Therapists in Boulder, CO
I use a range of treatment modalities from family therapy to synergetic play therapy to psychodynamic relational therapy.
It's not easy to seek help for your child. I've been there. I've been a psychologist for 29 years, but I've been a parent for 25, and counting. As a child and family psychologist, I help young families develop skills and routines to support healthy relationships for years to come. Play therapy allows children to integrate difficult experiences, and move past the stuck points in which they (and their parents) often find themselves. And it even works to do it virtually!
I use a range of treatment modalities from family therapy to synergetic play therapy to psychodynamic relational therapy.
It's not easy to seek help for your child. I've been there. I've been a psychologist for 29 years, but I've been a parent for 25, and counting. As a child and family psychologist, I help young families develop skills and routines to support healthy relationships for years to come. Play therapy allows children to integrate difficult experiences, and move past the stuck points in which they (and their parents) often find themselves. And it even works to do it virtually!
Contact us to get the help and support your family needs now and schedule your assessments/evaluation.
Fjord Health is dedicated to fighting healthcare access barriers and eliminating the incredibly long waitlists often associated with accessing high-quality medical care for Autism spectrum disorders (Autism), ADHD and Neurodevelopment Disorder (NDD’s) assessment and evaluation. Fjord empowers families as a non-profit direct patient provider organization performing affordable, inclusive and accessible neuropsychological assessments, evaluations and supportive care. Fjord Health specializes in Neurodevelopment Disorders (NDD’s) such as Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD).
Contact us to get the help and support your family needs now and schedule your assessments/evaluation.
Fjord Health is dedicated to fighting healthcare access barriers and eliminating the incredibly long waitlists often associated with accessing high-quality medical care for Autism spectrum disorders (Autism), ADHD and Neurodevelopment Disorder (NDD’s) assessment and evaluation. Fjord empowers families as a non-profit direct patient provider organization performing affordable, inclusive and accessible neuropsychological assessments, evaluations and supportive care. Fjord Health specializes in Neurodevelopment Disorders (NDD’s) such as Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD).
I believe that there is great power in developing a deeper understanding of who you are, your strengths and weakness, and how your brain functions and adapts-and applying this information to develop ways to manage and communicate your emotions and needs to the important people in your life. I have been working with kids, teens, adults and families for the last 15 years, and find it very meaningful and rewarding. I specialize in anxiety, depression, attachment and neurodevelopmental disorders, using cognitive-behavioral, interpersonal, solution-oriented and family systems based approaches.
I believe that there is great power in developing a deeper understanding of who you are, your strengths and weakness, and how your brain functions and adapts-and applying this information to develop ways to manage and communicate your emotions and needs to the important people in your life. I have been working with kids, teens, adults and families for the last 15 years, and find it very meaningful and rewarding. I specialize in anxiety, depression, attachment and neurodevelopmental disorders, using cognitive-behavioral, interpersonal, solution-oriented and family systems based approaches.
Thriveworks Counseling & Therapy Boulder
Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate
Verified Verified
Boulder, CO 80305
We offer individual counseling, psychiatry/medication management (virtual only), family counseling, couples therapy/marriage counseling, and child & teen therapy.
At Thriveworks, we're dedicated to providing top-tier mental health services that are easily accessible to everyone. With over 340 locations nationwide and flexible online therapy options, our professional therapists are equipped to assist you through any stress, life transitions, or ongoing mental health concerns. We prioritize your convenience and needs by offering flexible scheduling, including evening and weekend appointments, ensuring that you can start your therapy journey as early as this week. Plus, we accept most major insurance plans, making your path to mental health support smoother and more affordable.
We offer individual counseling, psychiatry/medication management (virtual only), family counseling, couples therapy/marriage counseling, and child & teen therapy.
At Thriveworks, we're dedicated to providing top-tier mental health services that are easily accessible to everyone. With over 340 locations nationwide and flexible online therapy options, our professional therapists are equipped to assist you through any stress, life transitions, or ongoing mental health concerns. We prioritize your convenience and needs by offering flexible scheduling, including evening and weekend appointments, ensuring that you can start your therapy journey as early as this week. Plus, we accept most major insurance plans, making your path to mental health support smoother and more affordable.
