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Michele Ater

Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, ACS, TFT, CCHt (she, her)

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Golden, CO 80401
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Available both in-person and online
Golden, CO 80401
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Let's DO the WORK! With over 30 years guiding holistic and spiritual healing, I blend spirit with clinical. EMDR-C. I supervise skilled Master’s-level interns offering reduced-cost sessions, ensuring accessible, high-quality care. I also provide KAT (Ketamine Assisted Therapy) enhanced with hypnosis and meditative practices to support deep transformation, helping clients connect with their CORE self of well-being, focus, and empowered inner strength. Free 20 minute intake....make your shift to feeling good.
LPC-S, Reiki Master/Teacher, and Transpersonal Hypnotherapist guiding deep healing of mind, body, and spirit. With 4 Master’s-level interns offering reduced-cost sessions in somatic therapy, mindfulness, CBT, DBT, and IFS, we help you release trauma, find clarity, and restore harmony in life. Yes, HARMONY!
Your strength is YOU. Let us work together to (re)introduce you to your Self and Purpose. I so look forward in meeting you and doing the work together.
Call or Michele Ater now for a free 15 minute consultation - (720) 903-3830

My Practice at a Glance

Available both in-person and online

Origins Wellness Collective aka Golden Counseling

Golden, CO 80401

(720) 903-3830
My website
I specialize in Trauma and PTSD, Anxiety and Spirituality 
$150 Per Session, I accept insurance 
I see individuals, couples and groups  
Let's Connect (720) 903-3830
Photo of Michele Ater, Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, ACS, TFT, CCHt

My Practice at a Glance

Available both in-person and online

Origins Wellness Collective aka Golden Counseling

Golden, CO 80401

(720) 903-3830
My website
I specialize in Trauma and PTSD, Anxiety and Spirituality 
$150 Per Session, I accept insurance 
I see individuals, couples and groups  

Finances

Fees

  • Individual Sessions $150
  • Couple Sessions $180
  • Sliding scale: apply if you may be eligible

Payment Methods

ACH Bank transfer, Cash, Check, Health Savings Account, Mastercard, Paypal, Venmo, Visa

Insurance

  • Aetna
  • Anthem
  • Blue Cross
  • BlueCross and BlueShield
  • Carelon Behavioral Health
  • Cigna and Evernorth
  • Optum
  • Oscar Health
  • SelectHealth
  • UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH
  • Victims counselor for JeffCo
  • Out of Network
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All insurance claims will be processed ONLY through our third-party billing partner, Headway (Headway.co). For clients paying out-of-pocket, payment options include FSA, HSA, credit or debit card, cash, Venmo, or PayPal. Sliding scale payments for OWC interns.
Photo of Michele Ater, Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, ACS, TFT, CCHt
Michele Ater
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, ACS, TFT, CCHt
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (720) 903-3830
"
All insurance claims will be processed ONLY through our third-party billing partner, Headway (Headway.co). For clients paying out-of-pocket, payment options include FSA, HSA, credit or debit card, cash, Venmo, or PayPal. Sliding scale payments for OWC interns.
Photo of Michele Ater, Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, ACS, TFT, CCHt
Michele Ater
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, ACS, TFT, CCHt
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (720) 903-3830

Qualifications

  • Verified by Psychology Today Licensed by State of Colorado / LPC.0016146 Michele Ater
  • Education and Years In Practice

  • In Practice for 18 years
  • Attended Argosy University, Graduated 2017
  • Additional Credentials

  • Certificate from Reiki Master & Teacher 1998
  • Certificate from Transpersonal Hypnotherapy Institue Clinical Transpersonal Hypnotherapist / 2022
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LPC: Licensed Professional counselor with Masters in Clinical Mental Health Psychology. NCC: National Credited Counselor, EMDR-C, TFT dx, Reiki Master, Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapist (KAP), transpersonal certified Hypnotherapist.
Photo of Michele Ater, Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, ACS, TFT, CCHt
Michele Ater
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, ACS, TFT, CCHt
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (720) 903-3830
"
LPC: Licensed Professional counselor with Masters in Clinical Mental Health Psychology. NCC: National Credited Counselor, EMDR-C, TFT dx, Reiki Master, Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapist (KAP), transpersonal certified Hypnotherapist.
Photo of Michele Ater, Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, ACS, TFT, CCHt
Michele Ater
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, ACS, TFT, CCHt
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (720) 903-3830

