Welcome to Cherry Creek Psychotherapy for Mental Health
We are Denver’s premier Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) collective, offering an experienced team of clinicians who also integrate CBT, ACT, attachment, somatic, and trauma therapies in working with adolescents, young adults, couples, and families. We are so glad you are here.
Our History of Championing Wellness
The Cherry Creek Psychotherapy for Mental Health has deep roots in the Denver community. The foundation of the collective began in 2008 as an idea and a dream. Back then, a few passionate Denver area therapists were working independently, but beginning to collaborate around the core of adolescent and young adult dialectical behavior therapy groups. Over time, these professional relationships deepened around shared values involving comprehensive and integrative client care.
Many years later, we came to realize that by coming together under one roof, we would be able to collaborate in a more efficient and effective manner, further deepening our commitment to our clients, and expanding our services to meet the needs of our community. Finally, in 2019, The Cherry Creek Psychotherapy for Mental Health was officially created, and we’ve been learning, growing, fine-tuning and improving ever since.
Today, we are comprised of clinicians with years of experience and a variety of complimentary specialties, coming together to deliver streamlined and individualized care to each and every one of our unique and diverse clients.
We look forward to hearing from you, so that we can share more about the details of our unique Psychotherapy!
OUR TEAM
Meet Us
First and foremost, I rely on my intuition and experience working with clients. My approach is relational and always flexible, depending on the energy and personality of the client with whom I’m working. The therapeutic alliance is everything, in my opinion. I take time and care in establishing each unique alliance. Once established, my clients and I typically agree to collaborate in the spirit of mutual respect for one another, always in the client’s best interest, with his or her growth obviously the main objective. I look forward to each and every session and feel quite grateful that I am able to do the work I love all day long. I believe that my clients feel my passion and appreciate my dedication to their wellbeing, as well as my curiosity about each client’s experiences navigating their (internal & external) world.
Therapy sessions (Individual & Group) with me are therefore often very different from one another ... I try and bring spontaneity, a sustainable pace, some surprise, and lots of authenticity working with teenagers and young adults. I understand that my clients want to know me and understand me in order to trust me to help them.
Ideally, our sessions are dynamic, interactive but always with sincerity and heart. Sessions can be fast-paced and educational or slower-paced and more thoughtful.
I am knowledgeable and experienced with:
Cognitive and Dialectical Behavior Therapy
Acceptance & Commitment
Therapy Experiential (or exposure)
Therapies Traditional and Modern Psychoanalytic
Psychodynamic Therapy
Attachment/Adoption work
The decision to begin counseling requires courage and hope. Are you going through a difficult chapter in your life? You may be feeling confused or lost and in need of support. As a counselor I believe that you have the power to create change in your life and it is my goal to offer a safe, nonjudgmental, and empathetic environment so you can begin your healing journey.
I work with adolescents and young adults experiencing challenges such as anxiety, depression, eating disorders, family issues, and trauma. I understand that every person I work with has their own unique story, so I offer a collaborative relationship to assist in clarifying their thoughts, emotions, needs, and values. I aim to help individuals find effective methods to coping with distress and to heal from the pain in their life. I come from a person-centered approach while utilizing Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), and trauma-informed approaches.
I am an independent contractor for the Cherry Creek Collective for Mental Health.
I believe that you, as the client, know yourself best and I will create a personalized therapeutic approach to help you navigate change and achieve personal goals. My goal is to work with you to create an optimistic therapy environment of collaboration, understanding, and empowerment.
I work with children and adolescents 6-18 years old and their families in building trusting relationships that promote healthy emotional regulation, safe boundaries, positive relationships, increased self-esteem, and resiliency. I also work with individual adults to address concerns such as anxiety, depression, self-esteem, relationship issues, life-phase transitions and more.
I strongly believe in ongoing professional development and collaboration in order to provide the best therapeutic services.
I am an Independent Contractor working with Cherry Creek Psychotherapy.
It is a goal of mine to help others become the best version of themselves. I think truth is necessary to make sense of the world around us and I enjoy working with clients who dare to explore it. My approach to counseling is very person-centered in addition to integrating Cognitive Behavioral Therapy strategies. I serve those I meet through the boundaries and ethics set forth by the ACA, my supervisor, and my faith. My focus is in working with trauma, and I center my work around clients aged teens through adults.
