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Element Counseling and Wellness
Element Counseling and Wellness is a private practice counseling and nutrition office run by Marah Connole, LCPC, LAC proudly located in Helena, Montana.
We believe that emotional health is the gateway to wellness and optimal health
The office is currently closed indefinitely for a maternity sabbatical
Emotional Health
Learn tools to address difficult thoughts, feelings, and body sensations so that you feel ready to take on all that life throws you
Nutrition
The food you eat is one of your greatest medicines. Learn gentle and intuitive nutrition.
Physical Health
We address how your physical and mental health are related. Find ways to move that feel good for your body.
Supplementation
Are you interested in supporting your emotional wellbeing by way of natural, safe, and effective nutrient and herb supplementation? Start here. We proudly carry Thorne® nutrition supplements.
The Counseling Experience
Your experience at Element will be one of feeling heard, understood, and deeply cared for. The counseling process involves addressing your emotions in the here-and-now and learning how to recognize and accept the feeling for just as it is: a feeling. Through gentle education on human emotions and thoughts, you will become more comfortable with the uncomfortable.
Your first appointment will be about telling your story and exploring how you relate to your moment by moment experiences of beliefs, thoughts, feelings, memories, and physical sensations. We, as a team, will work on finding tools and learning about how to relate to these experiences in a new, more helpful way.
As we progress in the therapeutic process, you will be encouraged to use the tools and experiment with them in every day life. In our subsequent sessions, we will use real-life examples that you bring to the session in order to work through barriers, difficulties, or explain the concepts further.
Therapy is not an over-night fix. It is a sacred, healing journey of each individual human finding the ability within themselves to respond to the chaos of life in a healthy way, and to live more fully in the present moment.
About Marah
Marah Connole is a licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) and licensed addiction counselor (LAC). She holds a Master of Science degree in Clinical Health Psychology and a Master of Science in Nutrition, both from Bastyr University in Seattle, Washington. She received clinical training in Seattle as well as her home state of Montana. She is a member of the Association for Contextual Behavioral Science.
Marah has extensive training in acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), mindfulness techniques, trauma focused cognitive-behavioral therapy, and motivational interviewing. In her practice, Marah’s focus is on the whole person with an emphasis on emotion acceptance and commitment to values. She helps clients develop tools to manage difficult thoughts and emotions such as depression, loneliness, anxiety, and shame.
Marah practices primarily through the lens of ACT and draws from other theories including humanistic and Buddhist psychology.
In addition to a Master of Science in Nutrition, Marah is diligent in continuing her education on nutrient-mood relationships and works with each individual to support their overall health with nutrition supplementation.
In her spare time, you can find Marah on her mountain bike in the South Hills.
Billing and Insurance
Element Counseling and Wellness offers many ways to pay for your sessions. By law, insurance plans must cover mental health services for qualifying conditions. Marah Connole is an in-network provider with the following insurance companies
Blue Cross Blue Shield
Allegiance
Pacific Source
First Choice Health/Aetna/EBMS
Montana Health Co-op
Payments and Co-payments can be made in person, by mail, or on the client portal with a credit, debit, HSA or Flex spending card.
If you would like to make a payment on the client portal, click on the button below to login.
Contact
The office of Element Counseling and Wellness is currently closed, indefinitely, for a maternity sabbatical. If you need emergency help, please call 911 or visit your local emergency department.
For current clients, if you need to view or pay a bill, a link to the client portal is below.
Office Location
2728 Colonial Drive Ste. 202
Helena, MT 59601
Mobile (406) 518 1165