Mostly it's talk therapy. The modalities come in where they're useful, not because a protocol said so.
I work from a relational lens. Put plainly: I believe in the power of the therapeutic relationship. When people feel seen, heard, understood, and cared about, they heal, grow, and change. That's the foundation of everything else.
In practice that means a conversation, not an interview. You talk, I ask questions, and we follow whatever's actually alive that day rather than a script. I'll push when something seems worth pushing on. Humor shows up too, more than people expect in a room where you're talking about the worst things that happened to you.
The rest is tools. I do IFS-style parts work, CBT, EMDR, and probably a few other fancy acronyms. Some of it gets woven in without much announcement. Some of it we decide on together, if a particular approach fits or resonates with you. We can keep things open-ended or get focused and structured, whichever feels more productive to you.
The early sessions always include some formal history gathering, assessment, goal setting, and treatment planning. That plan isn't fixed. We can amend it any way we see fit as we go.
These are lenses, not programs. Most sessions draw on more than one without anyone announcing it, and none of them is something you have to sign up for in advance.
The throughline underneath most of the work: understanding how your history, especially early relationships and family of origin, shows up in your present. What you learned in order to get through, where it came from, and whether it's still earning its keep.
A way of thinking about the mind as parts rather than one voice — the part that protects, the part that's exhausted, the part that's still scared. For most clients this shows up as language and framing rather than formal parts work, though we can go deeper into the structured version if you want to.
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, woven in throughout in smaller, consistent ways: noticing patterns in how you think, building tolerance for discomfort instead of only reducing it, and getting clearer about what you actually want your life to look like.
Trauma and stress live in the body as much as the mind. When it's useful we'll pay attention to what's happening physically — tension, breath, where you go quiet — alongside whatever we're talking through. No one is going to make you do anything that feels absurd.
Most useful early on, or any time part of you wants something to change and part of you isn't convinced. It makes room for the ambivalence rather than arguing you out of it, which tends to work better than being talked into things.
A structured protocol for reprocessing specific traumatic memories. It's the most distinct thing on this list and the one people ask about most, so it has its own page. It's available; it isn't required.
I work with adults, individually. That means no couples therapy, no family sessions, no work with children or adolescents, and no court-ordered programs or evaluations. I'm not a prescriber, though I'm glad to coordinate with whoever manages your medication.
Sessions are 55 minutes, usually weekly or biweekly depending on what you need and what works for you. You can book a free 15-minute consult using the scheduling tool on the contact page, or by calling, texting, or emailing me. Once we're working together, you'll schedule regular sessions directly with me by text or email.
It's a conversation. I'll check in, we'll follow what's most present for you that day, and I'll ask questions so I can understand you better. Early on there's some history and goal-setting, but there's no rigid agenda. We'll talk about how therapy works, I'll answer whatever you want to ask, and we'll decide together whether to stay open-ended or get more structured.
Some people want it. They like the structure, and it helps them keep moving between sessions. Others did their last homework assignment the week they finished school. Completely up to you.
It depends on what you're looking for. Some people come in for something brief and structured, weeks to a few months. Others want longer-term work, because the issues are more complex or because they want ongoing support. There's no one-size-fits-all. Healing takes time and we can't rush it, so we'll check in along the way to make sure we're still going in the right direction.
Not really my approach. There are times I'll suggest a practice or a skill, especially where your safety and wellbeing are concerned. Otherwise I try not to tell people how to live their lives, because I'm not the one who has to live them. Some people come in thinking that's what they want. A lot of them walk out with more confidence in making their own calls.
Internal Family Systems is a way of thinking about the mind as made up of parts rather than one unified voice — the part that pushes, the part that's exhausted, the part that's still braced for something. It's useful because it makes room for being genuinely conflicted without one side having to be wrong.
Yes, anywhere in Colorado, and it works well for most of what I do. In-person is available at my Denver office. Plenty of people mix the two.
Fifteen minutes on the phone tells you more about whether this will work than any page will.
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