Our Practitioners

We are a group of like-minded practitioners, specially trained in diverse mental health and healing services, that value a holistic approach to care.

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Our practitioners take pride in building relationships with clients that are committed to establishing rapport, safety, positive regard for wellbeing, and developing full understanding of the context surrounding your concerns. We are committed to health and healing, root cause analysis, and collaboration and continuity of care. Be. practitioners are committed to ensuring that your treatment is specifically designed to meet your particular needs.

To inquire about a specific service or to speak to one of our practitioners, please click to learn more, and reach out to them directly using their provided contact information.

 

Shelly Anderson

SPEECH PATHOLOGIST
RYT-200

Shelly’s yoga practice began in 2009 and she quickly became hooked because because it gave her the tools to start over and change her life in a positive way. She practiced and spread the word years before becoming an RYT-200 in 2018.

Carissa Alt-Frankard

LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR (LPC)

Carissa developed Be Your Better Self, LLC after using the phrase Be Your Better Self as a personal mantra for growth in her own life. She’s excited to share this same spirit with you to help you grow in the ways you want and/or need in your own life. Carissa enjoys working with kids and families and has recently taken a special interest working with women who are in a transitional phase of their life, whether that be the growing pains of young adulthood, motherhood, or any other transition they may be going through.

Mara Eifolla

ROOT CAUSE NUTRITIONAL THERAPIST

As a Root Cause Nutritional Therapist, Mara believes our bodies are innately smart and can heal themselves given the right things. So many people suffer with symptoms but are still told, "It's normal," or "Your labs look good." It doesn’t need to be that way! She’s wants to change that narrative and encourage you to listen to your body and dig until you feel you are living an optimal functioning life.

Heidi Heimerl

YTT-200

Heidi is passionate about empowering people to experience their pure and blissful soul consistently and reliably, and to seek union with the great vastness of spirit. She offers therapeutic yoga to children, adults, and families who are seeking more dynamic balance and sustainable harmony in their lives by offering tools and practices rooted in trauma-informed yogic perspective and nervous system regulation.

Kris Rahn

LICENSED PSYCHOLOGIST

Kris’s experiences have taught her the importance of delivering developmentally-appropriate and trauma-informed care in addition to maintaining a sense of openness, curiosity and humor. She takes an individualized approach to therapy to enhance self-understanding, process experiences, and create meaning.

Deb Sommerhalder

FOUNDER OF INNER SUN YOGA STUDIO & INTUITIVE YOGA EXPERIENCE™
CERTIFIED PETER HESS SOUND MASSAGE PRACTITIONER LEVEL I-IV

Yoga has been a big part of Deb’s life for over 20 years with personal practice, teaching and ownership of Inner Sun Yoga Studio. She teaches authentically with compassion, sharing knowledge from training and experiences, inviting her students to use their intuition and explore their practice at their own pace. Deb is also a Certified Peter Hess Sound Practitioner, inviting her clients to a place of optimal well-being, through the practice of yoga and sound.

Carey Sorenson

FOUNDER OF BE.// CENTER FOR HOLISTIC MENTAL HEALTH AND HEALING
EXECUTIVE CLINICAL DIRECTOR
LICENSED PSYCHOLOGIST
REGISTERED YOGA TEACHER-200

Carey’s life experience and professional knowledge inspired her to open someplace special where individuals of all ages could not only be heard, seen, and feel safe, but could also obtain the types of services that will could them heal and grow in their own way, in their own time. That’s how Be. was born.

Courtney Steuer

LICENSED CLINICAL SOCIAL WORKER
CERTIFIED SUBSTANCE ABUSE COUNSELOR
RYT-200

Coupled with traditional treatment approaches, holistic and individually based opportunities are at the forefront of Courtney’s approach with those she works alongside. Her goal is to help lay the foundation and groundwork to ensure a life of harmony and fulfillment. An achievement of balance in mind, in body and in spirit.

Jaycie Westphal

LICENSED PROFESSIONAL COUNSELOR - IN TRANING
CLIENT & PROVIDER RELATIONS LIAISON

Jaycie utilizes an integrative approach informed by person-centered, strengths-based, and cognitive behavioral therapies. She is adept at creating a safe, affirmative space where others can freely explore their identities, areas of concern, and lived experiences. Jaycie views others from a holistic perspective drawing on a mind, body, and spirit focus, and looks forward to supporting others at Be. and helping them discover what holistic healing means for them