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Rita Newell , LPC

Stress, Anxiety LGBTQ+ Trauma, Abuse Intimacy Depression
Video Phone Live Chat Messaging

About me

I know first steps can be difficult. Whatever you are dealing with at work, school, relationships, emotional pain, or past traumas, therapy can help. Change and growth are possible, and you don't have to do it alone.
You are the expert of your story. I take a collaborative approach to therapy to help clients increase insight, self-awareness, and coping strategies in their journeys to healing.
I have more than 20 years of clinical experience in community integrated health, private practice, and residential/correctional settings. I have extensive experience treating anxiety, depression, and trauma, as well as working with all genders, LGBTQI+ individuals, and adolescents through geriatric consumers. I also specialize in sexual health issues (sex therapy and education).

Professional experience

16yrs in practice
Stress, Anxiety LGBTQ+ Trauma, Abuse Intimacy Depression

Additional areas of focus: Addictions, Relationship issues, Family conflicts, Bipolar disorder, Coping with life changes, Compassion fatigue, Abandonment, Attachment issues, BDSM, Kink, Alternative Sex Culture, Chronic pain illness and disability, Co-morbidity, Codependency, Commitment Issues, Communication problems, Control issues, Dissociation, Divorce and separation, Drug and Alcohol Addiction, Emptiness, Family of Origin Issues, Family Problems, Forgiveness, Gender Dysphoria, Guilt and shame, Impulsivity, Infidelity, Mood disorders , Obsessions, Compulsions, and OCD, Panic disorder and panic attacks, Phobias, Polyamory / Nonmonogamous Relationships, Post-traumatic stress, Process addiction (porn, exercise, gambling), Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), Self-Harm, Self-love, Sex Addiction, Sexual Assault and Abuse, Sexual Dysfunction, Sexuality, Social anxiety and phobia, Women's issues

Clinical approaches: Attachment-Based Therapy, Client-Centered Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT), Emotionally-Focused Therapy (EFT), Existential Therapy, Mindfulness Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Narrative Therapy, Psychodynamic Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Trauma-Focused Therapy

Services offered

Video
Phone
Live Chat
Messaging

License information

CO LPC LPC0016215