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Therapists for college students near University of Colorado Boulder

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Eileen Fisher
Licensed Professional Counselor
Boulder, CO

College can be a time of big transitions, self-discovery, and sometimes, feeling overwhelmed. I work with students navigating life changes, anxiety, motivational issues, perfectionism, the inner critic, self-esteem challenges, and coming into their identity. I also support folks exploring their experiences with neurodiversity and LGBTQ+ identities. At the heart of my practice is a warm, compassionate, and nonjudgmental space where you can feel truly seen and heard. Together, we’ll explore your inner world and uncover the pathways to healing that feel right for you. If you’re ready to take the next step in your journey, I’d be honored to walk alongside you.

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Kelsey Hanson
Clinical Social Work/Therapist
Denver, CO

Being in college or graduate school often means navigating big transitions, shifting relationships, academic pressure, identity exploration, and uncertainty about the future. You may look like you’re holding it together on the outside while feeling overwhelmed, anxious, disconnected, or stuck on the inside. My role is not to “fix” you, but to help you reconnect with your own capacity to heal and grow. The coping strategies that helped you survive earlier seasons of life may no longer be serving you. In our work together, we’ll build on your existing strengths while developing new skills that support resilience, emotional regulation, and authentic self-trust. I have experience working in hospitals, schools, and in a university setting, and I specialize in working with survivors of trauma. My trauma-informed approach prioritizes safety and nervous system regulation first. We focus on building your ability to feel grounded and present before engaging in deeper trauma processing, and healing does not require you to relive or recount everything before you’re ready. Starting therapy, especially with a new provider, can feel vulnerable. I aim to create a space that feels steady, collaborative, and respectful of your pace. If you’re considering beginning therapy for the first time or returning after a break, I welcome the opportunity to talk and see if we’re a good fit. I provide teletherapy to clients 18+ across Colorado, and in person sessions in Longmont, CO. Due to a conflict of interest, I am unable to work with current students of the University of Colorado Boulder. Reach out by text, call, or message to schedule a consultation.

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La Luna Center
Treatment program
Boulder, CO

La Luna Center is dedicated to providing personalized support and expertise in the realm of eating disorders for all genders ages 18 and up for outpatient, intensive outpatient and day program (Partial hospitalization Program) levels of care. Our specialized programs are tailored to address individual needs, fostering a comprehensive and compassionate approach to recovery. Specifically, our services encompass: Acceptance of Colorado Medicaid: La Luna stands out as one of the very few facilities that proudly accepts Colorado Medicaid. This commitment reflects our dedication to making our services accessible to a diverse range of individuals, ensuring that quality care is within reach for all those in need. La Luna also accepts almost all private insurances and offers free verification of benefits for all of those inquiring about services at La Luna Center. Specialized Treatment Programs: We offer evidence-based treatment programs designed to address various forms of eating disorders, ensuring a holistic approach to recovery. Currently our Day program is in person at both Fort Collins and Boulder. La Luna Center offers Virtual intensive outpatient services three days a week to all clients in Colorado. Experienced Professionals: Our team comprises seasoned professionals with extensive expertise in the field of eating disorders, including therapists, nutritionists, and psychiatrists. Individualized Care Plans: Recognizing that each individual's journey is unique, we develop personalized care plans to cater to specific needs, fostering a supportive and effective recovery process. Educational Resources: La Luna is committed to providing resources for both individuals and their support networks. Our programs include educational materials to enhance understanding and promote a supportive environment. Empathetic Approach: At La Luna, we understand the significance of empathy in the healing process. Our team is committed to creating a supportive and understanding environment where individuals feel heard and validated on their journey to recovery. Thank you for considering La Luna as a partner in your journey toward recovery.

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Jessica Akos
Clinical Social Work/Therapist
Boulder, CO

If you're looking to heal past trauma, mend broken relationships, sort through major life transitions, or just get some general support, I am here to help. I believe that regardless of who you are, what you've done, or what you've been through, you deserve to feel good in your life, and you can feel good. Using the strengths you already have, and tools you may not yet have, together we will find a way forward. My clients say I have a calming presence, and that they feel seen, heard, and understood in sessions.

