About Bestowed Fortitude Counseling Services
Our Mission
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The mission of Bestowed Fortitude Counseling is to provide compassionate, professional, and trauma-informed counseling services that help individuals, couples, families, veterans, first responders, and trauma-exposed professionals move toward healing, resilience, and renewed purpose.
We are committed to creating a safe and supportive space where clients can process life’s challenges, strengthen emotional wellness, improve relationships, and develop practical tools for sustainable growth. Through client-centered care, clinical integrity, and respect for each person’s unique story, we seek to walk alongside clients as they build clarity, courage, and fortitude for the road ahead.
Bestowed:
At Bestowed Fortitude, bestowed means that strength, support, and healing are not demanded from individuals at their weakest moments. We believe that people do not need to prove resilience or push through pain alone in order to deserve care. Instead, growth begins when individuals are met with compassion, safety, and intentional therapeutic support.
In practice, bestowed reflects our commitment to offering a therapeutic environment where clients are supported rather than judged, and where progress unfolds through collaboration, understanding, and evidence-based care. For some, this may include drawing strength from faith or spirituality; for others, it may simply mean having a consistent, supportive space to heal. In all cases, bestowed represents the experience of receiving care, not earning it.
Fortitude:
Fortitude refers to the capacity to endure, adapt, and move forward through life’s challenges, even when those challenges include trauma, anxiety, grief, or prolonged stress. In mental health care, fortitude is not emotional suppression or “toughing it out.” It is the ability to remain present, regulated, and engaged while facing difficult experiences.
Through therapy, fortitude is developed as clients strengthen emotional regulation, coping skills, self-awareness, and confidence. It shows up as increased resilience, improved problem-solving, and the ability to respond thoughtfully rather than react impulsively. Fortitude is not something a person either has or lacks, it is a capacity that can be built over time with the right support.
Bestowed Fortitude:
Together, Bestowed Fortitude represents strength that is first received and then strengthened. It reflects our belief that healing begins with support and leads to resilience, helping individuals move forward with stability, courage, and purpose.
Being part of Bestowed Fortitude means engaging in a process where care is offered freely, growth is intentional, and strength is cultivated in a way that honors each person’s values, pace, and lived experience.
Bestowed Fortitude is founded on the belief that strength is not something you must manufacture in moments of pain, trauma, or exhaustion; it is something that can be received and renewed over time. In therapy, we recognize that healing often happens when individuals are supported with compassion, evidence-based care, and space to process life’s challenges honestly.
For clients who value spirituality, faith can be respectfully integrated as a source of meaning, resilience, and grounding. For others, therapy remains focused on practical skills, emotional regulation, and personal growth. Our approach honors each client’s values and experiences while emphasizing that lasting strength often emerges through support, understanding, and intentional healing, not through self-reliance alone.
The Meaning Behind Bestowed Fortitude
“Enduring Strength, Freely Given.” (2 Corinthians 12:9–10)
Meet the Team
Tabitha Christensen, MA, LPCC
Co-Founder | Clinical Mental Health Counselor
Billy Christensen, MA, LPCC
Founder | Clinical Mental Health Counselor
Tabitha Christensen is a Clinical Mental Health Counselor at Bestowed Fortitude Counseling Services who provides compassionate, client-centered care to individuals and families navigating emotional distress, relational challenges, and significant life transitions. Her work is grounded in empathy, structure, and evidence-based practice, with a strong emphasis on emotional regulation, resilience, and personal growth.
Tabitha has a diverse professional background spanning multiple sectors since 2003, including extensive experience in customer service, leadership, and management within the electrical, financial, and insurance industries. She currently holds a management position, bringing a practical understanding of occupational stress, leadership demands, and work-life balance into her clinical work.
Tabitha earned her Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Colorado Christian University in 2025. She also holds a second Master’s degree in Public Administration with a concentration in Government and Policy from Grand Canyon University. She earned her Bachelor’s degree in Political Science with a minor in Spanish from Valdosta State University. Her academic background reflects a strong foundation in systems thinking, leadership, policy, and human behavior.
