Choosing a teen therapist is the most important aspect to having a positive outcome in counseling.  Of the various
research done on success in psychotherapy, having a therapist with whom you feel comfortable is the most important factor. 
This comfort primarily relates to feeling understood.

The counselors Front Range Counseling Center (FRCC) provide the highest standards of professional service and
will remain professional, respectful, non-judgmental, active, positive, and empathetic.

The counselors of FRCC are committed to creating a comfortable and secure clinical environment,
so the client can proceed through his or her personal treatment plan with dignity, privacy, and confidence.

Please be aware that the counselors of FRCC are each independent mental health professionals, with their own private practices.
While FRCC has carefully selected each counselor, they are not employees of FRCC but rather are independent counseling businesses

 

Suzanee LewisKevin Leapley, MA, Licensed Professional Counselor, Certified Sex Addiction Therapist
Kevin Leapley is the Director of the Sex Addiction Recovery program at Front Range Counseling Center, an outpatient counseling service specifically for the treatment of men who suffer from the results of sexually addictive and compulsive behavior. Counseling is also available for wives, couples and partners.

Kevin Leapley received specialized training in treating sexual addiction from Dr. Patrick Carnes and Kevin is a Certified Sexual Addiction Therapist. But Kevin did not just go to college or a training program and read about recovery from sexual addiction. He personally lived “the life” and went through his own journey of recovery. Who is better able to help you than a counselor who knows what you are struggling with and also personally knows what it will take to heal?

 



Amber WongKen Curry, MA, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist
With open, warm and collaborative style Ken brings his life experience, educational knowledge, spiritual foundations and relational insights to your counseling experience. Make the personal investment to use your present, difficult experience as an opportunity for growth for a lifetime of healthy relationships. Ken’s main areas of focus include Couples, Men and Family.

Ken has earned an MA in Counseling from Colorado Christian University, a post-graduate training certificate in Marriage and Family Therapy from the Denver Family Institute and a BA in Pastoral Studies from CCU.  He is a certified Prepare/Enrich counselor.

Among other work experiences Ken has had in the past he has been an associate pastor in the Denver area for 11 years and a therapeutic foster father for 8 years.



Amber WongClaudette Siekmeier, MA, Licensed Professional Counselor
Claudette’s focus in counseling is to strengthen the family, which she believes is the cornerstone of our society.  The marriage relationship is the best place to begin building a strong culture, so Claudette works primarily with couples.  Her approach with couples is to help them to understand that conflicts are often driven by a negative cycle fueled by their emotions.  Her goal in counseling is that couples will learn to interact differently and understand their destructive emotional responses.

Claudette enjoys teaching and believes the counseling process involves learning new skills.  Her hope is that couples will focus on their relationship first and then learn to improve their home and family life.  To help with this process, Claudette offers workshops on several aspects of family life such as parenting, teen relationships, meal planning and nutrition. 

 




Amber WongLizzy Wagner, MA, Licensed Professional Counselor
Lizzy enjoys working with individuals and couples facing their own life's realities, changes, and challenges. She believes that the counseling relationship is uniquely safe and accepting, but that it also requires engagement, honesty, and hard work.  She asks her client(s) to be active participants, and to take responsibility as the expert on their own life.      

Lizzy's mission is to help women and couples, wives/partners, and families in healing from: sex and pornography addiction, childhood or adult trauma and abuse, love addiction, relationship issues, depression and other of life's difficult issues. Her goal is to provide a sense of hope and healing for all of the heavy heart issues in your life.

Lizzy has a Masters of Arts in Counseling from Denver Seminary and is certified in Prepare/Enrich marriage counseling and is a Nationally Certified Counselor.



Amber WongMichael Ballard, MA, Licensed Professional Counselor
Michael enjoys working with individuals, groups, and families to help build better relationships and work through issues of conflict and trust. Michael's philosophy of therapy is based on the belief that being disconnected from healthy, supportive relationships is the cause of almost all human problems. Michael encourages his clients to take charge of their lives by learning to understand their anger, forgive themselves and others, and make better choices.

Michael specializes in issues relating to anger, depression, forgiveness and reconciliation and has received focused and specialized training in these areas. He works with all populations, but has particular interest in adolescents, couples, and families. He completed two years of post-graduate training in Family Therapy through the Denver Family Institute, and has facilitated a number of parenting seminars and classes.

