Suzanne L. Lewis, RN, MS, Ph.D., LPC
My work experience as a Registered Nurse in both Critical Care and Psychiatric Care, coupled with my education and experience as a doctorate-level counselor, provide my clients a unique perspective. I encompass both the medical and psychological areas of mental health. My ultimate goal has been to provide these professional skills for my clients in a safe and empathetic environment so they can obtain their optimal level of personal, interpersonal and family functioning.

 

My counseling focus is in the following areas: Individual adults:  depression, anxiety, abused in childhood, Children, Traumatized children and adults, depression, Adolescents, Marital difficulties, Divorce adjustment, Grief and Loss issues, Family problems including step-families. I employ an array of techniques that are tailored to meet my client’s needs. Some of these include: Cognitive-Behavioral, Psychosynthesis, Art Therapy, Gestalt, and Adlerian. I work out of both the Littleton and Denver offices.

Ken Curry, MA:

Navigating these disruptive seasons may require purposefully using resources in your community, like developing a counseling relationship. This investment requires active participation, honesty and some challenging personal work  Right now you may not feel hopeful, however just starting this process brings more hope than you may realize.  It is amazing how people have the resilience, courage and strength to come alive during these life changing times.

 

With open, warm and collaborative style Ken brings his life experience, educational knowledge and relational insights to your counseling experience. His general focus includes: life transitions, sexuality, fathering, parenting, depression, reconciliation, pre-marital, singles and navigating chronic disease as a family.

 

Among the varied work experiences Ken has had in the past he has been an associate pastor in the Denver area for 11 years.

Rachel Moses, MA, LPC:

Rachel is passionate about helping individuals know themselves better, to experience both inner- and interpersonal- growth through their brokenness and their strengths.  She believes deeply in building healthy relationships, where trust, compassion and grace abound, so that healing and hope can occur.

 

Rachel takes a holistic approach, believing that there are many factors that affect an individual’s well-being. She looks at the person’s past and present experiences and how this affects their emotional, cognitive, psychological, social, physical and spiritual well-being. Rachel’s compassionate heart and gentle spirit allows clients to feel encouraged and safe as they work through their struggles in therapy.

 

Rachel has her Masters Degree in Counseling Psychology from Colorado Christian University and is a licensed professional counselor in the state of Colorado.

Shannon Rants, MA, LPC:

Shannon feels a specific responsibility and privilege to come along side clients on the healing journey, offering hope and understanding in the areas of gender, sexuality, and trauma. Her heart's desire is to meet her client in the midst of their pain in order to help comfort while in despair, help discover beauty among the ashes, to offer hope while feeling captive, to walk together while seeking The Healer.

 

Shannon’s has a strong desire to come along side individuals and families being impacted or struggling with gender identity, sexual identity/orientation, sexual addictions, and sexual trauma.

 

Shannon believes that there is a great need for counseling of women who struggle with sexuality, gender and addiction and that it has often been under emphasized in the counseling community - primarily due to assumed stereotypes, controversial hesitancy and lack of education.  Most clients that Shannon works with have found it difficult to find a therapist who could sit with their specific area of struggle with understanding.

 

 

Lizzy Wagner, MA, NCC:

Lizzy enjoys working with individuals and couples facing their own life's realities, changes, and challenges. She believes that the counseling relationship is uniquely safe and accepting, but that it also requires engagement, honesty, and hard work.  She asks her client(s) to be active participants, and to take responsibility as the expert on their own life. 

      

Having worked professionally for over 10 years in the areas of public health education, human development, and student services, Lizzy has seen the importance of looking at each person holistically.  She considers all areas of health, as well as the primacy of relationship and its impact on life fulfillment.

 

Lizzy has a Masters of Arts in Counseling from Denver Seminary and a Public Health Education degree from James Madison University in Harrisonburg, Virginia.  She is certified in Prepare/Enrich marriage counseling and is a Nationally Certified Counselor.

