Graduate Counseling Interns

Shane Fookes, Counseling Intern at Discover Counseling:

Shane Fookes, Graduate Counseling Intern

Call: (503) 847-9940

Email: intern@staging.discovercounseling.com

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Education & Professional Affiliation: Shane obtained a Bachelor of Science from the University of Texas at Austin, and a Master of Divinity with an emphasis in Pastoral Counseling from Denver Seminary in Littleton, Colorado.

About: Though I am still a student about halfway through coursework toward a Masters in Counseling, I have almost 25 years experience caring for people while serving on staff at non-profits and churches. I have pastoral counseling experience working with individuals, couples, families, and groups on a variety of issues, including depression, anxiety, survival of physical and/or sexual abuse, marital concerns, life transitions, grief over loss, parenting challenges, and spiritual concerns.

My approach explores how cognition (one’s thoughts and beliefs), affect (one’s emotions and desires), and narrative (one’s story and its meaning) impact behavior. I view counseling as a collaborative effort in helping persons recognize strengths, identify needs, understand conflicts, discover new options, set growth goals, and make informed choices. While I operate from a Christian worldview and enjoy helping people connect with God, out of care and respect I do not impose my beliefs or opinions onto clients.

When I’m not working, you’ll generally find me enjoying our beautiful state hiking, mountain biking, snowshoeing, golfing or going for a long walk with my beautiful wife of 29 years.

A Statement from Aaron about Counseling Interns:

My aim is for Discover Counseling to provide effective counseling services with compassion and professionalism. When selecting interns, I look for someone who fits these expectations. This creates an excellent opportunity for you, the client, to work through your issues with an eager new counselor and pay a lower fee. My Pre-Master’s interns are Master’s degree candidates that are near the end of their education and just need real world experience to hone their skills. They are very knowledgeable and highly trained, so you can expect a high quality experience.

We take counseling very seriously because we know that your life, relationships, and well-being are on the line. As such, you can expect my interns to have regular weekly supervision with me, as well as regular meetings with their clinical supervisor at their graduate university program. I work closely with their university to ensure interns are maintaining best practices and ethical standards before signing off on every single hour.

Counseling interns are highly motivated to do their best work, and their supervisors (including myself) are motivated to ensure clients’ needs are being met at all times. This creates a great opportunity for you to benefit from the knowledge and experience of multiple professionals at a lower cost!

Since interns cannot accept your insurance, they work on a sliding fee scale that is based on your income and is comparable to what your insurance co-pay or coinsurance would be. The fee scale is listed below: