LGBTQ+ Affirming Therapists in Lone Tree, CO
Coty J. Duby Peplinski
Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate, MA, LPCC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Lone Tree, CO 80112
I offer a safe and inclusive space for all, including neurodivergence and the LGBTQIA+ community.
I used to have a bunch of fancy things in here going in depth about the type of client and all of this wonderful verbiage. But in true nature to myself and my therapy style, let’s just get right to it. My ideal client is someone that wants to come in and be there for themselves. You showing up for yourself is the first step in the healing journey and I’m proud to be beside you if you’ll allow me to do so to help guide you. Let’s work together to harness the inner strength and self-compassion inside you.
I offer a safe and inclusive space for all, including neurodivergence and the LGBTQIA+ community.
I used to have a bunch of fancy things in here going in depth about the type of client and all of this wonderful verbiage. But in true nature to myself and my therapy style, let’s just get right to it. My ideal client is someone that wants to come in and be there for themselves. You showing up for yourself is the first step in the healing journey and I’m proud to be beside you if you’ll allow me to do so to help guide you. Let’s work together to harness the inner strength and self-compassion inside you.
Dr. Ashley Grubbs
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Lone Tree, CO 80124 (Online Only)
Waitlist for new clients
I aim to help clients learn new skills to live their best lives through individualized counseling approaches. I have experiences working with couples and individuals facing sex-related issues, and am passionate about assisting others with intimacy and gender concerns. I am experienced about helping those who have experienced trauma overcome those experiences in order to thrive. I work with individuals, couples, and families who are experiencing difficulties and challenges adjusting to new situations. I am an LGBTQ ally and kink friendly.
I aim to help clients learn new skills to live their best lives through individualized counseling approaches. I have experiences working with couples and individuals facing sex-related issues, and am passionate about assisting others with intimacy and gender concerns. I am experienced about helping those who have experienced trauma overcome those experiences in order to thrive. I work with individuals, couples, and families who are experiencing difficulties and challenges adjusting to new situations. I am an LGBTQ ally and kink friendly.
Kymberly J. Scipione
Licensed Professional Counselor, PsyD, EdD, LPC, LPCC, MAED
Verified Verified
Lone Tree, CO 80124
Everyone has problems. Not everyone has someone to talk to who actually gets it. I am passionate about providing a practical, interactive, solution-focused treatment approach to therapy. I offer a supportive environment with certifications and expertise in Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy, EMDR, IFS, DBT, Virtual Reality, RLT: Couples Counseling and Sex Therapy: ASSECT trained. Through these skills I help clients find real solutions to a wide range of issues including, but not limited to: trauma, anxiety, relationship issues and depression. Our office also has a Relationship/Life Coach on site.
Everyone has problems. Not everyone has someone to talk to who actually gets it. I am passionate about providing a practical, interactive, solution-focused treatment approach to therapy. I offer a supportive environment with certifications and expertise in Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapy, EMDR, IFS, DBT, Virtual Reality, RLT: Couples Counseling and Sex Therapy: ASSECT trained. Through these skills I help clients find real solutions to a wide range of issues including, but not limited to: trauma, anxiety, relationship issues and depression. Our office also has a Relationship/Life Coach on site.
Lauren Mueller
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LMSW, ART
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Lone Tree, CO 80124
I believe that change happens when we go on endlessly creating ourselves. I offer Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), a short-term form of trauma therapy. Our work together will consist of diminishing the limiting negative beliefs that interrupt your everyday life and decreasing the distressing emotional and physical responses to traumatic memories and experiences.
I believe that change happens when we go on endlessly creating ourselves. I offer Accelerated Resolution Therapy (ART), a short-term form of trauma therapy. Our work together will consist of diminishing the limiting negative beliefs that interrupt your everyday life and decreasing the distressing emotional and physical responses to traumatic memories and experiences.
