My name is Garlena Rumsey, and I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Idaho. I am a Qualified Mental Health Professional (QMHP) in Oregon. I live in a border town in Idaho and Oregon is 4 miles away. I specialize in trauma with a certification of Clinical Counselor Trauma Professional 1 (CCTP-1). I work with a variety of diagnoses: PTSD, depression, anxiety, fears, abuse, substance abuse, and sexuality issues. Populations include adolescents, young adults, adults, the elderly, LGBTQ, sex offenders, and the developmentally challenged.
I have worked with adolescents in different settings, shelter care, foster care, and group homes. I utilize CBT, Art, Games, and Narratives depending on the individual. Everyone is unique and one type of therapy may not work for another individual. A relationship is important to working with adolescents. Trying to navigate through the world as it is now can be extremely difficult.
Couples counseling utilizing CBT, Art, Narratives, and homework creates knowledge and improves relationships. Honesty is important in working together for a better relationship. The mental health of each individual creates education and understanding. Setting boundaries with each other, learning to communicate, and utilizing active listening skills to be obtained.
I am a Christian and give all the glory to God for bringing me to this place in my life. I feel I am guided in my work and focus on treating everyone with respect and dignity. I am culturally diverse in my approach and will not turn anyone away from doing counseling with me unless I feel I cannot help in any way. I believe God brings people together and if we are brought together, it must be a God thing. I am accepting of religions different than mine and consider myself spiritual rather than religious.
Additional areas of focus:Addictions, Family conflicts, Grief, Intimacy-related issues, Eating disorders, Sleeping disorders, Parenting issues, Anger management, Self esteem, Career difficulties, Bipolar disorder, Coping with life changes, Coaching, Compassion fatigue, ADHD, Abandonment, Adoption and foster care, Aging and geriatric issues, Attachment issues, Blended family issues, Body image, Caregiver issues and stress, Chronic pain, illness, and disability, Codependency, Communication problems, Control issues, Dissociation, Divorce and separation, Eating and food-related issues, First responder issues, Forgiveness, Gender dysphoria, Guilt and shame, Hospice and end-of-life counseling, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Intellectual disability, Isolation / loneliness, Jealousy, Life purpose, Midlife crisis, Veteran and Armed Forces Issues, Multicultural concerns, Narcissism, Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Paranoia, Personality disorders, Phobias, Postpartum depression, Post-traumatic stress, Prejudice and discrimination, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Self-harm, Self-love, Sexual assault and abuse, Sexual dysfunction, Sexuality, Social anxiety and phobia, Traumatic brain injury, Visually impaired, Women's issues, Workplace issues, Young adult issues
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Garlena listened, and offered help with the issues I was facing. I appreciate her thoughtfulness.
Written on Dec 08, 2025 after therapy with Garlena for 3 weeks on issues concerning coping with life changes, and coaching
Garlena is very insightful, compassionate, professional, and has helped me immensely. Everyone needs a Garlena in their life!
Written on Nov 06, 2025 after therapy with Garlena for 7 months on issues concerning bipolar disorder
Gardena is an old soul who is a great listener. Her expertise and demeanor make each session beneficial, whether we dig deep or fly through it. She’s helped me considerably.
Written on Oct 09, 2025 after therapy with Garlena for 2 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, grief, and anger management
She’s been amazing getting me to explore and develop myself on things that are immediately affecting me and continue to affect me.
Written on Sep 27, 2025 after therapy with Garlena for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, eating disorders, anger management, and bipolar disorder
She is very kind and gives positive reassurance. She helps a lot with understanding myself and the people around me.
Written on Aug 21, 2025 after therapy with Garlena for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, lgbt, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, self esteem, anger management, bipolar disorder, and adhd
Best therapist I’ve had in years
Written on Aug 15, 2025 after therapy with Garlena for 2 months on issues concerning depression, lgbt, family conflicts, coping with life changes, and adhd
I have only been using better help for a couple of months but with better help connecting me with Garlena has been the best. She is very good at listening and explaining anything. She has helped push me at a speed that I need to slowly start to heal.
