Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapists in Longmont, CO
I help adults, teens, and families reduce anxiety and stress, navigate trauma, and build stronger coping and stress-management skills. I also support clients experiencing depression, PTSD, life transitions, self-esteem challenges, and relationship concerns.
I use evidence-based approaches tailored to your needs, including EMDR, CBT, DBT, ACT, Motivational Interviewing, and strengths-based therapy.
I help adults, teens, and families reduce anxiety and stress, navigate trauma, and build stronger coping and stress-management skills. I also support clients experiencing depression, PTSD, life transitions, self-esteem challenges, and relationship concerns.
I use evidence-based approaches tailored to your needs, including EMDR, CBT, DBT, ACT, Motivational Interviewing, and strengths-based therapy.
In times of difficulty, it’s natural to seek an outside perspective and a supportive space to process what you’re going through. I approach each person with compassion, authenticity, and an open mind while offering a non-judgmental environment where you can feel heard and understood.
I work with children, adolescents, couples, and adults facing anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, relationship challenges, communication issues, mood issues, Post-Partum, OCD, trauma, Neuro-diversity, PTSD, GAD, and more. We will focus on building practical skills to manage emotions, strengthen relationships, and feel more grounded in daily life.
In times of difficulty, it’s natural to seek an outside perspective and a supportive space to process what you’re going through. I approach each person with compassion, authenticity, and an open mind while offering a non-judgmental environment where you can feel heard and understood.
I work with children, adolescents, couples, and adults facing anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, relationship challenges, communication issues, mood issues, Post-Partum, OCD, trauma, Neuro-diversity, PTSD, GAD, and more. We will focus on building practical skills to manage emotions, strengthen relationships, and feel more grounded in daily life.
Are you longing to navigate life's challenges with more clarity and meaning? Are you curious if therapy can help? In my experience, it is transformative to be heard, supported, and sometimes challenged by a therapist. My relational and existential approach is warm, creative, and non-judgmental. We will work carefully and efficiently, following your emotional safety first and foremost. I most often support mid-life adults and younger adults wrestling to accept life on life's terms and to be in more fulfilling relationships with others and with themselves.
Are you longing to navigate life's challenges with more clarity and meaning? Are you curious if therapy can help? In my experience, it is transformative to be heard, supported, and sometimes challenged by a therapist. My relational and existential approach is warm, creative, and non-judgmental. We will work carefully and efficiently, following your emotional safety first and foremost. I most often support mid-life adults and younger adults wrestling to accept life on life's terms and to be in more fulfilling relationships with others and with themselves.
I use Internal Family Systems ( IFS) and other evidence-based approaches to help individual clients and couples heal inner wounds, resolve relationship conflicts and cultivate a deeper sense of connection and intimacy.
I am IFS and IFIO (Intimacy From Inside Out) trained therapist, I integrate mindfulness-based approaches to support body/mind/spirit alignment, promoting self-awareness, emotional growth, and overall wellness. I help individual and couples navigate relational challenges, improve communication, and deepen emotional connection.
I use Internal Family Systems ( IFS) and other evidence-based approaches to help individual clients and couples heal inner wounds, resolve relationship conflicts and cultivate a deeper sense of connection and intimacy.
I am IFS and IFIO (Intimacy From Inside Out) trained therapist, I integrate mindfulness-based approaches to support body/mind/spirit alignment, promoting self-awareness, emotional growth, and overall wellness. I help individual and couples navigate relational challenges, improve communication, and deepen emotional connection.
I am a doctor of Psychology who has gained a high level of education and training in both Western and Eastern therapeutic and healing methods. I synthesize my methods and create an individualized treatment plan for each client. The client plays a significant part in making the treatment plan and the goals that will be reached throughout the therapeutic process. A holistic approach considers all facets of the body and the human experience. The client can be assured that the practitioner will have knowledge and expertise in many domains that have been synthesized into a new approach to growth, transition, transformation, and healing.
