Bent Tree Counseling

10/06/2025

Megan has opened up more hours in her scheduler! If you’re in need of a culturally competent counselor for TCKs, expats, and cross-cultural workers - THIS IS YOUR GIRL!

08/18/2025

People of Clinton - and the surrounding area! You asked and we did it!

Introducing .... Lane! He is seeing people IN PERSON at our office and has good availability. His scheduler is open and ready for new clients. As a fireman, he saw the need for counselors who specialize in first responders and trauma, so he went back to school to get all the training he needed to do it himself. Lane is a helper through and through - let him help you put out the dumpster fires in your life!

04/03/2025

🧠✨ It’s National Counseling Awareness Month ✨🧠

Let’s break the stigma and normalize the check-in just like the check-up.

Counseling isn’t just for crises — it’s for growth, clarity, healing, and leveling up your life.
Talking to a professional doesn’t make you weak. It means you’re self-aware, brave, and ready for better.

🪑 We’re here with a safe space, real conversations, and zero judgment.
Whether you’re processing the past, navigating the now, or prepping for the future — you don’t have to do it alone.

📅 Book your session. Take the step.
Because mental health is health.

04/03/2025

In honor of National Counseling Awareness Month this April, Bent Tree Counseling wants to celebrate our excellent staff. Megan, Zab, Emery, Joy, Ashley, and Shae (the horse), we're so very thankful for your commitment to fully equipping yourself to do good work! Thank you for putting all the effort into studying, researching, practicing, and understanding how people work.

03/06/2025

Yall! Our new coffee bar is *finally* up and running... come. sit. enjoy.

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12/31/2024

Our favorite intern Zab is offering a women's virtual group for sexual betrayal recovery. Here is the information & sign-up if you are interested!

Betrayal & Beyond explores the truth and nature of sexual addiction, and how women are wounded by the addict’s behaviors. For women who have suffered betrayal, their healing comes from understanding the role of trauma, establishing healthy boundaries, exploring the depth of forgiveness, and learni...

11/04/2024

Our owner Rikki Hudson Permenter, recently wrote an article for Porch and Parish - check it out here

It's intense out there. You're not alone!

08/26/2024

This. This is why we only accept Blue Cross... and even then we don't love it. We lose money on EVERY SINGLE SESSION and sometimes they will even recoup or clawback (literally just draft it from our bank account) the little that they did pay weeks and months after you've finished therapy. We want counseling to be accessible to everyone - everywhere but DANG they make it hard!

https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2024/08/24/nx-s1-5028551/insurance-therapy-therapist-mental-health-coverage?fbclid=IwY2xjawE5auRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHRVzzL56xwV9kBoS_7wE_i-wGIDgtEw71YotbNOw9e4tsa3JxZAkCAy3lw_aem_haSoqtjYbJoq6iVUAadjhg

Getting mental health care covered by insurance can be really tough. Reporters spoke to hundreds of therapists who left their insurance networks to find out why.

06/03/2024

Rikki just had a 3:00 free up and is open tomorrow. It is her only available until mid July. Text her directly if you want it.

03/27/2024

Our staff is in Santa Teresa, Costa Rica getting additional training on brain spotting, EMDR, and body regulation. We're excited to bring this knowledge back home to you.

01/18/2024

Check out Rikki in January's Porch and Parish!

12/08/2023

We have some interest in a monthly social skills group for ASD teens... If we can get a handful more we could make it happen. DM us if you're interested.