Dissociative Disorders (DID) Therapists in Boulder, CO
Many of the people I work with come to therapy feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, or uncertain about their path forward. My therapeutic approach combines existential and humanistic perspectives with specialized training in trauma, dissociation, grief, ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, and HeartMath. Above all, I strive to create a space rooted in respect, accountability, honesty, humor, and authenticity.
Many of the people I work with come to therapy feeling overwhelmed, disconnected, or uncertain about their path forward. My therapeutic approach combines existential and humanistic perspectives with specialized training in trauma, dissociation, grief, ketamine-assisted psychotherapy, and HeartMath. Above all, I strive to create a space rooted in respect, accountability, honesty, humor, and authenticity.
I have more than 37 years of experience. My expertise is in treating trauma and attachment issues but I am adept at helping with anxiety, depression, and adjusting to a current life crisis such as divorce and loss. I am mostly retired but am currently taking clients who are seeking EMDR treatment, especially those who have experienced single incident trauma. I also welcome back former clients who would like to do a short-term piece of work. I no longer see children or adolescents but I supervise an incredible post-doc who does see children. Call me for more information.
I have more than 37 years of experience. My expertise is in treating trauma and attachment issues but I am adept at helping with anxiety, depression, and adjusting to a current life crisis such as divorce and loss. I am mostly retired but am currently taking clients who are seeking EMDR treatment, especially those who have experienced single incident trauma. I also welcome back former clients who would like to do a short-term piece of work. I no longer see children or adolescents but I supervise an incredible post-doc who does see children. Call me for more information.
Have you considered a wellness-oriented approach to mental health? Are you thriving in some areas and struggling in others? You may be in a life situation that leaves you feeling burned out, exhausted, stressed, isolated, disconnected, confused, angry, or just needing to find yourself. You can benefit from exploring your strengths. This begins with a plan. Do you have a plan for your wellbeing? You are the expert on your life and I can help you identify your strengths and develop a strengths-based plan to immediately improve your wellbeing and to achieve fulfillment and balance in your life.
Have you considered a wellness-oriented approach to mental health? Are you thriving in some areas and struggling in others? You may be in a life situation that leaves you feeling burned out, exhausted, stressed, isolated, disconnected, confused, angry, or just needing to find yourself. You can benefit from exploring your strengths. This begins with a plan. Do you have a plan for your wellbeing? You are the expert on your life and I can help you identify your strengths and develop a strengths-based plan to immediately improve your wellbeing and to achieve fulfillment and balance in your life.
“Scars have the strange power to remind us that our past is real.” -Cormac McCarthy. I work with going into darkness and introducing the light that comes from healing. My approach is Holistic, Transpersonal/Existential, and Trauma-Informed, while also relying heavily on the creation of autonomy and meaning. My style is particularly effective for people who are struggling to overcome traumatic and damaging life experiences, including adult survivors of childhood abuse, veterans, individuals in the GLBTQIA community, and others who have had to cope with severe hardships.
“Scars have the strange power to remind us that our past is real.” -Cormac McCarthy. I work with going into darkness and introducing the light that comes from healing. My approach is Holistic, Transpersonal/Existential, and Trauma-Informed, while also relying heavily on the creation of autonomy and meaning. My style is particularly effective for people who are struggling to overcome traumatic and damaging life experiences, including adult survivors of childhood abuse, veterans, individuals in the GLBTQIA community, and others who have had to cope with severe hardships.
Ideal client? I think of the person who’s tired of wearing a mask. Maybe they’re grieving, angry, disconnected, or stuck in behaviors that keep hurting their relationships. Many of the people I work with — many of them men — haven’t had spaces to be honest without feeling judged, weak, or misunderstood. In our work, you won’t be treated as weak, but as a capable individual. I bring honesty, directness, and real conversation to our work. My clients are routinely career-accomplished, yet wildly unsatisfied in personal relationships. I welcome anyone ready to build a steadier relationship with themselves and the people they love.
Ideal client? I think of the person who’s tired of wearing a mask. Maybe they’re grieving, angry, disconnected, or stuck in behaviors that keep hurting their relationships. Many of the people I work with — many of them men — haven’t had spaces to be honest without feeling judged, weak, or misunderstood. In our work, you won’t be treated as weak, but as a capable individual. I bring honesty, directness, and real conversation to our work. My clients are routinely career-accomplished, yet wildly unsatisfied in personal relationships. I welcome anyone ready to build a steadier relationship with themselves and the people they love.
