Meet the Team
Wanda B. Bouchard, MA. LCPC, NCC
Wanda’s counseling and consulting services are dedicated to supporting the overall development, growth, and well-being of gifted and twice-exceptional ($2e$) individuals of all ages and backgrounds.
Wanda is a National Certified Counselor (NCC) and a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor (LCPC) in the state of Idaho. Passionate about mentoring the next generation of therapists, she is approved to provide clinical supervision for Licensed Professional Counselors (LPCs) working toward their clinical licensure. Wanda holds a Master of Arts in Counseling and brings extensive experience helping clients navigate anxiety, depression, grief, and self-esteem concerns, as well as complex relationship, family, and parenting dynamics.
Prior to her career in counseling, Wanda worked in both business and education. These diverse experiences sparked her deep passion for supporting children and families, and they continue to shape her holistic, practical, and compassionate approach to therapy.
Deeply committed to the gifted community, Wanda is an active member of SENG (Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted) and serves as a SENG Community Group Facilitator. With specialized training in the unique social and emotional complexities of high-ability minds, she provides a safe, validating space where gifted individuals and their families can truly thrive.
Lonnie Taylor
Lonnie is a Certified Exceptional Child (K–12) educator who brings 32 years of rich classroom experience teaching students of all learning profiles. Throughout her distinguished career, she has supported children and youth navigating sensory regulation challenges, trauma, and emotional or behavioral difficulties, while seamlessly helping them meet their academic goals. Her extensive background spans working with twice-exceptional ($2e$), gifted, neurodivergent, and neurotypical students alike. To Lonnie, education has always been a collaborative journey—one where she learns alongside her students to help them build happier, more fulfilling lives.
As a mother of five, Lonnie’s professional expertise is deeply rooted in her lived experience. Raising a child who faced unique emotional and developmental hurdles sparked her personal passion for helping young people navigate complex relationships, cultivate self- and social awareness, manage stress, and overcome behavioral challenges.
Having recently retired from full-time classroom teaching, Lonnie is thrilled to focus her energy on her true passion: working closely with youth and families to foster meaningful growth, while enjoying a balanced life surrounded by her own family and friends.
About Winslow
The Winslow Institute was established in Meridian, Idaho, out of a deeply felt need to support the unique, often misunderstood social and emotional journeys of gifted and twice-exceptional (2e) children and their families. Founded by specialized professionals, including Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor Wanda B. Bouchard—a SENG (Supporting Emotional Needs of the Gifted) recognized practitioner—alongside veteran exceptional child educator Lonnie Taylor, the institute came to be as a dedicated, strengths-based sanctuary. Recognizing that traditional parenting and educational frameworks frequently fail to account for the asynchronous development, intense anxiety, and perfectionism common in high-ability minds, they built the institute to bridge the gap between academic label and emotional well-being. Today, through tailored parent-child coaching, targeted anxiety programs like “Worrier to Warrior,” and collaborative community spaces, the Winslow Institute empowers exceptional children and their parents to navigate their unique developmental challenges and genuinely flourish.