In addition to her professional and academic experience, Tabitha has traveled internationally and served communities in Peru, Spain, and Costa Rica. These experiences have shaped her cultural awareness and commitment to service. As the spouse of an Army Veteran, she is especially passionate about supporting military veterans, first responders, law enforcement professionals, and their families. She understands the unique stressors faced by service-oriented individuals and is deeply committed to helping them cultivate peace, resilience, and emotional stability.
Tabitha is a devout Christian and has been happily married to her husband, Billy Christensen, for 17 years. Her faith informs her values of compassion, integrity, and service while respecting each client’s individual beliefs and worldview. Her therapeutic style is warm, collaborative, and integrative, prioritizing emotional safety, individualized care, and practical skill development.
Through her work at Bestowed Fortitude Counseling Services, Tabitha seeks to empower clients to strengthen their mental wellness, improve relational functioning, and move forward with confidence and clarity.
Billy Christensen is a Clinical Mental Health Counselor and the founder of Bestowed Fortitude Counseling Services. He provides structured, client-centered therapy for individuals and couples navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, relational conflict, and major life transitions.
Billy has extensive experience with military veterans, first responders, and others in high-stress, service-oriented roles. His background includes service in the United States military working on Black Hawk helicopters and serving as a Military Police officer, followed by work in law enforcement and aviation-related positions. This gives him firsthand insight into occupational stress, high-stakes decision-making, and the psychological demands of service careers.
Billy earned a Bachelor’s degree in Applied Human Behavior from Northern Arizona University and a Master’s degree in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Colorado Christian University.
His therapeutic style is direct, collaborative, and supportive. He integrates Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), trauma-informed care, emotional regulation skills, and values-based work to help clients build insight, develop practical coping strategies, and create sustainable change.
Billy is married to his wife, Tabitha, and identifies as a proud Christian. His faith informs his commitment to integrity, compassion, and service while honoring each client’s individual beliefs and values.
Through Bestowed Fortitude Counseling Services, Billy’s mission is to help clients cultivate strength, clarity, and purpose as they move forward in their lives.
Insurance Accepted
In-Network Plans
- Aetna
- Aetna Medicare Advantage
- All Savers
- Anthem
- BHS | Behavioral Health Systems
- Blue Cross
- Blue Shield
- BlueCross and BlueShield
- Carelon Behavioral Health
- Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP)
- Cigna and Evernorth
- Cofinity | First Health
- Colorado Access
- Kaiser (Out-of-Network)
- Magellan
- Managed Health Network (MHN)
- Medicaid
- Medicare
- Meritain Health
- MINES and Associates
- MultiPlan
- MultiPlan Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
- Optum
- Oscar Health
- Oxford
- Rocky Mountain Health Plans
- SelectHealth
- United Medical Resources (UMR)
- UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH
Out-of-Network
I accept clients claiming on their OON benefits.
CLIENT-CENTERED
We collaborate with clients to identify their goals and develop a customized treatment plan, highlighting the trust and support of the therapeutic relationship.
PRACTICAL SKILL-BUILDING
We focus on practical strategies to manage emotions, reduce stress, improve communication, and respond to life's challenges in healthier ways.
Our Approach
At Bestowed Fortitude Counseling, our approach is grounded in compassion, respect, and practical support. We believe counseling should meet each client where they are, while helping them build the insight, tools, and resilience needed to move forward.
TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE
We prioritize trust, emotional safety, and stabilization, recognizing how past experiences impact the mind, body, and overall sense of security.
RELATIONAL SUPPORT
We help clients understand relational patterns, strengthen communication, and repair trust, acknowledging that mental health does not exist in isolation.
STRENGTH-BASED COUNSELING
Every client carries strengths and capacity for growth. We help identify personal values and skills to move toward confidence and renewed purpose.
RESILIENCE & RECOVERY
Our goal is to support clients moving from survival toward resilience, helping them rebuild stability and direction with greater clarity and fortitude.