Jamey Ivey, LCPC

Jamey Ivey is a licensed clinical professional counselor (LCPC) in Montana with 21 years of experience. She focuses on thoughts and everyday habits that shape how people respond to stress, anxiety, trauma, depression, and intimacy-related struggles. Her style centers on building practical skills and helping people recognize strengths they already have.

She uses approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavior Therapy to teach tools for coping and for changing unhelpful thought patterns. Sessions often focus on concrete steps you can try between meetings. Jamey emphasizes small, manageable changes rather than sweeping promises.

Her experience includes work with attachment and abandonment concerns, caregiver stress, chronic illness and pain, addiction-related issues, and problems with communication and codependency. She also supports people dealing with divorce, domestic violence histories, hoarding, impulsivity, loneliness, and feelings of emptiness.

Jamey believes clients are the experts in their own lives and aims to empower them toward clearer goals. She encourages people to take practical actions that reflect their values and priorities. The work is collaborative and paced to fit each person’s readiness for change.

To begin, readers should use the site’s Start Therapy process to match and schedule according to availability. Sessions are conducted in English and follow the therapist’s stated procedures for intake and scheduling.

How CBT and DBT Shape Online Work

CBT, or Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, focuses on identifying and changing unhelpful thoughts and habits that keep problems active. It involves short, structured exercises and practical homework to test new ways of thinking and behaving. DBT, or Dialectical Behavior Therapy, teaches coping skills for intense emotions and relationship challenges, including mindfulness, emotional regulation, and better interpersonal techniques.

Finding the right approach is part of the work. The therapist will collaborate with each person to decide which methods fit their goals and life. Together they will try techniques, review what helps, and adjust the plan as needed to match preferences and progress.

Confirm the therapist’s available session options before booking, since formats are set by the clinician. Online sessions can make it easier to fit therapy into a busy life by saving travel time, allowing shorter check-ins when needed, and enabling meetings from locations with quieter surroundings. These practical benefits help people maintain consistency and apply skills between sessions without promising any specific outcome.