Jeanie Shade

Jeanie Shade is a licensed clinical social worker who practices in Idaho, Montana, and Arkansas and brings eight years of licensed experience to her work. Much of her clinical career has been spent in hospital settings supporting adults and adolescents with severe mental health concerns, and she also spent many years before licensure serving people in a variety of roles.

She believes profound change often happens when someone is given the chance to tell their story, be truly heard, and be guided back to the inner wisdom that supports wellness. For the past two years she has led a community group at her local library, teaching mental health wellness skills and providing a space for members to practice those new skills. She particularly enjoys teaching practical tools that apply across many life situations, regardless of a person’s background or circumstances.

Jeanie’s counseling style centers on being present with each client - not just hearing words but listening deeply and witnessing another person’s experience. She begins by clarifying what a client wants to learn or resolve, then offers guidance, insight, and skills training tailored to those goals. She introduces foundational concepts such as mindfulness, intentionally feeling emotions, centeredness and grounding, self-love, the distinction between surviving skills and thriving skills, and examining beliefs that shape life stories.

Her therapeutic approach blends client-centered therapy, solution-focused therapy, and mindfulness practices to weave practical behavioral strategies with deeper exploration of why people are the way they are and how that understanding can support transformation. She is also a Certified Emotion Code Practitioner (CECP). The Emotion Code is an energy-healing method that works from the premise that unprocessed emotions can become trapped in the energy body; as a practitioner she helps identify those trapped emotions, trace when and in response to what event they occurred, and release the stuck energy with intention. Jeanie has the flexibility to combine Emotion Code work with traditional talk therapy in the same course of care, or to focus on Emotion Code during some sessions and talk therapy during others.

Her credentials reflect her clinical training and licensure to practice social work across state lines; her Arkansas and Idaho license identifiers are AR LCSW 12579-C and ID LCSW LCSW-39227. Choosing therapy requires courage, and Jeanie is available to accompany people on that path toward growth and change.