Kaiser Permanente members
I'm in-network with Kaiser Permanente, and I offer online therapy for people in Colorado. If you're a Kaiser member, I'd be glad to hear from you. Send me a message and mention your insurance.
Kaiser Permanente therapyOnline therapy in Denver, Aurora, and across Colorado
You don't have to explain yourself first.
Autistic and neurodivergent adults are the heart of my practice. I also work with trauma, anxiety, and the burnout that comes from years of being misread. Your culture, your identity, and the way your mind works all belong in the room.
In-network with Kaiser Permanente and several other plans. For Medicaid coverage, I'm in-network with Colorado Access.
"Difficult" is a strange word for someone trying this hard.
You may have spent years replaying conversations, rehearsing how to say things the "right" way, and wondering why everyone else seemed to get a manual. You may have been called too sensitive, too intense, too quiet, too much. Maybe someone handed you a diagnosis that never quite fit. Maybe no one handed you anything.
Many of the people who find me are autistic or otherwise neurodivergent, and a lot of them went years without an accurate answer. In my work, I've seen how often "difficult" gets said where "different" was the real story. Being different can be traumatic in itself. So can being the dependable one who gives and gives and is never asked what you need.
Then there's culture. Race, family, and identity shape all of this, and plenty of therapy doesn't know what to do with that part. Mine makes room for it. It's not weird here.
Some of what brings people in
- Replaying conversations long after they're over
- Masking, and being exhausted by it
- People-pleasing and boundaries that are hard to hold
- Sensory overwhelm, burnout, and a short fuse you don't recognize
- Nightmares, dread, or a body that still acts as though the danger is here
- Feeling undervalued at work, or like your cultural story gets overlooked
What I work on
Most of these overlap, because people's lives do. I'd rather look at the whole picture than put you in one box.
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Autism Therapy for Adults
Therapy built around how your mind works. We can talk about masking, sensory overwhelm, burnout, relationships, and the years of being misread, without anyone asking you to act less like yourself.
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Trauma Therapy includes EMDR
Trauma is something that happened to you, not who you are. We go at a pace your nervous system can handle, and if anything feels like too much, I want to hear it so we can adjust.
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Anxiety & Depression Therapy
For racing thoughts, heavy days, and the sense that you're always bracing for something. We look at what's driving it, not only how to get through the week.
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Women's Therapy
For women who were handed a script that says give to everyone and need nothing. We'll talk about family, culture, work, and giving yourself permission to have needs in the first place.
Using your insurance shouldn't feel like a puzzle
Colorado Access (Medicaid)
Colorado Access is the only Medicaid plan I accept. Medicaid in Colorado is organized into multiple regions, and I can only work with members of Colorado Access. If your Medicaid is through a different plan, I'm not able to see you, and I'd rather say that up front than waste your time.
Colorado Access detailsOther in-network plans
I'm also in-network with Anthem, Carelon Behavioral Health, Cigna and Evernorth, Optum, Quest Behavioral Health, SelectHealth, Surest, UMR, UnitedHealthcare Student Resources, and UnitedHealthcare UHC | UBH. Coverage varies by plan, so please check your own benefits.
Hi, I'm Ebony.
I'm from Chicago. Well, technically the UP, but this city girl loves good Indian food, The Bean, and falling asleep to sirens. Then I found Colorado, where I can ski and soak in a hot spring in the same weekend.
I started out in mental health work "just looking." Then a therapist introduced me to EMDR after a brief, crazy incident while scooting around Chicago, and it felt like magic. Everyone experiences it differently, but it gave me a reason to go to grad school for counseling.
Along the way I kept meeting people who'd been told they were difficult when they were simply wired differently. And as a Black woman, I knew there wasn't a built-in place for me to talk about race, culture, and being different either. So I made one.
Licensed Professional Counselor in Colorado Master's in Clinical Mental Health Counseling Member, Colorado Counseling Association
Prepared, present, and clear about how this works
The mental healthcare world can feel like the Wild West. Different rules everywhere, surprises with billing, nobody sure who to call. I think the little things matter. You should know where to be, when your session starts, and who to reach out to if something goes wrong. And yes, your therapist should actually be present and prepared when you show up. I will be.
Less confusion. Less stress. More support.
Your whole self is part of the work.
Your neurodivergence, your race, and your culture aren't things to work around. They're part of the picture, and I treat them that way.
A pace you have a say in.
I move at a speed your nervous system can tolerate, and I want to hear when something isn't working so we can adjust. Therapy can stir things up. It shouldn't leave you feeling unheard. I draw on CBT, Gestalt, and EMDR; I've completed EMDRIA-approved basic training in EMDR and keep ongoing consultation with EMDR-certified supervisors. And therapy is allowed to include laughing.
Honest about fit.
If I'm not the right match, I'll help you find someone who is.
"Therapy was such a scary concept to me until I found a therapist who made it feel safe. I feel genuinely proud of the progress I've made through therapy and so grateful for the support I received. I learned to trust myself again and feel more confident in navigating what life brings. I'm so glad I took the step to begin therapy."
Tell me what's going on
You don't need the right words or a tidy story. Send me a message about what you're looking for, and mention your insurance if you have it. If you're a Kaiser Permanente member, let me know. If you have Medicaid, please note that Colorado Access is the only Medicaid plan I accept.