Clinicians

Amanda Bland, LPC

Amanda received her master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Idaho State University. Amanda has developed competence in working with anxiety, depression, and bipolar disorder through her past and present experience with acute and chronic inpatient treatment, utilizing cognitive therapies.  Through mindfulness-based approaches in the holistic appraisal of core beliefs, and physiological/emotional awareness, clients can make significant improvements in their overall wellbeing. In addition to developing mindfulness skills, structural changes to and assessment of lifestyle are an important component of mental health.

Amanda is married with three children and lives happily in Southeast Idaho.  She also enjoys writing music, singing, and college basketball.

Nate Jensen, LCSW

Nathan is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker with over a decade of experience treating behavior, mood, substance abuse problems, and PTSD with individuals and their families. He is intensively trained for Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and is trained in provision of two evidence based treatments for PTSD: Prolonged Exposure, and Cognitive Processing Therapy. Nathan is a registered clinical supervisor with the state of Idaho.

Nathan believes in establishing a comfortable therapeutic rapport through early assessment and understanding, but will also push for change when necessary. He believes that therapy is about balancing acceptance/understand and change. One of his strengths, as reported by clients, is his genuineness, candor, and sense of humor. His clients appreciate his ability to understand and validate, but quickly identify a problem and strategize with them.

Therapeutic modalities include Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Mindfulness, and Exposure-based PTSD treatments.

His areas of expertise are: behavior modification, depression and anxiety, PTSD, and couples counseling.