Counseling for Shame & Identity Exploration | Online & in Boulder, CO
Discover and embody your most authentic self.
You may have arrived here if you…
Feel disoriented in understanding what you value and who the most authentic you is
Have experienced rejection because of your race, gender, or sexual orientation and are exploring what living fully as your authentic self looks like
Feel like you don’t fit in any of society’s “pre-established boxes” and are curious to explore your unique self
Have experienced a divorce, abusive and/or narcissistic relationship, or recent life transition and do not know who you are anymore.
However you arrived here, I am so glad you are here. Read on to see if my therapy services may help you on this journey of identity exploration.
You may feel disoriented in knowing who the true you is.
You may feel bombarded with society’s messages or the expectations from your community to be or look a certain way, but deep down something doesn’t feel right when you try to conform to their “boxes.”
Or, you may feel as if you have conflicting identities and don’t know how to make sense of these. Perhaps you feel a sense of shame for being a certain way.
Maybe you feel lonely, misunderstood, and as if there is no place for you to belong. You feel like you need to hide the true you in order to be embraced and loved.
You may have just left a narcissistic or abusive relationship, where you had to conform to the other person’s requests in order to feel safe. All along, that relationship was slowly chipping away at your authentic self. Now, you don’t know who you are without that person and desperately want to rebuild your sense of self.
If this is you: you need a space of belonging that affirms and embraces all aspects of who you are and helps you feel safe and grounded as you discover your core, authentic self.
Take your first step towards feeling whole again.
All of you is welcome here.
I support you in exploring the parts of your identity that may be too scary to explore alone. I create a safe space for you to release your shame, embrace all parts of you, and celebrate the ways your authentic self is a gift to the world.
In our sessions together, you will receive support in releasing the shaming, painful messages in your life that have caused you to hide or disown parts of you. Together, we will sit in the tension and reconcile all parts of you so that you can embody your authentic self with joy and compassion.
A note about belonging and identity
Core to my beliefs as a therapist is that every person—regardless of gender, race, sexual orientation, body size, and spirituality—deserves a safe space to embody their true selves and thrive. We are made for relationship, and belonging—the ability to be seen and received by a compassionate and kind community—is an essential part of us thriving as human beings.
As a therapist, I am passionate about creating a more just world and that begins with creating a safer world, where people feel safe in their bodies and communities. My hope is that in responding compassionately to our own bodies and the shame we experience, we can show up in the world in a way that fosters safe spaces within our relationships and communities.
“Upon meeting Christie, I felt immediately comfortable, and appreciated her approach, as well as her empathy towards what I was facing. Christie provided tools for me to apply to my daily routines that were realistic for me to carry on, and have helped tremendously. To find someone to trust with my authenticity can be a challenge, and I cannot say enough great things about the level of professionalism, and kindness that I received in her care.”
—Client
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