Top Therapists in Montana

Heidi Scherr

LCSW, MSW • Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Heidi D. Scherr, LCSW, is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker at Intermountain Health's Downtown Clinic in Billings, Montana. She provides behavioral health services to existing patients as part of a multidisciplinary mental health team.

Aspen Pitcher

Aspen Pitcher holds a master’s degree in occupational therapy and has experience working with children ages 6–18 in hospital settings, including Utah State Hospital and the Neuro ICU at the University of Colorado Anschutz. She volunteers with ROC Wheels, Charles Campbell Camp, and Special Olympics.

David Chenault

David Chenault works with individuals, couples, and families across the lifespan (ages 3–93), using psychodynamic, existential, and relational approaches. He helps clients uncover deeper roots and the patterns that keep them stuck, fostering insight and lasting growth.

Andrea Macdonald

PMHNP-BC • Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Andrea Macdonald is a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP-BC) with over a decade of healthcare experience. She specializes in medication management for depression, anxiety, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and PTSD in inpatient and outpatient settings.

Astghik Poghosyan

LCPC • Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor

Astghik Poghosyan, LCPC, is a licensed clinical professional counselor at Intermountain Health's Downtown Clinic in Billings, Montana. She provides counseling to adolescents, adults, and older adults for a range of behavioral and mental health concerns.

Heather Irby

LCSW, MSW • Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Heather Irby is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and the Lewis and Clark County Service Line Director at Many Rivers Whole Health. She focuses on leadership and clinical care for adults with severe and disabling mental illness, with experience in PACT, group home, psychiatric hospital, intake, and behavioral specialist roles.

Kat French

Lead Case Manager

Kat French is Lead Case Manager with two years of case management experience and over 20 years in healthcare. She provides structured, detail-oriented case management to support individuals' well-being.

Oliva Roche

Olivia Roche provides therapy for adults coping with anxiety, depression, trauma, grief, PTSD, neurodivergence, identity exploration, and life transitions. She uses a holistic, person-centered, trauma-informed approach, integrating attachment theory, parts work, and creative expression to support clients' goals and growth.

Dawn Sowell

Counselor

Dawn Sowell is a compassionate counselor who helps individuals, couples, and families explore their personal journeys toward wellness. She uses a warm, non-judgmental approach to help clients process past and present experiences and foster growth, self-trust, and renewed purpose.

Jen Carruth

LCSW, MSW • Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Jen Carruth is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker offering trauma-focused, strengths-based therapy to individuals coping with trauma, grief and loss, high-demand group recovery, maternal mental health, anxiety, depression, and family conflict. She helps clients integrate past trauma, cultivate self-awareness, and build personal agency.

Vanessa Palmer

Vanessa Palmer is a Montana native who focuses on addiction and mental health. Drawing on her own recovery experience, she helps clients build self-understanding, confidence, and inner peace.

Alexia Fregoso

MSW, LCSW, PCIT • Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Alexia Fregoso is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker who specializes in family-focused care and parent-child interaction therapy (PCIT). She has extensive experience supporting families through Head Start and Early Head Start programs.

Megan Pennel

Dual-licensed Clinician

Megan Pennel is a dual-licensed clinician with over a decade of experience in mental health and substance use treatment. She provides collaborative, personalized therapy focused on clients' goals and strong therapeutic relationships.

Nicole Joyce

OTD • Occupational Therapist

Nicole Joyce is an occupational therapist (OTD) who specializes in pediatric outpatient care and helping children thrive. She completed clinical rotations in hospital and outpatient pediatric settings.

Michele McKinnie

Michele McKinnie offers depth-oriented psychotherapy informed by relational psychodynamics, interpersonal, and attachment theories. She specializes in treating severe depressive and anxiety disorders, grief and loss, life transitions, identity and creative concerns, interpersonal difficulties, emotional coping problems, and personality disorders.

Aaron Stusser

Dr. • Postdoctoral Psychology Resident

Dr. Aaron Stusser is a postdoctoral psychology resident at Big Sky Psychological Consortium who provides therapy and psychodiagnostic assessment for adults. He uses a psychodynamic, depth-oriented approach to treat depression, anxiety, trauma, identity and interpersonal issues, life transitions, sleep problems, and concerns of military veterans and LGBTQ+ individuals.

Allison Sears

PMHNP-BC • Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner

Allison Sears is a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP-BC) with eight years of acute psychiatric care experience. She specializes in crisis intervention, trauma-informed care, and suicide risk assessment, providing comprehensive assessment, diagnosis, and evidence-based treatment across the lifespan.

Burch Bowen

LAC • Licensed Addiction Counselor

Burch Bowen is the Clinical Director at The Lodge and a Licensed Addiction Counselor who supports individuals in addiction recovery. He began in sober living management in 2018 and focuses on recovery and transitional support.

Allie Hughes

Occupational Therapist

Allie Hughes is an occupational therapist specializing in pediatric care and adaptive physical education for children of all ages and abilities. She completed a Doctorate in Occupational Therapy and clinical fieldwork at Wild Roots.

David Chiarito

MS

David Chiarito is a behavioral health professional with over 25 years of experience, beginning in wilderness therapy. He works with adolescents, young adults, and families and has experience in program design, outreach, admissions, and administration.