Therapists for college students near 80309
As a board-certified psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner with more than 20 years in direct patient care, I help adults navigating anxiety, depression, ADHD, mood disorders, and other mental health concerns find greater clarity, stability, and confidence in their lives. Many of the patients I work with are looking for more than symptom management: they want to understand what they're experiencing, feel heard and supported, and build a treatment plan suited to their individual needs and goals. My goal is to provide a compassionate, collaborative space where you feel comfortable discussing your concerns and take meaningful steps toward improved mental and emotional well-being. I believe respect, kindness, compassion, and genuine listening are the foundation of meaningful mental health care, and strive to be a supportive, understanding, and nonjudgmental clinician who takes the time to understand your experiences, concerns, and goals. You deserve to feel heard, respected, and cared for throughout your mental health journey, and I look forward to building a trusting relationship with you, working collaboratively to find an approach that feels right for you and supporting you as you move toward greater well-being and a life that feels more fulfilling. My approach to care is compassionate, collaborative, and evidence-based, with an emphasis on understanding each person as an individual. This approach is grounded in my experience in inpatient mental health, which has given me the comfort and experience to treat a wide range of mental health concerns. I believe effective care begins with feeling heard, respected, and supported, and I'm passionate about helping you find the right balance of treatment and practical strategies so you feel more like yourself and move toward the life you want. In our work together, I draw on evidence-based psychiatric care, medication management, and therapeutic approaches to help you better understand your mental health, manage symptoms, and move toward greater stability and well-being. Your care is always individualized and tailored to your unique needs, circumstances, and goals. My path to becoming a nurse practitioner began with my work as a psychiatric technician. It was during that time I fell in love with supporting people through their mental health journeys, and I witnessed firsthand the power of a strong, collaborative team. I learned early on that compassion, empathy, and a deeper understanding of each person's unique mental health needs can make a meaningful difference in their care. Throughout my career, I've had the opportunity to work across a variety of settings and patient populations, including addiction medicine, developmental disabilities, inpatient mental health, and rehabilitation nursing. These experiences have shaped my commitment to providing high-quality, compassionate, individualized care. I bring a broad clinical perspective, genuine empathy, and a commitment to making sure every patient feels heard, respected, and valued at every visit. I enjoy staying active and spending time outdoors, especially anything that gets me into the mountains – soccer, trail running, climbing, mountaineering, and backpacking are among my favorites. Spending time with family and friends, exploring the fine arts, and attending live theatre round out my time. More recently, I've been developing my skills in landscape photography, which has given me another way to slow down, explore, and appreciate the beauty of the outdoors.
Licensed as a Professional Counselor, I work with individuals, couples, families, and groups. Graduating in 1998 from the University of Colorado, I received a Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology, with an emphasis in Marriage and Family Studies. I have completed PACT 3 training and EMDR 2 training. I have served as the professional consultant for the Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance for the Longmont/Firestone Chapter. My experience includes working with clients in multiple settings including psychiatric hospitals, public schools, mental health agencies, therapeutic day schools, and residential treatment facilities. Spanning more than 20 years, my therapy practice has evolved to include particular therapeutic theories and techniques that are not only effective in improving the lives of my clients but that also speak to my personal interests and values. In my therapy practice I work with individuals, couples and families facing many life challenges, including mood disorders, anxiety, personality disorders and trauma. My therapeutic approach is predicated on the knowledge that each of us has a family of origin and series of life events that deeply impact the way we function in our current work, family and love relationships. Understanding the "why" of a particular struggle can promote self-understanding, compassion and acceptance, and facilitate healing. Specially trained and certified in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) and having utilized it in practice for almost twenty years, I've had the privilege of aiding in the recovery of clients who have endured extreme emotional trauma such as abuse, neglect, combat, death of a loved one and unexpected loss. Utilizing EMDR has had a profound effect on me as I have repeatedly witnessed the relief of suffering and ultimate liberation from the lasting effects of trauma. In couples therapy, I am trained in PACT (Psychobiological Approach to Couple Therapy), which integrates neuroscience, attachment theory and arousal regulation to help explain the ways in which couples relate to one another. The goal of this model is to establish a secure functioning system for the partnership. When not in my office I spend time in our beautiful Colorado with my loving husband of over two decades and my three wonderful children. My family, friends, nature, travel and yoga practice are essential elements of my own personal strength and growth.
I specialize in working with neurodivergent individuals with autism, learning disabilities, intellectual disabilities, and ADHD. I take a neuropositive perspective, which means I want my clients to understand and embrace their neurodivergence while also building awareness of some of the aspects of their neurodivergence that can limit them at times (i.e. mental inflexibility). My approach is warm and empathetic, however I also believe in being direct with my clients and in challenging them to push themselves towards growth and resilience. I use a blend of modalities tailored to the needs of the individual. I like to use rating scales to better understand my clients' areas of strength and need. I believe in setting and resetting goals as therapy progresses. This means I like to remind my clients of our focus, evaluate progress and whether or not the goal still makes sense for them, and adjust accordingly. My hope is that you will better understand yourself and why you do what you do. My goal is that you will gain skills and perspective to be able to effectively cope with the challenges life brings.