Jennifer Cherney
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Lone Tree, CO 80124
I am a licensed professional counselor in the State of Colorado with more than 20 years of experience empowering and educating others in private practice, community mental health, and school settings. I believe the mind body connection to be a powerful one and I take a whole-body approach to counseling, addressing both the physical and mental needs of my clients.
I am a licensed professional counselor in the State of Colorado with more than 20 years of experience empowering and educating others in private practice, community mental health, and school settings. I believe the mind body connection to be a powerful one and I take a whole-body approach to counseling, addressing both the physical and mental needs of my clients.
I am passionate about helping you to reflect on your situation, connect with your innate resiliency, and experience healing and renewal through the counseling process. Please look around my website to learn more about who I am, how counseling may help your or a loved one, and don't hesitate to give me a call to ask questions about my practice or to set up your first appointment. The heart of my practice is working with soon to be and hope to be moms, young women transitioning to adulthood, women in ministry, children, adolescents, and families.
I am passionate about helping you to reflect on your situation, connect with your innate resiliency, and experience healing and renewal through the counseling process. Please look around my website to learn more about who I am, how counseling may help your or a loved one, and don't hesitate to give me a call to ask questions about my practice or to set up your first appointment. The heart of my practice is working with soon to be and hope to be moms, young women transitioning to adulthood, women in ministry, children, adolescents, and families.
Alicia K Rippy
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC, LPSC
Verified Verified
6 Endorsed
Lone Tree, CO 80124
Do you struggle with things not making sense? Or feel stress more intensely or more negatively compared to others? Do you often feel lost, angry, disconnected, or “in a fog” as you move throughout your day? Are you constantly overwhelmed, afraid, scared, or anxious to show up in the world? Do you wonder whether your relationships or life in general could ever be better? Now more than ever, men, women, and teenagers are feeling more stress and strain in their day to day lives, which is often an indicator of unresolved trauma. Fortunately, I believe there is a way through the emotional turmoil caused by unresolved trauma.
Do you struggle with things not making sense? Or feel stress more intensely or more negatively compared to others? Do you often feel lost, angry, disconnected, or “in a fog” as you move throughout your day? Are you constantly overwhelmed, afraid, scared, or anxious to show up in the world? Do you wonder whether your relationships or life in general could ever be better? Now more than ever, men, women, and teenagers are feeling more stress and strain in their day to day lives, which is often an indicator of unresolved trauma. Fortunately, I believe there is a way through the emotional turmoil caused by unresolved trauma.
Brittany Erin Steckel
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, MFTC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Lone Tree, CO 80124
Do you struggle with feeling unseen or unknown in your closest relationships? Do you often go over your conversations and overthink everything you said and did after you've engaged with people? Do you struggle with getting tasks done without procrastinating and putting them off for hours or days beforehand? My clients want to figure out how their own behaviors interfere with their desired goals and reduce their anxiety and frustration with themselves. I help these clients learn more about what is going on inside their brains and hearts. I help them explore what motivates these cycles to break free.
Do you struggle with feeling unseen or unknown in your closest relationships? Do you often go over your conversations and overthink everything you said and did after you've engaged with people? Do you struggle with getting tasks done without procrastinating and putting them off for hours or days beforehand? My clients want to figure out how their own behaviors interfere with their desired goals and reduce their anxiety and frustration with themselves. I help these clients learn more about what is going on inside their brains and hearts. I help them explore what motivates these cycles to break free.
Rachel Wagster Giamundo
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, NCC, SSP
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Lone Tree, CO 80124
Waitlist for new clients
Are you feeling tired, stuck, or losing motivation? Are your thoughts controlling your life and impacting your day to day joy? My goal as a mental health therapist is to support people of all ages in answering the question "what if it could be better?". I work with kids as young as 9 and adults through retirement to help discover purpose, passion, and feel heard as someone struggling in the constantly changing world we are all navigating. If we can learn skills and coping to help in the immediate, then we can dive into the core of what is impacting your life to help you align your values with your day to day. You deserve happiness!
