Our trauma-sensitive team
Stacy Sheridan, LPC (she/her)
Stacy and Jenn started Connections Counseling in 2011. Stacy specializes in unresolved trauma in adults and adolescents. She has over 15 years experience in the mental health field and uses unique body centered talk modalities, present moment experiencing and breath work to guide her clients through the healing process. She is trained in EMDR & Certified in Sensorimotor Psychotherapy and incorporates both into her practice to treat PTSD and other childhood wounds. Stacy also provides supervision for future LPC's looking to work with trauma. www.sscounseling.com
Jennifer D Weiler, LPC (she/her)
As co-owner of Connections Counseling, Jenn is our relationship, attachment and neuroscience specialist. Jenn is an expert in the healing of trauma. She is passionate about helping couples understand underlying emotional needs that contribute to conflict and unhappiness. Jenn is trained in EMDR and somatic experiencing, but most of all understands that creating a safe relationship that is authentic is the most important aspect of healing from past wounds. Jenn has 25 years of experience in the mental health field. www.expressionscounseling.com
Bridget Blasius, LPC (they/them)
Bridget Blasius joined Connections Counseling in 2020. They specialize in working with individuals who have experienced early developmental trauma and attachment wounds. They also have an extensive background in working with survivors of sexual abuse and assault. Bridget especially enjoys working with the LGBTQIA community, and brings an awareness of the impact of oppression and marginalization on mental health. As a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, Bridget believes wholeheartedly in the body's wisdom, resilience and capacity to heal. They also incorporate art therapy, Gestalt and trauma-informed therapeutic touch. You may contact Bridget at Bridget@blasiuscounseling.com or 303-995-8512. Bridget accepts Medicaid, Cigna and United insurance.
Joe Boyle, LPC (he/him)
Joe joined Connections Counseling in 2020 and has spent the last two years of his career working in community mental health primarily serving individuals experiencing homelessness, the LGBTQ community, and individuals with felony backgrounds. As a gay man himself, Joe holds a special place in his heart for the LGBTQ community and strives to help his community find meaning, healing, and most of all, connection with themselves and those around them. He believes that as human beings we are constantly seeking connection, belonging and meaning, and in the absence of these we suffer. Joe is trained in art therapy, DBT, and somatic therapy. Joe enjoys working with all individuals, ages 11 and older, because he knows trauma does not discriminate based upon gender, sexuality, or status. Contact Joe at 720-779-2922 or jboylecounseling@gmail.com.
Grace J. Wojdak, MS, LPCC (she/her)
Grace joined Connections Counseling in 2021. She draws on over a decade of experience working in the healthcare field, most recently in Hospice care, and enjoys working with adults of all ages but especially older adults. Grace provides individual counseling as well as couples counseling services to adults. She accompanies her clients on their unique journeys through grief and loss, life stage transitions, (pre-) marital issues, depression, anxiety, OCD, interpersonal struggles, and trauma recovery. Grace invites an awareness of mind, heart, and body throughout the healing process and is informed by Gestalt Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and the Gottman Method of Couples Therapy. She offers a warm, welcoming, and supportive space for clients to discover the wisdom held deep within them. While Grace does not accept insurance plans at this time, she is passionate about making therapy accessible to those who need it and has sliding scale rates available on a first-come, first-served basis. You can contact Grace directly at 720-722-5278 or Grace.Connections.Counseling1@Gmail.com
Cass Smith, Licensed Massage Therapist (she/her)
Cass graduated from the Colorado School of Healing Arts in 2010. Cass has certificates in Aromatherapy, Hydrostone, Raindrop and Reiki, Cass practices Trauma Touch and Healing Touch Therapies. Cass is passionate about what she does and caters her massage style to the client needs. She enjoys helping clients feel healthier, relaxed and finding the connection between body, mind and spirit. Our bodies carry so much of our emotions, and the trauma is stored in our tissues. It is important to detox our bodies and purge the toxins through massage. You can reach Cass via text or call 303-810-3717 or cass.smithco@gmail.com. She offers massage therapy sessions Monday through Thursday between the hours of 8am and 2pm.
