Better boundaries. Closer Connections. A peace that holds.
The acceptance you want is on the other side of the boundary you're avoiding.
Good Fences Counseling helps people become who they choose to be and grow closer to the people who matter to them. We do it by helping them with the one thing most of us quietly avoid: setting the boundaries that make real connection possible. We believe most relationship struggles don't come from a lack of love or effort. They come from boundaries we never set, because setting them means facing something we'd rather not feel. The acceptance you're looking for waits on the other side of that discomfort: to be known, respected, and let in.
That's where therapy comes in. Drawing on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, we begin by making room for the feelings you've been working around (the fear, the guilt, the pull of old patterns) so they no longer make your decisions for you. From there, the work is learning to act from your values rather than your anxieties: to say the difficult thing, hold the line with care, and stay connected while you do. We don't see boundaries as walls that keep people out. We see them as the clear edges that let a relationship be close without losing yourself in it.
We work with adults of any age, background, or gender, offering a warm, steady, nonjudgmental space to look honestly at what's working and what needs to change. What sets the work here apart is its focus: not insight for its own sake, but values-driven action and the boundaries that turn understanding into change, replacing shame with clarity and "try harder" with what actually works.
If you're ready to move toward healthier boundaries, stronger relationships, and a life that feels like your own, we're here to walk that path with you.
Geoff Scholl is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC), a Certified Anger Management Specialist-II (CAMS-II), and a Certified Domestic Violence Specialist-II (CDVS-II). He works with adults and couples who want closer, steadier relationships, and helps them get there through the things that actually make closeness possible: emotional regulation, clear boundaries, and honest communication. Underneath the work is a simple conviction: people are inherently good, worthy of love, and deserving of safe, supportive relationships, with others and with themselves.
His style is relational, inquisitive, and practical. Drawing on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Geoff helps people make meaningful, values-driven change, the kind supported by compassion, honesty, acceptance, and accountability. He has particular expertise with adults navigating anger and aggression, where much of the real work is learning to feel what sits underneath the anger, and with couples who want to build communication patterns that bring them closer instead of driving them apart.
Geoff keeps a steady, non-judgmental stance with every client, regardless of diagnosis, background, or the circumstances that bring them in. He believes people grow best where they feel safe, understood, and free from shame, because change rarely comes from being judged into it.
Geoff has been in practice since 2017. He came to counseling after an earlier career in molecular biology, drawn by a desire to help people pursue change in a way that is compassionate, respectful, and rooted in what they value most.
Elizabeth Lair, M.Ed., PCLC
Maybe you're pregnant or newly postpartum, and the motherhood you're living doesn't match the one you pictured. Maybe you're trying to become a mother, through fertility treatment or on your own, and carrying more than you can say out loud. Or maybe life has shifted under you: a new job, a move, a breakup, a loss, an identity that no longer fits. From the outside you look fine. Inside, you're anxious, worn out, and not quite yourself. You don't have to reach a breaking point before you ask for help. Therapy is one place where you don't have to perform, explain, or apologize.
Elizabeth works with women through pregnancy, postpartum, and early motherhood, through fertility and pregnancy loss, and with people from age 16 onward facing anxiety, depression, and the transitions that reshape a life. Drawing on Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, CBT, Motivational Interviewing, and person-centered care, Elizabeth works collaboratively to loosen the grip of the thoughts that have been running the show and build practical skills for anxiety, low mood, and overwhelm, all pointed at the life you actually want. You set the pace; she helps bring the structure.
Elizabeth practices under the clinical supervision of Geoffrey Scholl, LCPC, so every part of your care is backed by a licensed clinician. Whether it's postpartum anxiety or depression, fertility stress, perfectionism, burnout, or a season of change, you don't have to figure it out alone. Reaching out is often the hardest step, and you've nearly taken it. Elizabeth see clients by telehealth anywhere in Montana and in person in Bozeman. She can accept many insurance plans, and is welcoming new clients. She offers a free consultation and typically responds within one business day.
