About
Located in Garden City, ID, they offer a range of services including counseling for depression and anxiety, couples counseling, sexual behavior counseling for teenagers, and more. Their team of experienced clinicians, led by Merridith Manning, LMFT, and Kara Grant, provide a safe, warm, and empathetic space for clients to explore their challenges and work towards healing and resiliency. With a focus on empowering individuals and couples to make positive changes in their lives, Impact Counseling is committed to helping clients grow from their struggles, heal from their pain, and move forward to where they want to be.
Insurance & payment
Impact Counseling accepts Aetna, Blue Cross, Blue Shield, PacificSource, Regence, SelectHealth, and St. Luke's Partners insurance plans. Insurance details are not listed publicly — call the practice to confirm.
- Aetna
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- PacificSource
- SelectHealth
- St. Luke's Partners
- UMR
- UnitedHealthcare
Listed fee: $185 per session, I accept insurance. Ask about sliding-scale fees if you're paying out of pocket.
Services & specialties
Counseling for Depression and Anxiety
Impact Counseling provides counseling and treatment to help individuals recover motivation, perspective, and joy, and to overcome lingering symptoms associated with painful or traumatic circumstances.
Couples Counseling
They offer Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) to help couples establish reconnection and express their needs for love and support, moving them from distress to collaboration and compromise.
Sexual Behavior Counseling for Teenagers
Impact Counseling provides a supportive and respectful environment for teenagers to explore sexual behavior issues that may be holding them back and impacting their relationships.
Adolescent Counseling
Their team works with teenagers to strengthen core beliefs, manage negative thought patterns, and develop better coping mechanisms to deal with peer pressure, cyberbullying, and other challenges of adolescence.
Group Therapy
Impact Counseling offers court ordered treatment groups as well as outpatient therapy groups, led by seasoned clinicians, to help clients connect with others experiencing similar issues and gain insight, learn new skills, and find compassion.
Trauma, PTSD & EMDR
Their team provides EMDR therapy to target traumatic memories and create new ways of responding to triggering situations and stimuli, helping clients develop a sense of safety and connection.