Trauma Focused Therapists in Missoula, MT

I invite adults and adolescents into my private practice. I have experience working with individuals that have experienced trauma, abuse, suicidal ideation, depression, anxiety, attachment disorders, and struggle to maintain relationships with family members and others. I am very knowledgeable in human development and can work with adult family members that are struggling with children's/ family behaviors at home and are seeking a positive change in daily life. I focus on helping client's find the personalized emotional regulation and self-care techniques that actually work for your individualized needs.

As people, we often build walls or layers of stone as a protection to life's sometimes rocky terrain. In therapy, I offer safety, compassion, empathy, and deep listening in an almost sacred way for softening to occur and healing to begin. It is an honor to witness this process. You may be feeling stuck, wanting more peace and joy, or desiring clarity, meaning and purpose in your life. Whatever it is that brings you to therapy, know you are not alone. People have an inner capacity for well being. Therapy simply helps to unfold this.

Deeper self-awareness, relief from depression and anxiety, and personal growth. Good, collaborative therapy provides the opportunity to more easily experience these things. With respectful tact, I offer help to meet personal challenges, gain confidence, and skillfully manage stress and conflict. I aim to understand your experience with sophistication while providing skillful insight. A greater sense of well-being, vitality, and enjoyment of life are possible.

This is your time. Let's make it what you need it to be. There are so many things that can get in the way of achieving and maintaining our own state of well-being, like life transitions, grief/loss, relationship stress, childhood trauma, etc. I appreciate the opportunity to work and learn with you to address any issues that may be impacting your ability to live your life with intention and fulfillment. I often use solution-focused approaches based in CBT, DBT, MI, and ACT, and hope to connect you with strategies for day-to-day coping, as well as explore deeper patterns impacting overall well-being for intrinsic, lasting change.

A central focus of my counseling practice is providing affirmative and anti-oppressive support to transgender, non-binary and gender diverse people of all ages, as well as the queer community more broadly. For some people, this might mean that you're actively questioning your gender identity, navigating transitioning or experiencing discrimination. For others, you might have unrelated mental health needs but want to know that you're in a space where your gender and sexuality won't be either ignored or overly focused upon, but just included as another aspect of your experience.

My therapy practice is focused on helping people cope with anxiety, depression, anger, substance use, and difficult life transitions. I aim to guide people towards building a deeper understanding of themselves and to apply healthy habits and life skills that will create lasting change.

I'm an autistic therapist looking to help others see the beauty in themselves. I love working with neurodivergent adults to help them reframe the way they look at their different abilities. I think my background in rhetoric adds a unique dimension to my approach with clients as we collaborate. I enjoy helping clients navigate identity struggles, desire to find belonging, modify behavior, and create the change they want to see on their lives. Let's get to know each other. Tell me about your strengths and special interests. I think building a curious, non-judgmental, and supportive relationship is a great way to get started.

We all deserve the opportunity to come home to ourselves. My hope is to provide individuals of all ages with a space to safely explore their inner world. I believe that we all have the capacity for change and that our ability is stronger when we connect with others.

It is not unusual to have times in our lives that feel challenging, confusing, or chaotic. When we meet life struggles, it is essential to feel safe and supported. If you are seeking a neutral, nonjudgmental space to explore your distress, we can work together to develop the insight and skills that will support who you are and who you want to be. I am particularly experienced at working with adults who are processing grief and loss. The grieving experience is universal, yet every loss is unique, grieved in its own way and in its own time. It can be helpful to have compassionate companionship and an experienced guide on that journey.

My name is Cameron Bucheit and I would like to walk with you on your path to wellness. I have an M.A. In Clinical Mental Health Counseling, and am currently licensed in the State of Montana as an LCPC. I work with children, adolescents, adults, couples and families. I have experience working with the LGBTQIA+ population, providing safe and affirmative care. I have a person-centered base to my counseling approach, which focuses on allowing you to help guide your treatment. I have completed Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Level 1 Trauma, EFT for couples, Play therapy and Attachment-Focused EMDR trainings.

Hello, and thank you for taking the time to read my profile. I seek to work with individuals who feel they are worthy of change. Whether that be change in negative thinking habits associated with borderline- personality disorders or self-esteem, or behavioral habits associated with addiction or other behaviors that have negatively disrupted their lives. I am looking to work with individuals who are willing to put in the work both in and out of sessions. If this is you, give me a call so we can start digging in right away!

It's my passion to see people free of social-emotional struggles in life. I enjoy offering a solution focused, person centered, and relational-based approach.

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.

Hi my name is Lida Running Crane and I have recently transitioned to private practice after being a clinician at a local agency working primarily with our local urban Indigenous community for just short of nine years. I subsequently co-founded Aitapissko Counseling Collective LLC, the shared professional home in which my colleagues and I continue to offer quality mental health and addiction counseling to our local community. I earned my masters in counseling from the University of Montana in 2016 with my NCC, became an LCPC in 2018, and an LAC in 2020.

There are many barriers that prevent us from moving forward in life and therapy can help to overcome them. Over the last 15+ years, I have worked with individuals with a variety of struggles. I find that there is a strong connection between the expression of emotions and how healthy our relationships are. With a firm grasp of the research behind effective treatments, I balance compassion with strategies for creating lasting change. We will work collaboratively to create a plan for your individual needs. Therapy will focuses on actions, thoughts and feelings and when we may need to accept or change them.

Valerie's clinical practice is focused on complex trauma, developmental trauma, PTSD, domestic and sexual violence, and at-risk adolescence.

Kelsea Pelletier is a therapist and supervisor and one of her favorite quotes states, "The quality of our life depends on the quality of our relationships" by Ester Perel. Many of her clients are survivors of narcissistic parents, partners and societal values who experience a deep sense of loneliness, anxiety and depression and may find themselves in patterns of people pleasing & resentment. Some of her client's also often feel lost without a sense of approval from others. Kelsea's clients are striving to feel more in touch with their authentic sense of self by coming to a better balance of internal versus external validation.

Psychotherapy is not about a healer and a patient. Therapy is a human-to-human encounter where we build safety, radical acceptance, courageous self-assessment, and mutual humility. Together we build the strength, skills, courage and insight needed to reckon with all the turbulence that brought you to this moment, this meeting. I have certain skills, tools-for-exploration-and-healing, and ongoing specialized training. We hold space together to re-experience/speak/honor our suffering, and then use what we discover to grow your capacity for compassion, release, equanimity and joyful living.

Everyone deserves a life of wholeness and belonging. I aim to help you strengthen your connection with yourself, those close to you, and the larger world around you. I specialize in working with trauma, grief, self-worth, and communication. My therapeutic style is warm and accepting. Even though therapy can be intense, I tend towards levity and see joy and humor as a critical part of my work. My Alaskan wilderness upbringing has given me confidence in everyone's capacity for self-sufficiency and resilience, and years of work internationally and with Tribes have instilled a deep admiration and acceptance for diverse life experiences.