Meet Our Staff Clinicians

Finding the right therapist is an important part of the counseling experience. MDCC’s staff clinicians bring a range of backgrounds, specialties, therapeutic approaches, and lived experiences to their work, helping us provide thoughtful, individualized care to the people and communities we serve.F

Finding the Right Fit

Explore our staff clinicians below to learn more about their areas of focus and approaches to therapy. If there is someone you’re particularly interested in working with, you can share that preference when connecting with our Access Team.

Clinician availability varies, and placement with a specific clinician cannot be guaranteed. All new clients begin through MDCC’s regular intake process so our team can learn about your needs, preferences, insurance or payment options, and available care. Our Access Coordinators will do their best to identify an appropriate match based on your preferences and current clinician availability. Our Access Team can assist clients in English or Spanish!

Caleb
MA, LPCC, NCC

Areas of Focus: Life Transitions • Relationships • Self-Understanding • Life Adversity
Approach: Psychodynamic • Attachment-Based • Narrative Therapy • Cognitive Behavioral Approaches

Bio: Sometimes, we can feel stuck in ways that no longer work, disconnected from ourselves and others, or as if there is more to life than what we are experiencing now. Despite what you’ve lived through, I believe each person has the capacity to heal from their suffering.

My favorite part of therapy is helping people grow through difficult life events toward greater compassion and understanding of themselves as they create authentic connections with others.

Through a compassionate and relational approach, I use curiosity to help you understand the unique and integral parts of your true self while providing insight and tools that can help create meaningful relationships and overcome life adversity. Therapy with me consists of an integrative approach drawing from psychodynamic, attachment, and narrative therapies, with principles and skills from cognitive behavioral approaches applied throughout.

Outside the therapy room, you can often catch me on a local ski hill, spending time with friends, or enjoying Colorado’s mountains.

Carolina
MA, LPC (English & Spanish)

Areas of Focus: Trauma · Identity · Personal Growth · Life Experiences
Approach: Trauma-Informed · Culturally Responsive · Client-Centered

Bio: I am a licensed professional counselor with experience working with diverse populations across a range of clinical settings. I am bilingual in English and Spanish, and I strive to create a welcoming, inclusive space where clients feel seen, heard, and understood.

My work is grounded in a trauma-informed approach, supporting clients as they navigate their healing journey with compassion, curiosity, and care. I value building strong therapeutic relationships and helping individuals reconnect with their strengths, develop insight, and move toward meaningful and lasting change.

I approach therapy with cultural humility and an awareness of how life experiences, identity, and systemic factors shape each person’s story. I am passionate about providing thoughtful, client-centered care and collaborating with others to enhance both personal growth and overall well-being.

Jillene
Pre-licensed Clinician

Pre-Licensed Therapist

Areas of Focus: ADHD • Depression • Anxiety • Traumatic Stress • Family Dynamics
Approach: MBCT • ACT • Relational-Cultural Therapy • Trauma-Informed Care

Bio: I work with individuals navigating a range of challenges related to ADHD, depression, anxiety, and traumatic stress responses. If you find yourself feeling lost, alone, overwhelmed, or misunderstood in your environment, my goal is to provide a space where you can find some respite for the long road, room to process, and insight to help you get unstuck.

My approach is trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and person-centered. In this therapeutic space, we will honor your humanness—including your values, strengths, and wounds—to help you move toward a life that is meaningful and fulfilling to you.

Collaboration is a big part of my work. I integrate elements of evidence-based practices such as Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Relational-Cultural Therapy (RCT).

Lara
LCSW (English & Spanish)

Populations: Adults • Children
Areas of Focus: Trauma • Intimate Partner Violence • Substance Use
Approach: EMDR • Sensorimotor Psychotherapy • Holistic & Integrative

Bio: I know all too well how difficult it can feel to find the right therapist, especially when experiencing financial limitations. After my own trials and tribulations, I am now able to give back to Denver communities.

As a Latina clinical social worker with a background in philosophy and psychology and extensive knowledge of systems theory, I am firmly rooted in values such as competence, integrity, and honoring the dignity and worth of the clients I get to serve. I believe it is imperative to work with clients through a holistic and integrative lens.

I work primarily with trauma modalities, including Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) and sensorimotor psychotherapy. I offer these services in Spanish as well. I have had the honor of working with individuals experiencing recent or current intimate partner violence, children experiencing trauma, and individuals experiencing substance use concerns.

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Paul
LPC, LAC, NCC

Areas of Focus: Substance Use • Trauma • Adoption
Approach: EMDR

Bio: I enjoy working with people from many different walks of life. My own experiences with individual therapy growing up helped shape my interest in this work and the way I connect with clients.

I specialize in substance use, EMDR, and working with adoptees.

Yvette

PhD

Populations: Adults • Young Children • Families
Areas of Focus: Family Dynamics • Thoughts & Beliefs • Culture & Identity
Approach: Cognitive Behavioral Therapy • Family Systems • Multicultural Therapy

Bio: I take an integrative approach to therapy, drawing from cognitive behavioral therapy to explore how thoughts and beliefs can contribute to distress, as well as family systems approaches that focus on family relationships and dynamics.

My work is also grounded in multicultural theory, recognizing the important role culture can play in shaping our behaviors, emotions, values, and experiences.

I enjoy working with a variety of clients, including adults, young children, and families.

Ready to Start Therapy at MDCC?

Whether you have a specific clinician in mind or aren’t sure who might be the right match, our Access Team can help you take the next step.

or call 303-867-4600