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Kriss Mitchell is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in the States of Idaho, Washington, Montana, Oregon, Colorado and Utah. She is an unlicensed Naturopathic Doctor as well as holding certification in Rehabilitation Counseling, and Board Certification from the Board of Christian Professional and Pastoral Counselors. Additionally, she has been a Domestic Violence Evaluator appointed by the Supreme Court of the State of Idaho.
Her areas of specialty include trauma, PTSD, anxiety, identity issues, sexual, spiritual and domestic abuse, addictions, and she also works with individuals who are adult children of Borderline parents or alcoholics. She is trained in EMDR which is considered the most effective therapy for trauma and is honored to work with our veterans.
Kriss is gentle, humorous and compassionate, and believes that it is personal revelation which produces life-changing results. Her belief that unresolved emotional issues are foundational to all personal and physical problems is foundations to the work that she does.
As a teacher, she has a very down to earth yet animated style, connecting with her listeners through humor, powerful examples and easily applicable truths. Her personal history is one which allows her to empathize with abuse victims, addicts, victims of bullying tactics and the journey it takes to heal and restore personal value as well as identity. Kriss has been married for 42 years, and has four grown children. In addition, she is an accomplished recording artist and enjoys gardening, photography, crafts and travel.