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Denver Talk Therapy for Clarity and Healing — Re-Discover Your Best Self

Life presents us with complex challenges and emotions. Our warm, caring team of Denver-based psychotherapists provide a confidential and understanding environment to discuss your thoughts and feelings so you can heal, grow, move forward, and thrive.

Compassionate Psychotherapy For Denver, CO

Psychotherapy, also known as talk therapy or counseling, provides a powerful way to gain clarity, emotional relief and greater self-understanding through talking with a licensed mental health professional. All sessions are completely confidential, held in a private, judgement-free space to explore your thoughts, feelings, behaviors, relationships, and stressors with compassionate guidance. Our goal is not only to help you cope with life’s challenges, but also to help foster improved wellbeing and self-actualization so you can realize your true potential and live a life that’s true to yourself. During sessions, we’ll work with you to:
  • Gain valuable perspective on issues or feelings you may be dealing with from family, partners, work, or life events
  • Identify unhelpful patterns or problematic behaviors and develop insight into the underlying causes and motivations
  • Make constructive changes and achieve personal growth by building coping skills, processing emotions, adopting new narratives/beliefs, and overcoming inner obstacles that may be limiting you.
  • Reduce psychological distress, resolve inner conflicts, improve relationships, and move forward in a healthy direction to reach your full potential and live your personal definition of a meaningful life
Our therapeutic relationship with you is based on compassionate listening and thoughtful guidance, but most of all we aim to encourage your own inner wisdom, resilience, and capacity for growth. Through self-reflection and the appropriate therapeutic interventions, we can help you achieve your short-term goals as well as create lasting positive change.

SEEKING HELP

How do I know if I need psychotherapy or counseling?

Seeking help through therapy is a courageous act of self-care. How do you know if working with a licensed therapist may be beneficial for you right now? Here are some common signs:

  • You’re struggling with ongoing depression, anxiety, trauma, grief or other distress.
  • Your mental health is affecting your daily life and relationships.
  • You feel stuck in negative thought and behavior patterns, including addiction.
  • You’re facing a major stressful life transition or change.
  • You often feel lonely, isolated, or lack support.
  • You want help achieving personal growth and understanding yourself better.
  • You struggle with intimacy, boundaries, and self-worth in relationships.
  • You hope to overcome unresolved issues from your past.
  • You want to live more fully and realize your potential.

If any of this resonates, take the first step and contact us. Discover how psychotherapy can help you move forward toward the life you desire.

Our Approach to Psychotherapy

At Ballen Medical & Wellness, our integrative approach gives you the option to support your therapy goals with comprehensive whole-person care. If you’d like a more holistic approach to your mental health and well-being, we can work with you to create a personal treatment plan to meet your needs and goals.
At our center, your personalized treatment plan might include:
  • Integrative Psychiatry and Medication Management
  • Outpatient Addiction Detox and Recovery
  • Ketamine Infusion Treatment or Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy
  • Lab Testing
  • Bioidentical Hormone Replacement
  • Thyroid Treatment
  • IV Therapy, such as NAD+ Infusions and Ozone Treatment
  • Nutrient Optimization
  • Lifestyle Recommendations

Our team of psychiatric practitioners, therapists, and nurses work together under one roof, making it easy to coordinate prescriptions and holistic care. Lab testing and assessments also inform our treatment plans.

If you’re not sure if an integrative plan would be right for you, you’re welcome to schedule a free no-pressure consultation with us. We’ll be happy to discuss your goals and answer your questions.

Conditions That Psychotherapy Can Help You With

  • Depression
  • Anxiety
  • Trauma/PTSD
  • Grief/Loss
  • Addiction Recovery
  • Relationship Issues
  • Life Transitions
  • Stress Management
  • Anger Management
  • Self-Esteem Concerns
  • Coping Skills Development
  • Divorce/Breakups
  • Domestic Abuse
  • LGBTQIA Support
  • Teen/Child Behavioral Issues
  • Career Counseling
  • Self-Actualization
  • Sleep Issues
  • Chronic Conditions Support

Treatments & Services

At Ballen Medical & Wellness, we use integrative mental health to help alleviate a wide variety of conditions
— including co-occurring diagnoses.

