While a person can feel better after a good talk with a friend or relative, for moderate or severe emotional distress, this relief is only temporary. Talking with a professional counselor, a trained listener, helps alleviate emotional distress. I offer you an opportunity to face your difficulties constructively and confidently, explore your emotions, thoughts, actions, and concerns.

I work with children, adolescents, individuals, couples and families. I specialize in GLBTQA issues with an emphasis in same sex couples counseling. Additionally I offer play therapy services for children aged 18 months- 12 years of age.

I am a transpersonal counselor/psychotherapist, life coach, healer and artist. I have a masters in counseling psychology, a certification in transpersonal psychology, a certification in the TARA Approach, and a certification in equine assisted psychotherapy and am a second level second level Reiki practitioner. I have spent many years doing psychic work including shamanistic healing and soul retrieval work.

I have worked with a variety of issues including trauma, (PTSD) post traumatic stress disorder, head injuries, and sensory integration disorder through spiritual breakthrough and transformational growth coaching.

All of the types of therapy and coaching that I utilize are experiential therapy modalities because I have found that when a person engages their body. mind and spirit together in a session, more is integrated and absorbe

Barbara Karlsen is a nurse as well as a registered somatic psychotherapist. Overall she has twenty- four years of experience promoting health and wellness in various traditional and nontraditional settings. She describes her theoretical orientation as integrative, body-centered, relational and holistic. She has a systems –oriented philosophy that informs her therapeutic model and approach. She especially enjoys working experientially with dance and movement to support transformation on all levels; emotional, physical, cognitive, energetic and spiritual. She also has experience with DBT

I have B.A. and a Secondary Education Teaching Certificate from Texas A&M Commerce and a Master's Degree in Psychology from Naropa University in Boulder,Colorado.I have been working in the field of addiction for over twenty five years and am a Licensed Addiction Counselor(LAC #38)and a Licensed Professional Counselor(LPC #5074) in the State of Colorado, a nationally certified counselor, MAC, and board certified with The American Psychotherapy Association. I have worked in both residential and outpatient settings and have been in private practice for eight years. I work with adults and adolescents on a variety of mental health issues and with anyone seeking guidance and support for increased self-awareness and personal growth.I provide individual, couples,and family therapy. I use DBT skills,mindfulness and am a brain-spotting practitioner.