Stephanie Ford-Sanders

Accepting Clients

Compassionate addiction counseling intern helping individuals and families build recovery, resilience, and meaningful lives in rural communi

Addictions Counselor in Superior, MT

Services
  • Individual
  • Couples
  • Family
  • Child
  • Adolescent/Teen
  • Group
  • Neuropsychological Assessment

About My Clients

I work with individuals and families affected by substance use, trauma, anxiety, depression, and major life transitions. Many of my clients live in rural communities and are navigating recovery, parenting, relationships, court requirements, or rebuilding their lives after difficult experiences. I work well with people who feel stuck, overwhelmed, or unsure where to start but are willing to grow, be honest, and make changes over time.

My Background and Approach

I am a Licensed Addiction Counselor and social work graduate student with a background in leadership, business, and behavioral health. My work focuses on substance use disorders, recovery support, trauma, family systems, and life stability. I have experience working with individuals involved in the legal system, individuals in early recovery, and families impacted by addiction. My approach is direct, compassionate, and practical. I believe counseling should help people understand why they do what they do, learn how to regulate emotions, build healthy relationships, and create a life they actually want to live. I use elements of motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioral therapy, recovery based counseling, and strengths based approaches. I believe change happens through honesty, accountability, support, and learning new ways to think and live.

My Personal Beliefs and Interests

I believe people are capable of change no matter their past or current circumstances. I believe recovery is about more than just stopping substance use. It is about building a meaningful life, healthy relationships, purpose, and self respect. I believe in personal responsibility, growth, forgiveness, and learning from life experiences. I care deeply about rural communities, families, and making counseling accessible to people who might not otherwise have support. Outside of work, I value family, learning, being outdoors, traveling, and continuing to grow both personally and professionally.

Techniques I Use

Specialties
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Addiction Counseling Anger Management Therapy
Other Techniques
  • Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
  • Addiction Counseling
  • Anger Management Therapy
  • Art Therapy
  • Attachment Theory
  • Exposure Therapy
  • Biofeedback
  • Coaching
  • Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
  • Collaborative Couple Therapy
  • Contemplative Therapy
  • Couples Counseling
  • Culturally Sensitive Therapy
  • Dance / Movement Therapy
  • Depth Therapy
  • Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)
  • EcoTherapy
  • Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
  • Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
  • Energy Psychology
  • Existential Therapy
  • Experiential Therapy
  • Expressive Art Therapy
  • Family Systems
  • Family Therapy
  • Feminist Therapy
  • Gestalt Therapy
  • Hakomi
  • Harm Reduction Therapy
  • Holistic Therapy
  • Humanistic Therapy
  • Past Life Regression Therapy
  • Psychoanalytic
  • Psychodrama
  • Psychodynamic Therapy
  • Psychological Testing and Evaluation
  • Relational Therapy
  • Sensorimotor Psychotherapy
  • Solution Focused Brief Therapy
  • Somatic Therapy: Body-Based Healing for Emotional Trauma
  • Transpersonal Therapy
  • Wilderness Therapy
  • Person-Centered (Rogerian)
  • Discernment Counseling
  • Trauma Therapy
  • Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP)
  • Animal Assisted Therapy (AAT)
  • Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy (PACT)
  • Clinical Neuropsychology
  • Sex Therapy
  • Philosophical Counseling
  • Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP)
  • Cognitive Processing Therapy
  • Lifespan Integration
  • Accelerated Resolution Therapy
  • Radically Open Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
  • Schema Therapy
  • Relationship Counseling
  • Reality Therapy
  • Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)

Issues I Treat

Specialties
Addiction Depression
Other Issues
  • Abuse
  • Addiction
  • ADHD Therapists
  • Adoption Issues
  • Aging Concerns
  • Alzheimer's
  • Anger Issues
  • Anxiety
  • Attachment
  • Autism Spectrum Disorder
  • Bipolar
  • Body Image Issues
  • Burnout
  • Cancer
  • Career Counseling
  • Child Issues
  • Chronic Pain or Illness
  • Codependency
  • Depression
  • Dissociative Disorders
  • Divorce
  • Domestic Violence or Intimate Partner Violence
  • Eating Disorders
  • Family Conflict
  • Gambling Addiction
  • Gender Identity Therapy
  • Grief or Loss
  • Historical/ Intergenerational Trauma
  • Immigration/Acculturation
  • Infertility
  • Insomnia
  • Intellectual Disability
  • Learning Disorders
  • LGBTQ-Friendly Therapists
  • Marriage Counseling
  • Medication Management
  • Men's Issues
  • Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD)
  • Oppositional Defiant Disorder (ODD)
  • Parenting
  • Personality Disorders
  • Physical Disability
  • Polyamorous and Open Relationships
  • Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)
  • Pregnancy and Postpartum
  • Psychosis and Schizophrenia
  • Racial Identity
  • Relationship Issues
  • Self-Esteem
  • Self-Harm
  • Sexual Abuse or Assault
  • Sexual Problems
  • Spirituality
  • Suicidal Thoughts
  • Systemic Oppression Therapy
  • Teen Issues
  • Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
  • Veterans/Military Service
  • Women's Issues
Insurance Plans Accepted
  • Out of Network
  • Aetna
  • Cigna
  • Medicare
  • ValueOptions
  • Anthem
  • First Choice Health
  • Magellan Behavioral Health
  • Medicaid
  • Optum
  • PacifiCare
  • PacificSource
  • TRICARE
  • United Behavioral Health (UBH)
  • Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS)
  • United Healthcare
  • EBMS
  • Assurant
  • CAQH
  • First Health
  • Montana Health Co-op
  • New West Health
  • Allegiance
  • Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield
  • Cigna/Evernorth
  • UnitedHealthcare
  • Optum EAP
  • Beacon Health Options
  • Railroad Medicare
  • BlueCross BlueShield FEP
  • Missoula County Employee Benefits Plan (MCEBP)
I offer online counseling in the following states:

At A Glance

  • Experience: 2 years of practice

Info

Email Stephanie
304 4th Avenue East
Superior, MT 59872

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