About us
Our Practice and Practitioners
At Praxis, we have curated a unique team to meet your unique needs. We strive to create the “best fit” for each patient that walks through our door. 80% of the progress in therapy is dependent on the relationship between the patient and their provider. We take that seriously.
We welcome and encourage prospective clients to peruse, judge, question, ponder, and study our bios, in order to learn more about each of our interests and specialities. We welcome & appreciate curiosity.
Meet our experienced clinical team
MSW, LCSW, ADHD-CCSP
Ashley Olsen | Founder
Bachelors of Psychology and Research, Black Hills State University, 2000 | Masters of Social Work, Colorado State University, 2003
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Ashley founded “The Praxis Group” in 2009, once she saw the need for improved relationships and collaboration between the medical and mental health community. Her vision was to improve patient health outcomes through improving mental health.
This year marks 25 years of training and experience in both mental health & medical health settings; 20 years since she first worked in a large pain clinic. Specifically, Ashley has extensive background in healthcare counseling, including: living with chronic pain, autoimmune disorders, cancer, neurological disorders, FND, medical trauma, multiple sclerosis, undiagnosed & complicated (mystery) illness, brain injury and post-concussive syndromes, sleep disorders, dysautonomia, connective tissue and hypermobility disorders, and all other auto-immune conditions and inflammatory disease. She also specializes in couple’s work where health has impeded closeness and family stability, using the EFT model.
Ashley specializes in medical complexities, trauma, and the neuroscience of attachment. She has extensive training in PRT, neuroplasticity, EFT/EFIT, attachment neuroscience, MI, ACT, and CBT. She is also a Stanford University Empowered Relief certified instructor.
She feels her greatest gift is an ability to quickly understand a patient, or their provider, and has a quick ability to reconcile trust, communication, and advocacy. She has special interest in helping physicians, providers and other provider groups unlock the key to understanding patient types and improving communication to ensure improvements to patient outcomes and patient experience, while protecting provider burnout.
Ashley sees adults only. She finds great interest and pleasure in sharing in the diagnostics and research of her patient’s medical conditions. She strives to help patients make sense of the medical complexities that can plague their coping.
She finds a significant part of her practice is walking alongside those in ambiguous grief as they understand their health loss and changing bodies, while also encouraging and training patients to advocate for themselves within a complicated healthcare system.
Ashley also devotes time to training new therapists on the medical/mental health model. In addition she writes and provides education and consultation to medical providers in order to help with improved patient outcomes through improved patient relationships. She has written and presented on the topics of: The Psychology of Pain and Ambiguous Grief, and has a coaching/consulting practice that serves to teach and train providers on how to improve their treatment and relationships with complex patients.
Ashley is described as deeply curious, highly inquisitive, kindly challenging and very relatable.
MSW, LCSW
Steve Wellington
Bachelors of Communication and Education, James Madison University, 2002 | Masters of Social Work, University of New Hampshire, 2010
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Steve Wellington, LCSW joined Praxis in 2011. For 15 years Steve has been working in a variety of therapeutic, medical and educational settings to provide the care that individuals need to work through life's difficult moments. With a strong background in collaborative social work, he provides healthcare counseling for those affected by adjustments to long term illness, men’s health, aging, new medical diagnoses, sleep disorders, grief/loss, anxiety, depression, and trauma. Steve bases treatment off of current research and science based approaches to healing, and works closely with the other health care providers on an individual's team. Steve draws from a variety of therapeutic modalities, including CBT, somatic experiencing, EFT, and neuroplasticity. Steve works with young adults, adults, and older adults—meeting with clients where they are while skillfully and creatively using an integrated approach to therapy that will be most effective for an individual. He strives to be both compassionate and to use a client's time as efficiently and effectively as possible. Clients over the years have described him as passionate, knowledgeable, caring, curious, energetic, and fun.
Of other interest, Steve is a consultant for Thrive in Bozeman, helping develop and train professionals for their in-school programs throughout Montana and Wyoming. He is also a facilitator for a Men’s Cancer Support group at the Cancer Support Community
MSW, LCSW
Jessica Lenneman
Bachelor of Arts, Gonzaga University, 1998 | Masters of Social Work, San Jose State University, 2005
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Jessica Lenneman, LCSW joined Praxis in 2013. Jessica’s approach to psychotherapy is client-centered and strength-based. Jessica has over 19 years of extensive training and specialization in trauma recovery, as well as family and interpersonal conflict resolution. She believes her most important contribution is to provide a space where patients feel securely safe to do this work.
Jessica specializes in supporting those with depression, anxiety, grief and loss, school or work struggles, burnout, and parenting challenges. She also specializes in supporting those dealing with a difficult life event, such as trauma or physical, sexual, emotional and partner abuse, or conflict within a relationship. Jessica utilizes Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Trauma-Focused CBT, and Psychodynamic approaches as well as Polyvagal theory and mindfulness practices. She works with adolescents, adults, couples and families; as well as the LGBTQ community.