Written on Jun 20, 2025 after therapy with Garlena for 3 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, parenting issues, self esteem, anger management, and adhd
Garlena is great to work with.
Written on May 22, 2025 after therapy with Garlena for 2 years and 10 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, lgbt, relationship issues, grief, self esteem, and coping with life changes
She's so easy to talk to & actually converse with
Written on May 04, 2025 after therapy with Garlena for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, self esteem, coping with life changes, coaching, and adhd
I connected with Garlena right away. She was very prompt on getting me scheduled when I first started. She cares deeply and never puts me down. She makes me see things and think of things in different ways. I’m very grateful for her expertise, insight and caring attitude.
Written on May 01, 2025 after therapy with Garlena for 3 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, lgbt, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, self esteem, and adhd
I'm very shy and don't talk about personal issues. I also haven't been in any therapy for years. It was much easier than expected to talk, and open up about my personal life with Gardena.
Written on Apr 21, 2025 after therapy with Garlena for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, self esteem, anger management, career difficulties, coaching, and adhd
I’ve seen Garlena one time. I felt extremely comfortable with her in the first 5 mins of talking with her. I feel like she knew exactly what was going on with me.
Written on Apr 16, 2025 after therapy with Garlena for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, and sleeping disorders
I am grateful for Garlena. She talks me through hard days and gives me things to try and I have Seen improvement in my stress levels.
Written on Apr 07, 2025 after therapy with Garlena for 4 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, parenting issues, and adhd
Gardena helped me so much through some hard times that I couldn’t navigate on my own! She gave me all the tools I needed to get out of a dark mental state!
Written on Apr 01, 2025 after therapy with Garlena for 1 year on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, lgbt, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, eating disorders, self esteem, career difficulties, and adhd
Garlena has been absolutely wonderful. I always look forward to our visits and I’m always grateful for her insights
Written on Nov 15, 2024 after therapy with Garlena for 3 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, addictions, relationship issues, self esteem, and career difficulties
She is doing a good job helping me deal with some things that hadn't been dealt with and were causing stress.
Written on Nov 06, 2024 after therapy with Garlena for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, intimacy-related issues, and self esteem
Garlena Rumsey is an excellent therapist. She knows her trade and his very helpful. She is good at helping focus on the next steps and making sure I have a plan before the end of each sesssion. I am so grateful to have been given Garlena as a therapist!!
Written on Sep 30, 2024 after therapy with Garlena for 3 months on issues concerning depression, trauma and abuse, grief, coping with life changes, compassion fatigue, and adhd
I've been working with Garlena for a couple of months now and she has helped me so much with my issues. I highly recommend her I am doing so much better since working with her.
Written on Aug 29, 2024 after therapy with Garlena for 3 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, anger management, bipolar disorder, and adhd
Garlena is great! Very sweet and understanding. In just the few sessions we’ve had together she both listened and gave me great advice to get me out of the funk I was in.
Written on Aug 02, 2024 after therapy with Garlena for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, addictions, and trauma and abuse
Garlena has helped me be stronger by keeping more healthy boundaries with people in my life. In addition, working on past trauma and personal neurodivergent hurdles. I would highly recommend her if need a sounding board and guide to better mental health.
Written on Jun 19, 2024 after therapy with Garlena for 10 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, intimacy-related issues, and self esteem
She is easy to talk to and connect with!
Written on Jun 15, 2024 after therapy with Garlena for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, family conflicts, eating disorders, parenting issues, self esteem, compassion fatigue, and adhd
Great conversations with Garlena. I would recommend her to anyone needs counseling
Written on May 24, 2024 after therapy with Garlena for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, lgbt, relationship issues, parenting issues, and anger management
Garlena is very easy to talk to. I feel like I have known her most of my life. She understands me and she helps me find ways to change some of my behaviors and concerns.
Written on May 13, 2024 after therapy with Garlena for 2 weeks on issues concerning relationship issues, family conflicts, self esteem, and adhd
Garlena is awesome. Love her.