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Many people arrive at care feeling exhausted, overwhelmed, or discouraged after carrying the weight of their symptoms for far too long. Whether you’re navigating anxiety, depression, ADHD, burnout, emotional overwhelm, or treatment-resistant symptoms that haven't responded the way you hoped, you deserve more than a rushed appointment and a prescription. You deserve to feel heard and supported, by a clinician who takes the time to listen. As a board-certified Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, I specialize in medication management and psychiatric diagnosis for adults, and I work with a wide range of individuals who may appear high-functioning on the outside while quietly struggling within. My goal is to create a space that feels collaborative, personalized, and compassionate, one where we work together to understand what's truly contributing to your symptoms and find a treatment approach that fits your life and your goals. Healing doesn’t happen overnight, but meaningful improvement is possible. When you feel ready, I would be honored to be part of your journey. Specialties include adult psychiatric evaluation and medication management, anxiety disorders, depression and treatment-resistant depression, ADHD and executive dysfunction, mood disorders, trauma-related conditions, and burnout. Every person who walks through my door is treated as exactly that: a person, not a diagnosis or a checklist. Care should feel like a partnership, and from your first visit, you can expect to be genuinely included in the decisions about your treatment. I offer comprehensive psychiatric assessments, personalized medication management, diagnostic clarification, and ongoing monitoring to ensure your treatment continues to serve you well over time. For patients who have struggled with difficult medication transitions or treatment failures, I provide supportive guidance through those moments as well. Specialties also include interventional psychiatry, including TMS and IV ketamine therapies. If you are exploring or currently undergoing any of these treatments, you will have a knowledgeable partner alongside you every step of the way. Whatever brings you in, the goal remains the same: to improve your overall functioning and quality of life in a way that feels sustainable and right for you. Growing up in rural West Virginia, I saw firsthand how limited access to mental health resources can be, and how much that gap costs people who deserve support. This early awareness stayed with me. It was during my time working at the Department of Veterans Affairs that I found my direction in psychiatric care, a field where the stakes are high and the need for compassionate, skilled support is undeniable. Personal experience has also shaped the way I show up for my patients. Having watched loved ones navigate mental health challenges, I understand how hard it can be to ask for help and how much it means to find someone who truly listens. That understanding is at the heart of everything I do. When I'm not in the office, you'll find me thrifting, junk journaling, getting lost in a good book, and enjoying creative ventures through Mic & Madds. I'm also a devoted mom to two boys and a full house of animals: three dogs, one cat, two jumping spiders, and two hermit crabs.
Are you ready for a shift? You feel stuck, unsettled, and want something different. You're seeking a supportive space to gain insight and reveal a more easeful, fulfilling way of being. My practice is rooted in the power of relationship. With trust and genuine connection, we establish the secure foundation that helps you deeply explore your past, process your present experiences, and confidently envision your future. Therapy with me is collaborative. You are the expert on your life, and I am a supportive guide and skilled partner in your journey. We'll address emotional wounds and transform old patterns that hold you back. Our work together will help you build greater self-awareness, self-acceptance, self-compassion, and self-love, allowing you to live authentically, guided by your “True Hum.”
As a trauma-informed, Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC), I help struggling neurodiverse and LGBTQIA+ individuals navigate anxiety, depression, self-harming behaviors, and gender dysphoria. My expertise also extends to trauma recovery and well-being for youth and young adults. No matter what you’re facing, I believe in continual growth and change across our lifespans, which helps me carry hope for you. I look forward to providing a safe and non-judgmental container for growth in our work together. I’m passionate about providing you with the opportunity to minimize habitual reactivity and loss of executive function to have more free will and active executive functioning. My approach is rooted in a nervous-system-based style, tailored to your unique system and combined with evidence-based neuroscience modalities, psychotherapy, and your own feedback to help you reach your treatment goals. Throughout our time together, you can expect a compassionate, non-judgmental environment as you move toward these goals. My path to becoming a therapist began with my education in neuroscience, mixed with my own mental health struggles while figuring out my gender identity. This experience deepened my commitment to providing patient-centered care, ensuring an open curiosity paired with education and experience in each session. I love snowboarding, camping, and off-roading and adventuring outdoors with my dog. Experimental baking, amateur birding, and gaming (especially Stardew Valley) round out my hobbies, along with a curiosity for speculative geology. More than anything, I cherish spending time with friends and loved ones.
