- Grief work
- LGBTQIA2S+
- Trauma focus
About Blanche
Blanche Sumner is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) in Montana with nine years of clinical experience. She has worked mainly with Indigenous people and with adolescents through transitional-age adults. Her practice covers grief, shame, LGBTQIA2S+ related concerns, trauma, and other issues clients bring to sessions.
Blanche uses awareness of a person's inner experience as a starting point. She helps people notice patterns of thought, feeling, and behavior so they can make different choices. Sessions focus on practical steps people can use between meetings to handle stress, anger, or anxiety more effectively.
Her work emphasizes mutual respect and direct collaboration on treatment goals. Blanche aims to support progress through steady check-ins and realistic strategies rather than quick fixes. She encourages people to build on small changes that add up over time.
She brings nine years of experience to complicated situations like grief, trauma, addiction, and mood challenges. Blanche is open about addressing relationship and intimacy-related concerns as part of individual work. She also helps with family-related issues such as blended family dynamics and communication problems.
Blanche works with common struggles that feed into anger and resentment, including control issues, codependency, and body image. Clients can expect clear conversations about symptoms, coping tools to try between sessions, and ongoing review of what is or isn’t helping.
How her approaches translate to online sessions
Blanche uses evidence-based therapeutic techniques that center on increasing awareness of thoughts and feelings. One approach focuses on helping people notice triggers and bodily reactions, then practice small changes in behavior to reduce reactivity. This helps with anger, stress, and anxiety by turning moments of overwhelm into opportunities to try different responses.Another commonly used approach emphasizes skills practice and short experiments between sessions. Those exercises are concrete - breathing, brief behavioral shifts, or communication experiments - and are aimed at building better habits over time. They are useful for mood challenges, relationship communication problems, and coping with cravings or urges.
Finding the right mix of approaches is collaborative. The therapist will review what you’re trying to change, test methods in session, and adjust the plan based on what works. Clients help set goals and decide which techniques to keep using.
Confirm current session options before booking to learn which formats are offered. Online work can make it easier to fit sessions into a busy week, allow shorter check-ins when needed, and avoid travel time. Discuss practical needs with the therapist when scheduling so sessions fit around daily life.
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Experience
9+ years
Listed in
Montana
Languages
English
Frequently asked questions
What kinds of concerns does she help with?
She addresses grief, trauma, LGBTQIA2S+ related concerns, anger, anxiety, depression, addictions, and related issues clients present.
What is her therapeutic style like?
Her style emphasizes awareness of internal experience and practical steps. She focuses on mutual respect and collaborative goal setting.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has nine years of professional experience working mostly with Indigenous people and with adolescents to transitional-age adults.
What credential and location should I know about?
She is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) practicing in Montana.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English.
Can international clients work with her?
International clients are not currently accepted.
How are sessions scheduled and paid for?
Cost varies with location and sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Start by selecting the See online therapy options button, completing a short matching questionnaire, and scheduling a first session.