Specialties and Expertise

Top Specialties

  • Trauma and PTSD
  • Anxiety
  • Spirituality

Expertise

  • ADHD
  • Behavioral Issues
  • Body Image
  • Child
  • Codependency
  • Coping Skills
  • Emotional Disturbance
  • Grief
  • Life Coaching
  • Life Transitions
  • Mood Disorders
  • Narcissistic Personality (NPD)
  • Peer Relationships
  • Polyamory & ENM
  • Process addictions: Online pornography, gaming
  • Self Esteem
  • Self-Harming
  • Sexual Abuse
  • Sleep or Insomnia
  • Stress
  • Suicidal Ideation
  • Women's Issues
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These are the main issues I can help you with, what a typical treatment plan may involve, and the benefits you can expect. I guide clients through trauma, anxiety, apathy, confusion, depression, and PTSD using Reiki, meditation, mindfulness, CBT, and KAT. Sessions foster emotional balance, clarity, self-awareness, and lasting transformation, helping you reconnect with your CORE self.
Photo of Michele Ater, Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, ACS, TFT, CCHt
Michele Ater
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, ACS, TFT, CCHt
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (720) 903-3830
"
These are the main issues I can help you with, what a typical treatment plan may involve, and the benefits you can expect. I guide clients through trauma, anxiety, apathy, confusion, depression, and PTSD using Reiki, meditation, mindfulness, CBT, and KAT. Sessions foster emotional balance, clarity, self-awareness, and lasting transformation, helping you reconnect with your CORE self.
Photo of Michele Ater, Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, ACS, TFT, CCHt
Michele Ater
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, ACS, TFT, CCHt
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (720) 903-3830

Client Focus

Age

Preteen
Teen
Adults
Elders (65+)

Participants

Individuals
Couples
Group

Communities

Non-Binary Allied
Queer Allied
Single Parent
Transgender Allied

I also speak

Kikongo

Religion

Other Spiritual or Religious Affiliations

Age

Preteen
Teen
Adults
Elders (65+)

Participants

Individuals
Couples
Group

Communities

Non-Binary Allied
Queer Allied
Single Parent
Transgender Allied

I also speak

Kikongo

Religion

Other Spiritual or Religious Affiliations

Treatment Approach

Types of Therapy

  • Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
  • Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
  • Cognitive Processing (CPT)
  • EMDR
  • Existential
  • Hypnotherapy
  • Internal Family Systems (IFS)
  • Jungian
  • Mindfulness-Based (MBCT)
  • Music Therapy
  • PAT/KAT: Psychedelic Ketamine Assisted Therapy
  • Positive Psychology
  • Thought Field Therapy (TFT) Tapping; Reiki, SPIRIT
  • Transpersonal
  • Trauma Focused
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I utilize a toolbox of hypnotherapy (clinical and 'past live' regressions), trauma tapping, mindfulness, meditation, spirituality, Reiki, CBT, EMDR and IFS. My lens is focused on removing trauma so we can work on complex emotions, moods and feelings to find relief and allow yourself to grow with Grace and Contentment.
Photo of Michele Ater, Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, ACS, TFT, CCHt
Michele Ater
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, ACS, TFT, CCHt
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (720) 903-3830
"
I utilize a toolbox of hypnotherapy (clinical and 'past live' regressions), trauma tapping, mindfulness, meditation, spirituality, Reiki, CBT, EMDR and IFS. My lens is focused on removing trauma so we can work on complex emotions, moods and feelings to find relief and allow yourself to grow with Grace and Contentment.
Photo of Michele Ater, Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, ACS, TFT, CCHt
Michele Ater
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, ACS, TFT, CCHt
Call or for a free 15 minute consultation now - (720) 903-3830

Groups


Location

Primary Location

Origins Wellness Collective aka Golden Counseling

Golden, CO 80401

(720) 903-3830
Photo of Michele Ater, Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, ACS, TFT, CCHt
Michele Ater
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, ACS, TFT, CCHt
Call for a free consultation now - (720) 903-3830
Photo of Michele Ater, Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, ACS, TFT, CCHt
Michele Ater
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, ACS, TFT, CCHt
Call for a free consultation now - (720) 903-3830