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Courtney Kirschten

LPC, NCC

Surviving to Thriving Services PLLC

Accepting new clients

Licensed states

Colorado

At a glance

Services Provided

Couples Therapy
Family Therapy
Individual Therapy

Ages Served

Adults (18+)
Older Adults (65+)
Young Adults (18-25)

Languages Spoken

English

Faith Communities Served

Christian

Fees & insurance

Session Fees

$200

About this provider

Clients I Work With

I work with adults navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, burnout, relationship challenges, people-pleasing, emotional overwhelm, and low self-esteem. Many of my clients are highly sensitive, self-aware, and deeply caring people who feel exhausted from carrying so much for others. Together, we focus on building confidence, emotional resilience, healthier boundaries, self-understanding, and lasting change in both internal experiences and daily life.

Approach

As a Clinical Mental Health Therapist, I provide a compassionate, collaborative, and empowering approach to therapy. I integrate evidence-based practices with genuine human connection to help clients better understand themselves, process difficult experiences, and create meaningful change. My work often focuses on anxiety, depression, trauma, attachment wounds, self-esteem, emotional regulation, relationship patterns, burnout, and life transitions. I strive to create a therapy environment that feels supportive, authentic, and emotionally safe while also encouraging accountability, growth, and deeper self-awareness. Rather than simply helping clients “cope,” I believe therapy can help people reconnect with their identity, needs, confidence, values, and sense of purpose. My style is warm, engaged, nonjudgmental, and grounded in helping clients feel both understood and empowered.

Beliefs & Lived Experience

I believe therapy works best when clients feel genuinely seen, respected, and emotionally safe. Healing is not about “fixing” who you are — it is about understanding yourself more deeply, developing healthier patterns, and creating a life that feels more aligned and fulfilling. I believe many people have learned to survive by disconnecting from their own needs, emotions, boundaries, or sense of self, especially after difficult relationships or painful life experiences. My goal is to help clients build insight, emotional resilience, self-trust, and autonomy while creating tangible change in their lives and relationships. I value authenticity, compassion, curiosity, empowerment, and collaboration in the therapy process. I also believe growth can be challenging while still being hopeful, meaningful, and deeply transformative.

More About My Practice

I offer virtual telehealth therapy in Colorado. I accept many insurances and can provide superbills for reimbursement for those out of network!

Specialties & approaches

Specialties

AnxietyBehavioral IssuesBody DysmorphiaCodependencyDepressionDivorceDomestic AbuseEating DisordersExecutive CoachingFaith-Based CareGender IdentityMen’s Mental HealthOlder Adults & AgingReligious Trauma & Spiritual AbuseSelf EsteemSelf-HarmingSexual AbuseSpiritual AbuseSpiritualityTrauma & PTSDWeight LossWomen’s Mental Health

Therapy approaches

Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)AdlerianApplied Behavioral Analysis (ABA)Behavioral Activation (BA)BiofeedbackBrief Strategic Family Therapy (BSFT)Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)Compassion Focused TherapyCulturally Responsive TherapyDialectical Behavior (DBT)Discernment CounselingDreamworkEmotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)Energy PsychologyExistential TherapyExposure TherapyFamily Systems TherapyGottman MethodInternal Family Systems (IFS)Metacognitive TherapyMindful Self CompassionMindfulnessMindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)Motivational InterviewingNarrative TherapyNeurofeedbackParts WorkPerson-Centered TherapyPositive PsychologySolution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)Somatic ExperiencingSomatic TherapyWalk and Talk Therapy

Specialized Experience

First Responders & Medical ProfessionalsLaw EnforcementLGBTQ+ AffirmingSex-positive / kink friendlyVeterans / Military Service

Fees & insurance

Session Fees

$200

Payment Accepted

Credit
Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
Health Savings Account (HSA)
Out of Network (Superbills Provided)
Private Pay (Superbills Not Provided)
Sliding Scale

Insurance Accepted

AetnaAnthemCarelon Behavioral HealthCignaElevance Health / Anthem BCBS plansOptum

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