Meet the Team
We believe that a strong therapeutic relationship matters.
We are a somatic and trauma-informed team of therapists who are passionate about helping clients reconnect with their bodies and come home to themselves.
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The
Difference
Together, we will listen closely to your body’s cues for direction. In both our clinical practice and personal lives, we align with the Eastern philosophy that our bodies are our greatest source of wisdom. We bring a diverse and unique approach to trauma-focused therapy, combining academic and evidence-based principles with creativity, neuroscience, play, and movement.
Trained, in large part, by life experience, we are here to tell you that healing is possible. We specialize in EMDR and somatic psychotherapy, ketamine therapy, and contemplative wisdom traditions for a holistic and integrated approach. We love to work directly with the emotional and somatic channels, inviting clients into deeper presence of their embodied experience.
Our Philosophy
Who We Are
Beliefs
We believe in the Buddhist concept of “Brilliant Sanity,” which says that within every human, regardless of what they have been through in life, there exists goodness and well-being that is everyone’s birthright. We believe that therapy is meant to uncover this brilliance; it’s a homecoming to what’s already whole.
How We Work
Approach
With decades of experience combined, our team offers a holistic and non-traditional approach to trauma therapy. While we believe there’s a time and place for talking, we lean heavily on a “bottom-up” therapeutic approach that uses body-centered and mindfulness-based trauma therapy techniques meant to work directly with the nervous system.
What We Do
Methods
Our skilled therapists are trained in EMDR, mindfulness, psychedelic, and somatic therapies. We lean heavily on evidence-based modalities in our sessions, such as EMDR, somatic therapy, ketamine therapy, and mindfulness-based techniques, which are all backed by the latest research on the brain and nervous system.
Meet the Team
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Therapist
Tali Wertheimer, MA, LPCC
I am a holistic counselor specializing in somatic psychotherapy and mindfulness-based approaches to mental health and personal growth. I am here to create a judgment-free space for you to slow down and attune to the messages from your body, heart, and soul so that you can cultivate deeper self-knowledge, self-acceptance, and self-efficacy.
As a trauma-informed therapist with a systems lens, my practice is founded in the Five C’s: compassion, curiosity, collaboration, consent, and cultural humility. It is my greatest honor to help people embrace their authentic self, balance their needs for autonomy and connection, find joy in simple moments, and expand their capacity for pleasure.
*Tali offers individual somatic and EMDR therapy, couples therapy, and ketamine therapy.
Rates:
$150/50-min individual session
$180/60-min individual intake session
$225/75-minute couples session
$270/90-minute couples intake session
$450/3-hour ketamine session
In-Person Address:
2828 N. Speer Blvd., Suite 200
Denver, CO 80211
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Education
• BA in Art History, New York University, New York, NY
• MA in Mindfulness-Based Transpersonal Counseling, Naropa University, Boulder, CO
Training
• Core Energetics Somatic Psychotherapy certified
• Embody Lab’s Somatic Psychedelic Facilitator trained
• PRATI Ketamine-Assisted Therapy trained
• EMDR trained
• IFS Level I trained
• 5Rhythms Movement trained
• Psychedelic Harm Reduction trained
• Psychedelic Integration trained
• 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training certified
• 100 Hour Sound Healing trained
Licenses
• Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate, Colorado (LPCC)
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Therapist
Trayci Prince, DBH, LPC, NCC
I developed an intuitive ability and passion for helping vulnerable populations when I was young.
My life journey has been one of deep empathic understanding and love for everything that makes each of us different. When I work with clients, I celebrate their uniqueness and love to support them in achieving a life that feels most aligned. You might say that I’m a “career-whisperer”; one of my unique therapeutic gifts is supporting clients to cultivate fulfilling careers.
With doctorate training in integrative healthcare from the Andrew Weil Center for Integrative Medicine and the University of Arizona, I have extensive experience working with co-morbid medical and psychological health challenges. I am passionate about working with marginalized communities and bring a trauma-informed approach to my work with LGBTQ+ youth, adults, and families, as well as the HIV+ community. I have always felt an affinity and camaraderie with those on the fringes.