Written on Apr 14, 2024 after therapy with Garlena for 3 months on issues concerning relationship issues, family conflicts, intimacy-related issues, sleeping disorders, parenting issues, and anger management
I am so grateful for this affordable life improveing experience. Garlena is such a a good listener and provides reachable goals that have a lasting impact.
Written on Mar 29, 2024 after therapy with Garlena for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, eating disorders, sleeping disorders, self esteem, anger management, and adhd
Very tentative and provides helpful insight to issues. Been a great supporter and encourages positive action while complimenting my efforts.
Written on Feb 20, 2024 after therapy with Garlena for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, and career difficulties
She is confident that she has superior intellect and skills compared to the rest of the people in her community. I'm interested to see if that is actually true. I think therapy with me would be a great learning and growth-experience for her.
Written on Feb 16, 2024 after therapy with Garlena for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, addictions, lgbt, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, sleeping disorders, self esteem, anger management, bipolar disorder, coaching, and compassion fatigue
Garlena is great to talk to and help me navigate my mental health and find solutions.
Written on Dec 20, 2023 after therapy with Garlena for 6 months on issues concerning depression, relationship issues, grief, self esteem, and coping with life changes
Garlena is a great !
She listens and always has great recommendations to help solve problems…
Written on Dec 11, 2023 after therapy with Garlena for 8 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, self esteem, and anger management
She has been respectful of my pronouns and has a detailed plan of how to work on healing my inner self.
Written on Oct 19, 2023 after therapy with Garlena for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, lgbt, trauma and abuse, and self esteem
Garlena is a wonderful therapist. She really listens and truly cares. She is great at empowering me to think about what I need to work on.
Written on Oct 12, 2023 after therapy with Garlena for 4 weeks on issues concerning depression, trauma and abuse, grief, and coping with life changes
Looking forward to working more with her in the future.
Written on Sep 07, 2023 after therapy with Garlena for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, family conflicts, coping with life changes, and compassion fatigue
Gardena is very kind and understanding!
Written on Aug 29, 2023 after therapy with Garlena for 1 month
Very helpful and supportive. Asks important questions and helps you process your issues
Written on Jul 21, 2023 after therapy with Garlena for 3 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, sleeping disorders, self esteem, anger management, and adhd
Garlena has been amazing for me. She has helped me a lot and I would recommend her to anyone in my situation.
Written on Jul 03, 2023 after therapy with Garlena for 1 month on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, self esteem, and adhd
I find Garlena Rumsey is a very understanding and a nice person to talk to.
Written on May 30, 2023 after therapy with Garlena for 1 month on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, lgbt, trauma and abuse, and bipolar disorder
Garlena is real, and always honest. She's smart, funny, a great listener, and an even better supporter. She's always in my corner, and I love knowing I have that.
Written on May 14, 2023 after therapy with Garlena for 10 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, lgbt, relationship issues, and sleeping disorders
Listened to my concerns, reiterated what I was saying and gave truthful, hard but good advice that really helped.
Written on May 12, 2023 after therapy with Garlena for 3 weeks on issues concerning relationship issues
Garlena is such a great therapist! she really listens to me. She allows me the floor to talk even if i think i'm babbling on. She's very empathetic and sometimes i need that
Written on May 06, 2023 after therapy with Garlena for 5 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, and compassion fatigue
I have gotten great positive feedback from Garlena! She has helped me sort, process, and feel the emotions of the issues I am dealing with in a manner that is both productive and nonbias all while feeling supported as well.
Written on May 03, 2023 after therapy with Garlena for 5 months on issues concerning relationship issues, family conflicts, intimacy-related issues, sleeping disorders, parenting issues, anger management, and adhd
She made talking about an awkward situation very easy.
