Originally from Minnesota, Ellie completed her undergraduate work at the University of Minnesota-Duluth before moving to Oregon to explore the hiking, biking, and climbing of the coast and Cascades. While in Oregon, Ellie completed her graduate degree in professional mental health counseling at Lewis and Clark Graduate School of Education and Counseling, with focused studies on child and family therapy, social systems, and the connections between physical and mental health. She spent about 10 years collectively in Oregon and Washington working with youth and families through educational support, resource coordination, crisis psychiatric care, individual and family therapy, and community-based crisis response, as well as providing supervision and support for therapists and other mental health workers. While Ellie specializes in child and family therapy, she enjoys working with people of all ages and walks of life. Ellie is thrilled to join CHP, and after many visits over the years to connect with local friends and explore Montana’s outdoors, she and her family are celebrating their return to snowy winters and living life closer to relatives.
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