Healthcare Worker Trauma Therapy Boise

Trauma Therapy for Boise Medical Professionals

Serving healthcare workers throughout the Treasure Valley

You work at St. Luke's downtown, Saint Alphonsus on Curtis, or the VA off Federal Way. Maybe you're at one of the Saint Al's clinics scattered across Eagle Road or in the primary care practices along Emerald. You chose Idaho medicine for the quality of life, but the trauma still finds you.

Boise's rapid growth means you're seeing more of everything: car accidents on I-84, recreational trauma from the foothills, and an increasingly overwhelmed emergency system. The patients keep coming, but the resources haven't kept pace. You're watching your once-manageable hospital become as stressed as the big city systems you might have left behind.

The Boise Healthcare Worker Experience

The Boise you work in today isn't the one from even five years ago. The population explosion means longer wait times, overflowing ERs, and the kind of system strain you thought you had successfully avoided by practicing in Idaho. You're seeing more mental health crises with nowhere to send them; Idaho's behavioral health resources are stretched impossibly thin.

And you're not just treating Boise. Patients drive hours from Mountain Home, Emmett, or even eastern Oregon because you're their closest specialist. When something goes wrong, you carry the weight of being their only option. The pressure of being someone's last hope, hours from any backup, sits heavy.

Summer weekends mean trauma after trauma from the mountains. Broken bones from mountain biking in the foothills. Near-drownings from the Boise River. You moved here for the outdoors, but now you associate trails with traumas. The places meant to restore you have become reminders of your worst shifts.

How Trauma Treatment Helps…

You'll finish your shift at St. Luke's and drive home on Cole Road actually present for your evening. Your partner gets the real you, not the exhausted shell going through motions. Your kids get a parent who can play and laugh, not someone who needs three hours of TV to decompress.

When Life Flight lands, you respond with skill and focus, but the adrenaline fades naturally afterward. You sleep through the night instead of replaying decisions at 3 AM. Your diagnostic skills sharpen because you're actually present with patients, not fighting through fog from yesterday's trauma.

You'll enjoy floating the Boise River again, hiking Camelback without intrusive thoughts about injuries. Your weekends become restorative. You have energy for your actual life – date nights matter again, hobbies return, you remember why you chose medicine in the first place.

Why Traditional Talk Therapy Misses the Mark

You've probably tried talking about your trauma. Maybe you've even found a therapist who listens well. But talking doesn't touch trauma where it actually lives: in your nervous system, not your thoughts.

When you witness a traumatic death or failed code, your body stores that experience in your brainstem and vagus nerve, not in the logical part of your brain that talks. That's why you can intellectually understand "I did everything right" while your body still floods with stress hormones every time you enter that trauma bay.

That's why I use approaches that work directly with your nervous system, not just your thoughts:

EMDR to reprocess those stuck memories without endless talking
Brainspotting to release trauma your body is holding
Somatic approaches that address the physical exhaustion and tension
ART to quickly neutralize intrusive images from difficult cases

Let’s Work Together

Virtual Sessions That Fit Your Life

No driving across Boise traffic. No worrying about running into patients at a Fairview office. Connect from home, whether you're in the Northend, Southeast Boise, Meridian, or Eagle.

Investment in Your Longevity

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

I don't take insurance, but can provide Superbills for out-of-network reimbursement.

I offer early morning sessions, evening sessions after you're done at the clinic, and weekend availability.

I have immediate openings for Boise 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.

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