 

Garry Nutter, MA, NCC:

Garry’s counseling style has been described as “highly relational”, “comforting”, “safe”, “warm”, and even “pastoral”. What you will find in him is a very warm, caring person. He helps clients focus on how their emotions impact them, offers tools to deal with life, and helps them find meaning in their experiences. His style has been effective in dealing with sexual/internet addictions, behavioral addictions, anxiety, depression, anger management, adolescent and young adult issues, and couple’s therapy. Garry is a certified Prepare/Enrich counselor for pre-marital and marital counseling. As a former ordained minister, he brings special insight to the struggles unique to people in ministry.

 

He offers a holistic approach that combines the best counseling practices with sensitivity to the spiritual and physical needs of each client. Garry's area of counseling focus is in male depression, anxiety, anger, relationship difficulties, adolescent issues, and people that work in ministry. Garry works in the Denver Southeast office.

 

 

 

Richard Carter, BA:

Richard brings giftedness and experience as well as scriptural and psychological insights to help individuals, couples, and families.  He has the experience to help with various forms of relational struggles and personal brokenness. Richard believes that counseling is about hope and healing.  Therefore, the counseling relationship is about finding hope, pursuing healing, and moving toward wholeness.  Richard approaches counseling through relationship.

 

Richard’s greatest joy is to see men and women experience God's transforming power and healing grace!  His counseling style includes cognitive-behavioral approaches as well as other methods that strive to address the needs of the whole person; spiritual, natural, and emotional.

 

Richard helps his client to understand where those unhealthy thoughts and behaviors came from, and then help them learn new thought patterns and behaviors to replace the dysfunctional ones. 

 

Claudette Siekmeier, MA, NCC:

Claudette brings to her counseling practice experience as a teacher, a mother of five children, and a wife of 23 years.  Claudette's approach to counseling is a combination of counseling theories and teaching.  She believes that counseling is an opportunity to provide the trusting environment that is needed for clients to share their concerns and also a place for them to learn skills to handle life better.

 

Her desire is for her clients to be active learners and participants in the counseling process.  Her gentle spirit and relational style provide a safe place for the clients to become aware of problem areas and learn prevention skills.

Claudette has a Master's degree in Counseling from Denver Seminary and a Teaching degree in Life Management from the University of Northern Colorado.  She is a National Certified Counselor.   

Brooke Blanciak, MA:

Brooke received her Master's degree in Community Counseling from Regent University in Virginia Beach, VA. After graduating she accepted a residential counseling position with Mercy Ministries of America in Nashville, TN. Mercy Ministries works with young women ages 13-29 dealing with life controlling issues such as depression, self-mutilation, unplanned pregnancies, eating disorders, severe psychotic disorders, etc. During this time she learned a lot about the current issues plaguing our young people today.

 

Eventually she made her way back to Colorado continuing her work with children, teens and young adults. Other areas of interest and experience that Brooke offers are: vocational counseling, relationship coaching, singles issues, women's issues, grief and bereavement and child counseling.

 

In her free time, Brooke enjoys traveling (over 10 countries), producing, writing, reading, down time with friends, movies, working out, and learning anything new.

 

Trisha Swinton, MA, LPC, LMFT

In working with individuals, Trisha assists her clients to determine underlying fears, gaining insight into the cause of the fear and anxiety, and beginning the healing process. She treats victims who have been abused by empowering them and helping them find their inner strength to cope in a healthy way.

 

Trisha works with adults, adolescents, children and families. She also works with people who are suffering from depression, anxiety, relationship issues, eating disorders, and victims of abuse.

 

Trisha attended the University of Northern Colorado where she received her Masters degree in community counseling with an emphasis on marriage and family therapy. She is a licensed professional counselor as well as a licensed marriage and family therapist. She also received her Masters in Special Education from Adelphi University in New York, and is a licensed special education teacher.