Michael is a Licensed Professional Counselor and has a Master’s Degree in Counseling from Denver Seminary and a Bachelor’s Degree from Georgetown University.



Amber WongAndrew Jerusik, MA, Licensed Professional Counselor
Andrew's counseling focus includes working with male adolescents struggling with sexual addiction, as well as helping parents work through difficult problems that often accompany a child's struggle with pornography or other sexual isses. Andrew is also available to help teens develop anger management skills that can lead to fulfilling relationships with other people.

Andrew is a licensed professional counselor in the state of Colorado. All too familiar with experiencing relational pain and brokenness, Andrew has also experienced profound freedom in his life and marriage after surviving the throws of foster care as an adolescent and subsequent healing as an adult. Andrew seeks to convey to and comfort those who feel there is no hope.

 



Amber WongRichard Carter, MA, Registered Psychotherapist
Richard brings giftedness and experience as well as scriptural and psychological insights to help individuals, couples, and families.  He has the experience to help with various forms of relational struggles and personal brokenness.  Richard believes that counseling is about hope and healing.  Therefore, the counseling relationship is about finding hope, pursuing healing, and moving toward wholeness.  Richard approaches counseling through relationship.

Richard’s area of focus in counseling is sexual addiction recovery.  Richard has both education and personal experience in overcoming sexual addiction.  From his own personal struggle, he extends the unconditional love and mercy God has shown him.  Richard’s greatest joy is to see men experience God's transforming power and healing grace!  His counseling style includes cognitive-behavioral approaches as well as other methods that strive to address the needs of the whole person; spiritual, natural, and emotional.



Staff 1Anne Gonsoulin, Licensed Professional Counselor, MFT, Certified Sex Therapist
Anne works with individuals and couples that struggle with sexual issues. When providing sexuality therapy, she uses one’s sexuality issues as a lens into broader relationship issues.  Her emphasis is on helping people develop the type of adult intimacy that brings self-respect and meaning to their lives, both physically and spiritually.  Anne also works with couples who have been in long term committed relationships and are struggling to keep the relationship together or trying to bring a spark back into their lives.  Anne's approach involves providing intense sessions of 2 + hours in length, with less frequent sessions needed for change and resolution to presenting issues.

Her therapy focuses on: Sexual Desire issues, Erectile dysfunctions, Orgasmic difficulties, Prostate cancer treatment and sexual difficulties, conflict relational issues, and sexual intimacy struggles. She has 16 years of experience providing both relationship and sexuality therapy.  Her training is in systemic therapy.




Staff 1Garry Nutter, MA, Licensed Professional Counselor
Garry’s counseling style has been described as “highly relational”, “comforting”, “safe”, “warm”, and even “pastoral”. What you will find in him is a very warm, caring person. He helps clients focus on how their emotions impact them, offers tools to deal with life, and helps them find meaning in their experiences. His style has been effective in dealing with sexual/internet addictions, behavioral addictions, anxiety, depression, anger management, adolescent and young adult issues, and couple’s therapy. Garry is a certified Prepare/Enrich counselor for pre-marital and marital counseling. As a former ordained minister, he brings special insight to the struggles unique to people in ministry.

Garry has a Masters degree with honors in counseling from Denver Seminary.

 




Staff 1Brooke Epperhart, MA, NCC, Registered Psychotherapist
Brooke received her Master's degree in Community Counseling from Regent University in Virginia Beach, VA. After graduating she accepted a residential counseling position with Mercy Ministries of America in Nashville, TN. Mercy Ministries works with young women ages 13-29 dealing with life controlling issues such as depression, self-mutilation, unplanned pregnancies, eating disorders, severe psychotic disorders, etc. During this time she learned a lot about the current issues plaguing our young people today.

Eventually she made her way back to Colorado continuing her work with children, teens and young adults. Other areas of interest and experience that Brooke offers are: vocational counseling, relationship coaching, singles issues, women's issues, grief and bereavement and child counseling.

In her free time, Brooke enjoys traveling (over 10 countries), producing, writing, reading, down time with friends, movies, working out, and learning anything new.



Staff 1Rachel Moses, MA, Licensed Professional Counselor
Rachel works with individuals and couples for marriage issues, conflict resolution, grief and loss, depression, domestic violence, other relational difficulties, trauma, and spiritual issues. She also works with children using play therapy, teens, and children with aspergers.

