Gaelen Engler, LCSW

Individual and Couples Therapist , Clinical Director

Gaelen Engler joined Sweetgrass Psychological as a Social Worker Licensure candidate in 2020 after serving adolescents and families for many years at a therapeutic boarding school. She practices in both our Whitefish and Columbia Falls locations and remotely via telehealth.

She earned her Masters in Social Work from the University of Montana where she cultivated both clinical skills and a passion for social justice and community engagement. Gaelen works with children, adolescents, adults, couples and families.

Gaelen leans into a relational approach to working with people, honoring their lived experience above all else.  She believes in the power of exploring one's story in the context of the safe and trusting relationship she builds with her clients.  Clients working with Gaelen often say that they feel that they can truly be themselves in the therapy room, leaving behind the demands of their lives in the spirit of connecting to themselves  Gaelen has training in Emotionally-Focused Therapy, as well as Internal Family Systems, and enjoys taking these approaches with people when it feels appropriate and of interest to her clients.