Are you feeling tired, stuck, or losing motivation? Are your thoughts controlling your life and impacting your day to day joy? My goal as a mental health therapist is to support people of all ages in answering the question "what if it could be better?". I work with kids as young as 9 and adults through retirement to help discover purpose, passion, and feel heard as someone struggling in the constantly changing world we are all navigating. If we can learn skills and coping to help in the immediate, then we can dive into the core of what is impacting your life to help you align your values with your day to day. You deserve happiness!
Shelley Kaufher Lazear
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Lone Tree, CO 80124
I begin by creating a caring environment utilizing my 25 years of experience allowing you to relax, step back and assess what you need from therapy.Once our relationship is established I begin helping you to create solutions to your challanges that we work on in every session My goal is to ensure that you have the inner resources and courage to address new challenges on a daily basis and find within yourself the power to overcome your internal struggles.I help people to step back from the tree and see the whole forest.
I begin by creating a caring environment utilizing my 25 years of experience allowing you to relax, step back and assess what you need from therapy.Once our relationship is established I begin helping you to create solutions to your challanges that we work on in every session My goal is to ensure that you have the inner resources and courage to address new challenges on a daily basis and find within yourself the power to overcome your internal struggles.I help people to step back from the tree and see the whole forest.
Mary Costello Stevens
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, LPC
Verified Verified
10 Endorsed
Lone Tree, CO 80124
Do you find yourself frequently fighting with family members or friends? Are you stressed, depressed, or frustrated about your teen or adult child's attitude or behavior? Has pregnancy or motherhood brought unexpected adjustments that make you worried or sad? Finding answers and solutions during some of life's most difficult times can be challenging. I would like to help you! I can provide a safe and confidential place for you to share your thoughts and feelings, find support, look at what's working and what's not, and learn new strategies to deal with negative emotions and situations.
Do you find yourself frequently fighting with family members or friends? Are you stressed, depressed, or frustrated about your teen or adult child's attitude or behavior? Has pregnancy or motherhood brought unexpected adjustments that make you worried or sad? Finding answers and solutions during some of life's most difficult times can be challenging. I would like to help you! I can provide a safe and confidential place for you to share your thoughts and feelings, find support, look at what's working and what's not, and learn new strategies to deal with negative emotions and situations.
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Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
Lone Tree, CO 80124
Being a teen can be tough, so many ups and downs and feelings that seem out of control. Sadness, stress, negative thoughts, and overwhelming struggles can sometimes be too difficult to fight on your own. Sometimes it takes someone else's support to make changes for yourself. You don't have to do it alone because I am here to help. My goal in therapy is to work with you to explore what brings you down and to help and support you in finding what makes you whole.
Being a teen can be tough, so many ups and downs and feelings that seem out of control. Sadness, stress, negative thoughts, and overwhelming struggles can sometimes be too difficult to fight on your own. Sometimes it takes someone else's support to make changes for yourself. You don't have to do it alone because I am here to help. My goal in therapy is to work with you to explore what brings you down and to help and support you in finding what makes you whole.
I see adult and adolescent clients experiencing difficulties with substances, addictions, trauma, mental health and sexually related concerns and dysfunction. I see clients for individual therapy, couples therapy, family therapy and group therapy. I am also an experienced evaluator, I provide mental health and substance abuse evaluations for the individual and the courts. I have been in the field of mental health, substance abuse/addiction therapy and treatment for 24 years, and I have worked with more than 2500 clients and families.
I see adult and adolescent clients experiencing difficulties with substances, addictions, trauma, mental health and sexually related concerns and dysfunction. I see clients for individual therapy, couples therapy, family therapy and group therapy. I am also an experienced evaluator, I provide mental health and substance abuse evaluations for the individual and the courts. I have been in the field of mental health, substance abuse/addiction therapy and treatment for 24 years, and I have worked with more than 2500 clients and families.
