Psychodynamic and Relational Therapist in Colorado Springs
Depth-oriented psychotherapy for people who have tried other therapies that did not get to the root. As a certified EMDR therapist and trauma therapist in Colorado Springs, I offer EMDR therapy and intensive EMDR therapy alongside long-term work. In-person and virtual sessions across the Front Range.
You Have Done the Work. It Still Follows You.
You have read the books, tried the affirmations, and maybe even spent years in traditional talk therapy. You understand your patterns. You can explain exactly why you do what you do. And still the same thing keeps happening. Insight alone rarely reaches the part of you that formed these patterns, because that part lives in the nervous system. A trauma therapist in Colorado Springs who works at that level, with EMDR where it fits, helps the change hold instead of fading after the sessions end.
What Is Depth-Oriented Psychotherapy with EMDR?
Psychodynamic and relational therapy works on the assumption that your current struggles are not random. Anxiety, burnout, difficulty in relationships and the sense of never quite arriving usually trace back to something earlier that was never fully felt through. Rather than managing symptoms week to week, we follow them down to where they started.
The work is relational, so the therapy relationship itself becomes part of how you come to know yourself. It is slower than a short protocol, and that is why the change lasts. Where trauma sits deeper than words, EMDR in Colorado Springs adds targeted processing within this longer arc.
How EMDR Therapy Works
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) is a structured therapy for trauma. While you hold a difficult memory in mind, bilateral stimulation such as guided eye movements helps your brain reprocess it, so it stops feeling like it is happening now.
History and Preparation
We map your history, identify the memories driving your symptoms, and build grounding skills before any processing starts.
Reprocessing
In short sets of bilateral stimulation, you notice what arises while I guide the pace. You do not need to retell every detail.
Integration and Review
We close each session with grounding, then check how the memory feels and how it shows up in daily life.
EMDR is recommended for PTSD by the World Health Organization and major clinical guidelines. Learn more about trauma therapy or EMDR healing intensives.
EMDR in Colorado Springs Is a Fit If You Are...
High-Functioning Professional
Succeeding on the outside while quietly running on burnout, imposter syndrome and anxiety no one around you sees.
Trauma Survivor
Ready to move past "managing" old wounds and finally experience genuine integration and relief.
Someone Therapy Has Not Reached Yet
You have done CBT, coaching or short-term counseling. You understand your patterns, and they still repeat.
Ready for Long-Term Work
Not looking for a quick protocol. You want to understand yourself as a whole person and let the change settle in for good.
Intensive Sessions
For those who cannot spread the work across months of weekly hours, intensive EMDR therapy in Colorado Springs offers focused, multi-hour sessions for concentrated processing. Intensives sit inside the same depth-oriented approach, so what surfaces in the room gets held and integrated rather than left open.
TRAUMA-INFORMED INTAKE
A deep-dive assessment of your history and nervous system so we know what we are working with before we begin.
FOCUSED PROCESSING
Extended sessions that let you stay with the material long enough to move through it, rather than stopping just as it opens.
INTEGRATION SUPPORT
Follow-up guidance for grounding what shifted and carrying it into your relationships and daily life.
EMDR Colorado Springs: Weekly or Intensive?
Both formats use the same EMDR protocol. The difference is pacing. We choose together on your free consultation call, based on your history, schedule and how much material you want to move through at once.
Weekly EMDR Sessions
Best for steady, continuous depth work- Regular sessions that fit alongside work and family
- Time between sessions to settle and integrate
- Works well for complex or long-standing trauma
- Part of ongoing psychodynamic therapy
Intensive EMDR Therapy
Best for concentrated, focused processing- Multi-hour sessions for uninterrupted processing
- Suits a specific memory or a limited time window
- Helpful if weekly sessions are hard to schedule
- Includes preparation and integration support
What We Work With
PTSD and Trauma
Working through what happened, including EMDR where the memory is held deeper than words can reach.
Burnout
Looking at what drives the overfunctioning, not just restoring the energy you have spent.
Childhood Wounds
Healing the early relationships that shaped how you see yourself now.
Grief
Navigating loss at your own pace, with room for everything the loss stirred up.
Anxiety
Understanding what the anxiety has been protecting you from, so it can finally ease.
Depression
Lifting the heaviness and reconnecting with what once felt like yours.
A Psychodynamic Psychotherapist Who Moves at Your Pace
I consider myself a psychodynamic and relational, depth-oriented psychotherapist. That means I am less interested in managing symptoms than in understanding where they came from and what they have been protecting. Much of my work is with people who have tried other therapies that did not quite get there, who can name their patterns but still find themselves living inside them.
- Licensed Clinical Social Worker
- Psychodynamic, relational and depth-oriented approach
- Long-term therapy, with EMDR available when it fits
- In-person and virtual sessions available
- Free 15-minute consultation
How I Approach Trauma Therapy in Colorado Springs
As a trauma therapist in Colorado Springs, I do not push into painful material before you are ready. The work follows your nervous system, not a script.
Safety First
We build steadiness and trust before any trauma processing, so difficult memories can be approached without being overwhelmed.
Your Pace
You decide how fast we go. We can slow down, pause or change direction at any point, in person or by secure video.
Lasting Integration
Relief matters, and so does understanding what changed. We connect the work to your relationships and daily life.
How to Get Started
Free Consultation
A 15-minute call to see if we're a good fit.
Intake Session
Gathering your history and setting goals.
Ongoing Depth Work
Regular sessions that follow the patterns to their root.
Insight & Integration
Knowing yourself as a whole person and living differently because of it.
Serving Colorado Springs and the Surrounding Area
Our Office
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Frequently Asked Questions
How is this different from therapy I have already tried?
Most short-term approaches work on the symptom: the anxious thought, the habit, the reaction. That can help, and for many people it stops working once the pressure returns. Psychodynamic and relational therapy goes underneath that, to the early relationships and unspoken beliefs that keep producing the symptom in the first place. If you have done therapy before and understood a great deal without much changing, that gap is usually the reason.
How long does therapy take?
This is long-term work, so it is measured in months and often longer rather than a set number of sessions. Depth changes slowly because it is changing something structural, not managing a surface. We check in regularly on how the work is going, and you set the pace. If we use EMDR for a specific memory, that piece may move faster while the broader work continues.
Does needing therapy mean something is wrong with me?
Absolutely not. Seeking therapy is an act of strength and self-awareness. Many of the people I work with have spent their lives being high achievers while quietly carrying unresolved emotional pain, often shaped by early experiences with perfectionistic, narcissistic or emotionally unavailable caregivers. Therapy is a courageous step. It is not about weakness, it is about recognizing that you deserve support and that you do not have to carry it all alone anymore.
Do I have to talk about everything in detail?
No. You share what you are ready to share, when you are ready. Nothing is forced, and part of the work is building enough safety that difficult material can surface on its own terms. With EMDR in particular, you do not need to narrate a memory in detail for it to be processed.
Weekly sessions or intensives?
Weekly sessions are the foundation of depth work, because change of this kind needs continuity. Intensive EMDR therapy can be useful alongside that when a specific memory needs concentrated attention or when your schedule makes regular weekly hours difficult. We decide together on the consultation call.
Is this approach evidence-based?
Yes. Psychodynamic therapy has a strong research base, including evidence that its benefits often continue to grow after treatment ends. EMDR is likewise well supported for trauma and PTSD and is recognized by major clinical guidelines. Using both means you get the depth of one and the targeted processing of the other.