Willow Shore Counseling

Willow Shore Counseling Individual and family therapy for anxiety, depression, substance use, trauma and relationship distress. Specializing in the treatment of eating disorders.

Go vote for your favorite pumpkin! All the staff did an incredible job and doesn’t everyone need a little fun at work?
10/22/2025

Go vote for your favorite pumpkin! All the staff did an incredible job and doesn’t everyone need a little fun at work?

While reassuring your child seems like a natural response as a parent, if your child has OCD their reassurance seeking c...
10/21/2025

While reassuring your child seems like a natural response as a parent, if your child has OCD their reassurance seeking could be part of a compulsion.

In our latest blog, Kendall Lloyd LCSW shares how this behavior could be strengthening your child’s OCD loop. She discusses tips for introducing “uncertainty” into your child’s requests and how to help your child move toward more flexibility.

Head to our bio and click to our website and navigate to our blog section to learn more. If you need more in depth support, our team is ready to help. Reach out today.

As a reminder, posts and blogs are for educational purposes only and not a substitute for therapy.

We want to show up for our community in the only way we know how right now. We have a limited number of spots for one fr...
09/11/2025

We want to show up for our community in the only way we know how right now. We have a limited number of spots for one free crisis session. Please note these are different than longer term therapy. The focus will be your immediate needs in this crisis, how to access further support if needed and to have a safe place to start. We also have a list of other community clinics that are participating in support for the community and will share all the resources we are aware of, and how to access that support. Please reach out to us today via text, call or email.

801-382-8676
Hello@willowshorecounseling.com

The shooting of Charlie Kirk at the UVU campus hit close to home with our clinic 15 minutes away. We personally know sta...
09/11/2025

The shooting of Charlie Kirk at the UVU campus hit close to home with our clinic 15 minutes away. We personally know staff and students that work and attend there.

It has stirred up a lot of feelings for us that cannot be adequately addressed in a single social media post.

What I do want to say is that gun and political violence should not be a partisan issue. To be better collectively, we must condemn it regardless of political affiliation. It is hard to see voices quiet when someone is murdered on the political spectrum they don’t align with but loud when it does. It is painful to see preventable deaths due to gun violence with no changes to any laws despite the majority of Americans believing reasonable gun control measures should exist.

We do not have to all hold the same values or opinions but I do believe seeing the humanity in each other, regardless of political affiliation would make us a better country. Harmful partisan rhetoric, the othering of those different from us, or living life different than our values and beliefs, is not decreasing the violence in our country. I fear it is only increasing it.

As therapists, we get to hold space with people often different from us in beliefs, ideologies, and identities. Yet, we get the privilege of seeing them as just as human as us… we all know what it’s like to feel shame, sad, lonely, scared, joyful.

Holding different values, coming from a different country, practicing a different religion, having different sexual preferences or gender identity SHOULD NOT be a partisan issue. It’s hard to hate up close, and we can’t ignore that marginalizing those different from us, and doing so loudly, isn’t also part of the problem contributing to the rise in violence.

As a clinic we are currently exploring ways to support those directly impacted by the shooting. Our page will be updated today to reflect this.

If you don’t live in Utah you may have never heard of this holiday, but for Utahns it’s the day that celebrates the firs...
07/24/2025

If you don’t live in Utah you may have never heard of this holiday, but for Utahns it’s the day that celebrates the first Mormon (aka Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) pioneers that settled in the Salt Lake City valley in 1847.

For practicing LDS members this is often a fun, firework filled holiday that celebrates their ancestors and religion. However, for those that have left the religion it can be fraught with anger, annoyance, or frustration as it brings up their own painful experiences.

Leaving a religion that is so interwoven in so many parts of your life, especially in a community where it is the predominant religion can be scary and confusing. If you’re in the struggle currently, our own wrote a new blog post on how to talk to loved ones about leaving their faith. Check out the link in our bio and head to blog posts!

If you need help navigating a faith transition on a deeper level our therapists are here to help! We have immediate openings and take a handful or insurances, or offer a sliding scale for our intern Kell Troff.

Our second offering from Kell Troff, MFT student intern. Parenting is tricky, no matter how much we love our kids. Kell ...
05/16/2025

Our second offering from Kell Troff, MFT student intern. Parenting is tricky, no matter how much we love our kids. Kell wants to help you learn how to have compassion for yourself, while also having skills to help your kids grow, have boundaries and still feel loved. If you want to learn more about attachment style parenting and want the safety of learning in private we invite you and your partner or coparent to sign up! Each session is the low cost of $60 a session with sliding scale for those in financial need. Click the bio to get scheduled today!

