Attachment-based Therapists in Bozeman, MT

I consider my greatest therapeutic focus to be trauma-recovery work. My areas of expertise include: trauma, abuse, sexual/physical abuse, divorce, conflictual relationships, traumatic life events, and post-partum mood disorders. I also support those with depression, anxiety, grief/loss, school or work struggles, parenting challenges, and difficult life events. I also have extensive background teaching gender identity classes to professionals and working with individuals struggling with their own gender/sexual identity. I also have a special interest in supervising new social workers and counselors, and am currently accepting new.

I utilize Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) which is a powerful tool that helps the nervous system reprocess and decrease emotional distress to personal triggers. I also utilize mindfulness and attachment based therapeutic techniques as a way to increase coping skills that lead to greater contentment and overall life satisfaction.

Through deep listening, accepting compassion, and attunement to the nervous system, I help clients discover wisdom from within, facilitating healing and creating balance, union, and resilience in their lives. I offer a safe container in which it is comforting to open and share that which wants to be heard, felt, understood, and healed. I find it powerful to incorporate guided imagery, somatic awareness, mindfulness practices, attachment-based therapy, touch work, and creation of supportive rituals. During private sessions, I guide clients in building tools and resources to address what is happening in their present lives.

As a play therapist, my goal is to provide a safe and therapeutic environment for children and adolescents to express themselves and heal using their primary language: Play. Although appropriate for adults, traditional talk therapy can prove difficult for children and adolescents. By utilizing play therapy, I'm able to build a strong and safe therapeutic relationship, a cornerstone to change and healing. In addition, I provide supervision for licensed counselors seeking the Registered Play Therapist credential. Call today for current availability!

NO CURRENT OPENINGS "If you never heal from what hurt you, you will bleed on people who didn't cut you." Mental health is just as important as physical health and yet we find often ourselves lacking in self care and emotional attention. Maybe you find yourself lashing out at loved ones, or having difficulties communicating effectively within relationships. Maybe you have inner doubts or shame that you have never been able to share in a safe and supportive setting. Maybe you are sick of constantly feeling depressed or anxious with no apparent cause and with minimal hope of change.

Hello! My name is Heidi McKinley and I am a licensed clinical professional counselor and counselor educator and supervisor. I am passionate about counseling and truly enjoy working with clients who desire change in their lives but may feel scared, ambivalent, stuck or confused. Every person, couple, and family has a unique story with varied experiences and struggles. I value human connection and relationship and believe there so much power in each that can help facilitate that desired change.

I'm a psychologist and psychotherapist providing in person therapy to clients in Bozeman, Montana and online video counseling. I specialize in mind-body medicine, mindfulness, body-centered therapies, and interpersonal, psychodynamic psychotherapy that integrates the latest findings in developmental and cognitive science. I work with people struggling with a broad range of emotional, behavioral and medical issues to help them develop awareness of their internal states, more effectively work with their emotions, lessen their stress response, improve coping skills and develop and improve their immune function.