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Providing compassionate, high quality counseling & psychological evaluation services that contribute to mental health care.

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Address:

414 Shoup Ave
Suite 111
PO Box 50977
Idaho Falls, ID. 83405

Phone:

208-524-6373

Email:

Dr@pattersoncompassionate.com

certified counselor
Licensed Psychotherapist
Board Certified Professional Counselor
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Client confidentiality and privacy is to be upheld to the greatest ethical and legal standard.

About Patterson Compassionate Counseling

This is a counseling and psychological evaluation business. The goal is to helps people deal with life overwhelming situations, depression, anxiety and post-traumatic stress and broader personality issues. Psychological evaluations will be done for all ages, Autism, Aspergers, with specific interest in traumatic brain injury (TBI). Training and supervision of clinical staff can be provided.

The style of counseling used is Christian counseling, Cognitive Behavioral, Life Skills and Brief Solution focused therapies which are evidenced based therapies that show promising success rates. Expertise in the psychological field coupled with compassion and skill is a combination for quality service. People want quality mental health care.

There is a need for people to feel more capable in dealing with problems. Soldiers after war need counseling and also evaluation for traumatic brain injury. Children face a variety of problems some of depression and anxiety. Life skills will be taught to those who just don’t have the interpersonal training to manage their personal lives.

This will be a practice of helping people learn and use new ways to live a successful life. To teach life skills. A mental health therapist is somewhat of a healer of the mind and heart. Trained in behavior and thinking modification theories that can change a person’s current outlook in life. With extensive knowledge and skill in reframing, refocusing, and reorganizing thought patterns an individual can chose to make better decisions. Oftentimes it is a reconciliation of the past with the present.


Advantages of this practice over other clinical practices are:
  • A licensed psychologist where most counselors are only therapist.
  • A certified school psychologist with an increase awareness of life of children and parents in school setting.
  • Board certified professional counselor which represents experience and skill over the typical therapist.
  • Cognitive behavioral therapy, life skills training and Christian therapy will be some of the modalities used in sessions.
  • In Idaho Falls and surrounding areas, there are good counselors or psychological assessors like myself. I have the ability to do both the counseling and psychological assessment in the same office. This feature will add in the turnaround time in reporting. This can eliminate as much as a 3-6 month wait.
  • Consistent quality. The business employs several different methods to ensure that all clients receive an exceptional quality of service.
  • The practice is different in that not only will skill and training be used but culture and a long history of a varied background will aid to assisting clients reach their potential.
  • Price for services are reasonable and assessments are completed and given back in a timely manner so clients are able to receive the necessary treatment services they deserve.
  • There will be flexibility in scheduling to accommodate various work schedules.