Do you feel stuck in survival mode—avoiding connection, overachieving to feel worthy, or struggling with push-pull patterns that come from attachment wounds? Maybe relationships feel unstable, or you have trouble trusting others while also fearing abandonment. You might feel overwhelmed, highly sensitive, or unsure how to set boundaries without guilt. These reactions make sense when trauma has shaped how you relate to yourself and the people in your life. I help clients understand these patterns, reduce overwhelm, and build healthier, more secure connections.
Do you feel stuck in survival mode—avoiding connection, overachieving to feel worthy, or struggling with push-pull patterns that come from attachment wounds? Maybe relationships feel unstable, or you have trouble trusting others while also fearing abandonment. You might feel overwhelmed, highly sensitive, or unsure how to set boundaries without guilt. These reactions make sense when trauma has shaped how you relate to yourself and the people in your life. I help clients understand these patterns, reduce overwhelm, and build healthier, more secure connections.
If you are sick and tired of being sick and tired, feeling like you are living someone else's life, or just tired of feeling stuck, it's time to change all that. Every one of us has the resources within us to live happy, fulfilled lives. You can too. Don't be discouraged by past failures. I specialize in dealing with the "hard to help." If you are ready to leave the pain behind and start a new future, call today. Let today be the day you turn your life around.
If you are sick and tired of being sick and tired, feeling like you are living someone else's life, or just tired of feeling stuck, it's time to change all that. Every one of us has the resources within us to live happy, fulfilled lives. You can too. Don't be discouraged by past failures. I specialize in dealing with the "hard to help." If you are ready to leave the pain behind and start a new future, call today. Let today be the day you turn your life around.
My work rests on a profound respect for the human capacity to change and a deep appreciation of the impact of emotional pain on both mind and body. Indeed, I view many “symptoms” as creative attempts to cope under stress. This perspective emerged from 30+ years in practice, formal training, work at psychiatric hospitals and other facilities, experience as a supervisor and a teacher, and lived experience. Whereas my specific approach is individualized, my overall orientation privileges the relationship between therapist and client as a force for change and a window into other relationships, both historical and contemporary.
My work rests on a profound respect for the human capacity to change and a deep appreciation of the impact of emotional pain on both mind and body. Indeed, I view many “symptoms” as creative attempts to cope under stress. This perspective emerged from 30+ years in practice, formal training, work at psychiatric hospitals and other facilities, experience as a supervisor and a teacher, and lived experience. Whereas my specific approach is individualized, my overall orientation privileges the relationship between therapist and client as a force for change and a window into other relationships, both historical and contemporary.
As a seasoned psychotherapist/life coach, I believe in our innate healing potential and guide my clients to unlock their internal wisdom, resilience and resources for healing. Somatic (body-centered), mindfulness-based approaches to holistic coaching and therapy, allow me to integrate my clinical training while tuning into intuition to effectively guide the unfolding healing process of my clients. Trauma-informed, holistic coaching and therapy allows for greater capacity to rewire the brain, which can make the unconscious conscious and shift your automatic reactive patterns and outdated beliefs, helping you to live your best life.
As a seasoned psychotherapist/life coach, I believe in our innate healing potential and guide my clients to unlock their internal wisdom, resilience and resources for healing. Somatic (body-centered), mindfulness-based approaches to holistic coaching and therapy, allow me to integrate my clinical training while tuning into intuition to effectively guide the unfolding healing process of my clients. Trauma-informed, holistic coaching and therapy allows for greater capacity to rewire the brain, which can make the unconscious conscious and shift your automatic reactive patterns and outdated beliefs, helping you to live your best life.
You make sense and there is a way to connection and belonging. With a foundation of respect, kindness, and somatic trauma-sensitive mindfulness, I collaboratively create a welcoming space for individuals and couples to move towards love, connection, and wholeness. With an awake heart, curiosity, and clarity, I help people find perspective, make meaning of difficulties, access innate wisdom, and gain skills to emerge into freedom. From queer lineages and Irish Celtic ancestry, I am a queer masc/femme artist and Buddhist practitioner who derives inspiration and purpose from the forces of nature, meditation, and interconnection.
You make sense and there is a way to connection and belonging. With a foundation of respect, kindness, and somatic trauma-sensitive mindfulness, I collaboratively create a welcoming space for individuals and couples to move towards love, connection, and wholeness. With an awake heart, curiosity, and clarity, I help people find perspective, make meaning of difficulties, access innate wisdom, and gain skills to emerge into freedom. From queer lineages and Irish Celtic ancestry, I am a queer masc/femme artist and Buddhist practitioner who derives inspiration and purpose from the forces of nature, meditation, and interconnection.
I work with all parts of you who are able to show up, in order to better understand where big (and sometimes lonely and scary) emotions, thought patterns, and behaviors are coming from and how to move forward with these. I work with highly-motivated adults who wish to dig deep and heal.
