We are a counseling and consulting organization dedicated to fostering wholeness, depth, and reverence in the heart and mind of humanity.

Our approach is holistic, integrative, and somatic grounded in sound clinical practice and in alliance with contemplative wisdom traditions.

 

Leigh Schickendantz, MA, LCPC

Living, playing, and working in the Flathead Valley are but a few of the loves of my life.

My interests and concern in human potential and planetary wholeness and wellness has been the driveshaft and informed much if not all of my professional life. My professional path began in the field of hospice and has continued on through the years working with individuals, families, teams, and organizations in counseling and consulting, and design and implementation of intensive integrative family and youth programs, clinical trainings for school staff, juvenile justice, Department of Health and Human Services, and therapeutic group homes. My husband Mark, who is the love of my life, began Two Rivers Consulting with me as part of our life vision together.

 

Aikido is also a piece of our vision. I have been a practitioner of Aikido since being introduced to the art in 1987 and now, alongside my husband, own and manage Two Rivers Aikido. We are an international peace dojo teaching peacemaking and practical wisdom. www.tworiversaikido.org

 

Mark Leitzel, MA, LCPC

In 1995 Mark co-founded Two Rivers Consulting with his best friend and beloved partner Leigh. In 35 years of human service work, he has come to more fully realize that since we grow up in a family and this is the foundation for our life journey, people change and grow in their lives through deepening their connection to self through repairing, restoring, and enhancing their relationship to family and community.

In our consulting practice, Mark has, as well as his private practice, worked in camps, group homes, corrections environments, and has worked closely with juvenile justice organizations, family courts, and child and family services. He has developed and implemented highly effective and internationally recognized intensive family therapy programs, and managed teams in both clinical and administrative spheres. At the core of his work is a deep reverence and life-long practice of the sacred and spiritual dimensions of our human path. The multi-disciplinary integration of Music, Yoga, Tai Ji, Qi Gong, and Aikido serve as a transpersonal somatic underpinning and infrastructure for his offerings.