Works with
How Blanche works
- Not listed
Practical facts
- Credentials
- LCPC
- Licensed in
- Montana
- Years in practice
- 9
- Languages
- English
- Session format
- Online, through our partner platform
About Blanche
Blanche Sumner is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor who practices in Montana and has nine years of clinical experience. She has spent much of her time supporting people through grief, shame, LGBTQIA2S+ related concerns, and trauma. Blanche focuses on helping people notice what is happening inside so they can make different choices in their lives.
Her approach is down-to-earth and respectful. She meets people where they are and centers their goals in each session.
Background and approach
Blanche aims to help clients build awareness, develop coping skills, and take practical steps toward feeling steadier day to day. She has worked with adolescents and people in transitional age ranges, and brings experience from community-based settings into her practice. That background gives her a practical sense of how life stressors, identity questions, and traumatic experiences show up in everyday routines.
In sessions she uses evidence-based techniques to help with anxiety, depression, anger, addictions, and relationship and intimacy concerns. She also supports people dealing with body image, attachment struggles, and separation or divorce. The work tends to be collaborative and paced to each person’s comfort.
Blanche describes herself as an ally and a steady presence who will encourage small steps forward. She helps clients translate insight into manageable actions and celebrates progress along the way.
What Blanche works with
Everything Blanche lists, in the therapist's own terms. Anger is the reason this directory exists; the rest tells you what usually sits alongside it in Blanche's practice.
- LGBT
- Trauma and abuse
- Grief
- Self esteem
- Coping with life changes
- Stress, Anxiety
- Addictions
- Relationship issues
- Family conflicts
- Intimacy-related issues
- Eating disorders
- Anger management
- Bipolar disorder
- Depression
- Compassion fatigue
- Abandonment
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Body image
- Codependency
- Commitment issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Dissociation
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Drug and alcohol addiction
- Eating and food-related issues
- Emptiness
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- First responder issues
- Gender dysphoria
- Guilt and shame
- Hoarding
- Hospice and end-of-life counseling
- Impulsivity
- Infidelity
- Isolation / loneliness
- Jealousy
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Multicultural concerns
- Narcissism
- Obsessions, compulsions, and OCD
- Panic disorder and panic attacks
- Paranoia
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
How evidence-based approaches fit into online therapy
Blanche uses practical, evidence-based techniques to help people manage symptoms and make changes. One common approach focuses on building awareness of thoughts, feelings, and bodily sensations so people can choose different responses to anger, anxiety, or shame. This helps with regulating emotions and reducing reactivity in everyday situations.Another approach emphasizes skill-building for coping and problem solving. Sessions teach concrete tools for stress, relationship communication problems, and cravings related to substance use. Those skills are practiced in short, manageable steps between meetings to strengthen new habits.
Finding the right approach is part of the work together. Blanche treats therapy as a collaboration and will help figure out which techniques match a person’s goals and preferences. She adjusts pace and methods based on what is helpful and what feels doable.
Online formats include video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging to fit different needs. Video calls allow fuller conversation and visual cues, phone sessions can be simpler when bandwidth is low, and messaging lets people check in or do brief coaching-style exchanges. These options make it easier to keep consistent sessions and fit therapy into a busy life.
Questions people ask about Blanche
What concerns does Blanche commonly help with?
She helps people with grief, trauma and abuse, anxiety, depression, anger, addictions, and self-esteem problems.
What is her therapy style like?
She works in a respectful, down-to-earth way and focuses on awareness and practical steps clients can use between sessions.
How much clinical experience does she have?
She has nine years of experience as a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor in Montana.
Where is Blanche based and what is her credential?
She practices in Montana and holds the LCPC credential.
Which languages are offered and can international clients join?
Sessions are offered in English and international clients are not currently accepted.
What session formats are available?
She offers video calls, phone sessions, live chat, and text-based messaging for flexible appointment options.
How are fees and payments handled?
Cost varies with location and therapist availability; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Click the Start Therapy button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule based on the therapist's availability.