Our Team
Matthew Barber LPC
My specialty is helping individuals struggling with anxiety, including generalized anxiety, medical anxiety, panic attacks, OCD, phobias, and social anxiety. My approach is based in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), which works by changing your relationship with anxiety itself rather than trying to reduce or control it. Anxiety is pretty hard to directly control, but more importantly, you don’t need to control or reduce it to start living a more meaningful life. In fact, focusing on reducing anxiety often just means you are focusing more on your anxiety. Let’s try something different.
During our first session, we will explore what brought you to therapy, what you are looking for in it, and begin to identify some actionable goals based more on your values. We will learn how anxiety and attempts to control it (avoidance, perfectionism, obsession, compulsions) may have impacted your life, and begin to explore evidence-based strategies to make peace with discomfort, while simultaneously moving towards the life you want to live. At the same time, our sessions will be organic, creative, and collaborative, with plenty of flexibility to spend time talking about other issues and feelings that come up as you live life while in therapy. While I provide structure and tools, you will always been in charge of your treatment goals and therapy will feel like a collaboration.
Outside of therapy, I love hiking, skateboarding, tinkering with projects, and making coffee.
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Generalized Anxiety
Social Anxiety
Medical Anxiety
OCD
Panic attacks
Phobias
Existential concerns
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I earned both my undergraduate and graduate degrees from Virginia Commonwealth University with a Bachelor of Science (BS) in Psychology and a Master of Science (MS) in Rehabilitation and Mental Health Counseling. I am a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) in Virginia and Colorado.
My training and background emphasized “holism", which is a philosophy that emphasizes the individual in their entirety rather than categorizing or using reductionist logic. This approach emphasizes personal growth and self-actualization as the primary goals as opposed to symptom-reduction or diagnosis.
During college, I volunteered in research labs studying the effects of mindfulness, meditation, and openness on metrics of psychological wellbeing. I’ve always been fascinated by drugs. I have worked in a variety of treatment settings with experience in general mental health counseling, addiction counseling, facilitating group therapy, and working with individuals and couples in an outpatient group practice.
Grace Bryan LCSW
My practice specializes in helping young adults struggling with people-pleasing, confidence issues, ADHD, and family and intimate relationships. I love to help my clients find their voice, learn to listen to their emotions without being ruled by them, and enact healthier boundaries that reflect their worth and values. I also specialize in play and expressive art therapy for children and adolescents. My style is warm and non-judgemental in its foundation, but direct and evidence-based.
My approach is rooted in person-centered philosophy and positive psychology, while drawing from evidence-based tools from DBT, CBT, and ACT. My goal for therapy is focused more on personal growth instead of symptom reduction, as I try to emphasize each client as a whole person and not a diagnosis.
It's hard to figure out who you are when you're always trying to keep everyone else happy. But you deserve to value your own needs without feeling guilt or shame. In therapy, we will navigate these complicated dynamics together so you can feel empowered, confident, and aligned with your own values.
Outside of the office, I love thrifting, interior design and decorating, cooking, baking, hiking, traveling, and spending time with our two dogs.
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ADHD
Child & Adolescent Therapy
Emotion regulation
Women’s issues
Relationship issues
Borderline Personality Disorder
Mood Disorders
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I earned both my undergraduate and graduate degrees from Virginia Commonwealth University with a Bachelor of Art (BA) in Sculpture and later my Master of Social Work (MSW). I am a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) in Virginia and Colorado.
I have a creative background, studying sculpture for my undergraduate program, exploring themes around identity. As a biracial person, I loved using my work to explore the nuances of racial identity in the United States. This led to an interest in social psychology and finding a way to apply my interests to help others.
I have experience working in a variety of treatment settings including a children’s clinic and school-based program, substance use treatment, and outpatient private practice therapy. I have training in play therapy, sand tray, and expressive therapies.