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Therapy Matters LLC
Group practice
Louisville, CO

Therapy Matters provides a bevy of individualized therapy programs to address the full spectrum of needs. From psychotherapy to couples counseling, family therapy to group therapy, Therapy Matters prides itself on offering what you need, how you need it. We tackle our sessions with evidence-based clinical and interpersonal practices learned from long and dedicated careers in the field and can help our clients see growth and improvement with our expert assistance.​ Therapy Matters is dedicated to providing Louisville and the surrounding area with a wide variety of therapy options for any budget.

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Derrick Betting
Pre-Licensed Professional
Louisville, CO

We have an incredible group of therapists who are encouraged to be unique and creative while offering customized care. I personally specialize in working with teens and adults struggling with a wide array of mental health related issues.

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Deana Bianco
Pre-Licensed Professional
Boulder, CO

I’m glad you’re here. Reaching out for support can feel intimidating, but just by exploring therapy, you’ve already taken a brave first step. I work with young adults and professionals navigating anxiety, depression, life transitions, and relationship challenges, offering both in-person and secure virtual sessions. My approach is collaborative, down-to-earth, and tailored to you—we’ll work together to help you find more balance, build healthier relationships, and make sense of past experiences using practical, evidence-based tools. Therapy is a partnership, and I’m here to support you every step of the way.

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Jamie Law
Pre-Licensed Professional
Boulder, CO

I work with teen and adult individuals from a humanistic, somatic, mindfulness based perspective. It is my belief that the therapeutic relationship itself is a guiding force in the healing process and an essential component for clients to more deeply access themselves. In our time together, we will increase awareness around your relationship to self, relationship patterns with others, how you work to notice and process feelings, how you relate to past wounds and trauma and how you regulate through stressful times. Together we will increase your capacity to compassionately trust and come back to yourself over and over again. I offer a compassionate presence to hold space for whatever you are carrying; especially for people who identify as women. I work with depression, anxiety, trauma, PTSD and family conflict in addition to dealing with the every day stresses of life. My goal is to support you so that you can feel more equipped to show up fully in your life.

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Joe Reid
Pre-Licensed Professional
Boulder, CO

Joe specializes in supporting students and young adults navigating the effects of trauma, anxiety, depression, and relationship challenges. Joe completed clinical training at Harvard University Counseling & Mental Health Services, where he worked with students from diverse backgrounds, including those marginalized by gender, race, and sexuality, and those recovering from traumatic experiences. Joe’s therapeutic approach is rooted in psychodynamic theory, helping clients uncover unconscious thoughts, emotions, and behaviors by exploring how past experiences influence their current lives. This process allows clients to identify patterns and work toward meaningful, positive change. Joe holds an MSW from the Smith College School for Social Work and a BA from American University in Washington, D.C. Joe offers therapy online and in-person at THRIVE's Boulder, Colorado location.

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Atlas Psychology
Group practice
Boulder, CO

We specialize in supporting undergraduate and graduate students coping with inevitable challenges that come with this time in your life, as well as the profound growth that is possible during this chapter. Particularly, we enjoy supporting students' resilience to shame, social and performance anxiety, grief and loss, body image concerns, perfectionism and self-criticism, panic, and trauma. We also offer support with substance abuse. In addition, we help students move towards empowering the identities and values most important to you, building enriching relationships, and thriving in your chosen passions. Lastly, we offer individual counseling and high performance psychology, group counseling, and psychological testing services, and enjoy working with students across the neurodevelopmental spectrum.

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Safe Haven Therapy
Pre-Licensed Professional
Boulder, CO

My focus is on supporting highly sensitive people, neurodivergent folks, and those navigating the intersection of chronic physical and mental health challenges. Many of my clients carry deep exhaustion from masking, overextending, or abandoning themselves to fit in. My work centers on creating belonging, restoring self-trust, and honoring sensitivity as a gift - not a problem to solve.

