I’m Kelly. And I Don’t Think You Need to Have It All Together.
I’m a Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Addictions Counselor in Centennial, Colorado, and I’ve been working in the mental health field for more than a decade.
But honestly, the letters after my name aren’t the most important thing I want you to know about me.
I’m a real person.
And I don’t expect you to walk into therapy with the perfect words, a diagnosis, or a five-year plan.
Maybe you know exactly what’s wrong.
Maybe you just know that something isn’t working anymore.
Maybe you’ve been holding it together for everyone else and you’re finally realizing that you can’t keep doing it alone.
Wherever you’re starting from, we’ll figure it out together.
Therapy shouldn’t feel like being analyzed.
I don’t believe therapy has to feel stiff, overly clinical, or like you’re sitting across from someone waiting for them to tell you what’s wrong with you.
You know the TV therapist I’m talking about.
The one who just sits there, nods, and says, “And how does that make you feel?”
Yeah. I’m not really that therapist.
Therapy should feel like a conversation with someone who is actually in it with you.
I’ll listen. I’ll ask questions. I’ll make connections. I’ll offer perspective. Sometimes I’ll challenge you when I think it could help.
And sometimes we’ll just sit in the hard stuff.
My job isn’t to have all the answers.
It’s to help you understand what’s happening, figure out what you need, and find a way forward that actually makes sense for you.
My approach
My therapeutic style is down-to-earth, compassionate, collaborative, and real.
I don’t believe there is one therapy approach that works for everyone. People are complicated, and your life isn’t a textbook.
That’s why I draw from a variety of approaches, including EMDR, CBT, mindfulness, motivational interviewing, and other evidence-based therapies, depending on what you need.
Some people come to therapy because they want to understand why they keep getting stuck in the same patterns.
Some want help processing something that happened to them.
Some are overwhelmed by anxiety, grief, motherhood, relationships, or a major life transition.
And sometimes people just know, “I can’t keep doing things this way.”
We start there.
What I help with
My work focuses on adults navigating things like:
- Trauma and PTSD
- Grief and loss
- Infant, pregnancy, and child loss
- Infertility and reproductive loss
- Maternal mental health and the complicated realities of motherhood
- Pregnancy after loss
- Anxiety and life transitions
- Substance use and addiction
- Experiences that continue to feel emotionally stuck or difficult to move beyond
I also use EMDR when it makes sense for the person and the work we’re doing together.
You can learn more about the areas I specialize in on my Specialties page.
My Why
There is also a part of my story that has deeply shaped the therapist I am today.
Six years into my career as a therapist, I experienced something that changed my life completely.
My first child was stillborn because of a genetic condition.
I went from being the therapist who helped other people through difficult things to being the person trying to figure out how to survive one of the worst things I could have imagined.
And, honestly, it changed me.
It changed how I understand grief.
It changed how I understand trauma.
It changed how I understand the things people say when they don’t know what to say.
And it changed the kind of therapist I wanted to be.
I know what it’s like to have your entire world turned upside down and wonder how you’re supposed to keep going when the life you expected is no longer the life you’re living.
I know what it’s like to pick up the pieces and wonder if there are even any pieces left to pick up.
I also learned that healing doesn’t mean forgetting.
It doesn’t mean that what happened stops mattering.
And it doesn’t mean you go back to exactly who you were before.
Sometimes healing means figuring out how to carry what happened while still making room for a life that feels meaningful.
That experience is a big part of why child loss and pregnancy loss remain such important areas of my work.
But it isn’t the only thing I do.
Why Evolve?
I chose the name Evolve because I don’t believe healing means becoming the person you were before something happened.
Sometimes life changes us.
Sometimes it knocks us completely off course.
And sometimes the goal isn’t to get back to who you were.
It’s to figure out who you are now and where you want to go from here.
That’s what I want therapy to be about.
Not fixing you.
Not making you “normal.”
Not telling you how you should feel.
Figuring things out. Healing. Growing. Evolving.
Together.
A little more about me
Before private practice, I’ve worked in a variety of mental health settings, including residential treatment and community mental health.
I’ve worked with people facing trauma, substance use, grief, anxiety, and other challenges that can make life feel overwhelming.
I’ve also had the opportunity to teach and speak about topics I’m passionate about, including trauma, grief, substance use, and child loss.
But these days, my favorite part of the work is pretty simple:
Getting to know the person sitting across from me.
Because behind every diagnosis, loss, trauma, or problem is a person trying to figure out what comes next.
That’s the part I’m interested in.
You don’t have to have it all figured out.
If you’re considering therapy, you don’t need to know exactly what you need before you reach out.
You don’t need the perfect explanation.
You don’t even need to be sure therapy will help.
We can start with a conversation.
You can tell me what’s going on, ask questions, and get a feel for whether I’m the right therapist for you.
And if I’m not, that’s okay too.
Finding the right therapist matters.
Let’s figure it out together.