Therapists in Boulder, CO
I practice as a contemplative psychotherapist. I believe in the basic goodness of all people and join together with clients to reconnect that basic goodness back into their conscious life. I assist individuals, couples, families, and groups in finding their next steps. I know that transformation is possible and healing can take place even under the most dire situations, feelings, and ways we are conditioned to think and act. I am slow paced and create an atmosphere of warmth, trust, and safety. I am available mornings, late afternoon and early evenings Monday through Thursday.
I practice as a contemplative psychotherapist. I believe in the basic goodness of all people and join together with clients to reconnect that basic goodness back into their conscious life. I assist individuals, couples, families, and groups in finding their next steps. I know that transformation is possible and healing can take place even under the most dire situations, feelings, and ways we are conditioned to think and act. I am slow paced and create an atmosphere of warmth, trust, and safety. I am available mornings, late afternoon and early evenings Monday through Thursday.
When you're in session with Christi, you'll perceive her warmth and compassion. You'll feel safe to honestly share your deepest thoughts, and to laugh, complain, cry or just talk without getting a judgmental response. You'll be heard, and your strengths and resilience will be celebrated. You can leave each session feeling calmer and more focused, sturdier and more hopeful, and with new habits that promote wellness. Clients struggling with issues like anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, grief, posttraumatic stress, OCD behaviors, and general questions about their life's direction or meaning can address them with Christi.
When you're in session with Christi, you'll perceive her warmth and compassion. You'll feel safe to honestly share your deepest thoughts, and to laugh, complain, cry or just talk without getting a judgmental response. You'll be heard, and your strengths and resilience will be celebrated. You can leave each session feeling calmer and more focused, sturdier and more hopeful, and with new habits that promote wellness. Clients struggling with issues like anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties, grief, posttraumatic stress, OCD behaviors, and general questions about their life's direction or meaning can address them with Christi.
Somatic Spiritual Counseling - Emma Sartwell
Registered Psychotherapist, MDiv, CYT, SEP
Verified Verified
Boulder, CO 80301
Not accepting new clients
SPIRITUALITY + THE NERVOUS SYSTEM | I take a mind-body-spirit approach to therapy. I believe we all have the innate capacity for healing, and by following the body's cues, it will show us how to do just that. I like to work with the nervous system: through big-T Traumas a little-t traumas, many of us are not as regulated as we could be. Reasons to work with me may include depression, anxiety, addiction, relationship difficulties, spiritual emergency, insomnia, trauma, autoimmune issues, self-esteem, clarity of purpose, and deepening connection to yourself.
SPIRITUALITY + THE NERVOUS SYSTEM | I take a mind-body-spirit approach to therapy. I believe we all have the innate capacity for healing, and by following the body's cues, it will show us how to do just that. I like to work with the nervous system: through big-T Traumas a little-t traumas, many of us are not as regulated as we could be. Reasons to work with me may include depression, anxiety, addiction, relationship difficulties, spiritual emergency, insomnia, trauma, autoimmune issues, self-esteem, clarity of purpose, and deepening connection to yourself.
I believe that every person has the capacity to be happy. When I work with individuals and couples, I get to know each unique person and circumstance. My treatment approach considers the biological, psychological, social and spiritual aspects of each person. The non-judgmental relationship of trust and acceptance creates an environment that is conducive to the self-discovery that is necessary for achieving and maintaining optimal mental health and happiness. Helping others is my life's purpose, and I am honored to join people on their quest for a happy life.
I believe that every person has the capacity to be happy. When I work with individuals and couples, I get to know each unique person and circumstance. My treatment approach considers the biological, psychological, social and spiritual aspects of each person. The non-judgmental relationship of trust and acceptance creates an environment that is conducive to the self-discovery that is necessary for achieving and maintaining optimal mental health and happiness. Helping others is my life's purpose, and I am honored to join people on their quest for a happy life.
I work with adults, many of whom are dealing with anxiety, depression, transitions, trauma or just trying to cope with the world we live in. I am meeting with people in person, virtually, or some combination of both. My office is in South Boulder and when clients prefer to meet in person, we can either meet in my office or on the back deck (weather permitting). I am licensed in Colorado but also have the PsyPact license, which means that I can work with people from many other states.
I work with adults, many of whom are dealing with anxiety, depression, transitions, trauma or just trying to cope with the world we live in. I am meeting with people in person, virtually, or some combination of both. My office is in South Boulder and when clients prefer to meet in person, we can either meet in my office or on the back deck (weather permitting). I am licensed in Colorado but also have the PsyPact license, which means that I can work with people from many other states.
