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.

Steven Marks, MA, LPC:

Steve combines a warm, engaging relational style of counseling with the ability to challenge clients in changing things that can be changed and accepting things that cannot. Steve's compassionate heart and gentle spirit allows his clients to feel encouraged and empowered as they work through their struggles.

 

Steve enters into a healthy relationship with his clients using existential therapy (client choice, freedom and responsibility) and person centered therapies (relationship and client focused) combined with cognitive- behavioral therapies that work together in developing an awareness of distorted untrue beliefs that negatively impact feelings and behavior.  With this awareness, clients are empowered to take responsibility and accountability in making healthier choices in their lives and relationships.

Christine Denlinger, MA, LPC:

Christine is passionate about facilitating growth and reconciliation in relationships. She believes that all people can gain insight and learn skills that will help them live a balanced and fulfilled life. Her warm and caring style along with a developmental and insight oriented approach to counseling promotes the health and well-being of her clients.

 

Christine specializes in treating individuals who are experiencing distress internally and in their relationships with others due to:  depression, anxiety, childhood trauma, sexual addiction, and relationship issues.

 

Christine did her undergraduate work in behavioral science and psychology.  She holds a masters degree in counseling from Denver Seminary and is Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Colorado. Christine is a member of the American Counseling Association. Due to her cross-cultural experience Christine is also fluent in Spanish.

 

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:

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. Prior to studying in Colorado, she worked and lived in Munich, Germany, working with international middle school and high school students.

Kim Jones, MA, LPC:

Kim has her Masters degree in Counseling Psychology and is a Licensed Professional Counselor.  She has worked for over 8 years in a variety of counseling settings.  She has worked with children, adolescents, and families in residential treatment facilities.

 

She understands how stress affects relationships and other areas in life.  She helps people with parenting skills, communication skills, depression, anxiety, life transitions, stress reduction, and children affected by trauma.

Kim approaches individuals from a whole-person perspective: examining their past and present situations and taking into account how these are affecting their emotional, physical, social, and spiritual dimensions in their lives.  She motivates her clients towards productive communication and healthy boundaries within their relationships.  Kim’s ability to connect with people empowers and encourages her clients to resolve conflict and move toward desired change in their lives.

 

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.

 

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.

 

Abby Blacklock, MA:

Abby’s goal in counseling is to help her clients gain a better quality of life and interpersonal well-being while acquiring emotional and spiritual health. For Abby, counseling is about people processing through life together. Her counseling style involves allowing freedom for laughter and tears, conversation and silence, logic and emotion. Abby enjoys working with adolescents, couples, and women.

 

She has experience and specialized training helping clients work through: stress, anxiety, depression, boundaries, communication skills, unplanned pregnancy and parenting skills, and spiritual issues.

 

In her counseling sessions, Abby uses a variety of techniques, focusing on the more creative means of self-expression (collaging, journaling, painting, drawing, guided imagery, relaxation therapy, etc.). Her goal is to pair specific techniques with a client’s needs, empowering them to find hope, meaning, and purpose in life

 

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.