PROFESSIONAL - CARING - EXPERIENCED - GENUINE - CONFIDENTIAL

Our caring counselors believe in the value in every individual. We have been providing professional mental health therapy for people from Nebraska and surrounding states for nearly twenty years. We provide a full spectrum of care for adults and teenagers, including individual counseling, EAP services, and Christian counseling. We have years of experience and training helping clients deal with all types of issues, including trauma, anxiety, grief, codependency, coping skills, sleep issues, insomnia, PTSD, workplace issues, stress, sexual abuse, and depression.

​We are here to help you and your family bridge the gap between problems and solutions.

Call us today at 308-532-3000

- Independent Counselors - One Location -

Through each our independent practices, we are here to help you! ​Our caring counselors have years of experience helping our clients and their families work through life's difficulties. We work with you to establish helpful communication and trust in a comfortable and secure environment, where we can pinpoint cognitive, behavioral, and emotional roadblocks that prevent optimum well-being and functioning. 
Shawna N. Munson, M.A., LIMHP
Shawna earned her M.A. in Counseling from Chadron State College. She has been a licensed counselor since 2005 and has been the owner of Bridges Counseling since 2010. She is a member of the American Counseling Association and the American Association of Christian Counselors. She is trained in Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT). Shawna helps adults and teenagers with ADHD/ADD, anxiety, depression, divorce recovery, family of origin struggles, grief/loss, life transitions, job and career challenges, OCD, PTSD, self-worth, sleep issues and insomnia, stress management, and trauma.
​Heather Childears, M.A., LMHP
Heather Childears Counseling, LLC
Heather earned her M.A. in Counseling from Chadron State College She has been a licensed counselor since 2016. She is a member of the American Counseling Association and the American Association of Christian Counselors. Heather works with adults and teenagers on struggles including adjustment disorders, anxiety, blended families, depression, divorce recovery, grief/loss, parenting, PTSD, self-worth, stress management, and trauma.
Thank you to our clients and partners for choosing Bridges Counseling in the North Platte Telegraph Reader's Choice Awards as the Best Counselor for a fifth year.

- Contact Us -

Address:
120 N. Dewey St.
North Platte, NE 69101

Telephone:
308-532-3000
If we don't answer, please leave a message. Voicemails are only accessible by our licensed therapists. We will return your call.

If you have a mental health emergency, please call 911 or go to your nearest emergency room.

Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: Call 988

​Region II Behavioral Health Emergency Support Line: 877-269-2079

Crisis Text Line: Text HELLO to 741-741

​Fax:
308-532-4164

​Office Hours: 
Monday - 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Tuesday - 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Wednesday - 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Thursday - 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Friday - hours vary
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- Telehealth Appointments -

Shawna Munson is offering video counseling for established adult clients with a scheduled video appointment. At your scheduled video appointment time, you can use this link to easily enter the virtual waiting room.
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You must complete a Telemental Health Informed Consent form prior to a video counseling session. Please download the form here, review, sign, and return to Shawna.