Services Provided
Our Counseling Team
Marilee Johnson, MRC, LPC
Counseling Services
Montpelier, ID
Marilee grew up in Montpelier and graduated from Bear Lake High School. She attended Utah State and graduated with a BA in Psychology, then continued in Rehabilitation Counseling, receiving her Master’s degree in 2002. Marilee began working for Bear Lake Memorial Hospital’s Counseling Services office in 2011, providing psycho-social rehabilitation services. In 2013, she became certified as a Licensed Professional Counselor and has enjoyed the challenges that come with providing mental health therapy. Marilee has received training in suicide prevention, Adlerian therapy, EMDR, Mindfulness, among other modalities.
Marilee and her husband have four children. Her free time is spent running her kids around and cheering them on as they participate in various sports.

Shae Kunz
Office Manager/Billing
Shae was born in Rexburg, Idaho and was raised primarily in the Bear Lake Valley. She graduated from Bear Lake High School in 2009. Shae is married and has two daughters. Her father is from the Bear Lake Valley and her mother is from the Marsh Valley area. Shae originally started out as the office receptionist in January 2022 and became the office manager in November 2022. Shae’s hobbies are reading, spending time with her family, dirt biking, playing video games, and delving into history.

Trish Wells
Receptionist
Trish was Born in Pomona California, in 1998 her family moved to Utah where she went on to Graduate from Fremont High School in Plain City, Utah. She spent her summers on horseback running barrels and showing in reigning horse competitions as well as competing in beauty pageants until she met and fell in love with a Bear Lake boy, in 2005 she was married to Cordell, and they have lived in the Valley since. Trish and her husband have 4 children, she enjoys watching them compete in wrestling and Livestock shows and events. Trish has her CDL and her CNA. Trish enjoys being able to do a diverse verity of things, however her favorite job to date is being a receptionist at the Bear Lake Memorial Counseling services office.