Northwest Counseling Services PLLC
Northwest Counseling Services PLLC is leading the way in comprehensive mental health treatment. Our group organization provides psychotherapy services to individuals, families, and couples. We are here to help get you “unstuck” while helping you navigate life’s difficulties by supporting, listening, and guiding you through a supportive therapeutic process that is centered around your goals. Let’s work together to build, shape, heal and recover a stronger since of self, strength and stability. We strive to provide the highest quality of psychotherapy services from children to adults, individuals and couples. Our services are guided by the NASW code of ethics, and you can expect highly qualified, experienced, and compassionate Therapists to provide customized evidence-based treatment to meet your needs. I believe in healing, hope and recovery and our values are highlighted in the supportive services you receive.
We pride our efforts to foster a community that cares about all people. We look forward to serving throughout our beautiful State of Idaho. Through telehealth services, we can reach our rural communities while building professional relationships with our amazing mental health community prescribing providers. I look forward to collaborating with our many other wonderful mental health care professionals. Northwest Counseling Services will be serving in person, our community members, in the Post Falls, Coeur d Alene, Hayden and surrounding areas. Happy Healing!
Agency Owner,
Dr. Cherish Hill, DSW, LCSW, MSW
Individual Therapy
Individual Therapy for mood disorders, anxiety disorders, personality disorders, grief, trauma/PTSD, depression, anxiety, phobias, ADHD, OCD, Autism, LGBTQ support, athlete counseling, health care professional support, terminal Illness and chronic illness support, cult abuse, or areas of religious harm, parental estrangement, blended family, caregiving aging parents support, adoption parent support, surrogate and intended parent support, fertility and pregnancy support, nightmare disorder and other sleep disorders, somatic symptom disorders.
Individual Psychotherapy is the only service we accept insurance coverage, or self-pay.
Accepts Blue Cross, Blue Shield, Premera, Regence, Self-Pay, Pacific Source, Magellan/Medicaid, Medicare, Aetna, Cigna, Humana, United Health.
Emerge Marriage Therapy
Marriage Therapy designed for reconciliation where couples embark on a 12 week (once a week) intensive therapy to healing, hope and recovery. Rebuilding the foundation of trust, communication, intimacy and respect is the corner stone of Emerge Marriage Therapy. Couples receive top tier evidence-based therapy guided by a Gottman Method Therapy Modality that is based on over 40 years of research. This approach focuses on building a strong friendship, managing conflict, and creating shared meaning. The process includes assessment, feedback, and skills-based interventions and the only marriage counseling therapy modality that has scientific evidence to back is effectiveness.
Accepts Self Pay Only
Empower Teen
Intensive Outpatient afterschool treatment that focuses on self-esteem, social skill building, school improvements, and trauma treatment that goes beyond office visits. Empower Teen has customized therapeutic modalities like dialectical behavioral therapy, Trauma focused cognitive behavioral therapy, that is evidence based to reduce anxiety, depression, stress through activities that may include outdoor hiking, fishing, bowling, horseback riding, games and also group therapy. Empower focuses to improves emotional, social, occupational and other areas of life functioning. Empower guides and supports your teen through the school year process, which may include assisting in IEP meetings, school meetings, and other areas of assistant.
Ages 13-17
(per school year August-June)
Enrollment for school year 2025/2026 is open from June 1st, 2025-July 28th 2025.
Accepts Self Pay Only
Mental Health Evaluations
We offer Comprehensive Mental Health Evaluations within 24 hours of Diagnostic Assessment for court, medication management, or other needed services.
Self-Pay Only
Treatment for Trauma
Customized Trauma treatment for PTSD, CPTSD and trauma related disorders through a combination of techniques that include EMDR, Polyvagal, and Trauma Focused CBT.
Service Fee: Included in Individual Therapy
Corporate Trainings
Mental Health trainings that provide evidence based dialectical behavioral skills to your employees to manage anxiety, stress, and other mental health related topics to improve and cultivate a health productive work environment.
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Group Therapy
Group therapy encompasses support from a group on topics that matter and are a shared experience within the group that are 12-16 weeks, once a week session. Group types include
-Survivors of Narcissist Abuse
-Fear of Flying
-Estranged Parents
-Autoimmune and Chronic Illness
-Young Adults with Autism
-Woman’s Empowerment Self Esteem Building
-Divorce Support
-Adult survivors of Childhood Cults
-Sexual Assault
-Young adult adjustment support
-Mindfulness hiking for outdoor enthusiast
Self-Pay Only
Treatment of Grief
Treatment of grief encompasses a variety of therapeutic modalities customized to your needs, as grief is never linear. Wherever you are in your healing journey, we provide support to walk long side you in your healing.
Service Fee: Included in Individual Therapy
Addiction Treatment for Employee Programs
We provide corporate treatment contract for employers of employees that need treatment to maintain employment. Client’s get discreate 12-week treatment programs that allow employers to be updated on treatment processes for alcohol and drug addiction.
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