Kathy Tidwell, LCSW - kathy@tidwellservices.com

Kathy Tidwell, LCSW, business owner.  Kathy started the business in 2000 and facilitated it’s growth into what it is today.  She is now the Director for the Boise State University School of Social Work Child Welfare Center, continuing her passion for helping people by managing programs related to child welfare.  She maintains a limited mental health practice here at the clinic and also supervises new graduates.  She has also continued her involvement in E.P.O.N.A., as non profit group dedicated to equine assisted psychotherapy.

Linda Lester, LCSW

Linda is a clinical manager.  Linda provides supervision, direction and program development to our clinic.  She has 25 years post master’s experience in mental health.  She specializes in working with clients who have experiences severe trauma, utilizing her training in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy.

Rachael Hall, LCPC

Rachael Hall, LCPC, is a licensed clinical professional counselor with an MA degree from Pacifica Graduate Institute. Her clinical skills focus on depression, anxiety, PTSD. ADHD, adjustment disorders, parent-child conflict, and family issues. She has experience treating victims of trauma including sexual abuse, physical abuse and violence. Rachael uses a combination of expressive art, play, and sand tray therapies when treating children and takes a solution focused or cognitive/behavioral approach with teens and adults. She specializes in animal and equine assisted therapy and is certified by the Equine Assisted Growth and Learning Association.

Kodi Hurst, LCSW

Kodi Hirst, LCSW, is a license clinical social worker who received her master’s in social work from Walla Walla University in 2006. She serves both children and adults, and provides individual, family and couple’s counseling. Her clinical skills focus on treating depression, anxiety, relationship conflicts, personality disorders, trauma, adjustment disorders, and sexual, physical and emotional abuse. Kodi utilizes a combination of expressive therapy, mindfulness strategies and cognitive behavioral for effective problem resolution. A combination of sand tray therapy, expressive therapy and narrative therapy are utilized when Kodi is working with children.  Kodi is a member of NASW.

Kimi Eames, LMSW

Kimi Eames, LMSW recieved her Masters of Social Work from Boise State University in 2009.  During her time in graduate school, she was employed at the Boise VA as a practicum student in the in-patient psychiatric unit.  Kimi has been trained to provide therapy to patients with chronic mental illness using Dialectical Behavior Therapy.  She also recieved training in the residential PTSD unit at the Boise VA serving combat veterans with PTSD.  Kimi recently had the opportunity to provide social work services in Kenya, while on a medical mission trip, and hopes to continue her work abroad.  She has a passion for working with trauma victims and the refugee population in Boise.  Kimi has experience working with adults and children and uses the following therapy techniques: art, sand tray, Mind Body awareness, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, and Dialectical Behavior Therapy.  Kimi is a member of the Clinical Society of Social Workers and NASW.

Annie Goitein

Annie Goitein is a Licensed Master Social Worker and a Master’s level Psychologist.  She holds a Master of Arts degree in Psychology from the New School for Social Research (in NYC), which she earned in 2006, just prior to obtaining her Master’s degree in Social Work from Boise State University in 2008.  Annie has been in love with the field of mental health and, specifically, culture and mental health, since her psychology days as a research assistant in the New School’s Culture and Mental Health lab, and since her undergraduate days at Northwestern University as a student of comparative religions.   Her academic and clinical interests especially lie in the areas of mindfulness practice and cognitive and behavioral therapy, as well as in working with children and with adults, utilizing her diverse background and training not only in psychology and in social work, but also as a certified yoga instructor, and from her experience working in the school setting as a Kindergarten teacher in a special education inclusion classroom.  Annie enjoys working with children and adults of all ages, and is so happy to be able to serve both our refugee and non-refugee populations!  She specializes in providing cognitive-behavioral therapy, mindfulness-based therapy, incorporating play and art therapy in her work with children, and providing psycho-education to her clients of all ages and developmental levels.

Tony received his Master of Social Work Degree from Boise State University in 2008 and his Bachelor’s from Jamestown College in Jamestown ND in 1978.  Tony has much experience working with teenagers through his 14 years at Rocky Mountain Academy in North Idaho and his 12 years teaching and coaching in North Dakota.  Tony has worked in the mental health field for the past 5 years, working with adolescents and adults. Tony has three grown daughters who all live in Boise.  He enjoys snow skiing, rafting, outdoor activities, spending time with his family and is an avid football fan.

Linda Brock worked in the legal field for fifteen years before coming to Tidwell Social Work. Her experience also includes twelve years of business office management while working for Flahiff Funeral Chapels. In addition to basic office management duties, she has also taken on the responsibility of bookkeeping for our clinic. 

Larry Lutz, MS, is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor, and a National Certified Counselor, specializing in adolescents and couples therapy. He received his Bachelors’ degree in psychology from Boise State University and his Masters’ degree in marriage and family therapy from Northwest Nazarene University. He is retired United States Air Force. He resides in Mountain Home with his wife of 27 years and has 3 children and 2 grandchildren. He uses a cognitive-behavioral agentive approach to help families develop and maintain happiness in their relationships, and is certified in the use of the Prepare & Enrich program for premarital & marital counseling. In addition to contracting with Tidwell Social Work Services and Consulting, he maintains a private practice in Mountain Home; New Hope Counseling, where he specializes in treatment for military personnel and their families.

Susan Harrell, LMFT

Susan Harrell, LMFT, is a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who received her MA degree from Azusa Pacific University in Azusa, California. Sue is shown here with our other office/therapy dog, Sammy. Sammy is a wonderful Corgi who loves people, but does not like to have a leash put on him. He is a free spirit. She has been in clinical practice since 1990 in Washington State and has served from 2004 through 2008 in Malawi, Uganda and Sierra Leone, Africa doing groups and individual counseling for orphaned and traumatized men, women and children.  Susan works with all ages of individuals, specializing in trauma work, sexual abuse, grief and loss, depression, anxiety, as well as play therapy for children.  She is trained in cognitive-behavioral therapy and is a certified EMDR therapist. Her approach to therapy is based upon seeing each individual as a whole person; therefore, emphasizing all aspects of that wholeness (emotional, mental, interpersonal, behavioral and spiritual) as it relates to the problem being addressed.  Susan and her husband recently moved to Boise in order to be close to their first grandchild as well as enjoy the sun and the beauty of Idaho.

Sara, Blue Eyes

Sara has been a therapy dog for over three years. She is very compassionate, tolerant, loves people of all ages, and enjoys a good game of fetch. She is a border collie with one blue eye. When not working, her hobbies include checking on the horses and herding the cats.