Trauma Focused Therapists in Erie, CO

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Nicole Michels
Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor, MA, LPCC-S
4 Endorsed
Erie, CO 80516
To the world, you’re fine; but internally, you’re drowning in stress or the weight of memories that won't stay quiet. Whether you're turning to alcohol to numb the pain or just trying to survive the next hour, it takes incredible effort it takes to stay upright. You don't have to settle for just 'getting by.' If you’re tired of feeling like you’re one step away from breaking, I offer space to process the root of your distress. Here, you can finally put down the mask, stop performing, and start finding a way to truly breathe again.
To the world, you’re fine; but internally, you’re drowning in stress or the weight of memories that won't stay quiet. Whether you're turning to alcohol to numb the pain or just trying to survive the next hour, it takes incredible effort it takes to stay upright. You don't have to settle for just 'getting by.' If you’re tired of feeling like you’re one step away from breaking, I offer space to process the root of your distress. Here, you can finally put down the mask, stop performing, and start finding a way to truly breathe again.
(720) 679-8798 View (720) 679-8798
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Shauna Maresh
Licensed Social Worker, MSW, LSW
Erie, CO 80516
In session, I draw from multiple modalities including Attachment-Based Therapy, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), and Play Therapy, while always valuing experiential methods.
Starting therapy can feel like a big step, whether you have something specific to work on or just a sense that things feel a little “off.” You don’t need to have everything figured out to begin. I’m passionate about helping people rebuild safety, autonomy, and self-trust. I welcome clients from all backgrounds and have extensive experience supporting folks impacted trauma. I enjoy working with children, teens, and young adults around big emotions, relationships, boundaries, and identity, and supporting people through anxiety and major life transitions, including chronic illness diagnoses.
In session, I draw from multiple modalities including Attachment-Based Therapy, Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (TF-CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), and Play Therapy, while always valuing experiential methods.
Starting therapy can feel like a big step, whether you have something specific to work on or just a sense that things feel a little “off.” You don’t need to have everything figured out to begin. I’m passionate about helping people rebuild safety, autonomy, and self-trust. I welcome clients from all backgrounds and have extensive experience supporting folks impacted trauma. I enjoy working with children, teens, and young adults around big emotions, relationships, boundaries, and identity, and supporting people through anxiety and major life transitions, including chronic illness diagnoses.
(970) 695-9586 View (970) 695-9586
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Kelley Johns Counseling
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
4 Endorsed
Erie, CO 80516
I use an eclectic approach; EMDR, IFS, Narrative Therapy, MI, and trauma-focused, relational work.
My ideal client is someone who may be carrying the weight of trauma or PTSD, navigating anxiety or grief, or facing deep pain in their marriage—perhaps from betrayal, disconnection, or loss of trust. They may be wrestling with questions of faith or spirituality, trying to make sense of where they are and how they got there. What makes this client remarkable is their willingness to do the work and trust the process. Together, we'll create a space to explore the pain, find clarity and move toward restoration and healing.
I use an eclectic approach; EMDR, IFS, Narrative Therapy, MI, and trauma-focused, relational work.
My ideal client is someone who may be carrying the weight of trauma or PTSD, navigating anxiety or grief, or facing deep pain in their marriage—perhaps from betrayal, disconnection, or loss of trust. They may be wrestling with questions of faith or spirituality, trying to make sense of where they are and how they got there. What makes this client remarkable is their willingness to do the work and trust the process. Together, we'll create a space to explore the pain, find clarity and move toward restoration and healing.
(970) 866-1405 View (970) 866-1405
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Lisa G. Nelson
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, NCC, EMDR, CIMHP
5 Endorsed
Erie, CO 80516
These are difficult times. It's hard to find a place where you are seen and important! You matter. Your thoughts and perspectives are valuable. In thinking about your needs and your way of viewing the world, we will work together to define and clarify a path for your future. This new path will be a constant part of how we approach therapy together. By focusing on your needs and values we can find ways to heal your heart and mind with a sense of hope and health. I look forward to hearing from you and learning about your concerns as well as assisting you to make life fulfilling and meaningful.
