Jennifer Beatty, MA, LCPC

Jennifer Beatty is a therapist who works with children, adolescents, and adults providing individual and family therapy.  She specializes in the areas of depression and mood disorders, anxiety and stress management, grief and loss, life transition, trauma, and women's issues.

Jennifer has been licensed in Montana as a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor since 2003, licensed in Oregon as a Licensed Professional Counselor since 2016, licensed in Idaho as a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor since 2021, credentialed as a National Certified Counselor through the National Board for Certified Counselors since 2004, and credentialed as a Board Certified-TeleMental Health Provider (BC-TMH) (formerly identified as a Distance Credentialed Counselor) since 2016.  Jennifer became nationally certified in Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT) in January 2018 and also completed EMDRIA-Approved Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) training in September 2017.  She is seeking advanced EMDR training and consultation in order to become certified as an EMDRIA Certified Therapist.

She received her Master of Arts degree in Counseling Psychology from Gonzaga University in 2001.  Her therapeutic approach tends to be eclectic with a preference towards using EMDR and a cognitive behavioral approach well as utilization of sand play, art therapy, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) constructs.  Her approach also is based on her Christian world view and values. She has practiced counseling for over 15 years in various settings including residential, school-based (CSCT) services, outpatient care, and private practice.  She also enjoyed working as an adjunct instructor teaching online human services college courses to students pursuing Associate’s and Bachelor’s Degrees at Kaplan University from 2010 to 2015.

She has been a member of the American Counseling Association since 1998, a member of the International Critical Incident Stress Foundation, and a member of EMDRIA (EMDR International Association) since 2018.  She serves as a clinician for the Lewis and Clark Critical Incident Stress Management (CISM) Team and has special interest in working with law enforcement and first responders. Jennifer also was an active mental health disaster relief volunteer for the American Red Cross from 2005 to 2007.  She has a special interest in Christian counseling and home, financial, and life organization and management.