I am a doctor of Psychology who has gained a high level of education and training in both Western and Eastern therapeutic and healing methods. I synthesize my methods and create an individualized treatment plan for each client. The client plays a significant part in making the treatment plan and the goals that will be reached throughout the therapeutic process. A holistic approach considers all facets of the body and the human experience. The client can be assured that the practitioner will have knowledge and expertise in many domains that have been synthesized into a new approach to growth, transition, transformation, and healing.
Healing led me to IFS.
Life can sometimes feel overwhelming—waves of anxiety, depression, or old pain rising without warning. Through gentle somatic, trauma-informed therapy, we help you notice body sensations, regulate overwhelming emotions, and practice safety in the present so stored stress can begin to release. Together, we create a safe space where deeper healing, clarity, and a renewed sense of peace can begin. At Deep Water Emotional Health, you’ll receive compassionate support informed by over 15 years of specialized therapeutic training and experience in emotional trauma, with 55 min therapy sessions available virtually and in person (in nature).
Healing led me to IFS.
Life can sometimes feel overwhelming—waves of anxiety, depression, or old pain rising without warning. Through gentle somatic, trauma-informed therapy, we help you notice body sensations, regulate overwhelming emotions, and practice safety in the present so stored stress can begin to release. Together, we create a safe space where deeper healing, clarity, and a renewed sense of peace can begin. At Deep Water Emotional Health, you’ll receive compassionate support informed by over 15 years of specialized therapeutic training and experience in emotional trauma, with 55 min therapy sessions available virtually and in person (in nature).
Deborah Rutt PhD, LCSW is a one-of-a kind psychotherapist steeped in both Western and Eastern approaches to change. She helps clients identify their unique strengths, with increased awareness, and practical tools for personal transformation to live with greater emotional health and well-being. With a doctorate in relationship communication and change, Deborah specializes in working with couples and relationships of any kind. She is known for incorporating the work of Brené Brown, Dr Joe Dispenza into change solutions, as well as integrating neural optimization, and intuitive heart readings energy work in sessions.
Deborah Rutt PhD, LCSW is a one-of-a kind psychotherapist steeped in both Western and Eastern approaches to change. She helps clients identify their unique strengths, with increased awareness, and practical tools for personal transformation to live with greater emotional health and well-being. With a doctorate in relationship communication and change, Deborah specializes in working with couples and relationships of any kind. She is known for incorporating the work of Brené Brown, Dr Joe Dispenza into change solutions, as well as integrating neural optimization, and intuitive heart readings energy work in sessions.
On the outside, you look super successful, likely the poster child for how things “ought to be”. You went to a good school, have a rewarding career and maybe got married and had some amazing kids. You have done what you expected would make you FEEL accomplished, grateful, and happy. Except that you don’t. Lately, coloring inside the lines isn’t giving you the same ‘HIT’ it used to. Instead, you are wondering “Whose rules are these anyway and why do I need to keep following them?” The gap between what is expected and how you truly feel inside keeps growing wider. You're tired- and feeling alone, disillusioned, and conned.
On the outside, you look super successful, likely the poster child for how things “ought to be”. You went to a good school, have a rewarding career and maybe got married and had some amazing kids. You have done what you expected would make you FEEL accomplished, grateful, and happy. Except that you don’t. Lately, coloring inside the lines isn’t giving you the same ‘HIT’ it used to. Instead, you are wondering “Whose rules are these anyway and why do I need to keep following them?” The gap between what is expected and how you truly feel inside keeps growing wider. You're tired- and feeling alone, disillusioned, and conned.
Horses Heal Therapy and Clinical Supervision (LPC)
Licensed Professional Counselor, MS, LPC-S, GEP
Longmont, CO 80503
When life doesn't feel like it's worth the effort, or feels heavy, overwhelming or too much, we often try to find something to fix or change. But the loneliness, people-pleasing, fear of failure and overall feeling of lack of connection all these can make life really, really hard. It all comes down to our relationship with... ourselves. When we know, accept, and care for ourselves, our lives begin to change, from the inside out.
When life doesn't feel like it's worth the effort, or feels heavy, overwhelming or too much, we often try to find something to fix or change. But the loneliness, people-pleasing, fear of failure and overall feeling of lack of connection all these can make life really, really hard. It all comes down to our relationship with... ourselves. When we know, accept, and care for ourselves, our lives begin to change, from the inside out.