I work with all parts of you who are able to show up, in order to better understand where big (and sometimes lonely and scary) emotions, thought patterns, and behaviors are coming from and how to move forward with these. I work with highly-motivated adults who wish to dig deep and heal.
My adult clients tend to be thoughtful and insightful about the challenges they face, yet their nervous systems still hold the past. They may feel overwhelmed, disconnected, or stuck in patterns they cannot shift alone. They seek healing that includes and goes beyond insight, and a path back to safety, regulation, and wholeness in their bodies, hearts, and lives. Teen and child clients often show subtle or significant signs of dysregulation, anxiety, or overwhelm, and patterns such as eating disorders. Many are gifted. Parents are seeking support that goes beyond traditional talk therapy - through nature, animals, and play.
My adult clients tend to be thoughtful and insightful about the challenges they face, yet their nervous systems still hold the past. They may feel overwhelmed, disconnected, or stuck in patterns they cannot shift alone. They seek healing that includes and goes beyond insight, and a path back to safety, regulation, and wholeness in their bodies, hearts, and lives. Teen and child clients often show subtle or significant signs of dysregulation, anxiety, or overwhelm, and patterns such as eating disorders. Many are gifted. Parents are seeking support that goes beyond traditional talk therapy - through nature, animals, and play.
You may be longing to feel more at home in your body, more connected in your relationships, or more trusting of your intuition. You don't have to heal your trauma to be in healthy relationships, you just have to be in a healthy relationship with your trauma. Your wounds shape who you are and how you show up in the world in uniquely special and brilliant ways. Our work involves unhooking the binds that your trauma patterns have created so that you can experience an inner sense of safety and trust, be more empowered in your relationships, and come to know and love the gifts that your life path has challenged you to open to.
You may be longing to feel more at home in your body, more connected in your relationships, or more trusting of your intuition. You don't have to heal your trauma to be in healthy relationships, you just have to be in a healthy relationship with your trauma. Your wounds shape who you are and how you show up in the world in uniquely special and brilliant ways. Our work involves unhooking the binds that your trauma patterns have created so that you can experience an inner sense of safety and trust, be more empowered in your relationships, and come to know and love the gifts that your life path has challenged you to open to.
I specialize in working with teens, adults, and families. When a teen or young adult struggles, the whole family feels it. Whether you want your child to get more out of life or are worried about behaviors that destabilize their well-being, I can help.
I also support young adults navigating the tough transition into adulthood. For adults, I provide insight into building and sustaining meaningful relationships while managing the stress of today's fast-paced world. Together we will build resilience and move forward on your authentic path.
I specialize in working with teens, adults, and families. When a teen or young adult struggles, the whole family feels it. Whether you want your child to get more out of life or are worried about behaviors that destabilize their well-being, I can help.
I also support young adults navigating the tough transition into adulthood. For adults, I provide insight into building and sustaining meaningful relationships while managing the stress of today's fast-paced world. Together we will build resilience and move forward on your authentic path.
I would be honored to be your guide and ally as we work together to transform your wounds into strengths, your difficulties into rewards, and move into the rich and meaningful life that is your birthright. I have particular expertise in: (1) unresolved trauma; (2) depression, grief, anxiety, and other challenging emotional states; and (3) existential/spiritual issues and crisis - finding meaning/purpose, exploring identity and values, working with non-ordinary experiences and states of mind, and life transition.
I would be honored to be your guide and ally as we work together to transform your wounds into strengths, your difficulties into rewards, and move into the rich and meaningful life that is your birthright. I have particular expertise in: (1) unresolved trauma; (2) depression, grief, anxiety, and other challenging emotional states; and (3) existential/spiritual issues and crisis - finding meaning/purpose, exploring identity and values, working with non-ordinary experiences and states of mind, and life transition.
You can heal from the wounds that disconnect you and your partner, or your own full potential. I help couples, families, and individuals remove barriers to their healing, health, and authenticity. I have the therapeutic training and experience that allow me to guide you into your intrinsic wisdom, confidence, and ability to heal so you can change in ways you could not before. I focus on issues that arise from difficult childhood experiences, attachment wounding, trauma, and abuse. With couples, we create and protect a safe and secure space to communicate honestly and create intimacy, healing and lasting inner security.
You can heal from the wounds that disconnect you and your partner, or your own full potential. I help couples, families, and individuals remove barriers to their healing, health, and authenticity. I have the therapeutic training and experience that allow me to guide you into your intrinsic wisdom, confidence, and ability to heal so you can change in ways you could not before. I focus on issues that arise from difficult childhood experiences, attachment wounding, trauma, and abuse. With couples, we create and protect a safe and secure space to communicate honestly and create intimacy, healing and lasting inner security.
