Cory has immediate openings for Aetna and self pay clients. Palmer (Tuesday -Thursday) and Eagle River (Mondays).
Therapists in Palmer & Eagle River, Alaska
Our clinicians specialize in working with trauma and other responses to stressful events. They have completed advanced training in bottom up approaches such as EMDR, Brainspotting, Emotionally Focused Therapy, and top down approaches such as CBT, DBT, ACT, and CPT. These treatments help to heal and increase capacity to cope with life's stressors.
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Please note that not all of our clinicians have immediate availability.
Jenifer Breiner, LCSW
Location: Palmer
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Helps: adults and adolescents 16+, couples, and families with adolescents 16+ experiencing anxiety, depression, trauma, and life transitions.
Approaches: CBT, Emotionally Focused Therapy, and EMDR.
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Insurance:Â Aetna, out of network, and private pay. In process with other insurances.
Cory Powers, MSW
Location: Palmer and Eagle River
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Helps: individuals 16+ and couples with anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, trauma, parenting stressors, ADHD, autism, life transitions, and military to civilian life transitions. ​
Approaches: CBT, mindfulness, Emotionally Focused Therapy.
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Insurance: Aetna and private pay only.
Edi Griggs-Halstead, LPC
Location: Palmer
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Helps:Â adults with trauma, depression, anxiety, life stressors, and challenges for veterans, and their families.
Approaches: CBT, ACT, Solution Focused Therapy, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Brainspotting.
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Insurance: Premera/BCBS, Triwest, Tricare, ChampVA, Optum/UHS, Aetna, Medicare, and out of network plans.
Tracy Richardson, LPC
Location: Palmer
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Helps: individuals 16+ with anxiety, depression, trauma, and other life challenges. Works with women experiencing perinatal mood disorders.
Approaches: CBT, EMDR, and mindfulness.
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Insurance: Premera/BCBS, ChampVA, Optum/UHS, Aetna, Medicare, and out of network plans. In process with Tricare and Triwest.
Felicia Zambrano, LPC
Location: Palmer
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Helps: adult individuals with PTSD, challenges for service members, veterans and their families, depression, anxiety, dual diagnoses, perinatal and postpartum difficulties, ADHD, and parenting children with complex needs.
Approaches: TF-CBT, DBT, Emotionally Focused Therapy, EMDR.
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Insurance: Premera/BCBS, Triwest, Tricare, ChampVA, Optum/UHS, Aetna, Medicare, and out of network plans.
Bernice Nisbett, LPC
Location: Palmer and Eagle River
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Helps: individuals 13+ and couples with PTSD, anxiety, depression, complex trauma, ADHD, compulsive behaviors, life transitions, marginalized and gender minority experiences, and identity development.
Approaches: Relational psychodynamic therapy, relational cultural therapy, emotionally-focused therapy (EFT), eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), and brainspotting.Â
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Insurance: Premera/BCBS, Triwest, Tricare, ChampVA, Optum/UHS, Aetna, Medicare, and out of network plans.
Kristine Johnson, LCSW
Location: Eagle River
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Helps: adult individuals with complex trauma, PTSD, women's issues, phobias and other anxiety disorders, issues related to BIPOC experiences, and dual diagnoses.
Approaches: CBT, DBT, EMDR, Brainspotting, and Emotionally Focused Therapy for Individuals (EFIT)
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.Insurance: Premera/BCBS, Triwest, Tricare, ChampVA, Optum/UHS, Aetna, Medicare, and out of network plans.
Theresa Hudgins, LCSW, LPC-S
Location: Waiting list is full.
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Helps: adult individuals and couples with military life stressors, PTSD, MST, and transitioning to life after service. Supports veterans, first responders and their loved ones.
Approaches: Emotionally Focused Therapy, EMDR, and aspects of CBT and CPT.
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Insurance: Premera/BCBS, Triwest, Tricare, ChampVA, Optum/UHS, Aetna, Medicare, and out of network plans.
Carolina Hernandez Powers, LCSW, LPC-S
Location:Â Not accepting new clients.
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Helps: adult individuals and couples with complex trauma, professional exposure to trauma (military, veterans, first responders, medical professionals), racial trauma, and issues related to ADHD and Autism.
Approaches: Emotionally Focused Therapy, EMDR, and traditional healing and neurodevelopmental perspectives.
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Insurance: Premera/BCBS, Triwest, Tricare, ChampVA, Optum/UHS, Aetna, Medicare, and out of network.
We are hiring a licensed clinician for our Eagle River office.
Ideal candidate has training in:Â CBT, DBT, Emotionally Focused Therapy, EMDR, brainspotting, etc.
Required:Â growth oriented and is/desires to be specialized in trauma treatment and special populations work.Â
Environment: we are seeking clinicians who want work-life balance and enjoy a relaxed environment.
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