Drawing from a combination of evidence-based practices such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), family systems work, and person-centered therapy, I help people learn new strategies to use when faced with difficult emotions and behaviors.
For over 20 years, I have worked extensively with families that are coping with parenting challenges, communication breakdowns, defiance, & life transitions. I am committed to supporting caregivers, children, & teens by providing strategic tools for managing complex behaviors & improving family interactions. Whether it’s navigating a divorce, supporting a child struggling with anxiety, or exploring emotion regulation techniques, together we will find the solutions needed to move forward with confidence. My goal is to provide a supportive and nonjudgmental space where clients can explore their thoughts and emotions at their own pace
Drawing from a combination of evidence-based practices such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), family systems work, and person-centered therapy, I help people learn new strategies to use when faced with difficult emotions and behaviors.
For over 20 years, I have worked extensively with families that are coping with parenting challenges, communication breakdowns, defiance, & life transitions. I am committed to supporting caregivers, children, & teens by providing strategic tools for managing complex behaviors & improving family interactions. Whether it’s navigating a divorce, supporting a child struggling with anxiety, or exploring emotion regulation techniques, together we will find the solutions needed to move forward with confidence. My goal is to provide a supportive and nonjudgmental space where clients can explore their thoughts and emotions at their own pace
The poet Rainer Maria Rilke wisely states, “If we surrendered to earth’s intelligence, we could rise up rooted, like trees.” Art therapy and other mindfulness-based therapies allow you to bypass your defenses and programming to access a deeper knowing. Find guidance to do this brave and healing work. Come discover your natural intelligence and help heal and grow from the trauma and patterns you wish to be free from. If you are feeling stuck or lost, come learn tools to support you in the everyday to emotionally regulate, find deep self-compassion, and express your true self.
The poet Rainer Maria Rilke wisely states, “If we surrendered to earth’s intelligence, we could rise up rooted, like trees.” Art therapy and other mindfulness-based therapies allow you to bypass your defenses and programming to access a deeper knowing. Find guidance to do this brave and healing work. Come discover your natural intelligence and help heal and grow from the trauma and patterns you wish to be free from. If you are feeling stuck or lost, come learn tools to support you in the everyday to emotionally regulate, find deep self-compassion, and express your true self.
Welcome. If you're here, it likely means something inside you is ready for healing, clarity, or change. I'm Andi Esper (he/him), and I work with individuals, adolescents, families, and children across the developmental spectrum. Clients come to me navigating anxiety, early relational trauma, family-of-origin dynamics, identity development, career ambivalence, adjustment difficulties, and spiritual growth—or simply feeling stuck or overwhelmed. Together, we build a collaborative, goals-oriented process, coordinating with your wider care team when helpful.
Welcome. If you're here, it likely means something inside you is ready for healing, clarity, or change. I'm Andi Esper (he/him), and I work with individuals, adolescents, families, and children across the developmental spectrum. Clients come to me navigating anxiety, early relational trauma, family-of-origin dynamics, identity development, career ambivalence, adjustment difficulties, and spiritual growth—or simply feeling stuck or overwhelmed. Together, we build a collaborative, goals-oriented process, coordinating with your wider care team when helpful.
I combine evidence-based approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) with specialized protocols like parts work from an IFS informed lens and EMDR to tailor treatment to each person’s needs.
I provide trauma-informed therapy to adults throughout Colorado and Texas. I believe therapy works best as a collaborative process, helping clients build practical skills for lasting change while navigating trauma, medical conditions, or major life transitions. As a former paramedic, I understand the unique challenges faced by first responders, veterans, and active-duty military personnel. While I specialize in supporting these communities, I also welcome adults from all backgrounds and provide compassionate, evidence-based care that fosters healing, resilience, and hope.
I combine evidence-based approaches such as Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) and Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) with specialized protocols like parts work from an IFS informed lens and EMDR to tailor treatment to each person’s needs.