These are difficult times. It's hard to find a place where you are seen and important! You matter. Your thoughts and perspectives are valuable. In thinking about your needs and your way of viewing the world, we will work together to define and clarify a path for your future. This new path will be a constant part of how we approach therapy together. By focusing on your needs and values we can find ways to heal your heart and mind with a sense of hope and health. I look forward to hearing from you and learning about your concerns as well as assisting you to make life fulfilling and meaningful.
(720) 613-5872 View (720) 613-5872
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Jeff Hillis
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Erie, CO 80516
I am currently accepting new clients! I offer both Telehealth for remote sessions and in-person sessions at the Every Counseling Collective located in Erie, Colorado. I support youth in navigating life's challenges like building and sustaining friendships, balancing school and home responsibilities, engaging in learning, self-regulation, managing big emotions, conflict resolution, suicide ideation, processing trauma, working through the grief process or otherwise dealing with life's bumps, hills, and mountains. I am here to help and look forward to hearing from you!
I am currently accepting new clients! I offer both Telehealth for remote sessions and in-person sessions at the Every Counseling Collective located in Erie, Colorado. I support youth in navigating life's challenges like building and sustaining friendships, balancing school and home responsibilities, engaging in learning, self-regulation, managing big emotions, conflict resolution, suicide ideation, processing trauma, working through the grief process or otherwise dealing with life's bumps, hills, and mountains. I am here to help and look forward to hearing from you!
(720) 743-3677 View (720) 743-3677
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Solace Counseling
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW , LCSW
Erie, CO 80516
Solace means comfort in times of distress. In addition to offering comfort, we provide clarity, connection, and the tools to empower you on your journey. Like a sunflower reaching for the light, we’re here to help you grow and thrive. At Solace Counseling, we walk beside you through life’s challenges, guiding you toward the path that’s right for you.
Solace means comfort in times of distress. In addition to offering comfort, we provide clarity, connection, and the tools to empower you on your journey. Like a sunflower reaching for the light, we’re here to help you grow and thrive. At Solace Counseling, we walk beside you through life’s challenges, guiding you toward the path that’s right for you.
(720) 707-3628 View (720) 707-3628
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Mileah Koudele Harrington
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Erie, CO 80516
Please know that if you are struggling with mood, work, family, relationship, and/or parenting issues, you do NOT have to struggle alone. I have found that people often suffer "in silence" and that this can greatly reduce your ability to see viable options to problems. Likewise, sometimes people continue their life feeling chronically distressed and think this is "normal." Know that you are not alone and that counseling can help you create a better life by helping you create options and opportunities for solving life problems.
Please know that if you are struggling with mood, work, family, relationship, and/or parenting issues, you do NOT have to struggle alone. I have found that people often suffer "in silence" and that this can greatly reduce your ability to see viable options to problems. Likewise, sometimes people continue their life feeling chronically distressed and think this is "normal." Know that you are not alone and that counseling can help you create a better life by helping you create options and opportunities for solving life problems.
(303) 720-7986 View (303) 720-7986
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Robert Keehn
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
1 Endorsed
Online Only
Choosing the right therapist is hard, so let me give you some background on what differentiates me from other therapists. I’ve been in practice for 14 years, and in addition to the standard license I have training in Jungian Psychology, Internal Family Systems (IFS), & Hypnotherapy. These all overlap in that healing & resolution is found by exploring the inner workings of your psyche. This is popularly referred to as parts work or depth therapy. I emphasize the mind-body connection, as our issues often manifest as tension or pain in the core of the body, stomach, abdomen, lower back, upper torso, chest & shoulders.