Bridget Abare, LCSW, BCN Neurotherapist (she/her)
Bridget joined Connections Counseling in 2021. Bridget has been providing Neurofeedback therapy for over 12 years. She provides qEEG guided Neurofeedback to children and adults struggling with ADHD, Depression, Anxiety, behavioral issues and learning disabilities. Bridget is board certified in Neurofeedback and is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker. She accepts Medicaid and self-pay. She can be reached at bridget@wavenf.com or 303-949-6379. Please feel free to visit her website for more information, waveneurofeedback.com
Kennedi Browne, MA, LPCC (she/her)
Kennedi joined Connections Counseling in 2021 while completing her masters in Mindfulness-Based Transpersonal Counseling at Naropa University. Kennedi believes that within each of us lies an innate healing capacity, simply waiting to be unearthed. She is passionate about supporting individuals with complex and developmental trauma, grief, anxiety, attachment wounding and other difficulties as they explore and deepen their connection to self, others, and the world around them. Kennedi brings gentleness, creativity and humor in her body-based approach, which is rooted in gestalt, transpersonal and parts work therapeutic lenses. She often finds tools such as music and art helpful in cultivating clients’ awareness and healing. Kennedi does not accept insurance but does offer sliding scale rates on a first come first served basis. You can contact her directly at https://kbcounseling.clientsecure.me
Maddie Lewis, MA in Progress (she/her)
Maddie joined the Connections Counseling clinical training program in 2023 while completing her Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Regis University. She is passionate working alongside adolescents, adults, and couples/ relationships, to help them find success in their life challenges, create new meanings, and cope with anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, and other challenges. Maddie also enjoys working with anxiety, OCD, and LGBTQ+ individuals. She has experience working with individuals struggling with eating disorders, identity exploration, self- harm, grief, trauma, depression, and anxiety. She brings comfort and humor in creating safety and developing a good working relationship with clients. To honor her belief that the person is not the problem, the problem is the problem, Maddie works to help clients understand and rewrite their own stories and guides individuals to understand their thoughts and behaviors through specific goals and mindfulness-based approaches. As part of Connections Counseling’s clinical training program, she provides low-cost counseling to all clients, you can contact Maddie at (720) 689-4443 or maddie.connections.counseling@gmail.com
Kris Horvath, MA in Progress (he/him)
Kris joined Connections Counseling in 2023 while completing his masters in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Naropa University. Kris is passionate about collaborating with people of all walks of life, adolescents to adults. Kris works with individuals, couples and is LBTQ+ allied. He has experience with relationship issues, men's issues, codependency, grief, anxiety, depression, anger management, mood disorders, self-esteem, school issues, stress, trauma, PTSD. Kris uses a simple and effective approach involving breath, present centered awareness, and mindfully getting to know yourself to challenge & guide you to create the change you want to see in your life. As part of Connections Counseling’s clinical training program, Kris provides low-cost counseling to all clients, you can contact Kris at 720-689-4879 or kris.connections.counseling@gmail.com.
Dennis Guyvan, MA in Progress (he/him)
Dennis joined Connections Counseling in 2023 while completing his Masters's in Somatic Psychotherapy at Naropa University. Dennis is driven to help adults with complex trauma, depression, anxiety, and self-esteem challenges. He also enjoys working with highly sensitive individuals, relationship issues, internal conflicts, stress, anger management, men’s issues, and life transitions. Dennis brings varied life experiences to his practice, including 5+ years of supporting individuals in the medical field, and 5+ years of experience as a life coach. His therapeutic style is compassionate, deep, and curious. Dennis tends to utilize body-centered modalities to help clients tap into the wisdom of their bodies and deeper layers of their psyche. He also helps clients identify and take actionable steps in order to embody their inner transformation fully and create a life of fulfillment, joy, and meaning. As part of Connections Counseling’s clinical training program, Dennis provides low-cost counseling to all clients, you can contact Dennis at 815-341-1083 or dennis.connections.counseling@gmail.com.