Relationships create the foundation of our lives throughout our entire existence. In fact, our earliest relationships can impact nearly every future interaction we have. If you have questions, concerns, or curiosities about any of your relationships - with your partner, children, extended family, or friends - working with a therapist specially trained in attachment work can change your life. Finding a therapist who really understands you, and what you are going through, is imperative in attachment work. Find someone who will both deeply support you and gently challenge you when you are on the edge of growth.
Relationships create the foundation of our lives throughout our entire existence. In fact, our earliest relationships can impact nearly every future interaction we have. If you have questions, concerns, or curiosities about any of your relationships - with your partner, children, extended family, or friends - working with a therapist specially trained in attachment work can change your life. Finding a therapist who really understands you, and what you are going through, is imperative in attachment work. Find someone who will both deeply support you and gently challenge you when you are on the edge of growth.
Kelsey Albert
Marriage and Family Therapist Candidate, MA, MFTC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Boulder, CO 80303
My hope is to partner with you, your teen, your child, or your whole family to integrate growth, healing, empowerment, and connectedness.
Hello and so glad you’ve found your way here. Whether you are seeking help for a specific issue or pondering many of life’s greatest questions, I am here to help. I work with my clients in discovering unconscious patterns and beliefs that hold them back from deep connections with themselves and deep connections with others. Warmth, authenticity, and creativity is important to me. I am sure to bring these aspects to our sessions. It is my goal to assist you on your personal journey to joy and healing while meeting you where you are at.
My hope is to partner with you, your teen, your child, or your whole family to integrate growth, healing, empowerment, and connectedness.
Hello and so glad you’ve found your way here. Whether you are seeking help for a specific issue or pondering many of life’s greatest questions, I am here to help. I work with my clients in discovering unconscious patterns and beliefs that hold them back from deep connections with themselves and deep connections with others. Warmth, authenticity, and creativity is important to me. I am sure to bring these aspects to our sessions. It is my goal to assist you on your personal journey to joy and healing while meeting you where you are at.
Emily Fried
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, MSEd, CLC, IMHM-C, PMH-C
Verified Verified
Boulder, CO 80301
I am an Infant, Early Childhood and Perinatal Mental Health Specialist with specialized training and expertise in children birth through 6 years old, and parents during prenatal and postpartum periods. I work with families navigating challenges in mental health, behavior, and development, while promoting emotion regulation, reflection, healing, and strengthening attachment relationships. My approach is tailored to each individual family, stemming from psychodynamic principles and other evidence-based therapies. I offer play therapy and perinatal mental health services, as well as parenting support, coaching and consultation.
I am an Infant, Early Childhood and Perinatal Mental Health Specialist with specialized training and expertise in children birth through 6 years old, and parents during prenatal and postpartum periods. I work with families navigating challenges in mental health, behavior, and development, while promoting emotion regulation, reflection, healing, and strengthening attachment relationships. My approach is tailored to each individual family, stemming from psychodynamic principles and other evidence-based therapies. I offer play therapy and perinatal mental health services, as well as parenting support, coaching and consultation.
Play therapy is the research-based treatment of choice for children struggling with: anxiety and withdrawn behavior, depression, Post Traumatic Stress Reactions, trauma, abuse and neglect, chronic or terminal illness, hospitalization, adoption and foster-care, grief, divorce, family violence, aggression and acting out behavior.
Are you worried that your preschooler's abrupt mood swings will be a problem when she enters kindergarten? Is your third grader easily frustrated, teary and self-deprecating over an inability to get things right? Are you discouraged because of your fourth grader's consistently angry and disrespectful behavior? Raising a child with difficult behaviors can be exhausting. . . As a play therapist and parent resource, I help parents have more harmonious and enjoyable relationships with their children.
Play therapy is the research-based treatment of choice for children struggling with: anxiety and withdrawn behavior, depression, Post Traumatic Stress Reactions, trauma, abuse and neglect, chronic or terminal illness, hospitalization, adoption and foster-care, grief, divorce, family violence, aggression and acting out behavior.
Are you worried that your preschooler's abrupt mood swings will be a problem when she enters kindergarten? Is your third grader easily frustrated, teary and self-deprecating over an inability to get things right? Are you discouraged because of your fourth grader's consistently angry and disrespectful behavior? Raising a child with difficult behaviors can be exhausting. . . As a play therapist and parent resource, I help parents have more harmonious and enjoyable relationships with their children.
