Child Therapists in Lafayette, CO

My mission is to help teens, young adults, and families discover the wisdom within to succeed, thrive, and grow. Through mindfulness- and emotionally focused approaches, I provide a safe, non-judgmental space where connection and self-knowing lead to well-being, growth, and authentic expression.

I'm glad you're here exploring the support you need. For the last 15 years I have helped individuals and families navigate life's transitions, losses and challenges. I trust together we will discern the best steps toward reaching your goals, addressing your needs and concerns, while moving toward more joy and connection.

I work with mental health, substance abuse, anger management and domestic violence both victims and reactive individuals. Some clients who have insurance or use self pay. You can receive credit for court ordered treatment. My focus is trauma and methods to stabilize individuals using techniques like EMDR. We are hoping to provide you peace and comfort during a challenging time.

Whether managing a life transition, addressing a relationship conflict, processing trauma or changing unwanted behavioral patterns, I work to help clients understand the root of the issue, develop tools necessary to meet these challenges, and take steps towards a healthier and more integrated life.

Why psychoanalysis? In a world demanding of standards, success, happiness, etc. -or else you're dysfunctional-, psychoanalysis offers a space where adaptation is not the goal, it does not aim at 'making you normal', the main focus is desire. Causing the ability to respond to desire in a singular manner, yours, constitutes the core of the discipline, the cure happens in addition. A life where desire is present is worth living, analysis is a unique approach to get and stay there. I am an Argentinian psychoanalyst trained in Freudian and Lacanian analysis, an ABD PhD Candidate and doctoral researcher for the University of Buenos Aires.

You feel like you've done everything you can do, but you still feel stuck. Are you desperate for this anxious or depressed feeling to go away? Do you feel stuck by a fear or consumed by a loss that you thought for sure you would be over by now? Regardless of your age, the meaning you make from these questions impacts how you live your life. Therapy can awaken the soul, refine purpose, empower the healing process in relationships, and point to truth in the value of who you are. It's time to thrive and not just survive.

At 2nd Star Counseling, our clinicians Kathryn Raley, NCC, LPC, RPT-S, ACS and Maggie Daggett, MA, LPCC offer individual therapy, adolescent therapy, play therapy, and family therapy.

I aim to provide a space where you feel safe and comfortable. People have skills and the desire to feel better, be better. Here we can explore your strengths and systems, developing them while finding new ways to pursue emotional health. In the room, I bring warmth and relational connection. I am endlessly curious and love to follow you while still maintaining our path. I utilize humor, metaphors, creativity, fun, drawings, and activities when appropriate. I help organize thoughts, draw connections, and guide us to realizations. I want to understand your story and help you write it even more beautifully going forward.

Life is hard, and most of us experience symptoms of sadness and stress at some point in our lives. It can be overwhelming trying to understand the source of our pain and determine the best path for healing. It is my belief that relationships are both the cause and the context of healing for many of our difficulties. Unfortunately, many of us struggle in our relationships and find that they contribute stress and tremendous pain to our lives. I am passionate about offering support for the relationships in your life and helping them become a source of connection and trust.

Are you feeling depressed or anxious? Are you feeling overwhelmed as a parent navigating the mental load of having a family? Do you feel stuck in repeat behaviors wondering why you can't shift or change? Do you feel triggered by your kids or partner? I offer both psychotherapy and Brainspotting to individuals who are looking to process and heal from their pasts so they can show up in their present lives feeling more whole. I have a special interest in supporting the perinatal population, mothering and parenting and have additional training in supporting maternal mental health. I am here for you when you are ready.

I have come to believe that while each person is dealt a certain set of cards in life, we have choice in how to play them. Understanding the cards we are dealt can provide great relief. However, this understanding alone is often not enough for growth. A good therapist can serve as a mirror, allowing us to see ourselves from different angles and consider things about our thoughts, feelings and behaviors that we may have just reacted to in the past. Seeing ourselves in new ways allows us more choice; creating more helpful behaviors, reducing emotional strain and changing difficult relationships.

For anyone feeling like life is not aligning, I work as a guide and companion to help move through these moments in life. My passion is helping women and couples create deeper connection, and navigate through grief, mood disorders, anxiety, or life transitions by seamlessly integrating nature-based techniques and an integrative therapeutic approach.

Adolescence and early adulthood holds a special place in my heart, because it is such ripe ground for discovery, yet many young people get stuck along the journey. I have worked with young people for over 10 years, who have struggled with social-anxiety and shyness, addiction, anxiety and panic attacks, depression, grief and loss issues, trauma, school issues, and complex family issues. While all of these can be horrific for the individual and families involved, the underlying resiliency present in each of these young people and families is the foundation that we build from in the healing process.

Sometimes you can manage it all by yourself. Sometimes your teen will quickly outgrow it. But, there are other times when you or your teen really could use some professional help. Whether it's distressing feelings or thoughts, difficult things that have happened, relationship problems, other stumbling blocks, or just a wish to change your life's course, we can figure it out together.

Now offering Clinical Supervision for LPCC's! Through my holistic approach to therapy, I see you as a whole person on a path toward healing in a compassionate, collaborative, respectful, and non-judgmental manner - you can learn that success is possible! I primarily offer integrative therapies, including equine-assisted psychotherapy (horses as co-facilitators), ecotherapy (nature-based), expressive arts, somatic (mind-body), mindfulness (being in the present), EMDR, and relational therapy (improving relationship functioning). I specialize in working with clients ages 8 - 85 who would like to live a life free of pain and struggle.

I offer a dynamic approach to mental health care using holistic, body-mind integrated therapeutic techniques. I believe that often individuals need support to clear what's blocking our natural ability to navigate our lives from our own truth and that each of us have instinctive abilities to heal ourselves. I can partner with you to identify and activate your inner strengths and authentic self. I provide counseling in a safe environment and my clinical focus builds upon clients' existing strengths and aliveness. In office or video counseling available.

Are you overwhelmed with Worry, Sadness, Uncertainty? Do you feel stuck in self-defeating patterns? How would your life or relationships be different after Therapy? There can be effective ways to manage and gain better understanding of the issues, feelings and questions facing you. The first step is getting your support, your safety net... someone who sees you and hears you and understands that your pain is real. Together we can identify issues, enhance your coping skills, develop strategies for depression, anxiety, trauma or relationship troubles.

Do you want to shift negative patterns that are holding you back? Reduce anxiety and depression? Therapy is a relationship that allows for an exploration into the deepest realms of the self in a nurturing space where you can be honest and open. We create a language for the practice of self-discovery and integration in the spirt of mutual growth and recovery; this looks different for every person. I use many techniques: talk therapy, somatic, EMDR, KAP, Parts work, mindfulness, cognitive, relational and attachment work. I am a contemplative psychotherapist who works from an integral framework, utilizing a non-pathologic view.

I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and a Licensed Addiction Counselor. I use evidence-based and emerging therapy models to support my clients in building resilience, overcoming challenges and developing the skills to live a rich and meaningful life. I work with adolescents ages 14 and older as well as adults. My approach is client centered, compassionate and practical.