Choosing the right therapist is hard, so let me give you some background on what differentiates me from other therapists. I’ve been in practice for 14 years, and in addition to the standard license I have training in Jungian Psychology, Internal Family Systems (IFS), & Hypnotherapy. These all overlap in that healing & resolution is found by exploring the inner workings of your psyche. This is popularly referred to as parts work or depth therapy. I emphasize the mind-body connection, as our issues often manifest as tension or pain in the core of the body, stomach, abdomen, lower back, upper torso, chest & shoulders.
(303) 903-9681 View (303) 903-9681
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Janet M Brown
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, SEP, CFSW
Erie, CO 80516
Waitlist for new clients
My mission is to provide a caring, respectful, professional, and confidential service to all clients. My goal is to help each participant reach his or her highest potential of living; to replace sadness and despair with joy and to educate about the steps to reach that potential. Most important of all, my desire is to help you make the best of each day.
My mission is to provide a caring, respectful, professional, and confidential service to all clients. My goal is to help each participant reach his or her highest potential of living; to replace sadness and despair with joy and to educate about the steps to reach that potential. Most important of all, my desire is to help you make the best of each day.
(303) 622-1054 View (303) 622-1054
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Danya Odom
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, NCC, ADHD-CC, CIMHP
1 Endorsed
Online Only
Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? (Mary Oliver) It’s THE question. I can support, encourage, challenge, and help you see out of the weeds so that you can make a plan to start living, really living, "In the Dash" (Linda Ellis). I serve a variety of people and presenting challenges and have found that specializing with those struggling with ADHD/executive functioning as well as difficult life transitions has become a passion. I love using creativity to empower watch my people grow! Life is packed full of challenges. This is a certainty, and I will be honored to walk with you down your path!
Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life? (Mary Oliver) It’s THE question. I can support, encourage, challenge, and help you see out of the weeds so that you can make a plan to start living, really living, "In the Dash" (Linda Ellis). I serve a variety of people and presenting challenges and have found that specializing with those struggling with ADHD/executive functioning as well as difficult life transitions has become a passion. I love using creativity to empower watch my people grow! Life is packed full of challenges. This is a certainty, and I will be honored to walk with you down your path!
(970) 670-9053 View (970) 670-9053
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Kristin Lewis
Licensed Social Worker, LSW
Online Only
My mission is to provide empathetic, client-centered therapy services that empower individuals to overcome challenges, heal from trauma and build resilience. I am to create a safe, inclusive space, and I believe in holistic approaches to therapy that address emotional, psychological, social and somatic well-being, which can promote meaningful change and a better quality of life. I believe that each person in an expert in their own story and that therapy can provide a conduit of healing, growth and self-awareness positively impacting life and relationships.
My mission is to provide empathetic, client-centered therapy services that empower individuals to overcome challenges, heal from trauma and build resilience. I am to create a safe, inclusive space, and I believe in holistic approaches to therapy that address emotional, psychological, social and somatic well-being, which can promote meaningful change and a better quality of life. I believe that each person in an expert in their own story and that therapy can provide a conduit of healing, growth and self-awareness positively impacting life and relationships.
(970) 432-3095 View (970) 432-3095
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Jenni Lillie
Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate, MA, LPCC, ATR-P
Erie, CO 80516
You may be feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or weighed down by experiences that never had space to be heard. Maybe life transitions, grief, trauma, or ongoing stress have left you disconnected from yourself. You want relief, clarity, and a sense of being whole again. You are looking for a safe place where you can slow down, feel understood, and explore what is going on inside so you can move forward with more ease and self-trust.
You may be feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or weighed down by experiences that never had space to be heard. Maybe life transitions, grief, trauma, or ongoing stress have left you disconnected from yourself. You want relief, clarity, and a sense of being whole again. You are looking for a safe place where you can slow down, feel understood, and explore what is going on inside so you can move forward with more ease and self-trust.
(970) 293-9419 View (970) 293-9419
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Renae Loring
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Erie, CO 80516
Life is filled with transitions, which often leave one feeling disoriented and stuck. New medical diagnoses, transitions in school, career, and relationships are just a few. These moments can feel like hurricane force winds, shaking our sense of rootedness and leaving us searching for tools. Together, we can build on your strengths and identify the new tools you need to pursue the next step on your journey.