In my practice I support children, 5-11 yrs old, for a variety of reasons including anxiety, peer relationships, school issues, emotional regulation, neurodiversity, divorce/family change, parent-child dynamics, grief/loss and adoption. My goal is for children to learn skills and recognize their own strengths to help them navigate challenges and their daily lives with more comfort and ease. In addition to my formal training, I have learned so much from the hundreds of children that I've had the privilege of working with during my 30+ years as a therapist, school social worker and counselor.
In my practice I support children, 5-11 yrs old, for a variety of reasons including anxiety, peer relationships, school issues, emotional regulation, neurodiversity, divorce/family change, parent-child dynamics, grief/loss and adoption. My goal is for children to learn skills and recognize their own strengths to help them navigate challenges and their daily lives with more comfort and ease. In addition to my formal training, I have learned so much from the hundreds of children that I've had the privilege of working with during my 30+ years as a therapist, school social worker and counselor.
Mary Ellen Williams
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, PMH-C, MSW
Verified Verified
3 Endorsed
Boulder, CO 80303
My approach integrates DBT, CBT, Gottman Method, Attachment Theory, body-based therapies, humor, and creativity to support clients in understanding unhelpful patterns; setting healthy boundaries and communicate needs to the people they love. My hope is to help clients create agency and purpose in their lives through providing the space necessary for individuals and couples to address a wide range of challenges that arise within significant relationships and impact our overall well-being.
My approach integrates DBT, CBT, Gottman Method, Attachment Theory, body-based therapies, humor, and creativity to support clients in understanding unhelpful patterns; setting healthy boundaries and communicate needs to the people they love. My hope is to help clients create agency and purpose in their lives through providing the space necessary for individuals and couples to address a wide range of challenges that arise within significant relationships and impact our overall well-being.
For 30 years, I have helped clients overcome depression, anxiety, anger, stress, relationship conflicts, ADD, addictions, workplace, and motivation problems. I am a very interactive, direct (often with humor) and solution focused therapist who challenges clients to instigate the change they want to see. I help clients develop skills in approaching discomfort rather than avoiding. Using cognitive strategies, I can help you change negative thinking to positive. I help clients express their healthiest emotions rather than using emotions to defend or manipulate. I encourage exercise and mindfulness for optimal living.
For 30 years, I have helped clients overcome depression, anxiety, anger, stress, relationship conflicts, ADD, addictions, workplace, and motivation problems. I am a very interactive, direct (often with humor) and solution focused therapist who challenges clients to instigate the change they want to see. I help clients develop skills in approaching discomfort rather than avoiding. Using cognitive strategies, I can help you change negative thinking to positive. I help clients express their healthiest emotions rather than using emotions to defend or manipulate. I encourage exercise and mindfulness for optimal living.
Have you ever found yourself in therapy wondering what you are doing or how sessions are different from just chatting with a wise friend? Do you love your therapist but also wonder if anything is actually changing? Hi! I’m Sarah Jane. For years, I attended therapy regularly and felt relief in session, but wondered if I was healing or experiencing sustainable change. I loved my therapist, but long-term healing and growth felt out of reach. When I left my career in tech startups to become a therapist, I knew I wanted my treatment approach to be warm, welcoming, safe, and affirming, AND intentional, purposeful, and effective.
Have you ever found yourself in therapy wondering what you are doing or how sessions are different from just chatting with a wise friend? Do you love your therapist but also wonder if anything is actually changing? Hi! I’m Sarah Jane. For years, I attended therapy regularly and felt relief in session, but wondered if I was healing or experiencing sustainable change. I loved my therapist, but long-term healing and growth felt out of reach. When I left my career in tech startups to become a therapist, I knew I wanted my treatment approach to be warm, welcoming, safe, and affirming, AND intentional, purposeful, and effective.
I am passionate about helping adult children from homes impacted by addiction and mental illness free themselves of excessive worry and self-doubt so they can live emotionally liberated and purposeful lives. The majority of my practice focuses on supporting clients in forming relationships and lifestyle habits that affirm their worth and strengthen their resilience. The conditions that I treat include OCD, anxiety-related conditions and complex trauma. I have a special place in my heart for neurodivergent minds, and love working with late-diagnosed autistics and ADHDers.
I am passionate about helping adult children from homes impacted by addiction and mental illness free themselves of excessive worry and self-doubt so they can live emotionally liberated and purposeful lives. The majority of my practice focuses on supporting clients in forming relationships and lifestyle habits that affirm their worth and strengthen their resilience. The conditions that I treat include OCD, anxiety-related conditions and complex trauma. I have a special place in my heart for neurodivergent minds, and love working with late-diagnosed autistics and ADHDers.
