William Bruce, LCPC
Assistant Clinical Director

Bill received his Masters in Education, Educational Psychology, at the University of Utah. He has been counseling with adolescents and their families for nearly twenty years in a variety of inpatient and outpatient facilities including chemical dependency treatment. BCA is very fortunate to have Bill on our clinical team.

“I am most committed to, and get great satisfaction from, seeing young people tap into the power and capability that lies within. In my understanding, all humans are born with the capacity to love and to do good work. I really enjoy identifying barriers to these capacities and helping students and their families overcome the barriers.

I find it very rewarding working with adolescents who are either paralyzed or tossed about by strong, overwhelming emotional states. I feel the approaches used in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy help teach skills and support students in moving around and beyond these emotionally debilitating states.

I like practicing my profession at BCA because I can be around students in a great variety of settings and interact with a large number of students and staff who also experience that student. This makes for a data-rich environment that allows greater understanding and potential points of focus to use in therapy.”

Favorite Quote: "Do not mistake the pointing finger for the moon."--Zen Buddhist Tradition
 

Tatum Miller, LCPC

Tatum is a Clinical Art Therapist having obtained her Masters of Art in Art Therapy in 2000 from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in conjunction with Rush Medical School. She is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) and a Board Certified, Registered Art Therapist (ATR-BC. Tatum's professional experience has been focused on helping children and teens deal with their life circumstances. Her scope of experience spans from understanding and gaining control over behavior disorders to processing complex cumulative trauma. She was the primary therapist for adolescent girls in a state supported shelter in Chicago for over 5 years. Tatum also facilitated art therapy groups for children and mothers affected by domestic violence at programs throughout the Chicago area. In 2005, Tatum returned to school to complete a Masters of Science in Environmental Education. The Audubon Expedition Institute/ Lesley University program allowed her to study in different regions throughout the United States, including the Pacific Northwest, Hawaii, and the Atlantic Coast. Focusing on aspects of community and authentic communication, it was highly relevant to her work as a therapist. This experience took her to Charlottesville, Virginia, where she taught Psychology at a small private high school. Concurrently, she worked with an agency providing structural family therapy to area residents. Tatum relocated to North Idaho in August of 2007 in order to continue her work with teens and integrate her passions for art and the environment. She offered workshops this fall at the Great Turning conference for environmental leaders and educators as well as at the annual conference for the American Art Therapy Association.