Cait Ward
LCSW
she/her
Concussed. Counseling
Accepting new clients
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Licensed states
ColoradoConnecticut
At a glance
Services Provided
Individual Therapy
Ages Served
Adults (18+)
Older Adults (65+)
Teens (13-17)
Young Adults (18-25)
Older Adults (65+)
Teens (13-17)
Young Adults (18-25)
Languages Spoken
English
About this provider
Clients I Work With
You may have been told your scans look fine, but you know something is wrong. Maybe a concussion or brain injury turned your life upside down, and you're still waiting to feel like yourself again. Maybe chronic illness has quietly rewritten who you are, and grief has settled in around the edges of a life that looks nothing like you planned. You might be carrying medical trauma no one around you fully understands, or wrestling with an identity that shifted overnight. Perhaps you're navigating the exhausting invisibility of a condition others can't see, fielding doubt from doctors, loved ones, or even yourself. If any of this sounds familiar, you're in the right place.
I work with people living with post-concussion syndrome, traumatic brain injury, chronic illness, and complex trauma. I understand, clinically and personally, how isolating and disorienting this road can be.
Approach
Recovery from brain injury and chronic illness isn't linear, and therapy shouldn't pretend otherwise. Some days you'll have the bandwidth for deep work. Other days, we'll meet you exactly where you are. I work from a trauma-informed, nervous-system-aware lens, which means we move at a pace that feels safe for your brain and body. Sessions are collaborative and unhurried. There's no pressure to perform wellness or push through when your system is overwhelmed. We go slow on purpose. Together, we might explore how your injury has shaped your sense of self, process grief and loss, or untangle the medical experiences that left a mark. I draw from EMDR, somatic awareness, and narrative approaches, weaving in whatever best fits what you're bringing that day. More than anything, I want sessions to feel like a place where your experience is taken seriously, where the invisible is made visible.
Beliefs & Lived Experience
I started this practice because I couldn't find what my clients needed, because I had needed it myself. As a brain injury survivor, I know firsthand how disorienting it is to lose the version of yourself you thought you knew. That experience shapes everything about how I show up. As a woman, a former athlete, and someone who has navigated the medical system as a patient, I understand the particular exhaustion of fighting to be believed. Of being handed a clean test result when you still can't function. Of shrinking yourself to fit a system that wasn't built for you. I believe you are the expert on your own experience. My job isn't to diagnose what's wrong with you, it's to walk alongside you as you make sense of something genuinely hard. That means radical validation over reframing, and curiosity over assumption. You don't have to earn your struggle here. You just have to show up.
Specialties & approaches
Specialties
ADHDAnger ManagementAnxietyChronic Pain and IllnessDepressionDisabilityEducational and Learning DisabilitiesGriefPerfectionismTrauma & PTSDTraumatic Brain Injury (TBI)Women’s Mental Health
Therapy approaches
Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)Ecotherapy & Nature TherapyEMDRExpressive Arts TherapyFlash TechniqueIntegrative TherapyMindfulnessNarrative TherapyWalk and Talk Therapy
Specialized Experience
Athletes / Professional SportsBody-positive / Health at Every SizeNeurodiversity-affirming
Fees & insurance
Session Fees
$165
Payment Accepted
Health Savings Account (HSA)
Out of Network (Superbills Provided)
Sliding Scale