The Parent & Family Wellness Center
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Boulder, CO 80301
The PFWC is a center dedicated to the prevention, support, and treatment of maternal and family mental health challenges. The PFWC consists of perinatal mental health specialists, graduate level interns, a robust reproductive psychiatric team, acupuncturist, doula, infant/child sleep specialist, and a lactation consultant all of whom are speciality trained in reproductive and perinatal mental health.
The PFWC is a center dedicated to the prevention, support, and treatment of maternal and family mental health challenges. The PFWC consists of perinatal mental health specialists, graduate level interns, a robust reproductive psychiatric team, acupuncturist, doula, infant/child sleep specialist, and a lactation consultant all of whom are speciality trained in reproductive and perinatal mental health.
My work with children often focuses on strengthening family relationships.
I strive to illuminate your existing strengths and help you to recognize ways to apply these strengths to the areas of your life where you are feeling discouraged or stuck. I will help you to regain your equilibrium, achieve your goals and bring out your best self. I address anxiety/ depression, relationship issues, couples therapy, addictions, weight/eating issues, divorce. I do extensive work with high functioning ambitious adults helping to refine personal goals, push past obstacles and more fully realize potential. I also love working with children, teens and parents.
My work with children often focuses on strengthening family relationships.
I strive to illuminate your existing strengths and help you to recognize ways to apply these strengths to the areas of your life where you are feeling discouraged or stuck. I will help you to regain your equilibrium, achieve your goals and bring out your best self. I address anxiety/ depression, relationship issues, couples therapy, addictions, weight/eating issues, divorce. I do extensive work with high functioning ambitious adults helping to refine personal goals, push past obstacles and more fully realize potential. I also love working with children, teens and parents.
Is your child struggling to control their emotions or reactions? Has their behavior changed and you’re not sure why? Maybe their grades have dropped; you've started getting calls from the school; they may have withdrawn into themselves, or begun lashing out at others. While children and teens are incredibly resilient, even under the best of circumstances, they may need support from someone outside of the family in order to recover from a major change, or unlock their full potential & thrive. That is where therapy comes in, and I would love to be the one to help.
Is your child struggling to control their emotions or reactions? Has their behavior changed and you’re not sure why? Maybe their grades have dropped; you've started getting calls from the school; they may have withdrawn into themselves, or begun lashing out at others. While children and teens are incredibly resilient, even under the best of circumstances, they may need support from someone outside of the family in order to recover from a major change, or unlock their full potential & thrive. That is where therapy comes in, and I would love to be the one to help.
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I am a Licensed Clinical Psychologist with specialized training in the evaluation of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), Dyslexia and other learning disabilities, intellectual and executive functioning, developmental challenges, ADHD, anxiety, depression, and behavioral difficulties. My clinical work is grounded in evidence-based research and employs a primarily cognitive-behavioral approach to assessment and therapy. I also collaborate with families in developing and sustaining educational and treatment plans focused on supporting the academic, cognitive, social-emotional, and behavioral needs of children and teenagers. Plans can include individual and/or family therapy, as well as consultation with school teams and health professionals.
I sincerely look forward to working closely with you to create positive and sustainable changes for your child and family.
I am a Licensed Clinical Psychologist with specialized training in the evaluation of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), Dyslexia and other learning disabilities, intellectual and executive functioning, developmental challenges, ADHD, anxiety, depression, and behavioral difficulties. My clinical work is grounded in evidence-based research and employs a primarily cognitive-behavioral approach to assessment and therapy. I also collaborate with families in developing and sustaining educational and treatment plans focused on supporting the academic, cognitive, social-emotional, and behavioral needs of children and teenagers. Plans can include individual and/or family therapy, as well as consultation with school teams and health professionals.
Queer Asterisk Therapeutic Services
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, LAC, LMFT, LCSW
Verified Verified
Boulder, CO 80301 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
Queer Asterisk is a queer and trans-led 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization in Colorado. We provide outpatient individual, relational, family and group counseling for children, adolescents, adults, and relationships of all configurations. Our diverse team of compassionate, affirming mental health providers and graduate-level clinical interns create safer therapeutic spaces for clients to heal and grow. We also offer gender awareness and responsiveness trainings for other organizations and healthcare providers, including hospitals, schools and treatment centers.
