About

I am not going to nod at you for fifty minutes.

I am a licensed clinical psychologist in Denver, Colorado. I work with adults on trauma, anxiety, and burnout — the things that are hard to admit are still running the show.

Plenty of people arrive here having already tried therapy. Often it was fine. Often it was also vague: a warm hour that never quite got anywhere. I do a different kind of work. We will get specific about what is happening, use methods that have evidence behind them, and track whether things are actually changing.

That does not mean it is cold or clinical. It means the warmth has a spine. You should leave sessions with something — language, a skill, a shift — not just the sense that you talked.

Portrait of Dr. Simone Carter

How I work

What you can expect

Specific over soothing

Comfort matters, but it is not the product. We name the pattern, find the mechanism, and change something. Vagueness is the enemy of progress.

Evidence, applied to you

EMDR, CBT, ACT, and parts work are tools, not identities. I pick what fits the problem in front of us and tell you why I picked it.

You keep the wheel

You decide what we open and when. My job is to make sure you know what the options are and what each one is likely to cost and give you.

Honest progress checks

Every six to eight weeks we ask directly whether this is helping. If it is not, we change the plan — including referring you on to someone better suited.

The space

Where the work happens

A quiet suite downtown with good light, comfortable chairs, and a door that closes. Telehealth is available anywhere in Colorado.

A therapy office with a couch and armchair
A framed botanical print beside a potted plant
An open book and reading glasses on a desk

Training & background

The credentials

  • PsyD in Clinical Psychology — Placeholder University
  • Licensed Clinical Psychologist, State of Colorado
  • EMDRIA-certified in Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing
  • Advanced training in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy
  • Twelve years working with adults in hospital and private practice settings
  • Regular consultant to Denver-area organizations on burnout and workplace mental health

Outside the office I am usually on a trail somewhere west of the city, or losing patiently at chess to my nephew.

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