I provide trauma-informed therapy to adults throughout Colorado and Texas. I believe therapy works best as a collaborative process, helping clients build practical skills for lasting change while navigating trauma, medical conditions, or major life transitions. As a former paramedic, I understand the unique challenges faced by first responders, veterans, and active-duty military personnel. While I specialize in supporting these communities, I also welcome adults from all backgrounds and provide compassionate, evidence-based care that fosters healing, resilience, and hope.
Do you find yourself carrying unspoken stories, feeling anxious, disconnected, or stuck in old patterns? I work with clients navigating trauma, postpartum transitions, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship challenges. My role as your therapist is to create a safe, welcoming space where healing can unfold. Blending talk therapy with art therapy, I help you process emotions, explore new perspectives, and tap into resilience. Fluent in English and Spanish, I work with individuals and couples of all backgrounds throughout Colorado.
Do you find yourself carrying unspoken stories, feeling anxious, disconnected, or stuck in old patterns? I work with clients navigating trauma, postpartum transitions, anxiety, depression, grief, and relationship challenges. My role as your therapist is to create a safe, welcoming space where healing can unfold. Blending talk therapy with art therapy, I help you process emotions, explore new perspectives, and tap into resilience. Fluent in English and Spanish, I work with individuals and couples of all backgrounds throughout Colorado.
The men and couples I work with primarily focus around sex addiction and/or intimacy disorder. For whatever reason, they wish to stop their addictive behaviors or their intense cycles of relationship, but cannot. At the end of the day, loneliness persists in a manner that feels suffocating. They may want it to stop, but cannot perceive a life worth living without their addiction or relationship. I believe that addicts often lose their soul before they lose their life. While pain may be inevitable, suffering is not. If you are committed to working on honesty, openness, and willingness, you belong with me and I would love to help
The men and couples I work with primarily focus around sex addiction and/or intimacy disorder. For whatever reason, they wish to stop their addictive behaviors or their intense cycles of relationship, but cannot. At the end of the day, loneliness persists in a manner that feels suffocating. They may want it to stop, but cannot perceive a life worth living without their addiction or relationship. I believe that addicts often lose their soul before they lose their life. While pain may be inevitable, suffering is not. If you are committed to working on honesty, openness, and willingness, you belong with me and I would love to help
I support children, teens, and young adults experiencing big emotions, life transitions, anxiety, identity questions, and the stress that comes with growing up. Therapy does not have to be a last resort- sometimes young people simply need a safe, consistent space where they can slow down and feel understood.
I support children, teens, and young adults experiencing big emotions, life transitions, anxiety, identity questions, and the stress that comes with growing up. Therapy does not have to be a last resort- sometimes young people simply need a safe, consistent space where they can slow down and feel understood.
You may have spent years trying to function in a world that never quite made sense to your brain. Many of the people I work with are late-diagnosed adults with ADHD or autism who feel exhausted from masking, pushing through burnout, or wondering why things that seem easy for others feel impossible. Some say, “I know what I need to do but I can’t do it,” or feel like they are pretending their way through work, relationships, or identity. I also support couples navigating inter-neurotype relationships who want to understand each other and communicate without feeling like they speak different languages.
You may have spent years trying to function in a world that never quite made sense to your brain. Many of the people I work with are late-diagnosed adults with ADHD or autism who feel exhausted from masking, pushing through burnout, or wondering why things that seem easy for others feel impossible. Some say, “I know what I need to do but I can’t do it,” or feel like they are pretending their way through work, relationships, or identity. I also support couples navigating inter-neurotype relationships who want to understand each other and communicate without feeling like they speak different languages.
Therapy is weird. I hope to be someone you can connect with to get through whatever hardship you are struggling with right now. Change is possible. Often times mental health challenges can leave you frozen or stuck. There is a way out. I'm here for you when you are ready. My goal is to help you feel seen and supported as you navigate the world around you. I lean on years of experience helping people navigate hard situations to support you in finding your driving force to feeling your best. Let's work together to make sustainable changes so you can live the life you want.
