Women’s Counseling
women’s counseling in Bozeman
Therapy for women in Bozeman and across Montana
Whether you’re struggling with anxiety, burnout, trauma and PTSD, postpartum changes, grief, or a major life transition, counseling can help you stop over functioning and start reconnecting with yourself.
Our Bozeman therapists work with women in person and online across Montana, using mind-body and relational strategies to help you resolve stuck places and connect to the deep wisdom and joy to navigate all of life.
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Pregnancy & Postpartum: Becoming the Mother You Want to Be
When a child is born, so is a mother. This unique developmental transition begins even before conception and can be a valuable component of growth and evolution for a woman.
Our counselors are trained to support this transition and all of its major challenges, including pregnancy anxiety and depression, postpartum anxiety and depression, and birth trauma recovery. We are willing to walk beside you in this rich transition of life.
How Counseling Can Help:
Address pregnancy and postpartum anxiety and depression
Build confidence as a new parent
Heal from birth trauma
Develop coping strategies for sensory overwhelm
Create a healthy, attached relationship with your baby
here for it
Life Transitions: Embracing Change with Confidence
Women experience major life transitions like changing careers, starting a family, dealing with loss, divorce, perimenopause/menopause, or jumping into unexpected roles.
Because women often over perform without adequate support, these big transitions can often leave us feeling uncertain,burned out, lonely, and confused. Life’s transitions are rarely linear, and they can bring up old wounds or cause us to question our sense of identity.
How Counseling Can Help:
Build resilience in the face of major life changes
Explore your goals, values, and self-worth during transitions
Overcome feelings of self-doubt or imposter syndrome
Find balance and peace during times of uncertainty
Burnout: Nurturing Yourself and Reclaiming Your Power
We are often taught to prioritize the needs of others, sacrifice our own needs, and conform to rigid expectations. This can leave us feeling drained and disconnected, and stuck in exhaustion and resentment.
How Counseling Can Help:
Unlearn limiting societal norms and beliefs that betray you
Explore the impact of expectations on your well being and relationships
Reclaim your voice, power, and autonomy
Develop self-compassion and confidence authentic to you
reclaim you
Mother Wound Healing: Nurturing Your Inner Child
Mother Wound healing addresses the trauma many women and mothers face due to cultural pressures of perfection, competition, and self-sacrifice. Healing the Mother Wound means acknowledging the pain, finding peace, and reclaiming your self-worth.
How Counseling Can Help:
Explore early maternal relationships and grief
Break free from unhealthy patterns and expectations
Cultivate self care and compassion, separate from external approval
Learn to trust yourself and set healthy boundaries
break free
Why Seek Counseling
Heal the Feminine
Examine and release societal conditioning that tells women to stay small, selfless, or silent
Trust Yourself
Reconnect with your wisdom, set boundaries, and speak your truth with clarity and confidence
Heal from Trauma
Heal from the impact of power dynamics, gendered expectations, and cultural trauma
Deepen Identity
Exploring who you are outside of who you’ve been told to be and reconnect with your authentic self
How We Work with Women
At Illuminate, our counselors help you heal the impact of trauma, PTSD, and toxic conditioning using modern, effective, and feminist therapy rooted in compassion and clarity. Together, we’ll work to reduce burnout and reconnect you with the bold, vibrant woman you already are.
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Somatic Experiencing
Somatic Therapy focuses on the body's sensations and the way trauma is stored physically in the nervous system. Through gentle, controlled techniques, the therapist helps the individual safely complete natural fight, flight, or freeze responses, allowing the nervous system to restore balance and well being.
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Cognitive Behavioral Therapy
CBT can help identify and challenge negative beliefs, such as feeling unworthy, unsafe, or helpless. By changing these thoughts and developing healthier coping mechanisms, you can reduce feelings of anxiety, guilt, and depression, and learn to cope more effectively.
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Trauma-Informed Counseling
Trauma-informed counseling is an approach that acknowledges the widespread impact of trauma while prioritizing safety, trust, and respect in the healing process. A trauma-informed therapist will not encourage processing until you are ready, and will focus on creating a safe, nonjudgmental environment where healing can take place.
Our Bozeman Therapists for Women
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Sarah Webb, LCSW
I work with burnout, anxiety, rage, postpartum, birth trauma, attachment, and healthy coping in women. With expert training in Somatic, Mindfulness, and Attachment, I get to the core quickly so therapy has big impact.
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Tori Kenyon McKay, LCSW
I have a naturally playful and professional approach. My clinical past has allowed me to develop confidence and skills working with all genders ages 16 to 35. I feel at my most skilled when I’m working with life transitions, trauma, anxiety, and depression.
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Lauren Boland, LCSW
In our work together, I’ll call into action the knowledge and strategies from somatic, mindfulness, attachment, and developmental theories for your work in anxiety, transitions, neurodivergence, and trauma.
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Becky Johnston, LCSW
I create a relaxed and casual space for adult women navigating anxiety, depression, OCD, burnout, or big life changes. If you're feeling stuck, I’m here to help you feel more like you and create the path to a future that looks inviting.
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Ellie Jorgensen, LCPC
I work with adults and children to navigate life’s twists and turns. I specialize in synergetic play therapy, CBT, and ERP, focusing on challenges like childhood behavioral concerns, attachment, postpartum depression, trauma, anxiety, and OCD.
Our therapists are “Neurodiverse Informed”, which is to say that we all have training and skills to work with a range of folks on the neurodiverse spectrum from ADD/ADHD, gifted, and high functioning autism. We fully celebrate the Neuro-Spicey and the Bright and Quirky!
“positive impact…”
“My confidence as a mother is due to the support of therapy.”
— ILLUMINATE CLIENT
Curious about Women’s Counseling?
Whether you're seeking clarity, healing, or growth, our team is here to support you in finding what you need.