While completing my undergraduate degree, in general psychology, at Colorado State University (CSU) I sought out counseling for the first time. I was unsure what therapy was like, and I felt extremely nervous to begin the process. However, I found the experience significantly helpful in recognizing that it was possible to live a meaningful life without being derailed by debilitating anxiety. It was at that point, that I pursued becoming a therapist, to help people change the relationship they have with difficult experiences and reconnect with what is most important to them.

After obtaining my bachelor’s degree at CSU in 2016, I began my master’s program in clinical mental health counseling at the University of Northern Colorado. During my master’s program, I completed my internship experience at a substance use treatment center, in which I helped provide group and individual therapy services at a partial hospitalization level of care. Shortly after I graduated, in 2020, I was hired by my internship site. I continued to provide therapeutic support at partial hospitalization, intensive outpatient, and outpatient levels of care. Altogether, I spent a little over three years providing treatment for mental health, addictions/substance use, and trauma.

Fun Facts about Adam

• I love chips and salsa

• I am a Colorado native

• I play softball regularly during the spring, summer, and fall.

Today, I work with adults working on anxiety, depression, substance use/recovery, self-esteem, and trauma. I practice primarily through an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) orientation. I will use notions of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) through an ACT approach to help serve clients. I will use Brainspotting Therapy to help engage clients in trauma-specific therapy. At times, I will use Brainspotting techniques (focused mindfulness) within an ACT framework, outside of trauma-specific therapy. I will, sometimes, use improv therapy techniques, usually within a group setting (can be applied to individual settings) using modalities of DBT through an ACT orientation to help increase one’s psychological flexibility.

The experience of the mind can feel difficult, annoying, frustrating, and sometimes scary. In the words of Steven Hayes, “Get out of your mind and into your life.” I am here to help you get introspective and to work as a team to learn, and experience, how to get comfortable with the uncomfortable so that you can live a fulfilling life.

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