It is my privilege to walk alongside people who are going through deep pain and brokenness, and to help them in their pursuit of healing and wholeness—body, mind, and spirit. I believe this can best be done within the context of a supportive and empathic relationship where one feels heard and deeply valued. I am particularly passionate about helping clients find the freedom to live and love with openness, authenticity, and boldness, with the greater goal of obtaining intimacy in relationships and deeper peace.

A particular area of interest of mine is grief and loss, which can be experienced in a number of ways—a death, broken relationship, change in identity, declining health, or facing past wounds. Grieving is a process that is painful and messy, but when walked through with intentionality and openness, and with someone to help guide the process, it can be a deeply healing experience. Other areas of interest include anxiety, postpartum depression and anxiety, relationship concerns, trauma and abuse, women’s issues, questions of identity, and spiritual growth. I am also certified in Prepare/Enrich, which is a leading relationship inventory and skill-building program used for both premarital and marital counseling. Overall, I draw from a variety of therapeutic modalities and techniques to help clients achieve their goals. I also value the important role faith plays throughout this journey of healing.

I have an MA in Clinical Psychology from the Wheaton College Graduate School, Wheaton, IL. I am currently working towards my clinical counseling license, under the supervision of Doug Samsel, LCPC. I am a wife and mom of two, and it has been through these relationships that I have most fully experienced the beauty that comes from loving and being loved. My email is hannah@gocmt.org

I am a Bozeman native and have been working in the counseling field since 2009.
I completed my undergraduate work with honors at George Fox University, in Portland Oregon, and continued on to receive a Masters Degree in Marriage and Family therapy. There, I had the privilege of receiving a deeply spiritual perspective of the human condition as it relates to mental health. This rich education allowed me to integrate my desire to counsel with the kingdom calling God has given me: To walk alongside those who need healing, encouragement, and guidance.

I've had the privilege of working with Doug Samsel. His wisdom and experience has had a profound impact on my efforts.

Counseling work is journey. My approach starts with helping people discover and feel their worth. As trust forms, I help people identify their patterns of dysfunction and relational brokenness. These patterns usually point to wounds in a person’s original relationships (parents and siblings) that trigger and drive behaviors, needs, and defenses in current relationships. As original wounds are uncovered, false beliefs about life are exposed. Behavioral reactions can be understood, and a shift of grace comes with forgiveness.

I am especially passionate about helping couples through the trials of building real marriages, and parents/teen relationship development.

In my leisure time I enjoy my family time with my husband John, and my two daughters, Laney and Celia who keep me in the beauty and the throes of motherhood on a daily basis! I also love thrift fashion, flea markets, styling photo shoots, creative crafts and making collages. My email is kate@gocmt.org

I have been working in the field of counseling for over 5 years, having graduated from Denver Seminary in 2012. I began working in private practice in the Denver area seeing individuals, couples and facilitating groups. My passion is to walk alongside people as they take up courage to heal and grow.

I am a Montana native from Billings, but had the joy of experiencing life in other places after graduating high school. While studying business at Baylor University, I tutored, mentored, led, and counseled peers and those younger than me. I taught English in Bangkok Thailand in my 20's, then accepted a position as program manager for a group home of emotionally disturbed adolescent boys, which was the catalyst to me moving to Colorado to study counseling. I now have a wife and three kids under the age of 8 that are a joy to live life with.

I specialize in anger, men’s issues, family relationships, couples, issues parenting teenagers, step-parent issues, male adolescent issues, substance addiction, trauma, depression and anxiety.

I know the importance of an environment conducive to an individual’s growth. That is why all clients that receive care from me will experience acceptance, empathy and tools to equip them in their struggle. My email is scott@gocmt.org

I grew up in St. Louis, MO and have been working in the counseling community for more than 25 years. My family and I moved to Bozeman 2014 to start Great Oaks. Through the years walking with people through difficult and disconcerting seasons has been a unique privilege. I also really enjoy training and working with the other counselors. In addition, I do some public speaking, addressing issues of the heart and intimate relationships.

A close friend of mine once coined the phrase "we were made to be more," and it had a deep impact on me. It’s shaped the way I counsel and the way I live. I’ve felt it resonate and disrupt my life and the lives of people I talk with each day; those who have been abused, those who are struggling in their marriages, those who are facing growing confusion in being a parent, either as a couple or as a single person, or even individuals whose lives are just not what they had hoped for. I work compassionately with deep brokenness while encouraging people to consider the profoundness of grace and gentleness. I’ve always believed damage happens in the context of relationship and so does healing. Several years ago, I wanted to understand more about the way trauma can impact how people view themselves and their world. In pursuing this, I sought training in EMDR. The research, my training and experience confirm that this can be a powerful tool in the process of change. I see it as a uniquely helpful and experiential way for some people to process events that have shaped them and kept them from knowing a peace that comes from understanding their designed worth.

My first love is hanging out with my wife, Carrie, and my son, Kearen, enjoying much of what MT has to offer. My email is doug@gocmt.org

I joined Great Oaks Counseling Center as student in 2015. I have since completed my master of science degree in professional counseling at Grand Canyon University in Phoenix, Arizona.

I have loved living in Bozeman for the last 19 years, where I graduated from MSU in 2001 with a bachelor of science degree in sociology and an emphasis in communications. My husband and I have three children, two of whom are adopted; they have allowed me to see and personally experience the benefit of professional counseling as an individual and within my family.

My approach to counseling is somewhat eclectic. I focus heavily on attachment and our core design as relational beings in my practice. I use these principles on an individual bases as well as within couples and families. Additionally, I am trained in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) therapy, which uses bilateral stimulation to allow our brains to adaptively replace negative beliefs—usually developed through adverse or traumatic experiences—with positive truths. This is an evidence-based practice that is growing in demand and one that I am thankful to be trained in. In addition, I uses cognitive behavioral therapy as well as family systems as an adjunct to the other therapeutic approaches.

While I am always open to working with whomever feels I may be a fit for them, I have found my strengths to be in working with teens and young adults, women of all ages and couples. My clients’ needs vary greatly with challenges ranging from anxiety and depression, personality disorders, attachment issues and/or histories of trauma to a variety of disrupted family situations, divorce and adoption. As well, I have worked with individuals with addiction issues, including substances and pornography—as well as those who struggle with finding themselves enmeshed with an addict.

Contact
If you have any questions or would like to schedule a consultation, please don't hesitate to reach out. My email is keli@gocmt.org.