I am happy to be working in this field as I considered becoming a licensed professional counselor for about 10 years, and in 2020 decided to get my Master's in Clinical Mental Health Counseling. After researching many options, I chose the CACREP accredited program offered through Liberty University. Under the supervision of LaTonya Harris, MA, LMFT, LAC., I am an intern with Greenwood Counseling Center.
About me:
I grew up in Morgantown, WV, and Boulder, CO. My family moved to Colorado in 1989, and then I left to attend school at Oklahoma State University. I graduated from OSU and subsequently worked as the Director of Football Operations for their football team. After that, I became a certified strength coach and personal trainer. For me, I saw a difference between working out as a duty, something you were good at, and a desire for change, struggling with even going to the gym. My experience watching Division I athletes work out, versus someone interested in genuinely feeling better, impacted me. In one context, the person knew what to do, they were physically strong, and knew how to perform the tasks in the weight room for improvement. Personal training was more complex; it was one-on-one, and there was uncertainty and vulnerability involved. Along with improving a client’s physical health, there was a story of how they arrived in front of me. I knew it was vital to hear that story. I know how it feels to be unheard or misunderstood.
I mostly enjoy working out. I love college football and gardening. Remember the Titans and Breakfast Club are in my top 5 movies of all time, and I enjoy hearing my family laugh.
Currently, I am working with adolescents 13+ and adults of all ages looking for assistance with emotion regulation, self esteem, relationships, maladaptive behaviors, sleep issues, life transitions, women’s issues, and overall wellbeing. I have experience with specific mental health diagnoses including anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and post traumatic stress disorder.
I believe in creating a safe, therapeutic relationship, helping you develop skills to address the ongoing stressors in life, and increase your sense of empowerment.
I am EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) certified. This is a leading treatment for trauma.
I am in Independent Contracting working with Cherry Creek Collective
I believe in helping each client develop an understanding of their experience and themselves so that they can engage in a life they are proud of and make goal motivated decisions. We will work together to create a collaborative therapeutic environment that is supportive and promotes change.
Currently, I am working with adolescents 13+ and adults of all ages looking for assistance with emotion regulation, self esteem, relationships, maladaptive behaviors, sleep issues, life transitions, women’s issues, and overall wellbeing. I have experience with specific mental health diagnoses including anxiety, depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and posttraumatic stress disorder.
I believe in creating a safe, therapeutic relationship, helping you develop skills to address the ongoing stressors in life, and increase your sense of empowerment.
I am EMDR (eye movement desensitization and reprocessing) certified. This is a leading treatment for trauma.
I am in Independent Contracting working with Cherry Creek Collective
My work is collaborative and reliant on the therapeutic alliance. I use a flexible, integrative approach that caters to the specific needs of each individual I work with. Establishing a strong connection between us that is focused on trust, acceptance, and commitment to growth is our first priority as we develop a consistent practice. Solution must always follow understanding. My clients and I work together to determine what they want in life and what might be standing in the way of it, and it is not until we have identified the functions of their feelings and behavior that we can develop a sustainable course of action. I am patient in this regard. I understand that my client’s willingness to let me get to know them relies on my willingness to do the same, and I approach every individual I serve with curiosity, open-mindedness, and respect.
I work predominantly with adolescents, the parents of adolescents, and young adults on learning to effectively communicate and healthily navigate relationships. I focus on mindfulness and interpersonal effectiveness as means to help clients walk through life in a value-oriented manner, allowing them to live the lives they want with the flexibility to traverse inevitable day-to-day stressors. Giving my clients a space to process and observe their emotions while providing them with skills to apply outside of the space allows our work together to hold value in their day-to-day lives.
I help individuals who struggle with substance abuse unlock a deeper knowledge of why they use as a means of paving the way to recovery. I focus on the idea that drugs and alcohol are not the problem, but rather a solution, a maladaptive one at that. Recovery becomes possible when we better understand the feelings or environmental factors these substances are helping us tolerate. Having found a new, illuminated understanding of our use, we can begin to discover strategies and behaviors that serve the same function drugs and alcohol did, but take us towards a meaningful life rather than away from it.
Discovering the road to a meaningful life is not easy, but we are all capable of it. I am so fortunate to do what I love on a daily basis, and I would love to help you take that first step.
Modalities I am experienced in include:
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
• Dialectical Behavior Therapy
• Substance Abuse Behavioral Therapy
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