Exciting news! We have decided to expand our ability to help the community by working on accepting Medicaid. There is a ...
05/15/2025

Exciting news! We have decided to expand our ability to help the community by working on accepting Medicaid. There is a major lack of Medicaid providers to help with specialties such as eating disorders and OCD, and Stephanie Hundley is our first to become in network. She specializes in eating disorders, ADHD, grief, depression and other mental health concerns. More of us will be paneled soon, along with select health Medicaid contracts. She also speaks Spanish!

Does starting couples therapy feel daunting? Are you looking for a more solution focused, direct approach to improve you...
05/14/2025

Does starting couples therapy feel daunting? Are you looking for a more solution focused, direct approach to improve your relationship? Kell, our MFT intern, is offering 4+ low cost sessions with focused skills and education on some of the most common conflict in relationships. Kell is committed to helping couples have deeper and more connected relationships. She can offer in person sessions in Lehi or virtual anywhere in Utah! Check out the slides and hop on her schedule today using our link in the bio.

Kell Troff is a Marriage and Family therapy intern from Utah Valley University master’s program! We are excited to have ...
04/22/2025

Kell Troff is a Marriage and Family therapy intern from Utah Valley University master’s program! We are excited to have her as our very first intern, and her vibe and interests fit right in with our clinic. She has special interests in mixed-faith relationships and faith transitions, LGBTQ+ experiences, anxiety, depression, postpartum mental health, parenting and relationship difficulties. She also enjoys working with aspects of sexuality, including desire, identity and po*******hy use. Kell can accept several insurances, while also offering low cost, or sliding fee for those in need! Check out her bio in our link and get on her schedule today.

Chanel Judkins will be joining our team at Willow Shore Counseling! She is a clinical mental health counselor graduating...
04/16/2025

Chanel Judkins will be joining our team at Willow Shore Counseling! She is a clinical mental health counselor graduating this April from Rocky Mountain University and she also speaks Spanish! She is passionate in helping others struggling with anxiety, depression, trauma, and faith related issues. She loves to help clients develop self awareness and compassion. And the best part? She will have late afternoon and early evening times open. She is also a yoga instructor and loves to incorporate practices that help you become more mindful and connected to your body. If you need support, or know someone that does, call us today to get onto her schedule before it fills up! Click the link in our bio! We accept many major insurances, and will soon be able to accept several Medicaid plans 🩷

Under the current climate, people have some legitimate concerns and frustrations that should be voiced. However, I conti...
02/17/2025

Under the current climate, people have some legitimate concerns and frustrations that should be voiced. However, I continue to see insults hurled at some of the nation’s leaders that are about weight or appearance, and each time I cringe.

We should criticize policies that will harm you or others, or harmful values or beliefs. Cheap jabs at weight or appearance only continue to perpetuate stereotypes that harm average Americans… people that sit in my office and share the pain anti-fat bias has played in their life.

All body sizes can have good values and harmful values. All body sizes can be compassionate or self centred. Weight plays no role in the character of a human, so let’s stop using them when attacking policies or behaviours.

When healing from an eating disorder or diet culture, there is often an initial emphasis on eating all kinds of foods (e...
01/10/2025

When healing from an eating disorder or diet culture, there is often an initial emphasis on eating all kinds of foods (especially the forbidden ones) and ceasing intense exercise. That can often get twisted into fears from clients that I don’t care about health, and/or they ask if they’ll ever be able to set goals.

Here’s the thing with health… it has gotten so twisted in diet culture that we forget that health is complex and a mix of stress management, sleep, nutrition, movement and genetics. Some of it is in our control and some of it is not. I’ve seen people far more sick trying to control food and engaging in compulsive exercise than eating something processed each day, and only walking as their form of movement.

Part of healing is working on flexibility with food and exercise. It’s recognizing that health has a multitude of variables. If you want to set a goal of being able to do 10 pull-ups, cool… just work on NOT adding a side of shame if you miss a workout (and fuel your body because exercise is counterproductive when you’re limiting your calorie intake). If you feel like you could use more fiber in your diet, awesome… find foods you like that you can incorporate more frequently without obsessively tracking it and feeling guilty if you miss it in a day.

This New Year, how about working on flexibility and sustainable goals that truly do take care of your body and wellbeing. If you’re not sure what that looks like or how to achieve it, we have therapists that can assist. And as always, these posts are for educational purposes only and not a substitute for therapy.

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1220 N 500 W Suite 201
Lehi, UT
84043

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Monday 9am - 8pm
Tuesday 9am - 8pm
Wednesday 9am - 5am
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 4am

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