Specialize in group, family and individual therapy. I am a Certified Group Psychotherapist. I especially enjoy working withe teens and middle school kids. I have 23 years experience in /Community Mental Health.

I work primarily with women with eating and body image issues. I believe that every person has a complex relationship with his or her body and eating. I help my clients to find balance between their body's needs, food cravings, and notions of what their body "ought to" look like.

Derek Schmidt is the Owner, Founder and Clinical Director of Reach, Inc., a therapeutic counseling agency in Denver, Colorado. Derek holds a Masters Degree in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology and is licensed as an LPC in Colorado. In addition, Derek is Certified in Equine-Assisted Psychotherapy, Gestalt Therapy, and Wilderness Emergency Medicine (WFR). Derek has over 12 years experience as a therapist and facilitator combining his passion for wilderness, adventure, and self-exploration while assisting individuals in creating powerful, illuminating experiences. Derek believes in the power of the “here-and-now” and utilizes the body, mind, and environment as avenues for exploration of the client’s process.

Derek lives in Denver, Colorado with his wife, son, and two golden retrievers. Derek can often be found doing yoga, climbing, or mountaineering.

As a Licensed Social Worker (LSW,) I am a strength based, systematically minded clinician integrating mindfulness and body awareness practices with grief counseling, trauma informed care, family therapy and child play therapy.

Specializing in working with adult women (20's/30's); emerging adults; young children (2-12yrs) and their families.

My approach is to work collaboratively with my clients - together we build a trusting and safe enough environment to explore, make discoveries and integrate new ways of living life and being in the world.

Please call for a free initial consultation.