With well over 15 years experience as a therapist, Karen works with adults, teens and children in individual, marital, family and group therapy. Using Brainspotting, EMDR, CB and ACT therapy she has had a great deal of success working with survivors of trauma, whether it is emotional, physical, sexual, divorce, grief or loss. She offers faith based counseling to those who request it. Karen is also a provider for numerous EAP and insurance companies.

Interpersonal, psychodynamic therapy is the foundation of my clinical training, with more recent study of attachment and neurobiology research. I have been a licensed psychologist for twenty years, and have held faculty and supervisory positions with substance abuse counselors, disabilities services, military personnel, and medical residents and psychology interns. In my Longmont practice, I combine the insight gained within a supportive therapeutic relationship and a variety of intervention methods to help each individual grow toward emotional balance. Much of my focus is on helping adults resolve emotional problems arising from traumatic early relationships or those triggered within current relationships at home, at work, or socially. I accept insurance benefits, and am happy to discuss any questions about how I might be helpful.

Building a healthy therapeutic relationship based on support, trust, and empathy are of most importance to me. I believe people have personal insight, wisdom, and unique strengths that we can rediscover and leverage to obtain relief and goals. Leveraging both a depth and humanistic approach, I understand that we are deeply affected by our past, our environment, and our relationships. I have experience with trauma, crisis, loss, grief, anxiety, depression, and eating disorders and use a wide variety of techniques that best serve your individual presenting needs. I look forward to hearing from you and beginning the journey together.

Allison specializes in: Grief, life losses, death losses, trauma, transitions, domestic violence, eating disorders, body image, substance abuse, relapse prevention, depression, spiritual growth, dream work, adults, adolescents, anxiety and more.

Allison also uses equine assisted therapy as a specialty in her therapy sessions, if the client is interested. This is not a required modality.

She is located in the South Denver area.