Kay Blankenship, MPC, LCPC, NBC, CCMHC

Background
Kay Blankenship has been a licensed clinical professional counselor since 1999 and is nationally board certificated. She completed a Masters of Professional Counseling with an emphasis on elderly and grief & loss at the University of Providence in Great Falls, Montana. Through the years, she has gained experience in working with individuals of all ages, families and couples.  She has expertise in suicide prevention and postvention, relationship issues, wellness and stress management, career transitions, parenting issues, grief and loss, depression, anxiety.

Kay has worked and taught in the field of higher education and mental health for over thirty years. She has been in private practice, taught at the college level, and has designed youth mental health screening programs for schools and physicians’ offices.

Kay is a certified QPR suicide prevention trainer and offers trainings to businesses, medical and community groups.  She also serves as a consultant for communities and organizations and provides workshops on wellness, work burnout, stress management and adolescent mental health.

Approach to therapy
Kay enjoys working with families and clients of all ages and is LGBTQ friendly. She views her role as a therapist as one of support and empowerment. She helps clients experience growth, make the changes they seek to improve their relationships and mental health.   She draws from a variety of therapeutic approaches and strategies: cognitive behavioral, motivational, solution focused brief therapy, mindfulness, along with art and pet therapy.

About Kay