Counseling Services
Staff
 Name: Dan Timberlake,
MBA, Ph.D. Personal Philosophy on Counseling
As a counselor on a university campus, I have a special interest in facilitating academic and career success. I try to maintain an up-to-date understanding of the university systems that students must navigate to be successful at Boise State and I am an advocate for the adoption of best practices for student success in all university processes and procedures. E-mail: DanTimberlake@boisestate.edu |
 Name: Carol Pangburn, Ph.D. Personal Philosophy on Counseling
E-mail: cpangbu@boisestate.edu |
 Name:
Chris Morse McClure,
M.A. My orientation to counseling is Transpersonal which is a holistic, humanistic, perspective that acknowledges the spiritual dimen-sion of each individual along with the physical, mental, social, and emotional. Because I have lived in several different countries and cultures, I have a deep appreciation for the diversity of human perspectives. My approach to counseling includes working with each student's unique beliefs, values, culture, as well as emotions, thought patterns and behaviors. I will help you identify your goals, build on your strengths, and assist your development of problem solving skills. E-mail: cmorse@boisestate.edu |
 Name: Karla J. West,
Ph.D. My primary orientation of counseling is Cognitive Behavioral, within a humanistic framework of considering the whole person: cognitive, emotional, physical, social, and spiritual. I have a specialization in health psychology and behavioral medicine and approach counseling with the assumption that people's psychological wellbeing is a direct reflection of the way they interpret events, the status of their overall health and wellness, and their view of purpose and meaning in life. My approach is directive, goal oriented, and focuses on problem solving to promote a rational philosophy of thinking and health coping skills that enhance beneficial self-perspectives and behaviors. My special interest areas are couple's counseling (including a program of per-marital counseling), life transitions, and spirituality. I have seven years of extensive study of Christian Theology and offer Christian Biblically based counseling on request. E-mail: kwest@boisestate.edu |
 Name: Ben Swanson,
Ph.D. People seek counseling because they feel a gap between how things are in their lives, and how they want things to be. My approach to counseling is to work with you to first understand what this gap is about, then create a plan to bridge the gap, and then support you while you make the changes you want to make. Generally speaking, the gap is can either be short-term problem or it can represent a pattern in your life. These patterns are often the result of your thoughts, feelings and the things you do. By making even small changes in these areas, people can experience larger shifts in their life patterns and have more satisfying lives. Rather than finding a way to be happy in the future, let's work on making happiness the way you live. While I am a generalist and can work with a range of issues, I have extensive experience working with couples, trauma including sexual assault, veteran's, substance issues, and GLBT issues. E-mail: BenSwanson@boisestate.edu |
Name: Roxanne Nichols, M.S, LCPC
I am of the belief that our own thought patterns can either promote growth or conversely stimulate psychological difficulties. It is my goal, then, to help unveil false thinking or incongruence between thought and behavior that prevents us from spiritual, emotional, cognitive and physical growth and contentment. Although the emphasis is on thought, I do not minimize the strength and immediacy of human emotion. I believe it is important to understand how they effect one another. In collaboration with clients, we will build from personal strengths to achieve individual goals pertaining to their specific areas of concern. Additionally, I try to recognize the uniqueness in each individual I work with as well as remain sensitive to diversity in race, ethnicity, culture, religion, sexual orientation, age, etc. Specific areas of interest are race, gender, sexuality, sexual abuse, trauma and relationships. E-mail: roxannenichols@boisestate.edu |
Name: Alison Radcliffe, Ph.D.
I believe that counseling is a working relationship designed to help move a person forward in their life as a healthier, more productive individual. I tend to focus on what is going on in a person's world now; this includes how thoughts and behaviors impact every aspect of life, health behaviors (such as sleep and exercise), and the roles we play in our relationships. My approach tends to focus on developing awareness of patterns that have developed in behavior, relationships or thinking and then identify ways a person can make healthy, positive changes in all areas of their lives. Although I would identify myself as a generalist, I have a specialization in Health Psychology, which focuses on the connection between body and mind. E-mail: alisonradcliffe@boisestate.edu |
Name: Matthew Huffaker, MS My approach to counseling is one of collaboration with an emphasis on joining with the client to understand as much as possible about their background, context, culture and values. Change, the ultimate goal of most therapeutic endeavors, is a process and one that cannot take a one size fits all approach. From a client-centered model, I am direction oriented in sessions and seek feedback often from clients to ensure therapy goals are being achieved. As a trained Marriage and Family Therapist, I often view problems from a systemic or contextual lens which strengthens my appreciation for a multi-disciplinary approach to treating individual, couple and family problems. Specific areas of interest include the therapeutic relationship, the process of change and couples work. |
Name: Sarah Barsness, BS My orientation in counseling is Person Centered Therapy. It is my belief that change happens in the context of a counseling relationship that focuses on developing self awareness and recognizing patterns of behavior. I enjoy working with clients to find identify strengths and sources of meaning in their lives. I am interested in art therapy, trauma, and multicultural work. I am currently doing research on refugees and trauma. |
Name: Matt Niece, BS It is my view that the counseling experience is one in which the client may utilize the safe and supportive atmosphere to truly express themselves emotionally and intellectually, as well as experiment with new ways of being. As your counselor I will actively work to understand the person you are and the person you would like to become. Throughout this goal directed process we will collaboratively uncover the dynamic role you play in making these specific life changes, ideally resulting in the discovery of empowerment we each have over our own lives. My special areas of interests are couples/relationship issues, PTSD, anxiety, self-worth, GLBT issues, and grief |
Name: Camille Rudeen, BS I take an Adlerian philosophic perspective towards counseling in which we are all social beings that are growth directed and looking to belong in one capacity or another. Sometimes the behaviors we learn in our past and within our family systems are not conducive to meeting our goals of today. Often our mistaken beliefs and faulty cognitions also influence these behaviors and making the connections between these becomes important for change to occur. I am most concerned about the quality of the counseling relationship, however, and recognize that each individual must be understood in the context of her/his own unique cultural development. My areas of interest are relationships, addictions, body image, grief/loss issues, and functioning problems associated along the anxiety/depression continuum. |
 Name: Lynn Swanson E-mail: lswanso@boisestate.edu
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Juni Eichelberger E-mail: jeichelberger@boisestate.edu |
