I recognize that a person is a whole human being, not simply an identified problem, and is relating to the stresses and circumstances of the external and internal environment in the best way he or she knows how. Therapy focuses on reducing stresses and enhancing skills. I emphasize a practical, supportive nonjudgmental course of treatment. I provide techniques and skills to increase motivation, emotional management, anxiety reduction, effective communication, and a sense of self empowerment, pride and well-being. I work with adults, couples, children and families. My previous work in schools, hospitals, and in a variety of social and clinical agencies provides the immediate and the long-term perspective on problem behaviors.

I am a trauma therapist, specializing in violent loss (suicide, homicide, crash, natural disaster, overdose, war). I train nationally and have published research. I also see people with complicated grief, painful relationship/life transitions, depression,anxiety,divorce, career challenges,resilience after sports-related injuries/difficult relationships, and/or loss of life's meaning. I myself am a senior adult. I use EMDR, short-term solution based, arts, cog-behl, and depth approaches. I teach psych part-time at CU-BO, am the Director of the BIPR Front Porch lecture series, consult at a Montessori school, have been in private practice for 22 years, and will direct and lead children's summer camps at Mackintosh Academy, 2015.

Sandy Novak specializes in helping couples and families and treating the effects of trauma. She has 22 years of experience in private practice and has been training therapists for 12 years. She works with late teens through elders. Sandy integrates several models of therapy in her work, Satir Transformational Systemic Therapy and Somatic Experiencing. Both focus on the body and making experiential change in each session. Sandy is the founder of The Satir Institute of the Rockies, a training organization for therapists. She travels to China three times a year to teach personal growth workshops to the Chinese people in the Satir Model. Sandy has worked as a senior adjunct instructor at Naropa University training graduate students in counseling psychology and has been a member of the Red Cross Mental Health team, working at Ground Zero.

Board Certified Child, Adolescent, and Adult Psychiatrist. Graduate of Harvard Longwood Psychiatry Residency Program and Massachusetts General Hospital/McLean Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Fellowship Program. 26 years of experience, Psychopharmacology and Psychotherapy. New to the Boulder area and am accepting new patients. ctclancymd.com