Boes Therapy Services, LLC
Marriage & Family Therapist, MS, LMFT
Verified Verified
Lone Tree, CO 80112
Hello! If you take care of others and often feel anxious and burned out, you're in the right place. I help socially-aware helping professionals who feel resentful and overwhelmed at work and at home to feel appreciated, grounded, and confident. We accomplish this by deep self-reflection and setting healthy boundaries. You may have an overloaded to-do list and feel unappreciated by your loved ones. Growing up you may not have had great role models for emotional repair so you learned how to wear a smile and "move on." Sometimes these old pains resurface but you don't know how to process and heal so you can react with irritability.
Hello! If you take care of others and often feel anxious and burned out, you're in the right place. I help socially-aware helping professionals who feel resentful and overwhelmed at work and at home to feel appreciated, grounded, and confident. We accomplish this by deep self-reflection and setting healthy boundaries. You may have an overloaded to-do list and feel unappreciated by your loved ones. Growing up you may not have had great role models for emotional repair so you learned how to wear a smile and "move on." Sometimes these old pains resurface but you don't know how to process and heal so you can react with irritability.
Dr. Angela Schubert
Licensed Professional Counselor, PhD, LPC, CCMHC, NCC
Verified Verified
8 Endorsed
Lone Tree, CO 80124
In life, there are many obsticles that we have to face. Sometimes we just need to find different coping strategies to help us change the things that aren't working in our life. My belief is that everyone has the innate capacity for personal growth. Fostering individuals to obtain a healthier understanding of themselves and their emotional world is part of my job. Counseling offers us the opportunity to identify the factors that contribute to difficulties and to deal effectively with the psychological, behavioral, interpersonal and situational causes of those difficulties.
In life, there are many obsticles that we have to face. Sometimes we just need to find different coping strategies to help us change the things that aren't working in our life. My belief is that everyone has the innate capacity for personal growth. Fostering individuals to obtain a healthier understanding of themselves and their emotional world is part of my job. Counseling offers us the opportunity to identify the factors that contribute to difficulties and to deal effectively with the psychological, behavioral, interpersonal and situational causes of those difficulties.
We encounter many seasons throughout life and many of us need help navigating the various experiences and feelings we face along the way. Taking the step to begin counseling is the best choice for optimal health and wellness. I am here to meet my clients where they are and assist with self awareness, healing and productive change from a place of empathy and non-judgment. We all need to feel heard and understood and I feel honored to do that for my clients. I look forward to assisting you with your health and healing.
We encounter many seasons throughout life and many of us need help navigating the various experiences and feelings we face along the way. Taking the step to begin counseling is the best choice for optimal health and wellness. I am here to meet my clients where they are and assist with self awareness, healing and productive change from a place of empathy and non-judgment. We all need to feel heard and understood and I feel honored to do that for my clients. I look forward to assisting you with your health and healing.
I love working with individuals who are eager to find a deeper connection to self and others. Many people who decide to start therapy feel ambivalent about the process, and may feel uncertain about change in general. That is okay. They may not be ready for change and may be coming to therapy in order to first find that motivation for change. They may be highly emotionally sensitive, but have never felt understood in their sensitivity. They want to feel heard, seen, understood because these are some of our innate human needs.
I love working with individuals who are eager to find a deeper connection to self and others. Many people who decide to start therapy feel ambivalent about the process, and may feel uncertain about change in general. That is okay. They may not be ready for change and may be coming to therapy in order to first find that motivation for change. They may be highly emotionally sensitive, but have never felt understood in their sensitivity. They want to feel heard, seen, understood because these are some of our innate human needs.
Lauren Blanchard
Licensed Professional Counselor, MA, NCC, LPC
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Lone Tree, CO 80124 (Online Only)
I am dedicated to aiding parents, children and families function cohesively by promoting healthy, meaningful and enriching relationships. I place a strong value on the bond between children and their parents. One of my goals as your counselor is to provide encouragement and guidance on how to support your child's growth by working through developmental tasks and important milestones. I collaborate closely with parents to ensure that the work done in session is reflected in the home as well.
