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Michele Elsbree
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, RSP
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250 South Skyline Drive, Suite #3, Idaho Falls, ID 83402
Let's Connect (208) 298-5546
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Hello - I'm Michele and I've been in practice for the last 16 years working with children and families first in teen crisis center, residential housing for severe and persistent mentally ill adults, as a school counselor in both elementary and middle school setting and then in community mental health. These experiences have given me understanding of anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, and social pressures. I understand that many of these issues impair a person's functioning at home, school, and with their friends. I've been told that I'm both playful, insightful, and yet straightforward in my approach to therapy.
I'm a Registered Sandplay Practitioner with the Sandplay Therapist of America. When you enter my office, you will find a large arrangement of figures filling an entire wall, two sand trays, and a protected and safe place to process both conscious and unconscious material that causes you distress. This is safe for trauma work.
Please contact me with more questions, I know that counseling can be intimidating and finding a provider that fits your personality can be difficult. I'm open to helping you find a good fit and/or referring you to someone that I think might work with your special circumstances.
Take the first step to help. Call or Email Michele Elsbree now - (208) 298-5546
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Finances
Fees
- Individual Sessions $135
- Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible
- Pay by ACH Bank transfer, American Express, Cash, Check, Discover, Mastercard, Visa
Insurance
- Aetna
- Blue Cross
- Brightpath
- Cigna and Evernorth
- Deseret Mutual Benefit Advisers
- Mountain Health CO-OP
- PacificSource
- Regence
- SelectHealth
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Michele Elsbree
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, RSP
Qualifications
- Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of Idaho / LCSW-40145 Michele Elsbree
- In Practice for 11 Years
- Membership with Sandplay Therapist of America 2018
- Attended Boise State University, MA in Social Work, Graduated 2013
Specialties and Expertise
Expertise
- Adoption
- Anxiety
- Autism
- Behavioral Issues
- Bipolar Disorder
- Child
- Chronic Illness
- Chronic Pain
- Coping Skills
- Depression
- Emotional Disturbance
- Family Conflict
- Grief
- Impulse Control Disorders
- LGBTQ+
- Life Transitions
- Mood Disorders
- Oppositional Defiance (ODD)
- Parenting
- Peer Relationships
- Pregnancy, Prenatal, Postpartum
- Relationship Issues
- School Issues
- Self Esteem
- Self-Harming
- Sexual Abuse
- Spirituality
- Stress
- Suicidal Ideation
- Teen Violence
- Thinking Disorders
- Transgender
- Trauma and PTSD
- Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
- Women's Issues
Client Focus
Age
Children (6 to 10) ,
Preteen ,
Teen ,
Adults
Participants
Individuals ,
Family
Age
Children (6 to 10) ,
Preteen ,
Teen ,
Adults
Participants
Individuals ,
Family
Treatment Approach
Types of Therapy
- Adlerian
- Art Therapy
- Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
- Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
- Family / Marital
- Jungian
- Motivational Interviewing
- Narrative
- Positive Psychology
- Reality Therapy
- Sandplay Therapy
- Solution Focused Brief (SFBT)
- Strength-Based
- Trauma Focused
Location
Primary Location
Luminous Wisdom Sandplay Therapy and Counseling
250 South Skyline Drive
Suite #3
Idaho Falls, ID 83402
(208) 298-5546Email me
Nearby Areas
Take the first step to help. Call now - (208) 298-5546
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Michele Elsbree
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, RSP