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Portrait of Drea Rightsell

Honor Society® member

Drea Rightsell

Somatic Experiencing Practitioner at Private Practice

  • clinical social work
  • Class of 2025
  • Hamilton, MT

Member since November 2022

Education

  • the university of montana

    masters in social work

    2023 – 2025

Goals and interests

Career goal

Working with children , adults, families and communities to support trauma resiliency and other essential life skills. Facilitating trauma informed trainings, parenting classes, and domestic violence support groups; providing private and group expressive arts, somatic and nature based therapy.

Graduate school interests

Trauma informed care
Expressive arts therapy
Indigenous approaches to social work

Outside the classroom

Piano
Contemporary Dance
Gardening/Animal Husbandry
Hiking, Wildcrafting
Paddle Boarding

Experience

  • Somatic Experiencing Practitioner

    Private Practice

    Sep 2017 – May 2023

  • youth and family advocate

    SAFE in the Bitterroot

    Sep 2015 – Sep 2017

Volunteering

  • Co-facilitator of Women's and Children's Support Groups

    SAFE in the Bitterroot

    Jun 2015 – Jan 2023