  • Explore your thoughts, feelings, experiences, and behaviors with compassionate guidance
  • Gain deeper self-understanding and clarity to facilitate growth
  • Develop new coping skills and strategies for managing life’s challenges
  • Process complex emotions in a judgement-free space
  • Make positive changes to become your best self and live meaningfully
  • Ketamine infusions provide rapid relief to fully engage in therapy
  • Gain access to underlying issues previously blocked by depression
  • Integrates seamlessly with your psychotherapy approach
  • Improve communication, intimacy, trust, and conflict resolution
  • Overcome challenges like infidelity, toxicity, or controlling behaviors
  • Find relief from frequent arguments and reconnect affectionately
  • Address differences on finances, child-rearing etc. preventing harmony
  • Adjust to major life transitions together through enhanced understanding
  • Enhance family relationships and open communication
  • Help children with anxiety, self-esteem, school, or behavior
  • Smoothly adjust to major changes like divorce or blending
  • Establish constructive parenting approaches for discord or acting out
  • Reduce conflicts and emotional harm to foster a nurturing home
  • Safely detox and manage withdrawal symptoms
  • Overcome substance abuse through insightful tools and support
  • Repair relationships damaged by addictive behaviors
  • Avoid legal issues and severe health declines
  • Receive ongoing support in reaching sobriety goals
  • Convenient virtual sessions via secure video chat
  • Flexible scheduling for those with busy or unpredictable lives
  • Consistent support from the comfort of your own space
  • Initial evaluation done in person for optimal treatment planning
  • Seamless continuity of care between office and online sessions
  • Accessible format for those unable to regularly come onsite

Specialized Clinical Therapies

Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

CBT helps identify and modify unhelpful thought and behavior patterns that reinforce negativity through skills like cognitive restructuring.

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)

DBT builds skills to better manage difficult emotions and distress by balancing acceptance and change through mindfulness techniques.

Psychodynamic Therapy

Psychodynamic therapy facilitates self-awareness and resolves unconscious conflicts by exploring the inner self and past experiences.

Mindfulness-Based Therapies

Mindfulness-based therapies reduce anxiety, depression, and stress by cultivating present moment awareness and greater self-compassion.

Interpersonal Therapy (IPT)

Interpersonal therapy examines relationships and social roles to strengthen support systems and improve communication and social functioning.

Internal Family Systems (IFS)

IFS heals trauma and resolves inner conflicts by unburdening and harmonizing the self and its subpersonalities.

Trauma-Focused

Trauma-focused therapy helps safely process and resolve traumatic memories using tailored modalities like EMDR, somatic therapy, and art therapy.

Person-Centered Therapy

Person-centered therapy creates a judgement-free space for self-exploration and actualization through empathic, unconditional positive regard.

Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)

SFBT enables positive change by building solutions and setting achievable goals oriented toward a preferred future.

Have any questions about talk therapy?

We realize getting started with talk therapy and counseling can be daunting. Call us at (720)222-0550 for a free 15-minute consultation and we’ll be happy to answer any questions you might have.

Our psychotherapy & counseling team

Clinical Psychotherapist, Licensed Addiction Counselor
Therapy For Adults, Couples, Families & Teens (ages 15+)
Clinical Psychotherapist
Therapy For Adults & Couples

Choosing The Right Therapy For You

With many types of therapeutic approaches available, it can be challenging to know which option is best suited for your needs. Our experienced providers are here to guide you in selecting the optimal form of psychotherapy for you.

During your initial consultation, we’ll have an open discussion to understand your mental health history, symptoms, struggles, strengths, goals, and values. This informs our therapeutic recommendations.

Key factors we consider include:

  • Your primary condition, issues, or diagnoses

  • Level of support needed and treatment intensity desired

  • Modalities you may respond to best based on past experience

  • Whether medication management should be integrated

  • Options that align with your goals, worldview, and personality

  • Practical considerations like time commitment and cost

Our aim is to match you with the therapy modalities and providers that feel like the perfect fit. We’ll explain how various options work so you can make an informed choice. You are in control of the therapies you engage in.

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If you’re struggling with depression, anxiety, trauma, relationship issues, or other challenges, psychotherapy may provide the breakthrough you need. Our compassionate therapists and counselors are here to guide you and help you achieve emotional relief, resilience, personal growth, and lasting change.

Experience Compassionate Psychotherapy in Denver, Englewood, and Centennial, Colorado Today

Whether you’re located in Denver, Englewood, Centennial or other surrounding Colorado communities, we’re here to support you.

Take the first step toward mental well-being and schedule a free consultation today or call us to learn more at (720)222-0550. We’d be happy to answer your questions and recommend therapy options tailored to meet your goals.

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