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Courtney Kirschten

Surviving to Thriving Services PLLC

LPC, NCC

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!

Ages Served

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

Services Provided

Couples Therapy
Family Therapy
Individual Therapy

Languages Spoken

English

Faith Communities Served

Christian

Specializations

Modalities

Acceptance and Commitment (ACT)
Adlerian
Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA)
Behavioral Activation (BA)
Biofeedback
Brief Strategic Family Therapy (BSFT)
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Compassion Focused
Culturally Responsive Therapy
Dialectical Behavior (DBT)
Discernment Counseling
Dreamwork
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT)
Energy Psychology
Existential Therapy
Exposure Therapy
Family Systems Therapy
Gottman Method
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Metacognitive Therapy
Mindful Self Compassion
Mindfulness
Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT)
Motivational Interviewing
Narrative Therapy
Neurofeedback
Person-Centered Therapy
Positive Psychology
Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
Somatic Experiencing
Somatic Therapy
Walk and Talk Therapy

Specialties

Anxiety
Behavioral Issues
Body Dysmorphia
Codependency
Depression
Divorce
Domestic Abuse
Eating Disorders
Executive Coaching
Faith-based
First Responders and Medical Professionals
Gender Identity
Law Enforcement
LGBTQ+
Men's Issues
Older adult counseling
Parts Work
Religious Trauma
Self Esteem
Self-Harming
Sex-Positive, Kink Allied
Sexual Abuse
Spiritual abuse
Spirituality
Trauma and PTSD
Veterans/Military
Weight Loss
Women's Issues

Insurance and Payment

Payment Accepted

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

Session Fees

-$200

Insurance Accepted

Aetna
Anthem
Carelon Behavioral Health
Cigna
Elevance Health / Anthem BCBS plans
Optum

State Licensed In

Colorado