Life is filled with transitions, which often leave one feeling disoriented and stuck. New medical diagnoses, transitions in school, career, and relationships are just a few. These moments can feel like hurricane force winds, shaking our sense of rootedness and leaving us searching for tools. Together, we can build on your strengths and identify the new tools you need to pursue the next step on your journey.
(970) 703-7279 View (970) 703-7279
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Emily Smyly
Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate , MA, LPCC
2 Endorsed
Erie, CO 80516
Beginning therapy can feel intimidating, awkward, hopeful, exciting (and everything in between). It's not easy to share your story with someone you hardly know. It's important you to feel invited, empowered, and encouraged but not pushed beyond what you’re comfortable with or what you feel you can tolerate. This invitation and pacing is tailored specifically to you, your unique goals, needs, and strengths. I believe each person is unique, and worthy of individualized compassionate care. I have sat in the client seat at various points of my life and know first-hand how much courage it takes to seek support. I'm so glad you're here!
Beginning therapy can feel intimidating, awkward, hopeful, exciting (and everything in between). It's not easy to share your story with someone you hardly know. It's important you to feel invited, empowered, and encouraged but not pushed beyond what you’re comfortable with or what you feel you can tolerate. This invitation and pacing is tailored specifically to you, your unique goals, needs, and strengths. I believe each person is unique, and worthy of individualized compassionate care. I have sat in the client seat at various points of my life and know first-hand how much courage it takes to seek support. I'm so glad you're here!
(970) 551-6330 View (970) 551-6330
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Tawny George
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
6 Endorsed
Erie, CO 80516
Waitlist for new clients
When difficulties arise in life, seeking support can be a significant step towards finding your way. I help individuals navigate stress, anxiety, life transitions, depression, trauma (PTSD), complex trauma (CPTSD), neglect, abuse, relationship issues, self-esteem, and religious trauma. In our sessions, I hope we can build a therapeutic relationship founded on trust, acceptance, and respect while accessing your own internal strength and wisdom. Clients can then safely explore life experiences, beliefs, and fears that contribute to negative emotions and sensations that interfere with day-to-day functioning and life satisfaction.
When difficulties arise in life, seeking support can be a significant step towards finding your way. I help individuals navigate stress, anxiety, life transitions, depression, trauma (PTSD), complex trauma (CPTSD), neglect, abuse, relationship issues, self-esteem, and religious trauma. In our sessions, I hope we can build a therapeutic relationship founded on trust, acceptance, and respect while accessing your own internal strength and wisdom. Clients can then safely explore life experiences, beliefs, and fears that contribute to negative emotions and sensations that interfere with day-to-day functioning and life satisfaction.
(720) 640-9095 View (720) 640-9095
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Charlotte Mulloy
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
1 Endorsed
Online Only
I am so glad you're here. You might be wondering, 'What is a somatic therapist?' Well, as a somatic therapist, I use a blend of top-down processing (cognition/thinking) and bottom-up interventions (bringing awareness to the body's responses and how they connect to our cognitive processes) to offer a more holistic approach to healing. This method is particularly effective when thinking alone hasn't changed behavior or when there's difficulty incorporating thinking skills and strategies we've learned.
I am so glad you're here. You might be wondering, 'What is a somatic therapist?' Well, as a somatic therapist, I use a blend of top-down processing (cognition/thinking) and bottom-up interventions (bringing awareness to the body's responses and how they connect to our cognitive processes) to offer a more holistic approach to healing. This method is particularly effective when thinking alone hasn't changed behavior or when there's difficulty incorporating thinking skills and strategies we've learned.
