Sarah Griffin
MEd, PCLC
I am a full time school counselor at an elementary school, and while I have the most experience with young kids and their families, I love working with teens and young adults too! School counseling is solution focused, dynamic, often focused on behavior change, and covers academic, career, and social wellbeing, while integrating the whole family. Similarly to how I view my students, I believe that clients must be viewed in the context of their system. I believe all behavior is communication and changing behavior happens when communication patterns and communities are shifted. My view is that physical and emotional health are closely linked.
I have worked with children and adolescents in a variety of roles. I have worked as a research assistant in an endocrinology department, an au pair for a family in Austria, interned at a residential youth treatment center, nannied for many incredible families, and worked with students in kindergarten through eighth grade in public schools. I have also worked with adults with brain injuries as a life skills trainer at a residential home.
My formal counseling training included individual and group counseling skills, addiction studies, adventure counseling, and child and adolescent development. I often view individuals through an individual psychology lens; individual psychology promotes the ideas of viewing individuals holistically, that humans make their own meaning from experiences, humans strive to be members of communities, and that behavior is goal oriented. I also use CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy) techniques to encourage clients to change thoughts, beliefs, and behaviors.
While I am originally from Fargo, North Dakota, Montana has always felt like home. I spent summers growing up and through college in the Beartooth mountains and am so proud to have now officially called Montana home for three years. My fiancé and I love spending time camping, hiking, skiing, and walking with our two dogs.
I have earned a Bachelor of Science in Human Development and Family Studies with a concentration in Intervention and Prevention studies from Colorado State University, and a Master of Education in Counseling with a concentration in School Counseling from Montana State University.
Sarah sees clients via telehealth appointment.
Contact Sarah directly:
(406) 404-6068
sarah.g.ldcounseling@gmail.com
I have worked with children and adolescents in a variety of roles. I have worked as a research assistant in an endocrinology department, an au pair for a family in Austria, interned at a residential youth treatment center, nannied for many incredible families, and worked with students in kindergarten through eighth grade in public schools. I have also worked with adults with brain injuries as a life skills trainer at a residential home.
My formal counseling training included individual and group counseling skills, addiction studies, adventure counseling, and child and adolescent development. I often view individuals through an individual psychology lens; individual psychology promotes the ideas of viewing individuals holistically, that humans make their own meaning from experiences, humans strive to be members of communities, and that behavior is goal oriented. I also use CBT (cognitive behavioral therapy) techniques to encourage clients to change thoughts, beliefs, and behaviors.
While I am originally from Fargo, North Dakota, Montana has always felt like home. I spent summers growing up and through college in the Beartooth mountains and am so proud to have now officially called Montana home for three years. My fiancé and I love spending time camping, hiking, skiing, and walking with our two dogs.
I have earned a Bachelor of Science in Human Development and Family Studies with a concentration in Intervention and Prevention studies from Colorado State University, and a Master of Education in Counseling with a concentration in School Counseling from Montana State University.
Sarah sees clients via telehealth appointment.
Contact Sarah directly:
(406) 404-6068
sarah.g.ldcounseling@gmail.com