Garlena Rumsey, Licensed Professional Counselor, ID

Licensed

Online Counseling

(36 reviews)

LPC, CCTP Garlena Rumsey

Provides online counseling through BetterHelp

Mental health conditions are real, common and treatable.

And recovery is possible.

Garlena Rumsey is an experienced, licensed Mental Health Professional who specializes in affordable online therapy offered through our partner, BetterHelp.

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Licensing: LPC, CCTP Years in Practice: 40 State: Idaho

My name is Garlena Rumsey, and I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Idaho. I am a Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP) in Oregon. I live in a border town in Idaho and Oregon is 4 miles away. I specialize in trauma with a certification of Clinical Counselor Trauma Professional 1 (CCTP-1). I work with a variety of diagnoses: PTSD, depression, anxiety, fears, abuse, substance abuse, and sexuality issues. Populations include adolescents, young adults, adults, the elderly, LGBTQ, sex offenders, and the developmentally challenged.

I have worked with adolescents in different settings, shelter care, foster care, and group homes. I utilize CBT, Art, Games, and Narratives depending on the individual. Everyone is unique and one type of therapy may not work for another individual. A relationship is important to working with adolescents. Trying to navigate through the world as it is now can be extremely difficult.

Couples counseling utilizing CBT, Art, Narratives, and homework creates knowledge and improves relationships. Honesty is important in working together for a better relationship. The mental health of each individual creates education and understanding. Setting boundaries with each other, learning to communicate, and utilizing active listening skills to be obtained.

I am a Christian and give all the glory to God for bringing me to this place in my life. I feel I am guided in my work and focus on treating everyone with respect and dignity. I am culturally diverse in my approach and will not turn anyone away from doing counseling with me unless I feel I cannot help in any way. I believe God brings people together and if we are brought together, it must be a God thing. I am accepting of religions different than mine and consider myself spiritual rather than religious.

About online counseling

Online counseling allows you to receive care from an online mental health practitioner via phone, video chat, or instant messaging. It is convenient for those who may have trouble getting to or would prefer not to have in-person therapy appointments. Starting at $65 per week, online counseling is generally more affordable than in-person counseling. A study by researchers at University of California, Berkeley found that online counseling can be just as effective as face-to-face therapy while being more convenient, affordable, and accessible.

Issues: Stress Anxiety LGBT Relationship issues Trauma and abuse Depression Addictions Family conflicts Grief Intimacy-related issues Eating disorders Sleeping disorders Parenting issues Anger management Self esteem Career difficulties Bipolar disorder Coping with life changes Coaching Compassion fatigue ADHD
Languages Spoken: English

Services offered

Professional, confidential, and judgment-free

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Garlena is awesome. Love her.

I am so grateful for this affordable life improveing experience. Garlena is such a a good listener and provides reachable goals that have a lasting impact.

Very tentative and provides helpful insight to issues. Been a great supporter and encourages positive action while complimenting my efforts.

She is confident that she has superior intellect and skills compared to the rest of the people in her community. I'm interested to see if that is actually true. I think therapy with me would be a great learning and growth-experience for her.

Gardena is very kind and understanding!

Garlena has helped me to keep an even keel throughout a messy divorce. She has helped me to reinforce my abilities and skills.

Garlena is great to talk to and help me navigate my mental health and find solutions.

Garlena is a great ! She listens and always has great recommendations to help solve problems…

She has been respectful of my pronouns and has a detailed plan of how to work on healing my inner self.

Garlena is a wonderful therapist. She really listens and truly cares. She is great at empowering me to think about what I need to work on.

Looking forward to working more with her in the future.

Very helpful and supportive. Asks important questions and helps you process your issues

Garlena has been amazing for me. She has helped me a lot and I would recommend her to anyone in my situation.

I find Garlena Rumsey is a very understanding and a nice person to talk to.

Garlena is real, and always honest. She's smart, funny, a great listener, and an even better supporter. She's always in my corner, and I love knowing I have that.

Listened to my concerns, reiterated what I was saying and gave truthful, hard but good advice that really helped.

Garlena is such a great therapist! she really listens to me. She allows me the floor to talk even if i think i'm babbling on. She's very empathetic and sometimes i need that

I have gotten great positive feedback from Garlena! She has helped me sort, process, and feel the emotions of the issues I am dealing with in a manner that is both productive and nonbias all while feeling supported as well.

She made talking about an awkward situation very easy.

Garlena is attentive and helpful without being pushy. She's helped me work on important issues at my own pace while also making sure I can see the progress over time. I've gained a significant amount of confidence facing and addressing any behavior that doesn't take my needs into account (especially with family). I trust that I can share with her my daily feelings, struggles, thoughts, and victories. I can count on Garlena to help me find ways to help myself; practical tools to improve how I deal with situations but more importantly how I deal with myself. One day at a time but we've come a long way. Thanks G!

A gift to humanity and an absolute credit to her profession and to BetterHelp

Garlena Rumsey is a true expert at what she does.

Thank you Garlena for our conversation last night, I am feeling so much better, not so afraid to go places

She’s been really great I would highly recommend Garlena

Garlena helped me during a challenging time in my life. She listened to me and encouraged me as I sought to change my attitude and interactions in my relationship. She challenged me and gave me resources that helped me enact change. I am grateful for Garlena's wisdom and compassion.

She listens. She gives me assignments. We talk and look o er assignments. I am growing in communication skills and processing my feelings so much better! I was given sheets to read n review on anger, breathing , communication and steps to process. Very helpful. Let’s me know one step at a time is just right.

Gardena’s positive encouragement is so comforting in a time it is needed most. Thank goodness I have her in my corner.

She's amazing-very intuitive therapist. She listens and agrees when appropriate yet will call it like she sees it in other matters. I like her style and warmth. I feel like I'm talking to a friend, but a friend with immense expertise to help me with life's curveballs.

Garlena is great she listens. Has questions for me to answer and has advice on issues I have in order to resolve them

She is so comforting to talk to and she is genuinely concerned. She has helped me through some pretty dark days.

Everything’s been great so far!

Garlena is a fantastic therapist who listens without judgment and helped me unblock the obstacles/negative patterns that were causing me pain. As she says it’s “One day and at a time,” but honestly each day gets better and better. Her ability to utilize the text and video functions worked well for me. It feels great to be supported and to know if any problems come up we’ll figure it out together. Thank you so much!

She meets me where I'm at. She is open, honest, kind, and clear. She cares for my needs. She responds even in between sessions. I feel like she is here for me, not just during our sessions. I believe she cares about me all the time, not just when we meet.

So far Garlena is a good match and I feel very comfortable with her. I’m still uneasy with using BetterHelp because again large recognizable corporation. I seriously don't trust them anymore.

I believe that Garlena and I have been brought together for a reason. She is very kind, empathetic, and easy to have a conversation with. Our sessions go by so quickly, because they flow smoothly from one topic to the next, with Garlena's guidance. I really appreciate the homework she gives me and the thought provoking questions she asks me. Thank you for your help, Garlena!

Again, I find it remarkable that on the first try I got a therapist who is perfect for me. She is a great person who really is making a difference

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