Our compassionate professionals are dedicated to providing a supportive environment where you can address feelings of sadness, hopelessness, and isolation. Through personalized treatment plans and evidence-based approaches, we help individuals reclaim their joy and build resilience to manage depression effectively.
Sadness or hopelessness
Lethargy or low energy
Loneliness
Irritability
Feeling worthless
Suicidal Thoughts
Perhaps you sometimes feel disconnected, but mostly you feel overly emotional, even suffering from the weight of all of that heavy emotion. Some days, you want to die. You’ve thought about wanting to hurt yourself, or want to hurt others. Things that used to feel manageable on a day-to-day basis are suddenly overwhelming. You can’t cope. Ultimately, you’re feeling confused and just don't know yourself anymore.
You might be wondering what gives you purpose in life. These thoughts are totally normal reactions to life's challenges. What happens when these feelings linger? A week turns into a few weeks, a month, a few months. Perhaps then, these feelings have persisted into depression. Depression can present differently for many people, but some of the common signs of depression include:
Feeling down and lack of motivation
Feeling "stuck" having low energy
Angry outbursts or irritability
Low self-esteem
Suicidal thoughts
Feelings of loneliness or isolating behaviors
Changes in sleeping or eating habits
At Bridger Peaks Counseling, our therapists partner with you to facilitate a course of treatment that aims to meet your personal goals for change, healing, or growth. Depression can arise from many circumstances. It can be difficult to bring yourself to therapy when you feel depressed. So we try to make the experience of coming to counseling as positive as possible.We seek to create create a compassionate space in our counseling office. A place where you feel safe to explore what is going on and where you can begin to understand your life.
Our therapy approach is holistic, relationally-focused, genuine. Furthermore, our therapists use counseling techniques that are supported by research. We understand what it takes to help you overcome depression and offer you the support and structure you need to begin finding a path forward. We invite safety, consistency, and compassion into the counseling relationship, with your best interests at the forefront. With the counseling relationship as the foundation, we can identify and change patterns that keep you "stuck".
Feeling "stuck" is difficult for anyone. Depression is real and it hurts. You’ve probably tried things on your own, because you want to feel better. But it’s hard. And your depression tells you that you are alone. In fact, it can feel so overwhelming that you have trouble even identifying your own inner strengths and abilities. However, you don’t have to go through it alone.
The good news is that counseling can help. In counseling sessions, our therapists provide a safe space that invites confidence. Then, feelings of empowerment shift away from "stuck" and move into change, growth and healing.
We believe in the power of counseling to help you heal from depression. You too can have this change for your life. We want to help you feel better right away.
In our Bozeman, MT counseling clinic, we can help you through a number of issues including anxiety, worry, stress, depression and more. Our caring team of therapists and professional mental health staff are here for you and your loved ones. Visit us for addiction treatment, group counseling sessions, EMDR and Somatic Experiencing for trauma therapy, opportunities to explore coping patterns, marriage counseling and couples therapy, postpartum depression and anxiety counseling, mindfulness training, workshops and more tools for client education. We also have a psychiatric nurse practitioner who can provide psychiatric care and medication. We look forward to talking with you soon!
You are an incredible individual who has so much to offer to the world. Depression doesn’t have to define your life. Our professional, caring team of therapists are here to help you at our Bozeman, MT counseling clinic. We want to make taking that next step simple.
To start therapy with Bridger Peaks Counseling:
Effortlessly Make an appointment online at your convenience
Meet with one of our expert Bozeman depression therapists
Begin to feel more calm, confident and less “stuck” in your life
Rachael Dunker-Dodier
MS, LCPC, LAC, HCDC, NBCC, CDWF, Founder At Bridger Peaks Counseling
Joelle Star
MS, PCLC, NCC
Kory Ann Rogers
MS, LCPC, ACLC, Clinical Director, Relationship Coach & Partner at Bridger Peaks Counseling
Jane MacDonald
MeD, LCPC
Mercedes Machado
BS, SWLC
Patti Salomonsen
MS, LCPC, In-person / Telehealth Therapist in Missoula Office
Megan Pennel
MSW, LCSW, LAC
Sarah Scheurman
MA, LMHC,LCPC
