Therapists in Boulder, CO

I am experienced at helping adults, children (including teens), and families. If you are having trouble with your feelings (anxiety, anger, depression), trouble with your relationships, or need help with your direction in life, call or email.

Ever feel like there is more to this life than the one you've been living? As someone who has felt the gravity and darkness of untapped potential I know what's it's like to be living a life we don't love. The clues are within the depression and/or anxiety - these are our body's brilliantly sane ways of saying "pay attention!" Anyone can have a life that is full of passion, richness, purpose, and they feel joyfully proud to be living. It will take vulnerability, bravery, sacrifices, and perhaps some help to get this life that you love. I'd be deeply honored to be the gentle and firm guide you need to help you create this life.

Can you relate to midlife misery? Wishing you could drop the over functioning and anxiety? Wondering where the joyful, fun part of you went? People pleasing? That inner voice of knowing summoning you to do something more aligned and creative, but fear stops you? Tuning out with alcohol, phone? Ready to ignite some radical changes, but can't identify why you don't take action? Irritated by your partner? Sleepless and moody? I have been you. Intuitively guided, embodied counseling is the antidote for this mid-life impasse. Recognize patterns and revolutionize your relationship to yourself to become the soulful architect of your life.

Are you looking to make a life change with the support of alternative holistic methods along with time tested traditional tools? If so, I can help you. Whether you are looking to shift the symptoms of anxiety, depression, or trauma, or wanting support through a life situation or transition, you don’t have to do it alone! I work with people both in a traditional office-based format, as well as in an intensive model to accelerate your process. I also offer individual and group-based personally meaningful, culturally relevant Rite of Passage experiences to support you in conscious and intentional movement through life challenges.

Are past events causing you pain? Do you find yourself feeling stuck or out of control? Do you want to find a path towards recovery? This path starts with your brave choice to engage in therapy and doing the work to make a change. I believe that therapy can be a tool to help people process the past, build skills for the present and move forward with more awareness and an ability to create the life that they want to live. Our emotional pain doesn't just have to be tolerated or managed. Together we can find a path towards recovery so you can move forward with more self awareness, understanding and control.

I welcome all people, and specialize in anxiety, depression, grief/loss, life transitions, and aging issues. For those wishing faith-based counseling, my training in mental health and theology allows me to interweave principles from each. I also have specialty experience providing counseling for persons living with dementia and caregivers.

The cycles of overwhelm, internalized aggression, and self-abandonment are not solitary experiences - they happen as complex responses to trauma, stress, depression, grief, and disconnect. Whether you are struggling with addiction, life transitions, or any challenging pattern, the impulse to escape the present moment can influence a painful cycle of suffering. In the process of reclaiming the self, we cannot approach healing on a solely cognitive level. Every aspect of the collective self holds the wounds and wisdom that, if honored in mutual regard, can guide an individual towards profound growth.

Thank you for visiting my website. I hope the information you find here will be helpful to you. I have been a licensed Masters level therapist since 1991, specializing in anxiety disorders. I came to this profession through my own personal experience with severe anxiety. As a young woman, I suffered from panic disorder and agoraphobia, and I found my life increasingly limited by my fears. In my practice, I have devoted myself to helping others find freedom from disabling anxiety. I provide specialized treatment for children, adolescents and adults- all ages can suffer from these life limiting anxiety conditions.

Growing up is hard to do, especially in this day and age. Kids are stressed by tests, by friends, by school and sometimes by family life. When life overwhelms a child or teenager, the whole family is affected. You may find yourself in that position right now. You are not alone. I have worked with families for over 20 years to help a child get through divorce, abuse, friend problems, learning issues, anxiety and more. In working with both the child alone and within the family unit, I have been honored to watch children and teens grow and heal.

Our life journeys are unique to us all. New experiences are awaiting us in every new direction we take; I believe that there is never a wrong path. I base my therapeutic approach on the belief that we all are good at heart, worthy, and capable of making the right choices for ourselves. Even though we can't always choose what happens to us, we can choose how we respond. I believe the way we handle the tough things life throws at us - loss, hardship, adversity, rejection—is what defines each of us as a human.

Life is full of ups and downs and neither need be feared. Despite our best efforts, we cannot avoid suffering. Successful therapy helps clients learn to understand our lives. It can help us learn to recognize patterns of seeking safety at the cost of aliveness. My clients often are seeking relief from anxiety and stress, or working with specific challenges, including substance abuse, relationship challenges, career difficulties and life transitions. I work with individuals who are seeking to develop greater spiritual awareness and more joy in life. If you are looking change careers or want to find meaning in life, I can help.

Deciding to go to therapy can be difficult. If you are considering this, part of you is curious and hopeful, while you may also feel stuck and hopeless. Walking with you between hope and fear is one of my callings. You can find the resiliency and the courage to become the person you always wanted to be.

(She/Her) I am a psychotherapist with an eclectic psychodynamic orientation. I believe each individual is the expert of their own life and deserves to thrive in a life of stability and fullness. I’m a warm, supportive, and direct therapist dedicated to supporting adults as they deepen self-understanding and strengthen relationships.

There are times in our lives, some longer than others, that can feel so painful and fragmented that we would do anything to go around, above, or below the pain; anything but through it. Emotional pain, and the impulse to avoid it, are not wrong. This distress is precisely what is needed for transformation to occur. A motivation to change and a supportive therapist provide the means for this journey.

Are you struggling with internal conflicts, anxiety, depression, disordered eating or addictive behaviors? Are you constantly criticizing yourself, doubting your intuition, unable to take positive steps forward? Are you stuck in reliving or recreating your past? There is a gentle, compassionate process for developing a loving, trusting relationship with yourself. I would love to help you come home to yourself and access your own deep wisdom and guidance. Through this process you will learn to be with and appreciate all the parts of yourself, resolve internal conflicts, find balance within your psyche, release addictive/compulsive behaviors, and heal past traumas.

Welcome! I work with couples as well as individual adults and teens who want to heal and grow. My clients include people of all gender expressions and sexual orientations. Some of the issues that I have experience with include relationship challenges, depression, anxiety, trauma, and sexuality.

I offer an authentic presence and relate to each individual, couple, family and group with heartfelt acceptance, wisdom, and power. My work is centered on building genuine connection, developing somatic awareness, and exchanging honest presence. I offer diverse resources, tools and interventions, including the creative arts, movement, talk-therapy, psycho-education, mindfulness and a safe space to be in relationship. I honor that not everyone learns and heals with the same approach and have a deep respect for the non-verbal realms, for the spiritual world and for the neurology, biology and sociology of making change and achieving optimal wellness.

I offer the following: Mind-Body-Spirit integrative strategies for performance enhancement. I guide couples to create thriving, joyful relationships through understanding differences, and to develop improved connection. We resolve trauma to enhance relationship skill to self and others. I help clients and families to effectively manage mood disorders to engage in life goals again. When requested, I teach coping skills for anxiety and anger management. I help caregivers find resources to adjust and grow. I help to motivate health and fitness goals while clients practice transforming their self-esteem, from the inside out.

As your therapist I will work hard to provide you with the tools to overcome obstacles and reach your personal goals. Unlocking your potential will be our primary aim along with developing an awareness of how we create our own blocks. You will also work towards becoming more yourself as strange as that may sound! This involves getting in touch with your own psyche to discover, or rediscover, what makes you tick. It can be an incredibly rewarding process.