Meadowbrook Counseling

Chelsea was my therapist while I was trying to leave a domestic abuse relationship, I was at a shelter in Montana and had to go back and fourth to see her. Chelsea left the country for 3 weeks and didn’t leave me with any resources or gave me any notice she was going to be leaving and I ended up back in the relationship. I realized I was just talking to her and she never helped me establish any coping skills or other needed resources like a safety plan for leaving a physically abusive relationship especially when I was coming back to my apartment just to see her for appointments. I felt she was more focused on booking my next appointment and moving her schedule around. When i went back to my abuser while she was away, i wanted to do couples therapy. She said management wasn’t comfortable with her doing that so we went to Ethan. Ethan explained to me in one session what I was dealing with, what to expect and what I needed to do for my safety. He made an effort to try to work with Chelsea to make a safety plan for me when my partner started to act unsafe on an emergency appointment but Chelsea sent a message rejecting the appointment due to her own personal boundaries 30 mins into blowing off the appointment and again leaving me hanging during a very vulnerable and unsafe time. Ethan can relate to a lot of different walks of life and will give you resources and structure for your therapy journey, Thank you Ethan for helping me save my own life.

Ethan! I can't begin to express how amazing he was and how welcoming it felt everytime I came in. From Day 1 he really cared for what I was coming to him with, and allowed me to open up about anything and everything with no judgement. He helped me to develop tools and structure in my life so that I don't fall back into the issues I created for myself and I know that it's up to me to implement what we discuss, and he made it simple to apply and understand. Today was my last session with him, and it's bittersweet. Highly recommend! Thank you Ethan.