Are you stressed out and overwhelmed? Does it feel like no matter how hard you try, your relationships aren't satisfying? Are you struggling to adjust after a major life change? I am here to help. I am passionate about guiding you in developing long-lasting solutions to live the life you’ve always wanted.
Are you stressed out and overwhelmed? Does it feel like no matter how hard you try, your relationships aren't satisfying? Are you struggling to adjust after a major life change? I am here to help. I am passionate about guiding you in developing long-lasting solutions to live the life you’ve always wanted.
I believe that much of our suffering begins with a lost connection. When we're depressed, we've lost touch with our own vitality, even our own reasons for living. When we're grieving, we've lost an essential part of our world--and, with it, a part of ourselves. When we're operating from a place of shame or fear, we've lost the internal sense of security and belonging that reminds us we're okay. I believe that psychotherapy works by restoring these vital connections--to ourselves, and to the people and pursuits that give our lives meaning--so that we can live our lives more authentically, creatively, and fully.
I believe that much of our suffering begins with a lost connection. When we're depressed, we've lost touch with our own vitality, even our own reasons for living. When we're grieving, we've lost an essential part of our world--and, with it, a part of ourselves. When we're operating from a place of shame or fear, we've lost the internal sense of security and belonging that reminds us we're okay. I believe that psychotherapy works by restoring these vital connections--to ourselves, and to the people and pursuits that give our lives meaning--so that we can live our lives more authentically, creatively, and fully.
I assume serious intent to address whatever brought the patient to my office in the first place. It is my hope to form the most positive therapeutic alliance possible. The first step is to acknowledge the courage it took to make the call. I have been practicing as a licensed Clinical Psychologist for thirty years. I have also served as a faculty member at the University of Colorado Boulder for over twenty years. I mostly see chronic depressed and anxious patients I .have worked across the spectrum from imminently suicidial to the broader existential issues concerning a more meaningful life.
I assume serious intent to address whatever brought the patient to my office in the first place. It is my hope to form the most positive therapeutic alliance possible. The first step is to acknowledge the courage it took to make the call. I have been practicing as a licensed Clinical Psychologist for thirty years. I have also served as a faculty member at the University of Colorado Boulder for over twenty years. I mostly see chronic depressed and anxious patients I .have worked across the spectrum from imminently suicidial to the broader existential issues concerning a more meaningful life.
I believe in our intrinsic and creative potential to strive for and attain more fulfilling lives. My therapy involves Holding Healing Space: creating a safe, compassionate, interactive environment where we collaborate in alleviating emotional pain by removing blocks and barriers that interfere with the joys of growth and personal development. My Practice: drug free approaches to extreme emotional states; working with each individual's unique needs & strengths rather than diagnoses; a firm belief in the dignity and inner potential for change within all of us.
I believe in our intrinsic and creative potential to strive for and attain more fulfilling lives. My therapy involves Holding Healing Space: creating a safe, compassionate, interactive environment where we collaborate in alleviating emotional pain by removing blocks and barriers that interfere with the joys of growth and personal development. My Practice: drug free approaches to extreme emotional states; working with each individual's unique needs & strengths rather than diagnoses; a firm belief in the dignity and inner potential for change within all of us.
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How does therapy for dissociative disorders work?
Dissociation may be triggered by stress or other upsetting circumstances, and therapy can address the traumatic events at the core of an individual’s dissociation. Understanding why a person may dissociate can help the therapist and the individual come up with alternative methods of coping. A person with a dissociative disorder may get stuck on negative thinking, for example, and treatment like Cognitive behavioral therapy is a gold standard for breaking such thinking. And dialectical behavior therapy, for example, can help a person manage their anguish through better emotion regulation.
Which therapies are best for dissociative disorders?
Specific approaches used by professionals include cognitive behavioral, dialectical behavior, psychodynamic, schema therapies, among others. Cognitive behavioral and dialectical behavior therapies are two widely used therapies that can help individuals with painful memories and past traumas. These therapies work to integrate an individual's different identities into one person.
Are there specific medications for dissociation?
There are no specific medications prescribed for dissociative disorders. However, psychosis, depression, anxiety, and/or panic often co-occur in dissociative disorders. A psychiatrist may prescribe medications for any accompanying symptom—which may include antipsychotics like aripiprazole, antidepressants like selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, or anti-anxiety drugs like benzodiazepines.
How often and how long are therapy sessions?
Like any type of therapy, sessions depend on the individual. Patients may see improvement within 15 to 20 sessions, at an average of 50 minutes per session, others may opt for 20 to 30 sessions over, perhaps, a six-month period. There are still other patients, especially those who have co-occurring conditions like depression and anxiety, who may need to continue sessions for up to 12 to 18 months.