Welcome to
Ponderosa Counseling & Wellness Practice
Ponderosa Practice is a growing counseling practice founded in Boise, Idaho. We provide professional counseling services and specialize in treatment of depression, anxiety, trauma, and PTSD.
Great to Meet You
Whether this be your first time inquiring about counseling services or your tenth attempt at finding the right fit in a counselor, this step in your journey is brave and deserving of recognition. This is a cliche thing for a counselor to say and yet it is my belief that every action we take that is rooted in the hope that we can grow and change is a brave and beautiful posture to carry in life.
Humans are capable of extraordinary change, extraordinary lives, but oftentimes it is overwhelming and difficult to get out of the circumstances we find ourselves in. Viktor Frankl, Holocaust survivor and Existentialist says,
“Everything can be taken from a man but one thing: the last of the human freedoms—to choose one’s attitude in any given set of circumstances, to choose one’s own way.”
Counseling at Ponderosa Practice is a place to make sense of our past and current experiences, to dare to dream of what could be, and to begin to plan and take steps towards choosing one’s way.
Katie Schulze, LPC
Katie is a licensed professional counselor and national certified counselor. She holds a Master in Counseling degree from Boise State University. She has experience working with adult and adolescent clients through issues like anxiety, depression, trauma-related issues, family issues, and career challenges. Her work is grounded in internal family systems (IFS), EMDR, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, interpersonal neurobiology, and mindfulness. She is currently working with individuals ages 14 and older.
Erin Liday, LMSW
Erin earned her master’s degree in Social Work with a clinical focus from George Fox University. She has experience working with both adults and adolescents across a multitude of issues such as anxiety, depression, PTSD, bipolar, life transitions and family/relationship issues. Her background in social work lends to a holistic counseling approach that aims to incorporate all aspects of a person’s life: emotional, social, cultural, vocational, spiritual, etc. While she works with clients from all walks of life, her passion is helping those who are healing from traumatic backgrounds by helping them understand the effects of past trauma, learn coping strategies and ultimately find healing and hope for the future.
