Amber Creek Counseling and Psychiatry

11/05/2025

10/10/2025

Loved hanging out with Bria, one of our amazing therapists, at the Utah Association of Marriage and Family Therapy conference! Keep learning, keep growing, and remember that is not linear! HAPPY WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY!
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10/09/2025

What a beautiful state we live in!

08/10/2023

Get to know Jaricka! She is accepting new clients for therapy at this time. Please call 801-455-0045 or reach out at info@ambercreekcounseling.com to schedule an appointment with her.

Jaricka Blundell Lau is a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner student. She is pursuing a Doctorate at the University of Utah. While at Utah Valley University, she received her bachelor’s degree in nursing. For the past three years, she has worked in an outpatient behavioral health clinic at the University of Utah. She is a member of the American Psychiatric Nursing Association. She is working on a certificate in EMDR through the Trauma Recovery, EMDR Humanitarian Assistance Programs.

Under the supervision of Dr. ElLois Bailey, she is providing therapy at Amber Creek Counseling. Due to her being a student, services are provided at a discounted rate. She is seeing teens and adults for individual psychotherapy. In the DNP program at the University, she has been trained in CBT, DBT, psychodynamic therapy, humanistic therapy, and motivational interviewing. After completing EMDR part I training, she continues to receive EMDR consultation through Life Stone Counseling.

In the six-year position of a Thoracic ICU nurse, she helped her patients ease into life transitions with chronic illnesses such as heart transplants, pulmonary disease, COVID, and end-of-life care. Through her personal journey, she has sought a holistic approach to healing. She places importance on self-guided learning and collaboration. The preceptorship with Dr. Bailey has helped Jaricka develop an approach to balancing mental health, functional medicine, and a therapeutic lifestyle to achieve wellness.

In her free time, she likes to spend time with her husband and children. She enjoys reading, painting, gardening, and hiking.

06/28/2023

We are so excited to welcome Dr. Kristen Dawson to the Amber Creek Team!

Dr. Dawson is currently accepting new patients for medication management services. Please reach out at 801-455-0045 or info@ambercreekcounseling.com to set up an appointment with her!

02/14/2022

🎉NOW ACCEPTING NEW CLIENTS!🎉 We are thrilled to have Stefanie Anderson onboard with us at Amber Creek. She works with clients who are looking for help with managing medications for ADHD, depression, and anxiety with a special interest in treating teens and pregnancy related mental health. She accepts SelectHealth and BlueCrossBlueShield. Contact us today if you are interested in learning more!

12/23/2021

We are thrilled to have another wonderful addition to our clinical team! Re*****on has experience working with many different kinds of clients and excels at meeting people at their level. We are so excited to have him as an addition to the team!

09/13/2021

We are hiring for clinicians! We are looking for a therapist and a medication provider.

Please send your resume to info@ambercreekcounseling.com

And reach out, whether by email, phone or DM us for any questions!

08/26/2021

Therapist Thursday!😬

Back at it again with book recommendations from our therapist. This quote isn’t from the book but Dr. Gottman has some great words of wisdom, whether from a book or classes.

Amanda Butler provided both of these to me for one of her favorite quotes and a book she recommends is “Eight Dates” - John & Julie Gottman

What are some of your favorite quotes?

Does this have any truth and if so, what do you do to let your partner know you appreciate/love them everyday?❤️💚

08/19/2021

Dealing with mental health problems can be hard enough, let alone if you are currently a student. However, there are plenty of resources available that can help ease the burden of being in school and struggling with your mental health. Check out these tips and also let us know below in the comments if you have anything else to add ⬇️

08/05/2021

Therapist Thursday!😱

We’re back at it again with book recommendations from our therapists. This week’s recommendation is from Misty DeMann, LAMFT. She recommends “Self Compassion: Stop Beating Yourself Up and Leave Insecurity Behind” by Kristin Neff for any/all individual clients, especially those that are struggling with self esteem.

I feel like though that this would be a good read for anyone! I think I might have to look into this since I have yet to read it🧐 - Autumn

And if you’d like more help with something like this feel free to reach out!💚

07/27/2021

As many of you may already know, world renowned gymnast and Olympian Simone Biles has withdrawn from the USA team gymnastics events for mental health reasons. While it is sad to hear, it is amazing seeing representation for prioritizing your mental health on such a big stage. Props to her for prioritizing her mental health and bringing public awareness to how important it is to take time for yourself and seek help through medication and therapy. Mental health matters, even when you’re an Olympian!