Psychotherapists
Lauri Benblatt
Phone: 303-579-3004
Business Address: P.O. Box 4402, Boulder, CO 80306
Rates: call for rates
Education: MA from NYU in Art Therapy; trained in Conflict Resolution, DBT for Individual Therapy, International Trauma work
Experience: 12 years practicing with adolescents, youth and adults; individual and group. Current: private practice, Art Therapist - Children’s Hospital/Psychiatric Inpatient Unit; international work using art and expressive therapies with AIDS orphans, women and children. Previous experience in psychiatric inpatient/outpatient, hospital, alternative schools and private practice.
Licensure status: Licensed-LPC
Accepting insurance: out of network
Personal Philosophy:
I utilize an eclectic and client centered approach, incorporating various techniques and modes of treatment according to the individual I am working with. I incorporate Verbal Psychotherapy, Art Therapy, DBT, teaching coping and relaxation skills, and Guided Imagery. I also include journal work and tools that reach beyond the office! My goal is always to work within the therapeutic relationship, and to help my clients gain a better understanding of themselves while increasing their ability to manage their struggles. Eating Disorders and Disordered eating, Self Esteem issues, Body Image, Self Harm, Trauma, Depression, Anxiety are a few of the areas that I specialize in.
Beth Biersdorf
Phone: 303-847-6592
Business Address: 2760 29th St., Suite 2C, Boulder, CO 80301
Email: beth.biersdorf@gmail.com
Rates: call for rates
Personal Philosophy:
I received my Master's degree in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology from Naropa University in May 2007, during which time I completed my internship at the Naropa University Counseling Center. I am working towards my LPC. I am most passionate about working with populations with eating disorders and identity/oppression issues related to diversity. Through working with individuals, couples, and groups, I developed a strong interest in counseling people with eating disorders and issues of diversity and oppression. In addition, I have helped people with depression and anxiety, relationship issues, and self esteem/self identity. My style is a combination of Gestalt therapy and creative techniques such as visualizations and somatic experiences. My role as a therapist is to help you use your own unique mixture of personal awareness, curiosity, and practical capabilities to find balance and happiness within yourself. I hold a fundamental belief that all individuals possess the inner knowledge needed to heal and grow. My function is to empower you in your journey of personal discovery.
Carmen Cool
Credentials: MA, LPC, CHT
Phone: 303-440-5775
Business Address: 2760 29th St, Suite 2C, Boulder, CO 80301
Email: carmenccool@yahoo.com
Rates: call for rates
Education: M.A. in Transpersonal Psychology from Naropa University, Certified Hakomi Therapist.
Experience: 7 years in private practice. Founder and Director of the Boulder Youth Body Alliance, a youth-led peer education program that empowers teens to create social change around the conditions in their lives that lead to eating disorders and body dissatisfaction.
Licensure status: Licensed
Accepting insurance: No. In many cases, you can submit for reimbursement.
Personal Philosophy:
I work primarily with eating and weight related issues, including compulsive/emotional eating, bulimia, disordered eating, chronic dieting, body image, weight preoccupation, and size acceptance. I help women and adolescents develop and maintain patterns of relating with food and their bodies that supports them, in the context of satisfying relationships and a balanced life. The focus is on day-to-day decisions that lead to an experience of self-care. My approach to health and well-being is weight-neutral, encouraging movement towards working in positive partnership with your body. With a style that is relational and mindfulness-based, my commitment is to helping you find your own internal wisdom about your body and your life. I lead workshops and groups, including a group at La Luna Center, an outpatient eating disorder treatment center, and am a guest teacher in many local colleges and universities.
Alisa Shanks
Credentials: PhD Clinical Psycology
Phone: 303-492-2038
Business Address: P.O. Box 7043 Boulder
Email: Alisa.Shanks@colorado.edu
Education: PhD. Clinical Psychology
Experience: Eating Disorders Clinician and Program Coordinator at CU-Boulder since 2002
Licensure status: licensed
Accepting insurance: No
PERSONAL STATEMENT:
My primary role is Eating Disorders Clinician and Program Coordinator at CU-Boulder. I work in the Department of Psychological Health and Psychiatry in the WArdenburg Student Health Center. I also have a small private practice in Boulder Saturday mornings. I am passionate about working with eating disorders as well as doing outreach and education on media influences, health at every size, and the link between fat prejudice and eating disorders.
Isabelle Tierney
Credentials: LMFT, CSPT, BHSP
Phone: 303-817-6912
Business Address: 2291 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder, CO. 80302
Email: isabelle@bodybeloved.com
Rates: call for rates
Website: www.thehabitexperts.com
Education: M.A. in Child Development; Certificate in Marriage and Family Therapy and Certificate in Play Therapy at the Colorado School for Family Therapy; graduate of the Barbara Brennan School of Healing
Experience: 11 years as a private practitioner, working with eating disorders, disordered eating, adolescents, couples, and families.
Licensure status: licensed
Accepting insurance: I accept Humana.
PERSONAL STATEMENT:
The focus of my work is on empowering you to discover reverence for your body and your Self, leading you to make heart-based –rather than belief-based-, choices. In the deepest sense, your work becomes about relationship, to Body, to Self, and to Other. I also work with depression, anxiety, substance abuse, relationship, and physical, emotional, and/or sexual abuse, all of which revolve around the concept of Self-awareness and Acceptance. I have been in private practice for 11 years.
I am one of the co-founders of the Boulder County Eating Disorders Coalition, a therapist at Compass House -an adolescent outreach center in Boulder- and am the creator and President of Choice Point, a company dedicated to creating holistic products and services to help people with painful habits, including eating, substance abuse, relationship, and spending habits. I am also a published writer on health and spiritual issues, have hosted an Internet show on healing and lead workshops and trainings nationally on eating disorders, disordered eating, health and spiritual issues.
I speak three languages, including French, English, and Spanish.
Taylor White
Credentials: LCSW
Phone: 303-384-8677
Business Address: 2523 Broadway Suite 202, Boulder, CO 80304
Rates: call for rates
Education: MSW University of Denver 1995
Experience: 10 years as a private practitioner.
Licensure status: licensed
Accepting insurance: No
PERSONAL STATEMENT:
I have had the great pleasure and honor of running a private practice in Boulder for 10 years. During that time I have worked with literally hundreds of girls (both adolescents and young adults) who have struggled with the spectrum of eating and body issues. My approach for treatment is this...many of us have learned to use superficial means (like food, exercise, alcohol, etc.) to medicate, check out or not feel. In treatment, I focus on the underlying root causes. Although I believe this approach is initially more intense and has slower initial change, it has proven to produce long lasting change in all areas of my cients’ lives. If you are interested in doing what you need to make lasting change, we are likely a good fit for each other.