Jessica L Lewis
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
Boulder, CO 80302 (Online Only)
Transitions are, by their very nature, difficult. Adjusting to any life change requires continued growth, self-development and a balance between one's inner strength and external resources. I assist adults (as well as senior citizens) to create a meaningful existence in the social and environmental contexts of their lives. I use cognitive behavioral methods to help my clients successfully cope with a broad spectrum of stressors and personal life challenges related to major life events--career change, retirement, divorce or the death of a loved one.
Transitions are, by their very nature, difficult. Adjusting to any life change requires continued growth, self-development and a balance between one's inner strength and external resources. I assist adults (as well as senior citizens) to create a meaningful existence in the social and environmental contexts of their lives. I use cognitive behavioral methods to help my clients successfully cope with a broad spectrum of stressors and personal life challenges related to major life events--career change, retirement, divorce or the death of a loved one.
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Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Boulder, CO 80302 (Online Only)
Not accepting new clients
I am here to meet you on the precipice of embracing the unknown; self discovery, facing fear and anxiety, uprooting patterns, and stepping into the great telling of your own story. My work is reciprocal medicine; to see and be seen. Through belonging and connection I hope to create a safe space where one feels honored in all human intricacies. To witness, to keep stories, to listen, this is what I do.
I am here to meet you on the precipice of embracing the unknown; self discovery, facing fear and anxiety, uprooting patterns, and stepping into the great telling of your own story. My work is reciprocal medicine; to see and be seen. Through belonging and connection I hope to create a safe space where one feels honored in all human intricacies. To witness, to keep stories, to listen, this is what I do.
To speak of one’s experience can open the door to self-examination and potential change. By giving voice to thoughts that are otherwise left unsaid, it’s possible to both articulate one’s pain and find ways out of suffering. As a clinician, I seek to give each individual room to speak freely and openly about their experience of life, without offering prescriptive solutions to unique concerns.
To speak of one’s experience can open the door to self-examination and potential change. By giving voice to thoughts that are otherwise left unsaid, it’s possible to both articulate one’s pain and find ways out of suffering. As a clinician, I seek to give each individual room to speak freely and openly about their experience of life, without offering prescriptive solutions to unique concerns.
Erika Molina Poling
Licensed Professional Counselor, LCPC, ATR, MA
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Boulder, CO 80303
Sometimes words don't cut it. Are you feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or seeking a safe space to explore your inner world? Art therapy uses tools that make traditional talk therapy an embodied experience. If you're wondering about what this actually looks like, the images on my profile illustrate how art therapy offers a safe space to dive deep. The heart of my practice is believing people are their own experts. You are the ONLY you with your unique values, experiences, routines, heartaches, and desires. I want you to feel seen, foster a deeper understanding of your journey, and find answers and solace through your own innate intuition.
Sometimes words don't cut it. Are you feeling stuck, overwhelmed, or seeking a safe space to explore your inner world? Art therapy uses tools that make traditional talk therapy an embodied experience. If you're wondering about what this actually looks like, the images on my profile illustrate how art therapy offers a safe space to dive deep. The heart of my practice is believing people are their own experts. You are the ONLY you with your unique values, experiences, routines, heartaches, and desires. I want you to feel seen, foster a deeper understanding of your journey, and find answers and solace through your own innate intuition.
You really want to enjoy life but everything seems daunting. You feel stuck, overwhelmed and confused. Life can be challenging but you don't have to go through this alone. My first aim in therapy is to create a space where you feel safe and heard. Together we embark on a journey of greater insight to understand what is holding you back and to create possibilities for change. I see therapy as a collaborative process: I bring my skills and experience, and you bring your whole self, your strengths and vulnerabilities, your fears and desires. My goal is to help you live a full and meaningful life in a way that feels true to YOU.
You really want to enjoy life but everything seems daunting. You feel stuck, overwhelmed and confused. Life can be challenging but you don't have to go through this alone. My first aim in therapy is to create a space where you feel safe and heard. Together we embark on a journey of greater insight to understand what is holding you back and to create possibilities for change. I see therapy as a collaborative process: I bring my skills and experience, and you bring your whole self, your strengths and vulnerabilities, your fears and desires. My goal is to help you live a full and meaningful life in a way that feels true to YOU.
Brianna Valenzuela
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Boulder, CO 80301 (Online Only)
Hi there, I’m Brianna. I’m deeply passionate about working with trauma as well as the sacred intersectionality of multiple identities. I’m a true believer in our innate capacity to heal and find a soul-ful, fulfilling life. I view my role as a therapist as a facilitator to help guide you to deeper places inside yourself that might be dormant or lacking liveliness. Through this work, our relationship with the world and others becomes energized as we awaken and open paths within that block our capacity to fully lean into our life. My work is to tend to the heart. My approach is warm, intentional, and relaxed.