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Laura Ankenbauer, MA, LPC, ADDC
Pre-Licensed Professional
Boulder, CO

Accepting new clients, November 2025. I believe true connection and healing are possible, and that therapy holds the capacity for profound transformation. We'll work within a supportive and accepting environment navigating areas relating to belonging, past trauma, owning the strength of sensitivity and confidence in self expression. I specialize in supporting couples and relationship therapy, high sensitivity, low self esteem and self worth, spirituality, codependency, childhood emotional neglect, addiction, grief, families navigating substance misuse, life transitions, anxiety, depression, loneliness, and Bipolar disorder. Accepting New Clients, October 2025. I believe true connection and healing are possible, and that therapy holds the capacity for profound transformation. We'll work within a supportive and accepting environment navigating areas relating to belonging, past trauma, owning the strength of sensitivity and confidence in self expression. I specialize in supporting couples and relationship therapy, high sensitivity, low self esteem and self worth, spirituality, codependency, childhood emotional neglect, addiction, grief, families navigating substance misuse, life transitions, anxiety, depression, loneliness, and Bipolar disorder. My approach involves co-creating an impactful and compassionate ground for our work together. I hold advanced training in mindfulness-based counseling, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Intimacy from the Inside Out (IFIO), EMDR, and addiction-based therapy and am passionate about inviting awareness through Gestalt and somatic modalities in our sessions. I believe we all deserve the opportunity to change the aspects of our life that are no longer serving us. It's a courageous act to take this first step and I'm here to stand with you, honoring your therapeutic journey with presence and non-judgement. Please reach out for a complimentary consultation to learn more.

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JZ Psychotherapy
Clinical Social Work/Therapist
Lafayette, CO

me: In a relational, humanistic, and conversational style, and through an attachment-oriented lens, I am focused on harnessing the powerful dynamic of the therapeutic relationship, in order to help individuals locate within themselves a sense of meaning and purpose in the here and now. I am focused on developing each client’s ability to maintain internal validity and positive self-regard, in order to reduce self-shame, self-judgement, and self-harm. you: While I work with individual adults of all ages, most of my clients tend to be 25-45, and coming to therapy to work through a variety of human challenges and stressors often associated with complications that occur in the life-stage transitions from adolescence to early adulthood and early adulthood into middle age. For many of us, these life-stage transitions are often extended and/or delayed, leading to feelings of pscyho-emotional paralysis and “stuckness” in repeated patterns of behavior. My practice is also further specialized in working with performing artists and other creative/artistic professionals. The intersectionality of psycho-emotional health and creative identity/artistic process is an area of experience and particular interest to me. Having trained and worked professionally as an actor, prior to earning a master’s degree in clinical social work, I am deeply focused on using the shared language of artistic development to help other artists utilize the many tools and skills they’ve already developed for self-reflection and craft honing as artists, in order to help them create growth, change, and fulfillment in their personal and professional lives. Although many of my clients meet diagnostic criteria for depression, trauma, and anxiety, I aim to see people beyond the diagnosis and view them as the whole human beings they are. us: Together, we will have a meaningful relationship intended to support and foster your personal growth, resilience, healing, and ability to create internal validity, as well as meaning and purpose in the moment. Our relationship exists within the context and framework of weekly, or bi-weekly, 45-minute conversations, focused on examining all aspects of how your pscyho-emotional health and wellbeing correspond to your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. No human is broken. We are all operating in the exact way the human system was intended to operate, by adapting; sometimes for the better, and other times to our own detriment. We are all the logical conclusion of the sum of our total experiences. Therefore, we will work jointly to piece together your narrative in a way that connects the total sum of your experiences to your present thoughts, feelings, and behavioral patterns, in order to learn to move forward, create change, and become the future self that is still yet unrealized.

