John Chambers Christopher, Ph.D is a licensed Psychologist practicing psychotherapy and mindfulness in Bozeman Montana and online via Telemedicine. Dr. Christopher is a researcher and scholar who has devoted his life to the areas mindfulness, self-care, well-being, developmental psychology, integrative medicine, attachment and cultural psychology. John was a professor at Dartmouth University, University of Washington, University of Guam and Montana State University. Most recently, he was in private practice in Bozeman Montana. John specializes in mind-body somatic therapies, interpersonal therapy and mindfulness.

John is an expert in mind/body medicine and stress management and has been teaching Mindfulness for over 30 years. In addition to over 35 years of experience in his own daily practice of meditation and yoga, he brings over 15 years of experience practicing qigong to his practice of integrative medicine. John has pioneered the application of mindfulness to counselor training. His innovative graduate counseling class “Mind-Body Medicine and the Art of Self-Care” was featured in the American Counseling Association’s Counseling Today magazine. His research articles on applying mindfulness appear in the Mindfulness, The Journal of Counseling & Development, Counseling and Psychotherapy Research, The Journal of Mental Health Counseling, The Journal of Humanistic Psychology, and The Teachers College.

Kimberly Seelbrede, MSW, LCSW is an experienced psychotherapist who has maintained a successful private practice in New York City and now spends most of her time here in Bozeman Montana. A holistic psychotherapist with a trauma-informed practice, she specializes in anxiety, mood disorders, stress, relationships and issues unique to women, including, role change, parenting, postpartum and hormone-related mental health concerns, loss, transitions and trauma resolution, she provides counseling face-to-face in Bozeman and coaching worldwide. She offers Holistic Counseling for individuals who wish to avoid psychotropics and seek safe and natural ways to improve mental health, including nutrition, amino acids and supplement protocols.

As a trauma-focused therapist, she uses EMDR as much a possible because it works in astonishing ways for her clients. She is a member of EMDRIA and received EMDRIA-approved level I & II training. Her clients describe her as compassionate, open-minded and supportive.

She has a daily spiritual practice including meditation and yoga for decades with a special interest in holistic, integrative healing modalities. She studied integrative therapy with Donna Karan’s groundbreaking Urban Zen Foundation from experts in the field where the focus was changing healthcare, supporting MD’s, nurses, caretakers and individuals struggling with chronic pain, anxiety and other symptoms related to cancer treatment. She has provided care to clients undergoing cancer treatment and hospice. As a patient with an autoimmune thyroid disorder, she has a special interest in nutrition, functional medicine, advocacy and wellness.

Hallie Swan, LCPC is a marriage and family therapist with a psychospiritual counseling practice in Red Lodge, MT and online via telehealth. She provides counseling and psychotherapy sessions for individuals and couples throughout the state of Montana via Telehealth. She works at the intersection of helping people overcome trauma, and helping them expand in to the vastness of their spiritual potential. As a result of trauma (overt or subtle, isolated or ongoing,) we can become mired in limiting and repetitive belief systems and dysfunctional behavior. This keeps us stuck in a very small sense of ourselves and the world. I help people deconstruct these narratives and, as they are ready, step in to the possibilities that await them beyond the broken record of their disempowered beliefs about themselves.

As for myself, I have always felt that there was deeper meaning beyond the physical realm. I grew up in a very materialistic community that did not reflect this, and this launched me in to a lot of tension and addictive behavior at a young age. I was blessed to come in to contact with a spiritual path around the age of 20 that validated the energy and intensity that I felt inside. It was the only thing that was real enough to “meet me.” I strive to offer the same to my clients: a sanctuary that welcomes all of their anger, pain, fear, love, excitement, and vitality… a place where they feel safe to experience the whole breadth and spectrum of who they are. Many people have never had the experience of being able to show all of themselves to another person. I believe being seen and held non-judgmentally and with care for who we are is one of the most powerful and healing experiences available, and this is a big part of my offering.

My clients want to build their best lives for themselves and those they love. Adolescents, families, individuals, couples and businesses are part of my practice. They can be neurodivergent, highly sensitive sensory processors, ADD/ADHD, on the autism spectrum, survivors of T and t trauma. They identify as Indigenous, BIPOC, LGBTQ2A+, cis, and wyte. They often struggle with depression, OCD, addiction, parenting, aging, anxiety, family or marital conflict, workplace issues and athletic performance.

I believe each of us has the innate ability to heal ourselves and that anyone at any stage of life can rewire their brain and this can change the trajectory of their life. Each person has all they need to heal, bloom and thrive already inside of them. The barriers to the best possible life come from the strategies we learn to survive with our caretakers and in society. Some strategies helped us stay alive and stay connected but now those same strategies may be harming us and keeping us from getting what we want from life. In my own healing journey in therapy, I learned from the hypercritical, anxious, depressed, destructive Parts of myself they all have gifts to give me. These gifts greatly improve my life day to day and they were offered to me by my Parts when I took the time and did the hard work of getting to know and appreciate them.

As a therapist, my goal is to provide empathic support, safety and evidence-based practices to facilitate healing and restore hope. I value collaborative work so as we work together, we create a plan to meet and honor your unique needs. My approach to therapy includes modalities developed to address, understand and resolve trauma including the evidenced-based approaches of Internal Family Systems supported by Interpersonal Neurobiology and Attachment Theory.

I came to this way of helping people by learning from clients who are survivors of incest, sexual assault, trafficking, inter-racial violence and patriarchy. I have strengthened my ability to help by learning from high performers (children through seniors) by collaborating with them to uncover and utilize internal gifts and resources.

My background includes 27 years as a contractor to law enforcement as a Behavioral Analyst, an educator from grade school through university, a licensed mediator and organizational development consultant, National Board Certified Health and Wellness Coach and therapist. The tools I teach clients become part of their everyday life and they feel a sense of ownership and control over them that improves their overall enjoyment of life and helps them feel in control moment by moment during their day.

Natalie Sea Burger brings nearly two decades of experienced counseling services to Bozeman and greater Montana, along with her warm and connected presence. She is deeply honored to be a counselor and offers a compassionate and judgement-free space in her therapeutic counseling practice working with adolescents, adults, families and couples. Mindfulness is the foundation of her approach when tending to emotional and mental health, relationships, trauma resolution and difficult life-challenges and transitions.

About My Training And Practice Approach

With respect to her training and specializations, Natalie utilizes a client-centered stance while theorizing from a Bowen and Internal Family Systems orientation. She specializes in working with individuals who struggle with self harm, eating disorders, substance abuse, trauma, relational difficulties, infertility, depression, anxiety, bipolar, grief, life transitions, and borderline personality. In addition to her education she has received advanced training and practice in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and the treatment of trauma utilizing Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing (EMDR). Natalie has a passion for working with couples and helping them achieve healing, connection and intimacy. She is currently training with Stan Tactkin’s PACT Institute which is a fusion of attachment theory, developmental neuroscience, and arousal regulation.

Natalie graduated from the University of Kentucky with a BS in Family Studies. She married and moved to Bozeman, Montana in 1997 with hopes of attending graduate school at Montana State University (MSU). Natalie worked with Adults with Developmental Disabilities at Reach Inc., and then the Gallatin Mental Health Center before starting graduate school at MSU. She graduated from MSU in the spring of 2002. She received a Masters degree in Human Development with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Counseling. Upon graduation Natalie worked as an intern at the Gallatin Mental Health Center and as a counselor for the Human Development Clinic. Upon licensure Natalie obtained full time employment at GMHC. She eventually changed course and worked for the Gallatin and Park Counties Crisis Response Team while starting her own private therapy practice in Bozeman.