Deb Berghuis, PhD, LPC, LPCC

Serving Telehealth Clients in Colorado and Ohio, I am a trauma-informed, gender-affirming therapist working with people from a wide variety of backgrounds including childhood sexual abuse, divorce, and other delicate places where life and beliefs collide. My integrative approach to therapy promotes healing, wholeness, and lasting change. I practice primarily from a psychodynamic perspective, which means that we will focus on your present concerns while seeking to understand the importance of the past. My areas of expertise include life transition, grief/loss, sexuality, gender identity, faith, and spirituality. I meet people where they are, quickly setting them at ease and gradually helping them feel safe enough to risk self-exploration. I see myself as coming alongside clients to help them travel underneath surface issues and get at the deeper root causes. People working in the helping professions are at great risk for compassion fatigue, burnout, vicarious trauma, and spiritual despa