Dance Movement Therapy in Missoula, MT

You're late, again! Scrambling to try and get out the door you wonder why you just can't "be normal" like everyone else. You speed to work cursing at every red light and car that's in your path. "Why am I like this?!" Feelings of shame, anger, and frustration rush through your body. You long to feel different, to be able to do the seemingly simple tasks everyone can do without effort, without procrastinating. But you can't, or at least that is how it feels. Everyone tells you to makes lists, keep a schedule, set alarms...but you've tried all that and none of it works. You start to believe there just must be something wrong with you.

In order to grow and thrive in life, we all need a sense of feeling understood and enlivened within ourselves, in relationships and in community. I offer a present-centered approach for individual adults, parents, and families who seek to make change, heal from past trauma, move and transform through grief and loss, and improve interpersonal skills.

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.

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.

Are you ready to begin or continue your therapeutic journey and engage consistently in the work? If you are curious or open to incorporating dance/movement and mindfulness based practices into your therapeutic space, welcome! Clients I work best are experiencing worry, sadness, emotional discomfort and are open to explore additional ways to express, soothe, calm, and understand what is coming up for them. Clients who are wanting to begin how they can integrate their mind, body, emotional, and (if applicable) spiritual experiences. Clients who are finding themselves in a stage of transition and change needing to manage and soothe.

Telehealth Counseling for children, teens and adults who are seeking support to improve social and emotional wellbeing and alleviate distress. As an LCSW, I work with individuals in finding their own inner expert. I believe that people intrinsically have the strengths to lead happy and productive lives but are sometimes unable to leverage those internal resources when faced with adversities such as loss, trauma, depression or anxiety. I work with people as they understand their own struggles to help them address past issues that contribute to their present mindset and develop strategies using their internal resources.

Healing Happens. When we are stuck in our wounds, we may forget that we have the capacity to heal. In fact, we are meant to heal. Together, with kindness, compassion, and curiosity, we will work with your physiology, which gets altered when we live life or go thru rough patches. Tuning into the mind-body connection, we can learn what your spirit needs to heal. You deserve to feel healthy in life, whether you are experiencing a major trauma or seemingly simple everyday life problems. I am a Somatic Experiencing Pracitioner and Mindfulness Meditation Teacher, both of which use the power of awareness to create health.

Are you looking for a safe & affirming environment to explore options, define personal success, & begin the healing process? Do you want to learn new tools for managing stress & difficult emotions? Are you searching for ways to feel more empowered? SPC works with clients of all ages, gender identifications, & backgrounds and specializes in mood disorders, trauma, grief, & life transitions counseling. SPC is culturally sensitive & provides an accepting & supporting atmosphere for LGBTQIA2S+ & BIPOC clients. SPC also offers preparation & integration services for psychedelic-assisted therapy treatments.

Open, honest, and caring, Tristen brings his passion for healing and growth to every session. Tristen believes that the challenges we face in our lives are obstacles to be overcome, and can provide opportunities for growth. He strives to empower his clients with the skills and tools necessary for them to reach their highest potential, and achieve their most ambitious goals. Tristen believes that much of the distress and dysfunction we experience in our lives stem from suppressed and/or ineffectively expressed emotions. He works to build strong, safe relationships with his clients so that they can explore their emotions.

< Currently not taking new clients > At certain times we all need help facing difficult experiences that may disrupt our understanding of who we are and how to find our way forward. I offer an accepting and nonjudgemental approach that is integrative, down to earth, and person centered. Our work together will help you harness your inner resources and develop helpful skills to heal and address patterns to lead a more balanced and fulfilling life.