(720) 894-8518 View (720) 894-8518
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Audra Desch
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, LAC, ACS
Online Only
What if you could navigate your relationships with greater confidence, manage stress during life transitions in healthier ways, and better understand the patterns that keep you feeling stuck — whether in your own life or in your partnership? Imagine communicating in ways that foster deeper connection, clarity, and trust. As an experienced therapist, I understand that beginning a journey of change takes courage. Change is possible, and you don’t have to pursue it alone.
What if you could navigate your relationships with greater confidence, manage stress during life transitions in healthier ways, and better understand the patterns that keep you feeling stuck — whether in your own life or in your partnership? Imagine communicating in ways that foster deeper connection, clarity, and trust. As an experienced therapist, I understand that beginning a journey of change takes courage. Change is possible, and you don’t have to pursue it alone.
(970) 432-4972 View (970) 432-4972
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Kerry R. Luke
Psychologist, PsyD
Erie, CO 80516
Healthy relationships begin with you. When you have a full plate you may feel irritable and exhausted and that you and your relationships need some TLC. You may feel resentful and/or angry and you may not know why or you may be unclear about what to do about it. You may be listening and living your life according to your inner critic, which can lead to low self-esteem, loneliness, and never feeling good enough instead of loving yourself and having the freedom to be who you are truly meant to be. Your ways of coping may be keeping you hanging on by a thread, but they also may be causing you pain and not addressing underlying forces.
Healthy relationships begin with you. When you have a full plate you may feel irritable and exhausted and that you and your relationships need some TLC. You may feel resentful and/or angry and you may not know why or you may be unclear about what to do about it. You may be listening and living your life according to your inner critic, which can lead to low self-esteem, loneliness, and never feeling good enough instead of loving yourself and having the freedom to be who you are truly meant to be. Your ways of coping may be keeping you hanging on by a thread, but they also may be causing you pain and not addressing underlying forces.
(720) 807-8211 View (720) 807-8211
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Dr. Lisa Pawlowski
Psychologist, PsyD
2 Endorsed
Erie, CO 80516
Feeling anxious or depressed? Lacking hope or joy? Share your unique story in a safe and accepting environment. I’d love to assist you in experiencing fullness of life even in the darkest of places.  My approach to therapy is collaborative, compassionate and trauma-informed. Through the application of a variety of empirically validated, client-focused methods you can reclaim self-confidence, self-awareness and personal effectiveness. You can rediscover your individual strengths, examine limiting thoughts and beliefs, investigate restricting relationship patterns, move beyond trauma and reconnect with your authentic self.
Feeling anxious or depressed? Lacking hope or joy? Share your unique story in a safe and accepting environment. I’d love to assist you in experiencing fullness of life even in the darkest of places.  My approach to therapy is collaborative, compassionate and trauma-informed. Through the application of a variety of empirically validated, client-focused methods you can reclaim self-confidence, self-awareness and personal effectiveness. You can rediscover your individual strengths, examine limiting thoughts and beliefs, investigate restricting relationship patterns, move beyond trauma and reconnect with your authentic self.
(303) 562-1482 View (303) 562-1482
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Ari Robkin
Registered Psychotherapist, MA
Erie, CO 80516
What distinguishes my therapy practice from others is that I provide a different element in addition to conventional psychotherapy, which is an abiding interest in freeing, developing, and refining our capacity for deeper dimensions of freedom and personal completion than conventional psychotherapy typically envisions. As human beings we are generally conditioned by our families, culture, and education system in ways that limit our personal truth and freedom. This leads us to, in small or large degrees, become somebody who we're really not. As a result, we feel diminished in the full expression of who we are and what we can become.
What distinguishes my therapy practice from others is that I provide a different element in addition to conventional psychotherapy, which is an abiding interest in freeing, developing, and refining our capacity for deeper dimensions of freedom and personal completion than conventional psychotherapy typically envisions. As human beings we are generally conditioned by our families, culture, and education system in ways that limit our personal truth and freedom. This leads us to, in small or large degrees, become somebody who we're really not. As a result, we feel diminished in the full expression of who we are and what we can become.
(720) 548-2456 View (720) 548-2456

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