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Ben Morse
Counselor, LPCC, EMDR, NCC
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
I work with adults and adolescents, LGBTQ+ folks (including poly/ENM and kink/BDSM), people dealing with life transitions, interpersonal issues, existential questions, substance use issues, process addictions (gambling, electronics, etc.
As your counselor, I am your partner in self-understanding and change. My role is to support and guide you toward an understanding of who you are and who you want to be. We work together as you determine the changes you would like to make, and create plans for making those changes real. The end goal is a closer alignment of your self-understanding, your lived experience, and your ideal self.
I work with adults and adolescents, LGBTQ+ folks (including poly/ENM and kink/BDSM), people dealing with life transitions, interpersonal issues, existential questions, substance use issues, process addictions (gambling, electronics, etc.
As your counselor, I am your partner in self-understanding and change. My role is to support and guide you toward an understanding of who you are and who you want to be. We work together as you determine the changes you would like to make, and create plans for making those changes real. The end goal is a closer alignment of your self-understanding, your lived experience, and your ideal self.
(719) 215-9121 View (719) 215-9121
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Goodneighbor LLC
Licensed Professional Counselor, LPC, LAC, NCACII
Verified Verified
2 Endorsed
We, at Goodneighbor LLC, believe that all of us sometimes go through unusually stressful times and need timely, competent and accessible help. We provide exceptional trauma-informed psychotherapy and coaching, to include an brief and extremely effective proprietary program Accel Psy. Our outstanding licensed clinicians in both Colorado Springs and Canon City are here for you! We welcome individuals and families as clients, as well as new colleagues who support the highest standards of care and would like to specialize in trauma-focused family services.
We, at Goodneighbor LLC, believe that all of us sometimes go through unusually stressful times and need timely, competent and accessible help. We provide exceptional trauma-informed psychotherapy and coaching, to include an brief and extremely effective proprietary program Accel Psy. Our outstanding licensed clinicians in both Colorado Springs and Canon City are here for you! We welcome individuals and families as clients, as well as new colleagues who support the highest standards of care and would like to specialize in trauma-focused family services.
(719) 888-4097 View (719) 888-4097
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Janis Lyn Cross
Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate, LPCC
Verified Verified
If you are looking for a counselor who can provide understanding and support with empathy and kindness, this is my focus. I provide the tools for each individual’s unique needs to overcome anxiety, depression, grief, life transitions, relationship issues, and any other mental health concerns you might be dealing with today. I have personal experience and clinical expertise in supporting individuals navigating separation, divorce, blended families, parenting challenges, depression, addiction, and anxiety. My work is dedicated to validating each person’s experience and to help them achieve peace and serenity.
If you are looking for a counselor who can provide understanding and support with empathy and kindness, this is my focus. I provide the tools for each individual’s unique needs to overcome anxiety, depression, grief, life transitions, relationship issues, and any other mental health concerns you might be dealing with today. I have personal experience and clinical expertise in supporting individuals navigating separation, divorce, blended families, parenting challenges, depression, addiction, and anxiety. My work is dedicated to validating each person’s experience and to help them achieve peace and serenity.
(719) 294-2371 View (719) 294-2371
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Michael Barnard
Registered Psychotherapist
Verified Verified
Setbacks are not failures but questions asked of our own desire. Finding the way forward sometimes means exiting first through the back door of the symptom. You may yield to your symptom in order to suffer less (or more), or resist it the way you resist scratching that itch that won’t ever keep you from scratching it again, or you can anesthetize it or otherwise exist while it is simultaneously taking up space within you, speaking with your own body, killing your own time. But you can’t really live with your symptom, can you? In analysis the symptom becomes a most singular path to the peculiarity of your own unprecedented being.
Setbacks are not failures but questions asked of our own desire. Finding the way forward sometimes means exiting first through the back door of the symptom. You may yield to your symptom in order to suffer less (or more), or resist it the way you resist scratching that itch that won’t ever keep you from scratching it again, or you can anesthetize it or otherwise exist while it is simultaneously taking up space within you, speaking with your own body, killing your own time. But you can’t really live with your symptom, can you? In analysis the symptom becomes a most singular path to the peculiarity of your own unprecedented being.
(719) 245-2692 View (719) 245-2692
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Perseverance Health & Wellness,, PLLC
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
1 Endorsed
Colorado Springs, CO 80903  (Online Only)
I am a LCSW dedicated to helping teens and adults improve their overall wellness. My clients will address and reprocess past trauma in learning to regulate emotions and adjust limiting thoughts and beliefs. Working together, we will implement good social, emotional, and behavioral habits to help you reach personal wellbeing goals. Have you been feeling 'stuck' or have experienced any situation in which you cannot get passed? Has something happened to you that you don't feel comfortable talking with your loved ones about? Don't think that therapy is for you or want to talk to a stranger about your personal problems. Now is the time.
I am a LCSW dedicated to helping teens and adults improve their overall wellness. My clients will address and reprocess past trauma in learning to regulate emotions and adjust limiting thoughts and beliefs. Working together, we will implement good social, emotional, and behavioral habits to help you reach personal wellbeing goals. Have you been feeling 'stuck' or have experienced any situation in which you cannot get passed? Has something happened to you that you don't feel comfortable talking with your loved ones about? Don't think that therapy is for you or want to talk to a stranger about your personal problems. Now is the time.
(385) 304-4787 View (385) 304-4787
Barbara A. Batchelor, LCSW
Clinical Social Work/Therapist, MSW, LCSW
Verified Verified
(719) 285-4276 View (719) 285-4276
Substance Use Therapists

How do substance and drug recovery or rehabilitation programs work?

In inpatient programs, individuals live in a facility with other clients in recovery; in outpatient programs, individuals reside at home. These facilities are staffed with healthcare professionals including physicians, nurses, psychologists, counselors, and psychotherapists. Staff often also includes people who have recovered themselves, serving as mentors and guides. These programs may use abstinence, harm reduction, detoxification, psychotherapy, and other methods.

How do 12-step programs combined with psychotherapy work?

Members of 12-step programs help each other reach abstinence and work to maintain it. These programs promote complete change in the individual’s emotional, mental, physical, and even spiritual perspectives. Some programs require that new members attend 90 meetings in 90 days. Many people do attend these programs in conjunction with their work in psychotherapy; the combination of therapy along with 12-step can be extremely effective.

How does harm reduction combined with psychotherapy work?

According to the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, harm reduction prevents death, injury, disease, overdose, and substance misuse. People who choose harm reduction for substance use reduce the amount of drugs they consume. It is not abstinence-based like a 12-step program, but combining harm reduction with psychotherapy proves to be effective for many people.

Are there specific medications for substance and drug use?

There are medications approved to treat substance use disorder—such as buprenorphine, methadone, naltrexone, and acamprosate. These medications do help people cope with substance use as well as avoid the problem of relapse. Naltrexone can help reduce cravings, methadone is an opioid medication used to treat severe pain, and acamprosate may help ease symptoms like poor sleep and anxious feelings.