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All Points North
Clinic or agency
Boulder, CO

Deep TMS, neurofeedback, stellate ganglion block, and a mental health IOP in Boulder, Colorado

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Laura Thompson, Ph.D., LPC
Counselor
Boulder, CO

Hello! I've spent my entire career (30 years) working with undergraduate and graduate university students, both in the United States and abroad. I've worked in several University Counseling Centers and also serve as an Adjunct Faculty Member in the Department of Applied Psychology at NYU. Throughout my career, I've had the opportunity to work with a wide range of individuals, including those from diverse backgrounds, who are grappling with many different issues: transition to college, relationship struggles, family issues, substance abuse, anxiety, depression, identity, sexual orientation, grief/loss, and existential challenges. I've worked with student-athletes, international students, people of color, LGBTQIA individuals, study-abroad students, members of Greek Life, and graduate/doctoral students. I am a down-to-earth, insightful, non-judgmental, REAL, sometimes funny, and consistently compassionate therapist. I love working with college students! I've been told by many clients that I'm easy to talk to. I will listen, support you, provide honest feedback, and help you to navigate your challenges effectively so you can be your best self as you pursue your educational and life goals. I am based in Boulder, Colorado can meet with you virtually or in-person at my office on Broadway. I look forward to hearing from you!

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burn to shine healing art
Pre-Licensed Professional
Boulder, CO

Let’s be real. These have been dark times, and uncertainty still abounds. Old wounds may be coming to the surface, and the thought of facing them may feel downright terrifying……it is terrifying. I believe that these moments are opportunities for us to learn, accept, and grow in our capacity to be Compassionate with ourselves, and with one another. This is how Transformational Healing occurs. If you are struggling with anxiety, depression, anger issues, relationships with substances, or existential dread (perhaps all the above), you are not alone. My name is Andrew Linares, and I am a Colorado-based LPCC with a lifetime of service. I have a Master’s degree in Transpersonal Counseling, and I provide sliding-scale, mindfulness-based, somatic, and trauma-informed therapy. If you feel called, schedule a free 15-minute phone -or- video consultation. carry the fire.

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Therapy Matters LLC
Group practice
Louisville, CO

When choosing therapist, its important to know more than simple credentials. Fit is important. Therapy Matters is all about finding you your fit. Therapy Matters provides a bevy of individualized therapy programs to address the full spectrum of needs. From psychotherapy to couples counseling, family therapy to group therapy, Therapy Matters prides itself on offering what you need, how you need it. We tackle our sessions with evidence-based clinical and interpersonal practices learned from long and dedicated careers in the field and can help our clients see growth and improvement with our expert assistance.

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Sam Field
Licensed Professional Counselor
Boulder, CO

Please visit my profile to learn more about my services.

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Jackie Meltz, PsyD, LCSW
Clinical Social Work/Therapist
Boulder, CO

I am a seasoned psychotherapist with over 20 years experience. I help people to rapidly get to the core issues which keep them stuck in their lives, be it difficulties in their relationships or chronic depression/anger/anxiety, to name a few. The avoidance of painful thoughts/feelings, either from past or recent events is what creates suffering. When we avoid these painful experiences, we develop symptoms or problems. The treatment approaches I use are evidence-based, meaning they've been researched, tested, and proven to work. My work integrates somatic experiencing, attachment and psychodynamic theory, and CBT. I take Aetna insurance, but not Aetna EAP.

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Alicia Velez
Clinical Social Work/Therapist
Brooklyn, NY

Hi! My name is Alicia, and I want to meet you. Yes, you! College can be intense. You're away from home with the pressure to succeed and do well, but there's also dealing with roommates, parties, and being around people who resemble aliens. You know, they just don't get you and you've never encountered anyone quite like them before. On top of this, you may be the first in your family to go to college. You can't admit to them that it's hard. They had all their hopes and dreams riding on you. So where to go? Come to therapy! Yes, therapy. It may be your first time talking to someone, but I promise it helps to tell someone what you're thinking and what you're feeling. College doesn't have to be scary, and you don't have to go through it alone. We can figure it out together. I am a licensed clinical social worker who has worked with many college students, especially those who identify as first-gen and/or veterans. Therapy with me is conversational. In sessions, you can speak freely. I'm not into judging. That would probably make me a lousy therapist. I offer thoughtful reflection and point out patterns in your behavior that may not be the most helpful, and then we problem-solve and strategize solutions to help get you feeling better. I can also teach you skills to help when your emotions feel overwhelming.

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