Queer Asterisk is a queer and trans-led 501 (c)(3) nonprofit organization in Colorado. We provide outpatient individual, relational, family and group counseling for children, adolescents, adults, and relationships of all configurations. Our diverse team of compassionate, affirming mental health providers and graduate-level clinical interns create safer therapeutic spaces for clients to heal and grow. We also offer gender awareness and responsiveness trainings for other organizations and healthcare providers, including hospitals, schools and treatment centers.
Racine offers individual and family services for children, adolescents, and adults.
Racine Anxiety and OCD Practice is currently accepting new clients (updated 1/1/2024). Dr. Racine is a compassionate Licensed Clinical Psychologist. She specializes in the treatment of anxiety and related conditions. She has expertise with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), exposure and response prevention (ERP), and habit-reversal therapy for the treatment of obsessive compulsive, panic, anxiety, and pediatric mental health conditions. Dr. Racine is co-author of the self-help guide: From Misery To Mastery: A Revolutionary New Treatment for Anxiety and Depression.
Racine offers individual and family services for children, adolescents, and adults.
Racine Anxiety and OCD Practice is currently accepting new clients (updated 1/1/2024). Dr. Racine is a compassionate Licensed Clinical Psychologist. She specializes in the treatment of anxiety and related conditions. She has expertise with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), exposure and response prevention (ERP), and habit-reversal therapy for the treatment of obsessive compulsive, panic, anxiety, and pediatric mental health conditions. Dr. Racine is co-author of the self-help guide: From Misery To Mastery: A Revolutionary New Treatment for Anxiety and Depression.
Anxiety and related disorders impact the whole family.
Eleanore Hall, Psy.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in the evidence-based treatment of childhood anxiety, OCD, and related disorders, as well as perinatal adjustment and mood difficulties. She has expertise in cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), exposure and response prevention treatment (ERP), Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), and the SPACE parent-based treatment program. Dr. Hall also pursued specialized postdoctoral training in perinatal psychology through the Irving Harris Program. Her work is driven by a passion for helping individuals to get back in the driver’s seat and regain a sense of freedom.
Anxiety and related disorders impact the whole family.
Eleanore Hall, Psy.D. is a licensed clinical psychologist specializing in the evidence-based treatment of childhood anxiety, OCD, and related disorders, as well as perinatal adjustment and mood difficulties. She has expertise in cognitive-behavioral therapy (CBT), exposure and response prevention treatment (ERP), Parent-Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT), and the SPACE parent-based treatment program. Dr. Hall also pursued specialized postdoctoral training in perinatal psychology through the Irving Harris Program. Her work is driven by a passion for helping individuals to get back in the driver’s seat and regain a sense of freedom.
Elevated Counseling & Wellness, PLLC
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Boulder, CO 80303
Let us match you with the right therapist! Providing individual therapy, as well as group therapy, couples therapy, family therapy and therapy for kids and teens, we have a provider for you. Beginning with a foundation in men's mental health, we have expanded to provide exceptional therapy for all genders, orientations and walks of life. Whether you're looking for individual therapy to address long standing childhood traumas, community support in a therapy group, or couples counseling to save your marriage, we can help! You're not just a number, we are NOT corporate mental health and you deserve a better experience with therapy!
Let us match you with the right therapist! Providing individual therapy, as well as group therapy, couples therapy, family therapy and therapy for kids and teens, we have a provider for you. Beginning with a foundation in men's mental health, we have expanded to provide exceptional therapy for all genders, orientations and walks of life. Whether you're looking for individual therapy to address long standing childhood traumas, community support in a therapy group, or couples counseling to save your marriage, we can help! You're not just a number, we are NOT corporate mental health and you deserve a better experience with therapy!
Sarah Carlson
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, LMFT
Verified Verified
6 Endorsed
Boulder, CO 80305
Waitlist for new clients
My method of child and family treatment is PCIT a live-coaching model where parents are taught skills and coached while they play with their children.
My goal is to provide clients caring, concrete, and practical answers using proven-effective treatment options. I feel strongly that clients should be a collaborator in their treatment and see improvements quickly. Parents with children who have behavioral problems are often exhausted and at the end of their rope. Parent-Child Interaction Therapy provides quick solutions and reduces parental stress. Couples often seek therapy when communication is breaking down. Both PCIT and Gottman Method Therapy inform my work with couples and families.
My method of child and family treatment is PCIT a live-coaching model where parents are taught skills and coached while they play with their children.
