Allegiance Therapists in Bozeman, MT

I enjoy working with those interested in personal examination who want to better understand their own power and parts. My intention is to create the conditions that allow you to closely examine your life and have the experience you want.

I have had extensive experience working with teenagers, families and couples. I am successful in assisting these clients with depression, anxiety, resolving abusive relationships, addictions, anger management. I have had extensive training and trained others in regards to Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI). Being a parent of two special needs adopted children, my academic knowledge is supplemented with the personal experience f daily life with my autistic son and bipolar daughter., Also, having a gifted older son adds to the challenge of being able to assist parents in parenting and disciplining each child based on their unique needs.

I believe that people have a natural capacity to learn new ways to navigate their life, even when their life feels stuck. I work with people who are experiencing a broad base of issues, including anxiety, life transitions, and unresolved trauma. I offer a secure environment where you can explore at a pace that works for you. This work has a way of inviting our being into the world and letting us live more fully.

Currently accepting new clients for in-person or telehealth appointments. I work with adults experiencing difficulties due to effects from trauma, depression, anxiety, relationship conflicts, and changing life circumstances. My approach is to honor each individual where they are while helping them explore the root of difficult emotions and unwanted behavior or relationship patterns.

We all encounter relationship distress, emotional pain, and difficult and stressful transitions throughout our lives, which can leave us feeling inadequate, depressed, anxious, or alone. Whether you are experiencing pain and distress or are seeking personal growth, I would like to help. I believe that everyone has the capability to heal, grow, change, and live a purposeful life full of connected relationships. My goal as a therapist is to help couples, individuals, and families feel understood and accepted through expanding emotional awareness, healing from past hurts, and increasing security within relationship bonds.

I now have openings for new clients at Bozeman Counseling Center! Life presents many challenges that can be difficult to navigate. There can be times where the way forward seems unclear and uncertain. I am passionate about working with you to find a path that feels authentic and congruent. I believe you are the expert in your own life and my role is to meet you where you are and provide a safe environment to express your needs, wants, and emotions. Whether you are struggling with depression, anxiety, trauma, or symptoms of ADHD, I aim to provide a genuine connection and offer concrete tools to help create positive change and growth.

I work with individuals and couples. Sexuality consists of delightful spectrums from identities, relational systems and genders. Seeking exploration and connection as we cultivate a pleasure focus to create the relationships that you find meaningful and fulfilling. This is your therapeutic experience and I work to make it fit you. Specializing in gender related topics, sexual dysfunction, and relationships and intimacy, this journey is with curiosity offer practical interventions to move you toward the connection you are seeking!

We are all wired for relationships and we long to connect with the people we love. Our relationships with those around us affect the way we think and feel about ourselves and our world. Eventually, we develop habitual patterns of thinking that influence our emotions, behaviors, and even our physical experience. Sometimes, these patterns become problematic, cause us distress, and keep us from reaching our goals.

•••••••••••• My practice is currently full ••••••••••••••• I focus on helping my clients improve their awareness of the connections between their thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. Though the development of a strong therapeutic relationship, I aim to help clients celebrate their strengths as well identify and challenge the maladaptive patterns that are keeping them stuck. Together we may explore new ways of labeling and expressing emotion, identify problematic interpersonal patterns, or challenge unhelpful mindsets. My approach emphasizes curiosity, not judgment, around the complex topics that often come up during our work together.

I am a Social Worker License Candidate with a Master of Social Work degree from NC State University. I support clients from all backgrounds in learning their worth, empowering their voices, and strengthening their relationships. I am here to challenge the stigma that feelings equal weakness with the intention of reducing shame in seeking mental health treatment. I’m a proud member of the LGBTQA+ community and practice gender-affirming care with a feminist lens. Throughout my undergraduate degree in social work, I became passionate about advocacy for abused and neglected children and completed an internship with GAL/CASA.

Helping empower people to live joyful, abundant peace-filled lives, while enjoying the gift of life given me by God forms the purpose and drives the mission of my ministry as a therapist. The purpose of Heart and Hand Center is to alleviate suffering that comes to people of all ages as a result of trauma, grief, loss, injury, accidents, divorce, family dysfunction, war, poverty, addictions, death, and disease. We use a healing approach combining compassion and care with expressive arts therapy, equine assisted psychotherapy, and spirituality to address root causes of emotional, behavioral, and psychological problems.

Whether you are struggling with the anxieties associated with your everyday life, facing a life transition or encountering a life crisis; I believe counseling can be beneficial. I provide a safe and confidential space for clients to explore their personal challenges. I have worked with both individuals and couples. My work has included (but is not limited to) experience in anxiety, depression, infertility, life transitions, relationship issues, trauma and sexual assault/abuse. I am certified in the Mind Body Program for Infertility and have worked with many individuals and couples struggling with fertility.

I approach therapy from an attachment based orientation. I believe healing happens in the context of relationship. I focus on the awareness of safety to foster secure relationships to address old patterns of coping and survival. I use the innate intelligence of the body to guide the healing process toward health and balance.

I want to bring hope to whatever situation you are facing. As we work together in individual or couples counseling, I will help facilitate healing, growth, and self-compassion. You may be stressed beyond your limits at home and/or work with our new world realities due to COVID-19. Maybe you are dealing with past or current trauma, or struggling in your relationships. You may find yourself facing grief and loss during this time as our losses have increased due to stay-at-home orders and new ways of living. Many are struggling with anxiety, depression, hopelessness, and feelings of loneliness as a result.