As a Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate (LPCC), my focus is on helping patients navigate anxiety, depression, grief, and ADHD. Together, we work on effectively coping with these issues and managing their impact on other areas of life, such as difficulty communicating, feeling connected within relationships, or feeling overwhelmed while managing stress. For those who have experienced loss, I offer support in working through the grief process at their own pace. No matter the struggle, I’m here to provide a space where you can process and accept the areas of life and the pieces of yourself that feel challenging to face. Starting with a new therapist comes with a lot of unknowns, and I invite you to reach out with any questions you have. I'm excited to assist you in the process of building a life that is aligned with the most authentic version of yourself. I view therapy as a collaborative relationship between counselor and patient as we move toward your goals. My approach primarily draws from Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), focused on helping you identify your values in order to work toward a meaningful life. Living in alignment with what matters most to you is, I believe, how you become the most authentic version of yourself. Sessions are direct and Mindfulness-based, designed to promote presence in the here and now while engaging in lasting transformation and healing. My goal is for you to feel safe and heard as you create change through your therapeutic journey. Early in my life, I struggled with my experience of neurodivergence. My first therapist had a huge impact on my life, helping me understand and accept that I am a whole person made up of many characteristics aside from my diagnosis. Since that first experience with therapy, my journey has involved figuring out who I am and what is important to me in my life. I want to offer others that same opportunity for self-exploration and discovery by creating a space where you can be open, authentic, and feel a little less alone in your experience. In my free time I enjoy outdoor activities like hiking and camping, spending time with my cat, painting and drawing, attending concerts, and caring for my plants.
My style of counseling is highly relational, down to earth, and nonjudgmental. I will encourage you to make positive steps towards growth and healing as we process life together. In my work with teen and adult clients I focus mainly on relationship issues, depression, anxiety and fear, stress, self-esteem, and life changes. You have taken a brave step to find support for yourself and I hope I can be a good fit for wherever you are on your journey.
Welcome my name is Caitlin Minino. I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Licensed Addiction Counselor. I have been working in the mental health field for 15 years with a focus on child, adolescent, and family therapy. I work predominately with trauma, attachment, family systems, and reintegration. I also have extensive experience with substance use treatment, addiction, and sports preformance. I support clients of all walks of life toward their own healing journey.
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We all have difficulties from time to time. Recognizing that you may need help is the first step to living the life you have always deserved. Whether you are struggling with depression, anxiety, trauma or addiction, I am here to help you get your needs met. We can explore different techniques and coping skills to jumpstart your journey and get you to the place you long to be; happy, peaceful and connected to others. Creating and working towards goals can be empowering. Learning to self-regulate can be a game changer. Being able to get your needs met effectively will enhance your life and your relationships.
At Congruency Counseling, we genuinely love working with college students and young adults. This season of life is exciting, challenging, and full of possibility—you’re emotionally aware, figuring out who you are, and still open to growth and change. There’s so much of your future ahead of you, and that can feel both hopeful and overwhelming at the same time. Many students come to us feeling anxious about school stress, friendships, dating relationships, or the pressure of figuring out what’s next. You might notice anxiety when thinking about your future, feel stuck in self-doubt, or struggle with low mood, confidence, or feeling disconnected from yourself or others. You don’t have to go through that alone. We work with clients of all ages, and we have special care and experience supporting people with anxiety, depression, attachment wounds, self-esteem, self-confidence, and the general desire to grow and live life more fully. Our goal is to offer a supportive, honest, and encouraging space where you can better understand yourself, build healthier patterns, and move toward the life you want. We’d love for you to consider Congruency Counseling as a resource and a place to be supported as you work toward becoming the best version of yourself.
Life is difficult under the best of circumstances. You may be suffering with anxiety or depression. Perhaps you’re managing a life transition (or two or three), searching for identity and purpose, or looking for ways forward after stepping into sobriety. Maybe you’re struggling in relationships. Or maybe you’re just generally trying to figure yourself out. You may be seeking therapy in order to realize vital goals in your relationships or career. These struggles may be the result of using ways of coping that once were vital in dealing with important people and problems from earlier in life, but which now get in the way of a healthy emotional life and positive relationships. Therapy is a great way of using a healing relationship to identify these coping styles, and ultimately to develop more effective ways of relating to yourself and to others in order to maximize your potential and life satisfaction. I know the struggles of growing through therapy over years of treatment, the difficulty of getting into therapy and staying with it long term. Let’s work together to address the ways in which you suffer so you can experience more freedom in life, get more of what you want and less of what you don’t want. I have been fortunate to have the privilege of providing support and services to a wide range of individuals which includes children, adolescents, adults and families. I enjoy providing a range of therapeutic services including individual, couples and family therapy. I specialize in treating depression, anxiety, relationship issues and trauma. As a proud member of the counseling profession, I am passionate about my mission to help others gain the insight and clarity they seek to overcome the inevitable challenges that life offers. I realize that reaching out for help is deeply personal and I am grateful to have the opportunity to assist those who are interested in my services.
