*In our latest survey of current and former patients, 95% reported their care as Excellent or Very Good.(SurveyMonkey 03/12-19/2018)
Welcome! My name is Lonnie Stapp; I am the founder and Clinical Director of Avalon Counseling, one of the top-rated out-patient mental health clinics in Coeur d’Alene and Northern Idaho. I am a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC-6878), with a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology. In addition, I am a Vietnam-era veteran, with two grown children. Having been born and raised along the Gulf coast of Texas I am invigorated every day with the beauty of the Inland Northwest and the heartiness of the people who inhabit it.
Avalon Counseling’s Vision
At our clinic, we celebrate the uniqueness of each person with exclusive treatment tailored to the individual. We are committed to providing confidential, ethical, safe, self-affirming and non-judgmental counseling for individuals, family, and couples. We carefully listen to your goals and values and then join with you in finding your unique purpose-filled life path. Whatever the issue you or a loved one is experiencing we stand ready to help.
My passion is to see individuals and couples establish and restore healthy relationships and to help them live rich, full, meaningful lives. I’m holistic in my approach, looking at all aspects of the person’s mind, body, and spirit that make us unique and human. I provide individual counseling, couples counseling, and group counseling for a wide variety of concerns.
My Path to Psychology
My colleagues, patients, family members, and friends often ask me why I chose psychology as a career. Shoot, most days I ask myself the same thing. I chose to pursue psychology after a traumatic event involving my wife. This event lead me to seek out personal and family counseling for which I am grateful. I am a personal witness to the benefits of counseling and continue to schedule visits with my therapist.
Every therapist brings their unique perspective to therapy. All therapists academic curriculums are similar and include the history of psychology, the contribution of the founders, the theories, and ethics of counseling. Most counselors then go on to get specialized training during their internships, residencies, and institutional certification. Most have adopted an integrated scholar-practitioner approach to counseling. That is all jargon for saying most counseling professionals use the most up-to-date evidence-based treatments that take into account the patient’s physical wellness, their psychological history, environmental influences, and their culture.
All of the aforementioned apply to my training and ethical commitment. What I try to bring into the therapy session is my training and experience and just as importantly a mature, non-judgemental, respectful, professional confidence and curiosity. Someone once said of the human species; we are at the same time all alike and unique. One final point I would share is that the best counselors are the ones who consider, as I do, the privilege of counseling “a calling” rather than a job, profession, or a career.
We are here to Serve
Please visit our website often. We hope you bookmark this site and refer to it often. Our vision for the website is to reflect our belief that therapy is a collaborative effort. When the patient is informed, they are better able to participate in treatment decisions and are more likely to adhere to the prescribed treatment.
We treat a wide range of disorders. Some of the more common disorders, their symptoms and treatments can be found under theServices tab. We are committed to submitting Blogarticles that are relevant and of interest to our patients, caregivers, and colleagues. I suggest reviewing the Rates and Insurance(dropdown from theGetting Started tab) for information on our fees and the most current list of insurance companies we are contracted with.
Included in the Resourcestab is our Social Media policy. On each page of the website is a Contact section that allows the reader to contact us by phone or email. Each page includes a map of our office location, the address of our office, and our usual hours of operation. Please useUseful Bitspage to request placement on our mailing list to receive clinic updates, daily meditations, or our Daily Mindful Reflections emails (we do not share our mailing list).
If I can ever be of assistance, my hope is you will call and know that I am ready to join you on your path to a fulfilling and meaningful life.
Reference:
Stapp, L. M. (2015). Parental personality domains and predicting the effectiveness of treatment for nocturnal enuresis (3702874). Available from Dissertations & Theses @ Walden University; ProQuest Dissertations & Theses Global. (1686813265). Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1686813265?accountid=14872
*In our latest survey of current and former patients, 95% reported their care as Excellent or Very Good. (SurveyMonkey 03/12-19/2018)