ridgeline medical | Idaho falls
Our Experienced Providers
Family Medicine & Urgent Care
Compassionate, values-based guidance through distress.
Jared A. Gifford, M.Div.
Mental Health Provider
Jared brings over 5,000 hours of direct counseling experience to his role as a mental health provider. He has provided compassionate, values-based support to individuals from diverse backgrounds, including U.S. military personnel during a Middle East combat deployment as an Army Chaplain. Jared has also provided care in hospice and clinical settings, guiding patients and families through life’s most challenging transitions with empathy and grace.
Specialties
- Grief and Loss
- Depression
- Anxiety, stress, or burnout
- Meaning during illness or crisis
- Military and combat-related experiences
- Ethical or life decision-making
- Physical or sexual trauma
Jared A Gifford, M.Div. provides compassionate, values-based counseling to individuals facing emotional, relational, and life challenges. He creates a safe, nonjudgmental space where people can explore personal meaning, healing, and growth through a client-centered and respectful approach.
Jared combines his training and education to tailor support according to each person’s unique needs. His work emphasizes presence, active listening, and deep respect for individual autonomy, identity, and worldview.
He holds a Master of Divinity (M.Div.) from Amridge University and has completed four units of full-time, certified Clinical Pastoral Education (CPE)—the highest level of clinical pastoral training available. Jared brings over 5,000 hours of direct counseling experience, including both civilian and military settings as a U.S. Army Chaplain.
Whether helping clients cope with grief, anxiety, depression, life transitions, ethical dilemmas, trauma, or distress, Jared offers a calm and steady presence to guide individuals toward clarity, connection, and hope.
Contact Ridgeline Medical to make an appointment with Jared Gifford today.
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