Trained in EMDR, I bring a trauma-focused approach to all of my therapeutic work and have 18+ years of experience working with complex trauma and PTSD. As a mind-body therapist and former Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) co-facilitator at the University of Arizona’s Integrative Health Center, I believe in the benefits of working directly with the body for deeper trauma integration and well-being.
*Trayci offers individual somatic and EMDR therapy.
Rates:
$185/50-min individual session
$200/60-min individual intake session
In-Person Address:
50 S. Steele Street, Suite 950
Denver, CO 80209
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Education
• BA in Family Dynamics, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
• MA in Community Counseling, Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
• DBH in Integrative Health, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Training
• EMDR trained, working towards certification
• Certified Integrative Mental Health Professional (CIMHP), working towards certification
• Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) facilitator
Licenses
• Doctor of Behavioral Health (DBH)
• Licensed Professional Counselor, Colorado (LPC)
• National Certified Counselor (NCC)
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Founder & Director
Kirsten Hartz, MA, LPC, LAC
I see myself as a companion and guide for highly sensitive, empathic individuals seeking a path to recovery from trauma.
If you’re the kind of person who feels big emotions (like tearing up at a beautiful sunset), tends to everyone else’s needs but your own, and struggles with self-care and boundaries, I’m here for you. I love to help my highly sensitive clients build healthier relationships with clear boundaries, swap out negative self-talk, find new ways of relating to their anxiety and depression, and come home to their bodies.
As a survivor of profound loss, I understand what it’s like to take a healing journey. I humbly see myself as a fellow traveler on the path, always growing, learning, and evolving. Both in my own life and those of my clients, I have witnessed and believe in the healing power of embodiment to recover from deep pain. In my work, there is always space for vulnerable moments, profound realizations, uninhibited emotions, and very often, deep belly laughs.
*Kirsten offers individual somatic and EMDR therapy, ketamine therapy, and ketamine therapy groups.
Rates:
$200/50-min individual session
$225/60-min individual intake session
$625/3-hour ketamine session
In-Person Address:
2949 Federal Blvd., Suite 229
Denver, CO 80211
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Education
• BA in English Literature and Art History, New York University, New York, NY
• MA in Contemplative Psychotherapy and Buddhist Psychology, Naropa, Boulder, CO
Training
• EMDR certified
• PRATI Ketamine-Assisted Therapy trained
• The Hakomi Method trained
• DBT certified
• Embody Lab's Integrative Somatic Trauma Therapy certified
• Embody Lab’s Somatic Psychedelic Facilitator trained
• 200 Hour Yoga Teacher Training certified
• CPR/AED/Adult First Aid certified
Licenses
• Licensed Professional Counselor, Colorado, Texas & Washington State (LPC/LMHC)
• Licensed Addiction Counselor (LAC)
Couples Therapy
In the safe, nonjudgmental space of couples counseling, you will experience the transformative support of a third-party professional who will help you articulate your inner experience to your partner in a healthy, constructive way. We want to show you how to avoid cycling through the same conflict repeatedly by providing you with customized tools and psychoeducation on self-soothing, co-regulation, and communication so that you can move through the “stuck” areas of your relationship.
Ketamine
Therapy
Ketamine therapy has become increasingly popular in the mental health world because of its efficacy in treating depression and other trauma symptoms. Ketamine creates neuroplasticity in the brain so that new connections can form, which leads to cognitive and behavioral change. We combine ketamine therapy with other trauma-focused modalities for a holistic approach.
Trauma Therapy
Our team uses EMDR, an evidence-based modality, along with somatic therapies to treat complex trauma and PTSD. EMDR has been shown to decrease trauma symptoms and desensitize trauma-related triggers in individuals. We combine EMDR with somatic therapies and mindfulness-based techniques for an effective “bottom-up” approach that regulates and nourishes the nervous system. A regulated nervous system is the foundation for mental well-being.
