Heal your past for the last time. Trauma and depression requires more than just talk. Most traditional talk therapies do not go deep enough. Relief comes but only lasts a short while. I use Somatic Experiencing and EMDR to reach the core of your being to create lasting change. This is because it works on the deepest past of your consciousness and nervous system. Once that is healed, then we can change the emotions and thought patterns.

I bring forty years of experience to my practice and my clients. I specialize in Anxiety and Depressive disorders, Adult ADHD, and Marriage and Couple psychotherapy. I was a writer for the Mental Help Net and continue to write for my website and others I have appeared in New York Magazine and Cosmopolitan Magazines, the London Guardian, and on Television. I have licenses in the State of Colorado, New York, and Florida. My credentials can are available on the Dora site. In psychotherapy, the focus is on immediate problems and the relationship between therapist and client. The use of mindful meditation, yoga, and exercise are encouraged. My office is a sage, warm, and accepting place with no judgment, only warmth, and respect. Appointments are available by telephone. Fees are sliding scale according to need.

A somatic psychotherapist and trainer of actor-singers in New York City since 1982, I still work exclusively with singer's, actors, and those who use their voice professionally in their work. Learning to express yourself authentically, in your God given voice in front of other humans is not always easy- but well worth the time spent. In fact, most people feel that dying would be easier that having to expose oneself in front of an audience.

Unresolved trauma is the source of our panic states that prevent us from being in the state of calm where true emotion is experienced. Our survival muscles, also called the muscles of initiation or emotional muscles, are also the muscles that produce speech and singing. When we are in a state of fight/flight/freeze, we lose access to relaxed elasticity and go into either a hyper or hypo mode.

Betty Cannon, Ph.D., is the president of the Boulder Psychotherapy Institute. BPI trains therapists in Applied Existential Psychotherapy (AEP). AEP interlaces the insights of contemporary existential and psychodynamic approaches with techniques inspired by Gestalt and other experiential therapies. Betty is its founder. She holds doctorates in both literature and psychology. She is Professor Emerita at the Colorado School of Mines and Adjunct Professor at Naropa Univesity and Regis University. She is the author of many articles and book chapters on existential therapy. Her book, Sartre and Psychoanalysis, is considered a classic in existential psychology. She has worked with individuals, couples, and groups in Boulder for over 30 years and trained therapists for over 20 years. Her long experience in the field has not diminished her passion for her work. She feels privileged to have shared so deeply with so many people over the years. Her life has been enriched by the courageous work of her clients and students.

Do you feel that you have tried all the possible advices that were given to you? are you exhausted, irritated all the time? - Are you watching your child struggle in school, with peers, or even at home? - Is your child or teen behaving in ways that concern you and you don't know how to help? - Do you feel as if you've lost your child and can't connect with them anymore? - Are you struggling to find joy in yourself and in connection to others? If any of these questions feel true, you have come to the right place... My passion as a Therapist is to help my gifted and neurodivergent clients connect with who they are, love themselves and help them find ways to be in the world without compromising their authentic self. I provide a non-judgmental space where my clients can explore their internal experience, experiment being authentic.

Are you looking for gentle, friendly, confidential support in dealing with difficult feelings or issues in your life?

I offer natural, holistic psychotherapy and counseling for individual adults and couples.

I can help you shift out of old patterns that no longer serve you, and give you new tools to transform stress, anxiety, depression, low self-esteem, sensitivity, relationship issues, trauma, grief and loss, or difficult transitions.

I use a variety of tools, including relaxation skills, body-mind awareness, dream exploration, Gestalt, EMDR, and shamanic journeys. I also teach relationship and communication skills for couples.

At all times, my aim is to respect your feelings and concerns, to respond in a sensitive, caring, human way, and to help you find and embrace your strengths.

Please call 303-415-3755 for a free consultation.

Are you ready to embrace life? Not just get by, but to FLOURISH personally and in relationship? Life has a way of getting the better of us and over time chipping away at our deepest dreams and best intentions. It's no wonder we sometimes feel lost or trapped with no idea how to reach out or turn things around. You CAN have transformation in your life and relationships! This work is of the deepest nature. You will learn to honor yourself and live with authenticity, integrity, and intention. When you do this, all other aspects of your life start to align and come into balance.

I am here to help you get unstuck and lead a more satisfying life. Whether you are a teenager, parent, college student, or adult, I can help you cope more effectively with whatever has got you "fed up", "at the end of your rope", or feeling otherwise like it's time to try something different.

In each of us lies a deep wisdom and innate capacity for healing. That wisdom lies within our hearts, minds and bodies. Every moment is an opportunity to explore and discover our fullest potential. The human self is not a static entity. We are always unfolding and becoming. Sometimes, trauma cuts us off from this process of unfolding. Many of us have learned habitual coping strategies in response to traumatic environments. Later in life, these strategies may become "fixed" and automatic. This can lead us to feeling constricted, limiting our capacity for connection with the world around us.

Life doesn't have to be that way. I'd love to help you re-connect with your own aliveness.

Helene Mentzel is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in practice for over 20 years. She is trained in several modalities, including, but not limited to the following: EMDR, Somatic Experiencing, and Brainspotting. She specializes in Depression, Anxiety,Trauma,PTSD, & Postpartum Mood Disorders.

She runs support/workshops/groups for adults in significsnt relationships with someone with a Narcissistic Personality Disorder, including the following: parent(s), spouses, lovers, siblings, friends, and employers to help them overcome feelings of inadequacy, abandonment, need to be perfect,constant self criticism, and move towards enhancing a positive sense of self, empowerment, establishing good boundaries and creating healthy relationships.