My goal is to provide clients caring, concrete, and practical answers using proven-effective treatment options. I feel strongly that clients should be a collaborator in their treatment and see improvements quickly. Parents with children who have behavioral problems are often exhausted and at the end of their rope. Parent-Child Interaction Therapy provides quick solutions and reduces parental stress. Couples often seek therapy when communication is breaking down. Both PCIT and Gottman Method Therapy inform my work with couples and families.
I have over 17 years of professional experience working with children (ages 3-20), adolescents and families providing family and individual therapy, group and play therapy.
Maybe your child can’t sleep at night, because they are worried about divorce, making or losing friends, or being good at their favorite hobby. Maybe they have intense feelings of anxiety or dread that they are not truly loved for who they are, or they worry they are a bad person inside. Perhaps you are worried that despite all your efforts, your children are struggling and you can’t figure out how to reach them. Meanwhile, you all desire deeper connection, love and belonging in your relationships and your family.
I have over 17 years of professional experience working with children (ages 3-20), adolescents and families providing family and individual therapy, group and play therapy.
Maybe your child can’t sleep at night, because they are worried about divorce, making or losing friends, or being good at their favorite hobby. Maybe they have intense feelings of anxiety or dread that they are not truly loved for who they are, or they worry they are a bad person inside. Perhaps you are worried that despite all your efforts, your children are struggling and you can’t figure out how to reach them. Meanwhile, you all desire deeper connection, love and belonging in your relationships and your family.
Brynn Miller Håkon
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Boulder, CO 80301
In addition to having extensive training in body-based psychotherapy, I am also trained in Ketamine Assisted Therapy, EMDR, Internal Family Systems, Exposure Response Prevention Therapy, CBT, and Acceptance Commitment Therapy.
I am passionate about offering individuals the opportunity to reconnect, strengthen the gifts they have, and to Thrive. I established Thrive, my group practice, in 2012. I work with clients of all ages from diverse backgrounds - those who are striving to bring their lives and dreams together - to help them achieve happy and healthy relationships. I specializes in body focused effective treatment for trauma, and evidenced based treatment for OCD, phobias, and anxiety.
In addition to having extensive training in body-based psychotherapy, I am also trained in Ketamine Assisted Therapy, EMDR, Internal Family Systems, Exposure Response Prevention Therapy, CBT, and Acceptance Commitment Therapy.
I am passionate about offering individuals the opportunity to reconnect, strengthen the gifts they have, and to Thrive. I established Thrive, my group practice, in 2012. I work with clients of all ages from diverse backgrounds - those who are striving to bring their lives and dreams together - to help them achieve happy and healthy relationships. I specializes in body focused effective treatment for trauma, and evidenced based treatment for OCD, phobias, and anxiety.
I help people create lasting change, by weaving Internal Family Systems, trauma therapies EMDR and Brainspotting, body-centered and mindfulness skills, Creative/Expressive Arts, Dance Therapy and Neoshamanic practices, during sessions to facilitate healing and integration.
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.
I help people create lasting change, by weaving Internal Family Systems, trauma therapies EMDR and Brainspotting, body-centered and mindfulness skills, Creative/Expressive Arts, Dance Therapy and Neoshamanic practices, during sessions to facilitate healing and integration.
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.
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Family Therapy
What do family therapists do?
A family therapist facilitates the process of understanding and improving how a family functions. The therapist will help family members develop empathy for one another. They’ll seek to understand existing patterns, misunderstandings, and conflicts that arise, in order to help the family arrive at a realistic, unified understanding and develop the coping skills they need to build stronger relationships.
How long does therapy for families take to work?
Therapy manifests differently in every family; a common time frame is 12 weekly sessions, but some families may see improvement after just a few weeks. Families should discuss their goals with the therapist at the beginning of the process and periodically revisit those goals to assess their progress together.
How can you encourage a family member to attend family therapy?
You can encourage family members to attend therapy by expressing with both love and concern the challenges you see and explaining how a therapist could help the family navigate those challenges together. An outside perspective can help everyone feel heard, get on the same page, and develop new skills. If family members are still hesitant, it may be helpful to emphasize that family therapy is short-term—it won’t last forever.
Is therapy for families effective?
Family therapy can significantly improve family dynamics and relationships. Research suggests that family therapy can help individuals understand their role in the family, communicate and solve problems together, reduce conflict and draw boundaries when necessary, and develop coping skills for stressors, major life changes, and mental or physical illnesses within the family.