Healthcare Worker Therapy

Coeur d'Alene

Trauma Therapy for North Idaho Healthcare Professionals

Supporting medical workers from Kootenai Health and North Idaho healthcare

You work at Kootenai Health – North Idaho's only trauma center – or one of the clinics spread across the panhandle. You're not just serving Coeur d'Alene; you're the medical lifeline for Sandpoint, Post Falls, Rathdrum, and patients from eastern Washington and Montana.

Practicing medicine in North Idaho means isolation paired with huge responsibility. When something goes wrong, Seattle is five hours away. Spokane might as well be another world when you need specialized backup. You carry the burden of being the last line of defense for thousands of square miles.

The North Idaho Healthcare Worker Experience

When Healthcare Trauma Follows You Home

Kootenai Health sees everything: logging accidents from the forests, highway trauma from I-90 and Highway 95, recreational disasters from Lake Coeur d'Alene, and increasingly, medical refugees from surrounding states with restricted healthcare. You're managing complexity that should require twice your resources.

Everyone thinks you're living the dream in CDA. Gorgeous lake views, mountain access, "small-town charm." But you know the truth – meth from Spokane, domestic violence hidden in pristine neighborhoods, and suicide rates that spike every winter.

North Idaho's political climate adds another layer of trauma. You're navigating anti-science sentiment while trying to provide evidence-based care. The tension between medical reality and local politics creates moral injury on top of clinical trauma.

You can't escape reminders in a town this size:

Seeing your patient's family at Super 1 Foods
Running into grieving parents at the farmers market
Avoiding Tubbs Hill because you airlifted someone from there
Unable to enjoy boat days because you've pulled too many bodies from the lake

The very things that drew you to North Idaho – the tight community, outdoor lifestyle, smaller setting – now feel like traps. There's nowhere to be anonymous, nowhere to process privately.

What We’ll Work On Together…

You'll walk the trails again and actually see their beauty. Your body stays calm during chance encounters with patient families around town. The lake becomes your sanctuary again; you can boat, swim, paddleboard without your mind cataloging potential emergencies. The outdoor lifestyle that brought you here becomes restorative instead of triggering.

When trauma cases arrive, you respond with precision but your stress hormones don't stay elevated for days. You make critical decisions without second-guessing for weeks. Your hands stay steady. You sleep after difficult shifts instead of staring at the ceiling replaying everything.

Most importantly: you can imagine doing this for another decade without dread.

Specialized Support for North Idaho Providers

I provide evidence-based trauma therapy approaches that provide more relief than traditional talk therapy, because these resolve trauma at its root.

EMDR – Process traumatic memories without endless discussion
Brainspotting – Release trauma stored in your nervous system
Somatic Therapy – Address the physical toll of constant stress
ART – Quickly neutralize disturbing images from difficult cases

These modalities are efficient; we can often resolve trauma in half as long as traditional talk therapy.

Virtual Trauma Treatment

No need to drive to Spokane for specialized therapy. No risk of being seen at a local therapy office. Connect privately from your home in Hayden, Post Falls, Rathdrum, or anywhere in Idaho.

Flexible Scheduling

Early morning before your shift
Evening sessions after clinic hours
Weekend availability for deeper work

Investment in Your Career

50-minute session: $300
90-minute session: $450
4-hour intensive: $1,200

I provide Superbills for potential insurance reimbursement, though I don't bill insurance directly.

Whether you're dealing with:

The trauma load at Kootenai's trauma center
Moral injury from resource limitations
The weight of being North Idaho's medical safety net
Political tensions affecting patient care
The isolation of frontier medicine

…Getting specialized trauma therapy is choosing to thrive rather than just survive it.

I have immediate openings for North Idaho healthcare workers.

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Meet Summer

I'm a Licensed Clinical Social Worker providing specialized trauma therapy throughout Idaho via telehealth. With over 15 years of experience and advanced training in EMDR, ART, Brainspotting, and somatic therapies, I help people heal when traditional talk therapy hasn't worked.

I provide specialized trauma therapy to Idahoans who've had limited access to trauma specialists due to geography: those living hours from Boise, professionals who can’t take time off for appointments, and anyone who values privacy in small communities where everyone knows everyone.

I offer sessions in the early mornings, evenings, and on weekends to work around work schedules and real life. You don't have to drive through Idaho’s mountain passes or explain to anyone why you need to take a long lunch. Private, effective trauma therapy from wherever you are in Idaho.

Learn More About Me Here