Working with US

We are warm, compassionate, and direct. Our strength is in helping you understand, confront, and change the patterns creating insecurity and disconnection in your relationships.

Emily Barben is a Certified Emotionally Focused Therapist (EFT) who integrates this evidence-based approach throughout her clinical work. EFT helps you move away from conflict and disconnection and toward more effective communication, deeper understanding, and lasting change. Using this experiential model, Emily and her team guide you and your partner to process and share your emotions and needs with one another — in real time, in the room, in the moments that matter most.

Throughout the therapeutic process, our goals are to help you:
✦ Expand your emotional awareness and regulation
✦ Navigate conflict with more confidence and less reactivity
✦ Build more vulnerable, secure bonds
✦ Heal past relationship wounds

In addition to her work with clients, Emily trains, mentors, and provides clinical supervision in EFT to the therapists at Fresh Tracks Counseling — ensuring that the same evidence-based approach is woven throughout every corner of our practice.

WHO We WORK WITH

We work with adult clients (18 and older) helping couples, families (4-5 adults), and individuals who are experiencing relationship distress including: conflict, insecurity, infidelity, divorce, life transitions, communication struggles, etc. If you have an active addiction, ongoing infidelity, or experience physical violence, we may not be able to see you for couples therapy as our approach requires emotional vulnerability and a base level of safety. In these cases, individual therapy would be recommended prior to engaging in couples work.

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LOCATION

We enjoy working with clients in-person at 1700 W. Koch St, Ste 12 in Bozeman, Montana. We also offer tele-health for those who live outside of the Bozeman area.

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COST OF THERAPY

We believe that quality therapy should be as accessible as possible. Below you'll find our current rates and payment options.

Emily Barben | LCPC, LMFT, Certified EFT Therapist

  • Individual Sessions — $180

  • Couples & Family Sessions — $200

Matt LaSalle | PCLC, Extensive EFT Training

  • Individual, Couples & Family Sessions — $180

  • Sliding fee scale available for those who qualify

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Insurance & PAYMENT

We are currently an out-of-pocket practice for couple and family therapy as most major insurance companies do not reimburse for these services unless one partner has a serious, diagnosable, provable and documented mental health condition

For individual therapy only we accept the following in-network insurances

- BCBS

- Cigna

- Allegiance

- First Choice Health 

- Aetna

- Pacific Source 

- Mountain Health Co-Op

We recommend calling the member services number on the back of your insurance card to ask about your mental health benefits before your first session.

We are also happy to provide a superbill — an itemized receipt you can submit to your insurance provider for potential reimbursement, depending on your out-of-network benefits.

We accept all major credit cards, HSA, and FSA payments.

Please refer to our Insurance Policy Section for more information.

Have Questions About Cost?
We know that cost is an important factor when choosing a therapist. If you have questions about rates or sliding scale availability, please don't hesitate to reach out — we're happy to talk through your options.