapy for the purpose of treating anxiety disorders, mood disorders, and ruptured partner/family relationships.
I believe that all people are capable of healing from past trauma and making changes to improve their lives. I feel fortunate to be able to help people through these processes. I work hard to earn my clients' trust by offering them authenticity, understanding, and unconditional positive regard. I have been in the mental health field for 16 years and I have been practicing therapy in Missoula for the past 14 years.
Jennifer Carlson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, MSEd, SEP
Verified Verified
Missoula, MT 59801
Welcome. I seek to provide individuals and couples with an engaging and collaborative process. Aspiring to be curious and supportive as you identify & explore uncomfortable feelings, discordant self-beliefs, or painful relational dynamics that are keeping you from having more meaningful, enlivened, and loving connections to yourself and others. Navigating together, we will address areas, that may include love, family dynamics, internal conflict, issues of health, work, friendship, school, trauma, addiction, & loss. With couples' areas of exploration sex/intimacy, premarital counselling, financial issues, betrayal & fertility.
Welcome. I seek to provide individuals and couples with an engaging and collaborative process. Aspiring to be curious and supportive as you identify & explore uncomfortable feelings, discordant self-beliefs, or painful relational dynamics that are keeping you from having more meaningful, enlivened, and loving connections to yourself and others. Navigating together, we will address areas, that may include love, family dynamics, internal conflict, issues of health, work, friendship, school, trauma, addiction, & loss. With couples' areas of exploration sex/intimacy, premarital counselling, financial issues, betrayal & fertility.
Jennifer Dickinson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, SWLC
Verified Verified
Kalispell, MT 59901
I believe that each of us is a complete person with unique challenges, experiences, strengths, and opportunities for growth and change. A life that includes pain, mistakes, betrayal, or trauma is not a broken life or one less worthy of love or a better future. Everyone goes through times when we can benefit from an ally to walk alongside us, assist us in reaching our goals, or empower us to find our magic. My approach is one of acceptance and non-judgement for the person in front of me, creating a safe space for self-discovery. I am honored to have the privilege of my profession and I look forward to the journey with each client.
I believe that each of us is a complete person with unique challenges, experiences, strengths, and opportunities for growth and change. A life that includes pain, mistakes, betrayal, or trauma is not a broken life or one less worthy of love or a better future. Everyone goes through times when we can benefit from an ally to walk alongside us, assist us in reaching our goals, or empower us to find our magic. My approach is one of acceptance and non-judgement for the person in front of me, creating a safe space for self-discovery. I am honored to have the privilege of my profession and I look forward to the journey with each client.
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Family Therapy
What do family therapists do?
A family therapist facilitates the process of understanding and improving how a family functions. The therapist will help family members develop empathy for one another. They’ll seek to understand existing patterns, misunderstandings, and conflicts that arise, in order to help the family arrive at a realistic, unified understanding and develop the coping skills they need to build stronger relationships.
How long does therapy for families take to work?
Therapy manifests differently in every family; a common time frame is 12 weekly sessions, but some families may see improvement after just a few weeks. Families should discuss their goals with the therapist at the beginning of the process and periodically revisit those goals to assess their progress together.
How can you encourage a family member to attend family therapy?
You can encourage family members to attend therapy by expressing with both love and concern the challenges you see and explaining how a therapist could help the family navigate those challenges together. An outside perspective can help everyone feel heard, get on the same page, and develop new skills. If family members are still hesitant, it may be helpful to emphasize that family therapy is short-term—it won’t last forever.
Is therapy for families effective?
Family therapy can significantly improve family dynamics and relationships. Research suggests that family therapy can help individuals understand their role in the family, communicate and solve problems together, reduce conflict and draw boundaries when necessary, and develop coping skills for stressors, major life changes, and mental or physical illnesses within the family.