Brooke O. Beighle

CLINICAL BACKGROUND
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During graduate training in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at the University of Montana, Brooke provided trauma-informed counseling to survivors of sexual, relational, and identity-based harm through the Student Advocacy Resource Center (SARC), and co-facilitated a weekly survivor support group for UM students. She also served as a sexual-assault advocate for adults at First Step Resource Center at Providence St. Patrick Hospital and counseled undergraduate students and student-athletes from diverse cultural backgrounds through the Counselor Training Center at UM.

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Post graduation, Brooke worked as a clinical therapist at Montana DBT Associates (MDBTA), providing comprehensive Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) for teens and adults. This included co-facilitating teen, parent, and adult DBT skills groups, offering parent consultations, and collaborating with community medical providers to support integrative care.

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 After leaving MDBTA, she worked under the clinical supervision of Samuel Ore, LCSW, and Leah Ore, LCSW, at Waxwing Psychotherapy, LLP. It was here that Brooke completed her Level II EMDR training, discovered her passion for working with fellow neurodivergent clients, and built what is now Threshold Counseling Collective. 

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Brooke's orientation to counseling is grounded in anti-racist, culturally responsive, and identity-affirming care that respects diverse racial and ethnic identities, cultural practices, beliefs, traditions, and ways of knowing.

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​​​​As a fifth generation Montanan, my perspective on mental health has been shaped by years of social and animal welfare justice advocacy, personal therapy, the guidance of mentors, and relationships with people from many walks of life. These experiences continue to remind me that acceptance and change is an ongoing, collaborative process.

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Before becoming a counselor, I spent over two decades studying and performing music and eventually started teaching trauma-informed voice lessons. I have also spent years in the restaurant service industry, non-profit settings, event planning, and volunteering with a variety of organizations. I am also a therapeutic breathwork practitioner, supporting others in reconnecting with their bodies and cultivating nervous system regulation with conscious connected breathing.

Outside the office, I value learning how to repot my ever growing trove of plants, wearing long cardigans, and a having solid morning routine.

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