Making Lasting Life Changes

Counseling for Children, Adolescents, Adults, and Families

Eagle River Counseling

Mental Health Counseling in Eagle River Alaska

At Eagle River Counseling, Mary Helen Snider serves her clients using a combination of the science of happiness,  mindful self-compassion, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), and insight-oriented approaches.  Mary Helen helps you define the changes you want in your life, make realistic goals,  and develop the skills to create those lasting life changes.

With more than two decades of clinical experience, Mary Helen will help you and your family learn skills which lead toward a fulfilling and positive life.

Eagle River Counseling
Eagle River Counseling

Philosophy

Mary Helen believes that all people have strengths and that those strengths are the basis for an effective treatment plan. She will work with you to determine your goals, identify strengths, and agree on a treatment plan that fits with your preferences and values.

Eagle River Counseling believes in the dignity of and inherent worth of all people regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, nationality, affective orientation, sex, age, ability, or religion.

Empowering and Helping Children

At Eagle River Counseling, Mary Helen guides you and your child toward an opportunity to heal, develop resilience, and rebuild an emotionally healthy life.

We're here to support you and your child

Children come to us when facing challenges like:

  • Anxiety

  • Depression

  • Gifted Child Issues

  • Divorce Issues

  • Emotion Reactivity

  • Disruptive & Defiant Behaviors

  • Sexual Orientation

  • Gender Identity

  • Increasing Happiness

Eagle River Counseling
Eagle River Counseling

Caring For Adults

Eagle River Counseling helps adults with strategies for:

  • Anxiety

  • Depression

  • Divorce Issues

  • Life Transitions

  • Intimate Partner Violence

  • Sexual Orientation

  • Gender Identity

  • Increasing Happiness

Eagle River Counseling

Helping families through difficult times and transitions Stay Together

Family therapy can help family members find more productive ways to interact and reestablish satisfying relationships and deal with issues like:

  • Improving Communication

  • Relocation Transitions

  • Sexual Orientation

  • Gender Identity

  • Co-parenting facilitation and divorce coaching.

  • Improving Communication

  • Relocation Transitions

  • Sexual Orientation

  • Gender Identity

  • Referrals to Co-parenting Facilitators or Parenting Coordinators

Eagle River Counseling does not provide couples or marital counseling.