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.

Sue Klein, sue@tidwellservices.com

Sue Klein our office manager, provides administrative support for our staff  and keeps our office running smoothly.  Sue brings with her 35 years of experience in the business world along with an understanding spirit and a great compassion for people. 

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.

Cecelia Oxford, LMSW

Cecelia Oxford, LMSW received her Master of Social Work degree from Boise State University in 2008.   While earning her degree, she worked closely with refugee families in the Boise area, providing case management and in-home counseling for PTSD, depression and anxiety.  Cecelia enjoys working with diverse populations and provides counseling to children, adults, couples and families.  She uses art, sand tray, play and cognitive-behavioral therapies.

Marla Lipscomb, LMSW

Marla Lipscomb, LMSW, received her Licensed Masters in Social Work from Boise State in 2007, and she is a current member of NASW. Marla serves both children and adults, and provides individual, family and couple’s therapy. She also specializes in serving refugee populations. Marla has spent time working in Dominican Republic, Malawi, Northern Uganda and Rwanda to provide counseling and social work services to traumatized populations. She has a strong interest and background in abuse and trauma issues, as well as grief and loss. Marla treats depression, anxiety, PTSD, sexual abuse, adjustment issues, parent-child conflict, and self-esteem issues. She specializes in cognitive behavioral, EMDR, art, sand, play, and solution-focused therapies.

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.

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.  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.