Shari Morin- Degel is the owner of MyBALANCE mental health app. She has been a licensed professional counselor since 2004 in the State of Montana and in Arizona since 2020. Shari was a Clinical Director for 15 years at a nonprofit mental health agency in Montana where she became an expert in trauma informed care and supporting employees to avoid burnout and compassion fatigue. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she started a teletherapy practice to support employees experiencing burnout due to the fear, stress and isolation plaguing the world at the time. In 2023, Shari launched the MyBALANCE app to address the rising demand for and significant lack of available mental health resources especially for people in human services. Shari shares her time between Montana and Arizona where she lives with her husband, dog and
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