Meet the Team!
Cheyenne Baxter, BA, MS Candidate
Connection is how we make meaning in the world; the language we speak, the colors we see, the emotions we feel, the way we express ourselves, and the relationships we create. Where you reside, how you were raised, your specific experiences, and many other factors play a role in shaping sense of self, identity, and way of interacting.
When there is tension, conflict, or misunderstanding, it can threaten our sense of security. This can stir up feeling alone, unimportant, hurt, rejected, or inadequate. Leading to maladaptive or harmful ways of coping, behaving, and communicating that can causes significant harm.
In our work, I focus on providing empathy, authenticity, compassion, and respect to who you are, without condition. I integrate how cultural identity (oppression, discrimination, sociocultural messaging, and others) influences mental health and overall well-being. My goal is to help you reimagine connection and healing by facilitating a space where you can be fully seen, accepted, and empowered to heal, repair, and/or learn alternative ways of interacting and communicating that is alignment with your values and needs.
Clinical Experience
I have experience working in mental health counseling, case management, crisis intervention, early intervention with children under the age of five, and navigating community resources to fit the needs of clients. My work has focused on the belief that an individual’s early experiences, specifically to what happens in their world before the age of five, has an impact on their development and worldview perspectives. Children learn to bond with important people in their life early on through attachment and connection. As children face adversities, such as poverty or having an absent caregiver, their ability to navigate change, learning, and novelty begins to adapt. Once a child is exposed to adversities, including stress and trauma, their mental health and skill development begins to shape how they navigate relationships with others and themselves.
Clinical experience
- Mental health counseling
- Case management
- Crisis intervention
- Early intervention with children
- Community resources for clients
Clinical Focus
Within the clinical space I use practices rooted in relational, cultural, and person-centered theories that believe for healing and change to occur, it requires empathy, transparency, and keeping the client at the heart of therapeutic work. I believe that experiences become ingrained in the mind and body to create their own understanding of reality. Vulnerabilities truly become superpowers through awareness, understanding, and acceptance.
My areas of focus include, but are not limited to:
Individual youth & adults
LGBTQIA2+
Family systems
Partnered relationships
Emotional regulation
Gender identity and expression
Sexual health and acceptance
Creative expression
Education
*M.S., Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Cappella University, MN (July 2022-current)
B.A., Children’s Studies w a minor in Psychology, Eastern Washington University, WA
Personal
I thrive on connecting with others, appreciating the natural beauty of my community, challenging the patriarchy, and enjoying a delicately made iced coffee. I like to spend time exploring the mystery and realness of it in television series such as CSI Las Vegas, This Is Us, and Dahmer Monster: the Jefferey Story. Over the years, I have found healing by leaning into my own childhood by watching Disney movies, smashing Goombahs in Mario Brothers, and practicing creativity whenever I can.
Reach out if you would like to connect to learn more or to schedule an appointment!
Availability
Wednesday, Friday, Saturday
Rates
Reduced rates for clinical intern therapist completing graduate school
1 hour (50 min)= $90
1.5 hour (80 min)= $135
*Therapist is a clinical intern completing graduate school and is supervised by Amy Rinker, MA, LMFT-S, License # LF60635676.