Dusti Huddleston, LCSW

Biography

Dusti Huddleston is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) with 5–10 years of experience helping adolescents and adults navigate trauma, anxiety, depression, addiction, behavioral challenges, and life transitions. She provides collaborative, trauma-informed care using evidence-based approaches including CBT, DBT, Trauma-Focused CBT, and EMDR. Dusti partners with clients to build practical skills, foster resilience, and support lasting healing and growth.

Treatment approach

My goal in therapy is to create a space where you feel supported and genuinely understood. As a therapist, I want my clients to feel safe, and also challenged towards growth. I believe that therapy is most effective when it is collaborative. You are the expert on your own life; my role is to walk alongside you, helping you better understand yourself, identify patterns that are keeping you stuck, and find practical tools for growth and healing.

Strengths

Clients often say that I have a soft and comforting approach that makes them feel safe to explore some of their most challenging patterns. I strive to be present and genuine with my clients, to make them feel heard and to actively collaborate with them to reach their goals.

Brightside offerings

Therapy Suicide Prevention Teen Therapy

Clinical Focus Areas

Anxiety Disorders Depression Domestic Abuse Mood Disorders Sexual Abuse Substance Use Disorders Suicidal Ideation Teens Transgender Trauma and PTSD

Approach

Attachment-Based Therapy Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Exposure Therapy Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) Family Systems Therapy Motivational Interviewing (MI) Solution-Focused Therapy (SFT) Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT)

Languages

English

Identity

Female White She/Her/Hers

Culture & faith

African American Bicultural / Multicultural People Indigenous Cultures LGBTQ+ Women

Community & allyship

BIPOC First Responders Immigrants Indigenous Peoples LGBTQ+ Neurodiversity Refugees Single Mothers Survivors of Trauma and Abuse Women

Credentials

LCSW

States served

Idaho

Insurances accepted

Aetna All Savers Allegiance Benefit Plan Management Allied Benefit Systems Ambetter AmeriHealth Administrators (non-Medicaid plans) Blue Shield of California Cigna GEHA Healthscopes Independence Blue Cross (IBX) Magellan Medica Meritain Health Nebraska Total Care New York City Employees Plan Oscar Oxford Health Plans Public Employees Health Plan Sharp Health Plan