Therapy is weird. I hope to be someone you can connect with to get through whatever hardship you are struggling with right now. Change is possible. Often times mental health challenges can leave you frozen or stuck. There is a way out. I'm here for you when you are ready. My goal is to help you feel seen and supported as you navigate the world around you. I lean on years of experience helping people navigate hard situations to support you in finding your driving force to feeling your best. Let's work together to make sustainable changes so you can live the life you want.
I use Internal Family Systems ( IFS) and IFIO for couples work — going beneath behavior to the parts of each person that are protecting something tender.
You've probably already tried the therapy apps. You're here because you want something different — a therapist who actually specializes in what you're dealing with.
I work with couples and individuals navigating real complexity: high-achieving, mixed-neurotype relationships where one or both partners are autistic or have ADHD, trauma histories that keep showing up in the relationship, the slow drift of emotional disconnection in a committed relationship, or a spiritual life that doesn't fit neatly into conventional therapy.
You may do the work — and still find yourself stuck in the same patterns. That gap is where I work best.
I use Internal Family Systems ( IFS) and IFIO for couples work — going beneath behavior to the parts of each person that are protecting something tender.
You've probably already tried the therapy apps. You're here because you want something different — a therapist who actually specializes in what you're dealing with.
I work with couples and individuals navigating real complexity: high-achieving, mixed-neurotype relationships where one or both partners are autistic or have ADHD, trauma histories that keep showing up in the relationship, the slow drift of emotional disconnection in a committed relationship, or a spiritual life that doesn't fit neatly into conventional therapy.
You may do the work — and still find yourself stuck in the same patterns. That gap is where I work best.
Hello, I'm Lisa, a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and Certified Addiction Counselor (CAC) with over 15 years of experience in mental health counseling. I provide compassionate and effective therapy to individuals, couples, and families in Colorado, New Jersey, South Carolina, and Wyoming, where I hold both LPC and Addiction credentials. My goal is to create a safe and supportive environment where you can explore your thoughts and feelings, and work towards meaningful change.
Hello, I'm Lisa, a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) and Certified Addiction Counselor (CAC) with over 15 years of experience in mental health counseling. I provide compassionate and effective therapy to individuals, couples, and families in Colorado, New Jersey, South Carolina, and Wyoming, where I hold both LPC and Addiction credentials. My goal is to create a safe and supportive environment where you can explore your thoughts and feelings, and work towards meaningful change.
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Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapists
What is Internal Family Systems therapy?
Internal Family Systems (IFS) is a type of talk therapy that focuses on sub-personalities, or “families,” within a person, which may be made up of wounded parts and unpleasant emotions like anger and shame. These sub-personalities can come into conflict with each other and with an individual’s core Self, leaving the person feeling detached from positive traits such as the “8 C’s” of confidence, calmness, creativity, clarity, curiosity, courage, compassion, and connectedness. By healing a patient’s wounded parts, a therapist aims to restore balance and bring on positive change.
How does Internal Family Systems therapy work?
An IFS therapist will work with a patient to identify their particular sub-personalities, recognize the emotions powering them, and release them. By doing so, the patient should become more able to address any underlying problems their sub-personalities may have been trying to protect them from. Ultimately, a patient discovers ways to manage internal and external conflicts on their own, through techniques such as relaxation exercises, journaling, and making charts depicting the relationships between their core Self and their distinct parts.
Does Internal Family Systems therapy work?
IFS therapy has been shown to help people address conditions such as depression, anxiety, panic, fears and phobias, trauma, and substance use disorders. Some research has also found that it can help individuals deal with symptoms of physical health conditions like rheumatoid arthritis, such as pain, everyday functioning, depressive feelings, and low self-compassion. There are some conditions for which IFS treatment, specifically discussions of one’s “parts,” may be less appropriate, such as schizophrenia or other states that involve psychosis or paranoia.
How long does Internal Family Systems therapy take?
As with most forms of talk therapy, there is no set duration or end point for IFS therapy. After becoming comfortable with a therapist and the core concepts of IFS, some patients quickly make progress. While experiences vary, most will find that it is a relatively longer-term therapy, involving months and sometimes years of sessions.