My focus as an integrative psychotherapist is on holistic well-being rather than illness. We are generally born in a state of inner harmony, wholeness and health, and as we experience life’s ups and downs, our emotional state can become unbalanced. While validating challenges and offering guidance, my primary goal is to support clients in rediscovering their own inner resources to successfully move forward in a meaningful way. My approach includes an emphasis on creative potential; finding purpose and joy; growth and change; trust and respect. With empathy, warmth and practical tools, I support clients as they increase their understanding and confidence to make progress dealing with depression and isolation, anxiety and stress, relationship difficulties, grief and loss, communication challenges, boundary issues, self-esteem, life transitions, and family conflicts. I enjoy working with diverse populations of all ages and backgrounds as they gain wisdom and insight into their own lives and move toward personal empowerment and resilience. I’m particularly interested in parenting, healthy communications, life adjustments, self-awareness, and supporting caregivers whose loved ones have dementia. As a registered art therapist, I am also trained to provide a creative way for clients to express what may be hard to talk about, especially during times of crisis or difficulty. Art is universal and promotes playfulness, self-expression, and imagination. Art therapy can be a helpful addition to traditional talk therapy. It’s important that my clients feel comfortable and safe in the therapy room: seen, heard, validated, and understood. I look forward to joining you on your unique journey of self-discovery and personal growth.
It takes courage and humility to seek out a therapist. If your own life, your romantic relationship, or both are leaving you unsatisfied, stuck, or unhappy, I commend you for considering outside help. The support of people whom I trust and who care for me – including my own therapists – has been instrumental to my own healing and growth. I would be honored to provide you with that same partnership in your journey of change. When we combine my training in therapy with your knowledge of who you are and where you want to go, we can identify meaningful goals together and help you progress toward them. Working with couples and individuals, I specialize in treating relationship and intimacy difficulties, men’s issues, and sexual issues. I use emotionally-focused, somatic, and cognitive-behavioral techniques. I bring genuine care, gentle humor, and deep acceptance to each client. In addition to working as a therapist, I am a research psychologist who earned a PhD at the University of Denver. I conduct research on healthy relationships and sexual health and have taught psychology courses at several colleges and universities in the Front Range. These roles help me continually learn how to be a better therapist.
Hi there, I’m Jessica, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker dedicated to helping individuals and families navigate life’s challenges at every stage. I have been lucky enough to work with a wide variety of people across the U.S.–and beyond! Before graduate school, I volunteered as a social worker in Edinburgh, Scotland, where I assisted at-risk teens, isolated families, and adults diagnosed with schizophrenia. Learning about their life experiences, identifying hopes and dreams, and helping them regain independence was an experience that I will never forget. For over 20 years, I have worked extensively with families that are coping with parenting challenges, communication breakdowns, defiance, and life transitions. I am committed to supporting caregivers, children, and teens by providing strategic tools for managing complex behaviors and 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. Having worked in diverse settings (including schools, community mental health centers, rural towns, and assisted living facilities), I understand the unique challenges that come with aging, life transitions, grief, anxiety, and depression. My goal is to provide a supportive and nonjudgmental space where clients can explore their thoughts and emotions at their own pace and work towards long-term positive change. My approach is warm, empathetic, and strength-based. 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. Although I utilize a wide variety of therapeutic techniques, I believe that a respectful, trusting relationship is essential for positive outcomes. I continually ask for feedback from my clients, as I want to ensure that our sessions are improving their quality of life. Therapy is a space for growth, healing, and discovery—and I’m here to walk alongside you every step of the way. Whether you’re facing a current crisis, struggling with family dynamics, or simply looking for support in everyday life, I’m here to help. If you’re ready to take the next step towards healing, let’s connect and see how we can work together to bring positive change to your life.
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Are you struggling with insecurity, worry, or shame? As a college student, you may be questioning who you are or who you want to be in the world. As a result, it may be hard for you to find joy or purpose in your life right now. But you recognize that there's part of you who wants that to change, and you're ready to take that next step. You're ready to step into who you really are - your authentic self. As a counselor and music therapist, I help people gain insight, develop coping skills, and build resilience so they can move beyond difficult life experiences and find renewed purpose and personal meaning. Through music and mindfulness, you can find new ways to express yourself, process emotions, and feel more connected and grounded. Schedule a free 15-minute phone consultation to start.
Hey there! If you're someone who has always been seen as an achiever, hard worker, but now there's too much to do and it's hard to operate like you always have, I am here to help. If you've never tried therapy or are looking for a unique approach, I support young adults and adults find healing and change through methods that work best for you. Check out my site and see if I'd be a good fit for you!