Hi there, I’m Brianna. I’m deeply passionate about working with trauma as well as the sacred intersectionality of multiple identities. I’m a true believer in our innate capacity to heal and find a soul-ful, fulfilling life. I view my role as a therapist as a facilitator to help guide you to deeper places inside yourself that might be dormant or lacking liveliness. Through this work, our relationship with the world and others becomes energized as we awaken and open paths within that block our capacity to fully lean into our life. My work is to tend to the heart. My approach is warm, intentional, and relaxed.
Stephanie Bryan
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW, CAS, NCAC, II
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Boulder, CO 80303
I have several passions: 1) I help women struggling with depression and self esteem, especially as they age, to find meaning in their lives. 2) I help parents raise kids who will want to come home for Thanksgiving...and you'll want to see them. 3) I help parents who have made a decision not to work to be full-time stay-at-home parents feel confident and validated in their choice. There is no more important work than successfully raising the next generation. 4) I help seniors dealing with aging issues, depression, and addictions. 5) I help all adults dealing with addictions, depression, and anxiety.
I have several passions: 1) I help women struggling with depression and self esteem, especially as they age, to find meaning in their lives. 2) I help parents raise kids who will want to come home for Thanksgiving...and you'll want to see them. 3) I help parents who have made a decision not to work to be full-time stay-at-home parents feel confident and validated in their choice. There is no more important work than successfully raising the next generation. 4) I help seniors dealing with aging issues, depression, and addictions. 5) I help all adults dealing with addictions, depression, and anxiety.
Breaking through the barriers. What keeps you from true happiness and living the life you truly love? Perhaps you are in an unfulfilling intimate relationship that is not meeting your needs, or you desire a long-term meaningful partnership but keep finding that area to be a struggle. Are friendships and community challenging? Is your relationship with your family or particular family members in conflict? Often it is a need to learn to cope with difficult emotions such as anxiety and fears, negative thinking or challenging relationships that keep you from experiencing a life of joy and happiness.
Breaking through the barriers. What keeps you from true happiness and living the life you truly love? Perhaps you are in an unfulfilling intimate relationship that is not meeting your needs, or you desire a long-term meaningful partnership but keep finding that area to be a struggle. Are friendships and community challenging? Is your relationship with your family or particular family members in conflict? Often it is a need to learn to cope with difficult emotions such as anxiety and fears, negative thinking or challenging relationships that keep you from experiencing a life of joy and happiness.
I specialize in treating depression, anxiety, PTSD, grief, relationship challenges, spiritual crisis/development, and I coach people to help them realize their life goals, what they really want in life, work/career and relationships. I use specialized cognitive, client centered, and somatic approaches. For details please see www.newtranspersonalpsychotherapy.com
I specialize in treating depression, anxiety, PTSD, grief, relationship challenges, spiritual crisis/development, and I coach people to help them realize their life goals, what they really want in life, work/career and relationships. I use specialized cognitive, client centered, and somatic approaches. For details please see www.newtranspersonalpsychotherapy.com
Are you feeling stuck, overwhelmed, and unable to make the changes you want in your life? My ideal client is someone who feels the weight of their struggles and is ready to face them head-on. You might be dealing with stress, sadness, anxiety, or a sense of being lost. Together, we will explore how your past experiences and coping mechanisms have shaped who you are today. In our sessions, you will have the space to express your needs, wants, and interests. I encourage a collaborative process in cliend-centered sessions. My goal is to empower you to make meaningful changes and find joy and fulfilment.
Are you feeling stuck, overwhelmed, and unable to make the changes you want in your life? My ideal client is someone who feels the weight of their struggles and is ready to face them head-on. You might be dealing with stress, sadness, anxiety, or a sense of being lost. Together, we will explore how your past experiences and coping mechanisms have shaped who you are today. In our sessions, you will have the space to express your needs, wants, and interests. I encourage a collaborative process in cliend-centered sessions. My goal is to empower you to make meaningful changes and find joy and fulfilment.
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Number of Therapists in Boulder, CO
1,000+
Average cost per session
$150
Therapists in Boulder, CO who prioritize treating:
| 92% | Anxiety |
| 85% | Depression |
| 83% | Relationship Issues |
| 78% | Self Esteem |
| 76% | Trauma and PTSD |
| 70% | Stress |
| 70% | Life Transitions |
Average years in practice
10 Years
Top 3 insurances accepted
| 74% | Aetna |
| 62% | Cigna and Evernorth |
| 61% | UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH |
How Therapists in Boulder, CO see their clients
| 70% | In Person and Online | |
| 30% | Online Only |
Gender breakdown
| 75% | Female | |
| 22% | Male | |
| 3% | Non-Binary |