Female Therapists in Plains, MT

Hello and welcome! I’m Destiny a clinical therapist who's devoted to supporting individuals and their loved ones struggling with major life transitions, and life changing events. My focus as a therapist is to provide care and treatment for vulnerable and underserved populations in Montana. I truly love working with everyone and appreciate what makes us all unique. We all deserve to have a non-judgmental, safe space to feel supported and welcomed. I utilize a client and family centered approach to empower my clients to achieve individual success and self-compassion where care in our small community may be lacking.

What do you want your life to look like? I am a Licensed Addiction Counselor who is committed to helping other humans learn how to build healthier relationships to substances, to the important people in their life, and to themselves. My work focuses on creating a safe therapeutic relationship, and from there building mindfulness, skillfullness, and intentional beliefs around substance use, life circumstances and the inner self. I believe in taking a holistic and relational approach to helping my clients heal and to create the life they want for themselves.

Couples, families, and individuals get stuck in patterns that disrupt the pursuit of connection and belonging. Building relationships with self and gaining insight into healing processes within us, leads to healing and increased ability engage in life. A safe, respectful, confidential setting improves the therapeutic relationship and leads to a more holistic approach to health and wellness. Substance use, behaviors, secrets, and many other traits contribute to one's inability to connect with others. Specializing in Substance use disorders and families, we can walk through the process with the entire family.

In my therapeutic practice, I prioritize building strong and compassionate relationships with each of my clients. I work with adults, teens, and couples across their lifespan on topics of present distress to prolonged hardship. My clinical experience includes working with individuals on issues and experiences surrounding depression, grief and loss, sexuality and gender, family and intimate relationships, religious trauma, and anxiety. I am currently in speciality trainings for Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples. My approach incorporates Attachment & Emotionally Focused Therapy, Narrative Therapy, and a systems lens.

Navigating life's various challenges can feel deeply overwhelming at times, and the idea of reaching out for help can be daunting. Therapy can provide a safe, helpful space for you to learn more about yourself and how you relate to the world. I believe that we are all capable of a deeper understanding of self, which can help us gain more insight into our struggles and how we coexist with them. I approach each session with the strengths-based understanding that every client is the expert on themselves and their own life.

Currently accepting new clients! Meaning and fulfillment can be hard to find in a world that keeps us constantly moving. If you're struggling to work through some unresolved issues from your past, process a difficult adjustment period, or would just like to discover more about the person you are and want to be, I can help.

I am taking new clients after April 15, 2024. I work with anorexia, bulimia, and other eating problems. Many eating problems were initiated by dieting and became an illness when the body's evolutionary defenses against starvation fought back leading to anorexia, bulimia, or binge eating disorder. Our fat-phobic culture preaches limitless perfectibility and a duplicitous diet industry claims that permanent loss is possible and healthy.

I am currently accepting clients for in-person and tele-health sessions. My approach to therapy is relational and strengths-based. I believe creating strong therapeutic relationships is essential for change to take place. I meet clients where they're at with compassion, empathy and without judgement. Through developing a safe, trusting therapeutic relationship, my hope is that clients will feel heard, work to break unhealthy patterns, improve their confidence, build insight, develop new skills, discover their inner strengths and use them in their everyday life to work towards their goals.

My joy and my passion are helping women discover how much is possible when they start loving and accepting themselves. When you love and accept yourself – light side/dark side – with all of your imperfections, that’s when things really start to move and shift. It is the key that opens the door to the wisdom and strength that is already inside of you. When you are disconnected from your love for yourself, life is scary. How will I cope? Or, avoid these uncomfortable feelings? Disconnection often shows up as anxiety, depression, anger, food issues, stress, people pleasing, etc. Are you ready to create some long lasting peace?

I believe that therapy is one opportunity and space you can use to add to your approach and efforts towards healing and growth. My approach to this work is based in relationship with you, building a strong sense of care, connection, humor, and insight. My hope in our time together is that I can support you as you create a life that feels aligned with your values and integrates the many parts of yourself.

Now accepting new clients in Idaho & Montana. I've noticed a trend in our culture today where we often focus on the differences between people, but in reality we have a lot more in common. We are all going through life experiencing similar struggles with anxiety, depression, perfectionism, compariness, loneliness, etc. We also share so many life experiences and transitions with one another whether it's going through starting a career, marriage, divorce, parenthood, aging, losing a loved one, or having relationship difficulties, we can all relate and connect. Oftentimes though, we need additional support through these transitions.

My approach to counseling blends psychoanalytic, Jungian, and narrative therapy. The clients I serve are often dealing with the pain of anxiety, depression, grief, or unresolved trauma; they also tend to be adept at hiding their feelings about these difficult problems. I have extensive experience counseling college students as well as treating wildland firefighters, first responders, and others whose jobs require handling emergencies. Regardless of your path in life, talking about problems with an objective outsider in a safe, welcoming, confidential setting can ease one's private pain and increase well-being.

I am excited to come alongside and support individuals, couples and families on their journey to build their best selves. I have been fueled by a lifelong passion for creating and delivering resources to individuals and families in need, specifically in the areas of understanding the dynamics of healthy relationships, childhood development, resiliency, and trauma. I strive to create an atmosphere of safety and empathy, which facilitates healthy self-perception, dialogue, and healing from traumatic experiences.

I recognize that life's challenges can leave deep emotional imprints, and my practice centers on guiding individuals through these internal landscapes with compassion and understanding. I acknowledge that our experiences shape not only our minds but also our bodies and inner selves. Whether you're grappling with anxiety, depression, complex trauma, grief, substance use, parenting issues, relationship difficulties or life transitions, I am here to accompany you on your path towards healing and wholeness.

Supportive, non-judgmental and curious relationship is the key to good therapy. What do you deeply want and need? What's next for you in improving your overall satisfaction with life? I hope we can discover strengths you never knew you had, uncover your profoundest desires for your future and make a plan to get there. Whether that includes resolution of trauma, greater self-understanding, achieving healthy relationships, help with day to day stressors and/or relief from depression or anxiety, I'd like to collaborate to create the change you want.

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.

Whether you are going through a difficult moment in your life or pursuing personal growth, I am here for you. As a person-centered counselor, I will join you in a collaborative process, offering you my presence, experience and dedication to support you in your own healing in a safe, non-judgmental space.