Written on May 02, 2023 after therapy with Garlena for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, and intimacy-related issues
Garlena is attentive and helpful without being pushy. She's helped me work on important issues at my own pace while also making sure I can see the progress over time. I've gained a significant amount of confidence facing and addressing any behavior that doesn't take my needs into account (especially with family). I trust that I can share with her my daily feelings, struggles, thoughts, and victories. I can count on Garlena to help me find ways to help myself; practical tools to improve how I deal with situations but more importantly how I deal with myself. One day at a time but we've come a long way. Thanks G!
Written on Apr 05, 2023 after therapy with Garlena for 9 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, lgbt, relationship issues, trauma and abuse, intimacy-related issues, anger management, and coping with life changes
Garlena has helped me to keep an even keel throughout a messy divorce. She has helped me to reinforce my abilities and skills.
Written on Feb 09, 2023 after therapy with Garlena for 2 weeks
A gift to humanity and an absolute credit to her profession and to BetterHelp
Written on Dec 21, 2022 after therapy with Garlena for 6 months
Garlena Rumsey is a true expert at what she does.
Written on Dec 12, 2022 after therapy with Garlena for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, parenting issues, anger management, and adhd
Thank you Garlena for our conversation last night, I am feeling so much better, not so afraid to go places
Written on Nov 09, 2022 after therapy with Garlena for 2 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, and trauma and abuse
She’s been really great I would highly recommend Garlena
Written on Nov 06, 2022 after therapy with Garlena for 4 months on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, lgbt, relationship issues, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, grief, and parenting issues
Garlena helped me during a challenging time in my life. She listened to me and encouraged me as I sought to change my attitude and interactions in my relationship. She challenged me and gave me resources that helped me enact change. I am grateful for Garlena's wisdom and compassion.
Written on Oct 04, 2022 after therapy with Garlena for 2 months on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, and anger management
She listens.
She gives me assignments.
We talk and look o er assignments.
I am growing in communication skills and processing my feelings so much better!
I was given sheets to read n review on anger, breathing , communication and steps to process. Very helpful.
Let’s me know one step at a time is just right.
Written on Sep 29, 2022 after therapy with Garlena for 2 months on issues concerning depression, self esteem, anger management, and coping with life changes
Gardena’s positive encouragement is so comforting in a time it is needed most. Thank goodness I have her in my corner.
Written on Sep 15, 2022 after therapy with Garlena for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, trauma and abuse, anger management, career difficulties, and coaching
She's amazing-very intuitive therapist. She listens and agrees when appropriate yet will call it like she sees it in other matters. I like her style and warmth. I feel like I'm talking to a friend, but a friend with immense expertise to help me with life's curveballs.
Written on Sep 10, 2022 after therapy with Garlena for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, addictions, eating disorders, self esteem, and career difficulties
Garlena is great she listens. Has questions for me to answer and has advice on issues I have in order to resolve them
Written on Sep 06, 2022 after therapy with Garlena for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, family conflicts, anger management, and bipolar disorder
She is so comforting to talk to and she is genuinely concerned. She has helped me through some pretty dark days.
Written on Aug 23, 2022 after therapy with Garlena for 2 weeks on issues concerning stress, anxiety, relationship issues, grief, coping with life changes, and adhd
Everything’s been great so far!
Written on Aug 22, 2022 after therapy with Garlena for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, family conflicts, parenting issues, and coping with life changes
I believe that Garlena and I have been brought together for a reason. She is very kind, empathetic, and easy to have a conversation with. Our sessions go by so quickly, because they flow smoothly from one topic to the next, with Garlena's guidance. I really appreciate the homework she gives me and the thought provoking questions she asks me. Thank you for your help, Garlena!
Written on Jun 25, 2022 after therapy with Garlena for 1 month on issues concerning stress, anxiety, lgbt, trauma and abuse, grief, intimacy-related issues, eating disorders, career difficulties, bipolar disorder, and coping with life changes
Again, I find it remarkable that on the first try I got a therapist who is perfect for me. She is a great person who really is making a difference
Written on Jun 06, 2022 after therapy with Garlena for 2 weeks on issues concerning depression, stress, anxiety, family conflicts, trauma and abuse, sleeping disorders, self esteem, career difficulties, coping with life changes, and coaching
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