Rachel takes a holistic approach, believing that there are many factors that affect an individual’s well-being. She looks at the person’s past and present experiences and how this affects their emotional, cognitive, psychological, social, physical and spiritual well-being. Rachel’s compassionate heart and gentle spirit allows clients to feel encouraged and safe as they work through their struggles in therapy.

Rachel has her Masters Degree in Counseling Psychology from Colorado Christian University. Prior to studying in Colorado, she worked and lived in Munich, Germany, working with international middle school and high school students.



Staff 1Trisha Swinton, MA, Licensed Professional Counselor, LMFT
Trisha works as an eclectic therapist, using client centered therapy and a family systems approach. She joins the family working as a team player to provide a nonjudgmental empathetic approach to counseling. Her belief is that if one person in the system makes a positive change, the entire system will positively change as well.

In working with individuals, Trisha assists her clients to determine underlying fears, gaining insight into the cause of the fear and anxiety, and beginning the healing process. She treats victims who have been abused by empowering them and helping them find their inner strength to cope in a healthy way.

Trisha works with adults, adolescents, children and families. She also works with people who are suffering from depression, anxiety, relationship issues, eating disorders, and victims of abuse.

 



Staff 1Linnaya Widhalm, MA, CACIII
Linnaya Widhalm has earned a Master’s Degree from the University of Northern Colorado in Community Counseling with a focus on Marriage and family Therapy. She is a National Certified Counselor and holds a BA in Psychology from the University of Colorado. Linnaya is a Certified Addictions Counselor II and has five years experience working with families and individuals with chemical abuse and dependency issues.  

Linnaya has a warm demeanor and holds a positive perspective toward humanity. She believes in the innate human potential to move toward growth and change. Individual therapy is present centered and focuses on the client’s immediate experience.

Her counseling focus is substance abuse counseling, eating disorders, grief & loss, depression, life skills, codependency, and marital discord.



Staff 1Cathy Wilson, MA, Licensed Professional Counselor
Cathy’s approach to counseling is to create a safe and healing environment in which each person’s individuality is honored and valued.  She believes that each person holds the power to decide what is most important to achieve for herself or himself in counseling and that by providing a compassionate and honest environment, each client is best able to grow, recover, and bring about a sense of well-being.

She has worked with clients on many issues, including: depression, anxiety, life transitions, relationships, domestic violence, Caregiver concerns for those caring for aging relatives, Divorce, Trauma Recovery, Brain Injuries, Grief and Loss, Anger Control, Spirituality – all religions and beliefs. Cathy has a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from Regis University and works with clients to provide individual, couples, family, and group counseling.  She works with both adults and adolescents.

 

Staff 1Isaac Archeluta, MA, Registered Psychotherapist
Isaac graduated from a CACREP accredited program at Denver Seminary, earning a Masters degree in Community Counseling. Since Isaac has dealt with personal issues in a therapeutic setting, he knows the value of feeling safe, accepted, and understood within the counseling relationship. In addition, his personal experiences have been refined and conceptualized through his formal education, allowing Isaac the ability to offer efficient professional care to clients and family members who deal with the variety of issues life can produce.

Isaac works with a variety of issues including: Men's Issues, Sexual Addiction, Anger Management, Substance Abuse, Identity Confusion, Relationships, Single Life, Unwanted Behaviors, Gender Confusion, GLBTQ (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer), Parent's of Gay-identified Children, Same-Sex Attraction, Love Addiction, Codependency, Emotional Wounding, and Depression & Anxiety.

 

Staff 1Sarah Houy, MA, Registered Psychotherapist
Sarah’s counseling practice is dedicated to equipping clients to LIVE EMPOWERED LIVES.  Sarah’s creates an environment of HOPE through her compassionate, encouraging, knowledgeable and optimistic outlook.  Her goal is to collaborate with you to empower you to create the life of HEALTH, WHOLENESS and FREEDOM you desire.  She works with teenagers through late adulthood and offers individual, couple, group and family counseling.

To Sarah, collaboration is paramount.  There is no one in the world that knows you like you!  During the initial phases of treatment Sarah will work with you to develop a customized treatment plan suited to your goals and desired outcomes.  Sarah utilizes a wide variety of techniques and theoretical approaches that are combined to formulate a personalized approach to your treatment. 

 

 


 

If you are interesting in seeking counseling in Denver Southeast (Hampden/Tamarc), call the main phone number at 303-933-5800
or fill out the contact form to make arrangements for an appointment.

We want to help you begin your journey of recovery today!