I am dedicated to aiding parents, children and families function cohesively by promoting healthy, meaningful and enriching relationships. I place a strong value on the bond between children and their parents. One of my goals as your counselor is to provide encouragement and guidance on how to support your child's growth by working through developmental tasks and important milestones. I collaborate closely with parents to ensure that the work done in session is reflected in the home as well.
I am passionate about supporting clients to discover and live into their most authentic, true selves. As an insight-oriented and person-centered therapist, I strive to create meaningful connections with clients and believe warmth, understanding, and care are at the foundation of each therapeutic relationship. I work with individuals, couples, and families of all ages, and primarily work with clients experiencing trauma & PTSD, eating disorders, depression, and anxiety.
I am passionate about supporting clients to discover and live into their most authentic, true selves. As an insight-oriented and person-centered therapist, I strive to create meaningful connections with clients and believe warmth, understanding, and care are at the foundation of each therapeutic relationship. I work with individuals, couples, and families of all ages, and primarily work with clients experiencing trauma & PTSD, eating disorders, depression, and anxiety.
Asking for help is a vulnerable and courageous act. Keep going! Alongside the joy and wonder this life can bring, we will also be struck by grief, major life changes, trauma, relationship struggles, acute or chronic stress, and crises of mental, spiritual or physical health. Sometimes we need help. Therapy with a provider that you feel safe and understood by can help you to heal and grow. "We don't have to do it alone. We were never meant to" - Brené Brown
Asking for help is a vulnerable and courageous act. Keep going! Alongside the joy and wonder this life can bring, we will also be struck by grief, major life changes, trauma, relationship struggles, acute or chronic stress, and crises of mental, spiritual or physical health. Sometimes we need help. Therapy with a provider that you feel safe and understood by can help you to heal and grow. "We don't have to do it alone. We were never meant to" - Brené Brown
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LGBTQ+ Therapists
Do LGBTQ-affirmative therapists receive special training?
Yes. Many therapists who practice LGBTQ-affirmative therapy have completed specialized training, either during their degree program or as continuing education, to learn the core principles of affirmative therapy and how to best support their LGBTQ clients; some have received certifications in LGBTQ-affirmative therapy. Prospective clients should inquire as to a clinician’s background and training to ensure a good fit.
Why might I want to see an LGBTQ-affirming or LGBTQ-friendly therapist?
Queer and gender-non-conforming individuals frequently experience bias and marginalization in day-to-day life. Working with a therapist who understands these unique challenges, as well as accepts and affirms their identity, can help LGBTQ clients feel safe and supported during therapy—allowing them to better navigate their relationships, mental health, and anything else that they wish to explore during therapy. It is important to note that many therapists can be effective in their work with LGBTQ+ individuals, even in the absence of specific training or background knowledge. The most important component in therapy is the alliance between therapist and client, and this alliance can exist between individuals with very different backgrounds.
How can I find an LGBTQ-friendly therapist?
You may wish to inquire about a therapist’s expertise with your specific challenges or concerns—depression, for example, or relationship strife—as well as their past experiences treating LGBTQ+ clients. Prospective clients may also ask whether a therapist has obtained additional training and/or certification in LGBTQ-affirmative techniques.
How can I inquire about a therapist’s experience with LGBTQ issues?
Prospective clients should feel empowered to directly ask therapists whether they have received training or been certified in LGBTQ-affirming therapy; competent therapists will be happy to explain their educational background and preferred approach(es) to help a client find the best match for them. Clients may also wish to ask how a therapist has treated clients with their particular challenges in the past and what they expect treatment to look like.
Are all the therapists listed in the LGBTQ directory themselves members of the LGBTQ community?
While therapists may choose to disclose their sexual orientation or gender identity in their profiles, the LGBTQ directory features not only those who have shared this information but also those who assert specialized training or experience in providing support to queer individuals, couples or families.