Trauma Focused Therapists in Idaho Springs, CO

As a Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate, I believe in the power of hope, resilience, and the potential for complete healing. My approach is rooted in empathy and a deep understanding of your unique journey. I’m here to guide and support you as you recover, discover, and embrace the changes you seek. Life brings opportunities, challenges, and transitions, and it’s natural to wonder if you have the strength to navigate them. Together, we’ll build your skills, inner strength, and the courage to thrive!

As a graduate from an accredited university, I am trained in providing evidence-based therapy to individuals of all ages, faith backgrounds, and identities. My experience includes working with children and adolescents through both play and talk therapy, as well as supporting adults in navigating their unique challenges. Whether you’re seeking help for yourself or a loved one, I’m here to offer compassionate, personalized care tailored to your needs. Let’s work together to achieve meaningful growth and healing.

If you reading this, it's likely you are not living or experiencing the life you want. How many of us have been there, feeling stuck, and despite our best efforts, end up back in the place we started? This creates feelings of despair, emotional pain, and worry that things will not change. How is it that our personal values that supposedly drive deeper meanings become lost or are sacrificed by pressures and demands of who we think we should be? First step in therapy is to create room for our ALL our thoughts and feelings and develop a new network of behaviors that allow us to be more present, more aware and to live more fully.

Ellie Barrett, M.A., LPCC, loves working with adolescents (14-18) and adults (18+) for individual therapy. Her experience in counseling ranges from disability focused & affirmative therapy, as well as those experiencing anxiety, depression, & chronic illness/chronic pain. Additionally, Ellie is trained in supporting clients who have survived trauma from systemic and global influences, including natural disasters, pandemics, genocide, mass shootings, immigration, political unrest, and war. While Ellie’s therapeutic approach is tailored to each client, she has extensive training in Trauma Focused CBT and DBT.

Hello and welcome. Thank you for being here. It may have been hard to get here and seek the help that is needed at this time. Recent and past life experiences might feel challenging, uncomfortable, painful, and scary. You are not alone. I'm dedicated to holding space for you to explore the challenging experiences and scary obstacles that have occurred recently and throughout your life. I'm passionate in supporting individuals navigate the perinatal experience and perinatal mental health, preconception through postpartum, anxiety, and developmental trauma.

I have worked in the mental health space for over 10 years and found a passion in helping individuals meet their goals. I specialize in working with children, adolescents, families, and adults with diagnoses including but not limited to adjustment/life transitions, relationship issues, anxiety, depression, ADHD, mood concerns, behavioral concerns, Autism, trauma, crisis or dual diagnoses. My core training stems from a behavioral perspective and where a function of behavior may come from. I am also trained in Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), Trauma-Focused CBT, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Play Therapy, and Behavior intervention.

I have worked with victims of crime and trauma since 1989. I had a 15-year career in law enforcement and have worked in the mental health field since 2004. I have a private practice specializing in mental health treatment for victims of crimes and emergency service personnel. I provide EMDR and Trauma Focused Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. I provide trainings around the country about the impact of trauma and how to help people heal. I am the author of The PTSD Workbook for Teens. I have a therapy dog named Hugo.

Are you looking for the right therapist who can provide a safe space you need to heal? Maybe you are battling overwhelming depression and/or anxiety. Do you have a history of trauma or grief/loss? I've been working with individuals struggling with their mental health for almost 20 years. I have experience working with individuals who are struggling with depression, anxiety, C-PTSD, and trauma. I also specialize in postpartum depression/anxiety, pregnancy loss, fertility challenges, reproductive trauma and challenges of motherhood. Even if you feel alone.... you are not truly alone. I'm here to help. And I believe you can heal.

Struggling with feelings of anxiety and depression or experienced traumatic events? In a high stress profession profession and struggling to manage stress levels? OR are you feeling scattered, overwhelmed, and/or disorganized? Are you an adult or adolescent seeking a qualified therapist you can relate to? If so I am here for you! I work with my clients collaboratively to come up with an authentic and individualized plan to help you to feel like your best self.

Transitions are part of life, and yet some feel overwhelming. At such times, you may need a community to walk alongside you. In reaching out, you have taken that first courageous step toward healing. Together we will explore how you might get back on track, or perhaps forge a new path. Through compassionate exploration of your strengths, you may find it is possible to find your footing. I specialize in adults from all walks of life and challenges that any stage may present, such as anxiety, depression, dual diagnoses, life transitions, parenting, relational challenges, somatic, spirituality, trauma-focused, women's issues, and more.

As a therapist I am dedicated to helping and supporting children, adolescents and their families as a whole. I strive to help others recognize and strengthen their abilities to cope and problem solve for past, current and future situations, and in the process they grow and heal mentally, emotionally and physically. I am here to listen, hear and understand with an open mind. I have experience with working with kids who have anxiety, depression, trauma, self-esteem issues, ADHD, as well as kids who struggle with expressing or being able to regulate their emotions.

Sara (She/ Her/ Hers) is passionate about working with kids, teens and adults struggling with life’s difficulties, including abuse, homelessness, trauma, addiction, anxiety, depression, and relationship issues. Sara earned her Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Denver, and her Bachelor’s Degree studying Human Development and Family Studies at the University of Rhode Island. Sara is a client-focused, values, strengths-based and trauma-focused clinician, who helps her clients restore their sense of self, increase their self-esteem, and obtain the goals that they set for themselves.

Are you experiencing anxiety and/or other symptoms from a trauma or change in life circumstance? Perhaps you’re a new Mom or are adding another kiddo to your family. I have spent the past 9 years counseling; I have also supervised other counselors in training and I teach / use both trauma-focused cognitive behavior therapy and solution-focused brief therapy, to help get to the heart of the issue and make lasting change, efficiently. I also recently have been trained in EMDR. I will listen without judgement and create a safe space where you can openly share and develop trust, and we will work collaboratively to set goals together.