Jessica is also an experienced clinical supervisor for those seeking supervision in their final year of their Master of Social Work program or during the LCPC or LCSW licensure process.
MSW, SWLC
Christine Knoff
Bachelor of Science, Portland State University, 2005 | Masters of Social Work, Walla Walla University, 2025
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Christine joined The Praxis Group in 2024, bringing extensive experience from hospital systems, medical settings, and community-based care. She specializes in working with individuals navigating health challenges, grief, medical trauma, and other life complexities and stressors impacting later teens to advanced adulthood.
She works closely with healthcare professionals, first responders, and highly-driven adults facing anxiety, depression, burnout, and the pressures of high responsibility. Christine’s approach is grounded, direct, and actionable—helping clients regain clarity, stability, and a sense of control in the midst of complex demands.
Christine has a strong focus in perinatal mental health for both men and women, including infertility, fertility treatments, advanced maternal age, and birth or infant trauma. She is also a trusted support for families navigating premature birth, infant or child loss, and the transition home from hospital care—areas where ongoing support is often limited but deeply needed. Her work extends to foster parents and birth parents navigating adoption, with a deep respect for the emotional weight of these experiences.
With a background in crisis, acute, and critical care, Christine brings a steady, calming presence during high-stress and high-acuity moments.
Christine is on the board of Roots Family Collaborative and works with clients ages 16+. She is known for being warm, confident, and clear —offering therapy that not only supports, but moves you forward.
MA, LCPC
Mani Stubbs
Bachelors of Arts Biology, University of Montana, 2012 | Masters of Arts, Counselor Education, University of Montana, 2015.
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Mani joins The Praxis Group January 2026, coming to us from MSU’s Counseling & Psychological Services and other experiences within internal medicine. He is a brave counseling pioneer within a sea of social workers at Praxis.
Mani specializes in chronic pain, health challenges, neurodivergence, career exploration, and college students, both traditional and nontraditional.
Mani is specially trained in Pain Reprocessing Therapy (PRT), CBT, DBT, and MI. He has an extensive toolkit for offering kind accountability and deep inquisition around self exploration; helping patients find their truth and direction.
Mani can be described as gently anchoring, perceptive, and quietly affirming.
MSW, CDP, LCSW
Aubrey Hancock
Bachelors of French, University of Montana, 2000 | Bachelors of English, University of Nantes, France, 2004 | Masters of Social Work, University of Montana, 2015
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Aubrey joined The Praxis Group in 2020. She came to the Social Work profession via a long career (10+ years) in adult education, training adults of diverse educational and professional backgrounds in countries around the globe. As a graduate student in social work, she served low-income retirees, by providing case management to those with more complex health and mental health-related needs. She became familiar with the many trials that aging adults face as they struggle with role changes, feelings of loss & purpose, helplessness, and declining health. Aubrey specializes in those who are in middle to older adulthood. She specializes in high anxiety; attachment, grief/loss, aging, chronic conditions, and caregivers. She is passionate about helping adults navigate the increasingly complex healthcare and long-term care systems. She also has a special interest in memory loss, and executive dysfunction. She is skilled at working with adults as they learn to recognize, celebrate, and promote their unique strengths, no matter where they are in their life. She celebrates clients wanting to find their most authentic and confident selves, and finds honor in walking alongside that journey. Aubrey is bilingual in French and has a unique worldly view. Aubrey can be described as gentle, thoughtful, intuitive, encouraging, and fiercely supportive.
Aubrey also owns Elder Tree. Her services include; in-home care, respite care, private & public dementia education, options counseling, and care management. Aubrey is a nationally certified dementia practitioner. She is passionate about helping families and individuals facing chronic and terminal illness, including memory loss.
MSW, SWLC, wEMT
Annie Brady
Bachelors of Science Human Services & Psychology, 2012 | Bachelors of Arts, Theatre, 2012 | Loyola University Chicago | Masters of Social Work, Walla Walla University 2025
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Annie joined The Praxis Group in September 2025, coming from a diverse background that includes guiding wilderness youth programs, 988 crisis work, special education, trauma care, and theatre.
Annie cherishes and celebrates the unique individual, the “misfit,” the awkward in all of us. She acknowledges the high pressure society that young adults and teens face, where stress, confusion, and an intensity of feelings is often misunderstood. She is committed to creating a nonjudgemental, open, and meaningful space in which those who feel different or misunderstood can explore, develop and flourish within their own insights and gifts.
Annie’s gift of total acceptance and defense of celebrating unique, different and often misunderstood humans, offers a unique place of inclusion, exploration, and healing for those that otherwise may feel awkward, sheltered, or guarded. She provides a great space for supporting teens and young adults that are navigating unique health, developmental, and learning challenges, including neurodivergent minds.
Annie is licensed as a Wilderness EMT and also works with SACC, Bozeman. She is known for bringing a curious, calm, and unconditional presence, with a sprinkle of quirkiness and levity.