WHO I AM

Denver Psychotherapy and Consultation Services, LLC is a professional counseling and psychotherapy practice providing a wide variety of services to the greater Denver community. All of our therapists work closely with one another as an integrated treatment team, which allows for quick and easy referrals for individual, couple, family, or group therapy if these types of services are necessary.

With our central location in downtown Denver we are easily accessible from most areas in the local community by both car, bike, and public transportation. Our flexible daytime, evening, and weekend hours also help to make it easy to find a practitioner who is available at a time that is convenient to you. In addition, we work with several insurance companies, employee assistance programs (EAPs), and local victim compensation boards to help ensure that your counseling experience works within your budget. Finally, our collaborative agreements with our sister agency, Noeticus Counseling Center and Training Institute as well as other local not-for-profit agencies, are designed to assist people who require reduced fee counseling services.

All of our practitioners are either licensed mental health providers or work under the direct supervision of a licensed mental health provider. We also draw from a variety of theoretical orientations and employ a wide-range of therapeutic models in the provision of our services. This, along with our commitment to appreciating the diversity of our community, allows us to work with you in creating a highly effective, individualized counseling experience that works for you.
If you are interested in learning more about our services, please call our intake hotline at 303-399-9988 x 9 or send us an email to set up your free initial consultation.

MY PHILOSOPHY

The program philosophy of Denver Psychotherapy and Consultation Services, LLC is rooted in a deep understanding of the dynamic and complex interplay among biological predispositions, early developmental experiences, and current life situations. I see the importance of how early experiences can shape perception and reality, and at the same time I also strongly believe in the power each individual, couple, or family has to make new choices and to create new options in life.

At its foundation, my philosophy employs a developmental model. I then infuse this with principles and practices that are richly influenced by person-centered, systemic, harm-reduction, multicultural, and social-justice perspectives. Additionally, because I specialize in the treatment of trauma (and its many subsequent negative impacts, such as addictions, compulsions, depression, anxiety, self-harming behaviors, and relational problems) I also draw strongly from Judith Herman's model of trauma recovery, Marsha Linehan's model of working with chronic crisis behavior and interpersonal chaos, and many of the somatically-oriented models of working with developmental and situational trauma. These include the work of Stephen Porges, Francine Shapiro, Peter Levine, Pat Ogden, Bessel van der Kolk, Robert Scaer, and Colin Ross. In addition, I draw significantly from the contemporary couple and family systems models developed by Brent Atkinson, John Gottman, and Susan Johnson as well as from the more traditional models developed by Jay Haley, Cloé Madanes, Salvador Minuchin, Virginia Satir, and Steve de Shazer.

MY VISION STATEMENT

To support a violence-free community that appreciates and embraces mental health, diversity, and mutuality.

MY MISSION STATEMENT

To provide a broad range of mental health services that assist individuals, couples, and families in establishing and maintaining hope in themselves, their communities, and the world.

To assist individuals who have experienced trauma in repairing the developmental and interpersonal breeches these experiences have created so that they can re-connect to their community.

To guide couples and families in discovering the patterns of interpersonal dynamics that enhance intimacy and contact with one another so that they can better love and support one another.