Meet the Team
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Kyrzia Parker, LCSW
FOUNDER. SUPERVISOR. THERAPIST.
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Lauren Doshier, LPCC
THERAPIST.
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Lorna Bennett, LPCC
THERAPIST.
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Brendan Caldwell, LPCC
THERAPIST.
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Katya Hropova, LPCC
THERAPIST.
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Paul Short, LPCC
THERAPIST.
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Tali Wertheimer, LPCC
THERAPIST.
Tali Wertheimer is a Professional Clinical Counselor Candidate with a Master’s in Mindfulness-Based Transpersonal Counseling Psychology from Naropa University. She is also a Certified Core Energetics Practitioner, a body-oriented approach to personal transformation based in Reichian somatic therapy, as well as a trained yoga teacher and meditation instructor. As a therapist, she integrate relational, somatic, attachment, mindfulness, existential, and trauma-informed approaches.
Paul Short has a principle belief driving his passion for therapy. It is that no one should endure struggle alone. Through utilizing the framework of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), he find that understanding our thought processes and drives, along with our interpersonal relationships, are key points to look at with a therapeutic lens to encourage personal growth. He has a strong background working with anxiety, trauma, and addiction. Additionally, he is competent covering topics and thoughts surrounding suicidal ideation. He is comfortable working with men, adolescents, first responders, and veterans. He has limited capacity to work with couples, families, and children.
Katya Hropova is a somatic psychotherapist, a certified life coach and a meditation instructor. She has a Masters Degree in Somatic Psychotherapy. Born in Tallinn, Estonia, Katya has lived in the United States since 2002 while studying and practicing in different places around the world. Katya enjoys helping people reconnect with their internal wisdom so they can get resourced and find inner guidance any time they need. She looks forward to sharing her love of cultivating mind-body connection and self-compassion with all clients.
I am Brendan and I am a licensed counselor in Colorado who specializes in working with trauma, relationship issues, and sex-positive therapy (queer, kink, and poly specialties). I utilize somatic therapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS), and Mindfulness-based Psychedelic Therapy to help bring you out of your mind and into your body - where you can connect with your own inner wisdom and find lasting peace. Together we can uncover your hidden desires and values, process past traumas and limiting beliefs which may be holding you back, and craft a life that feels authentic and fulfilling. If you are transgender, neurodivergent, BIPOC, polyamorous, queer, and/or have other identities marginalized by society you are very welcome here!
Navigating coupling, uncoupling, transitions, and relationships can be challenging. We yearn for togetherness and separateness; closeness and space; intimacy and independence; trust/safety/security and spark/intrigue/desire. In relationships we ask: Can I be myself here? We fear in relationships we are either losing love or losing ourselves. Lorna is passionate about supporting couples and connection. She works with partners and individuals experiencing relational distress and exploring attachment orientations - leveraging forces that foster a sense of safety alongside those that sustain long-term fulfillment and desire.
Lorna empowers her clients with practical tools and everyday life practices for navigating fear, anxiety and childhood trauma while strengthening trust, intimacy and secure attachment. She celebrates people turning themselves on - mentally, physically & spiritually - to live and love authentically and meaningfully through freedom and connection.
Supports offered during Lorna's 30 years of professional experience have included coaching modalities; mindfulness/meditation instruction; teaching; speaking; & writing. Mother of three humans, three animals and many plants, Lorna resides near Boulder, Colorado. She enjoys her loved ones, nature, teaching yoga and barre, and believes in the power of a bath.
Hey, I'm Lauren, and I'm here to support you with a heartfelt, curious, and direct approach. In the safe and supportive space we create together, I tailor my skillset to your dynamic, unique needs, offering practical (and, if you're into it, spiritual) opportunities for transformative insight and growth. As we witness and work through your internal experience, we have a chance to heal and reclaim what matters most. I believe you have the answers inherently, and it’s just a matter of accessing them.
My journey of healing and growth inspired me to pursue a master's in Mindfulness-based Transpersonal Counseling, where I gained valuable insights and evidenced-based tools to support others on their paths to healing.
I use a diverse blend of therapeutic modalities, including Hakomi Mindful Somatic Psychotherapy, Internal Family Systems (IFS), Motivational Interviewing (MI), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), and Narrative Therapy. By practicing these somatic (body-based), transpersonal (connection-based), and cognitive (mental-based) methods, you’ll be able to cultivate your innate awareness, self-compassion, resiliency, and power. My specialties include substance addiction and recovery, anxiety, depression, neurodivergence, developmental trauma, plant medicine/psychedelic integration, and LGBTQIA2S+ affirming.
I’m Kyrzia Parker (she/her), MSW, LCSW, CDWF and I hold a Masters Degree in Social Work from the University of Denver. I have worked with a variety of clients who have struggled with ongoing mental health concerns and specializes with those currently struggling with shame, anxiety, trauma and depression.
I am trained in EMDR and a Certified Daring Way Facilitator (CDWF). The Daring Way is an empirically based training and certification program for helping professionals, based on the research of Dr. Brené Brown. The work focuses on courage building, shame resilience, and uncovering the power of vulnerability. I also work with couples, families, anxiety, depression, trauma, spirituality / religion, and queer issues. I utilize a variety of theoretical orientations to help my clients achieve their individual goals, but lean towards Person Centered Therapy. In addition, I draw from Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Brief Solution Focused, Narrative Therapy, and other modalities to provide an individualistic therapeutic experience.
Therapy is not a one size fits all journey. I believe in looking not only at the person or couple in therapy, but the various systems that impact that person on both the micro and macro scale. Furthermore, I am also an experienced school social worker, crisis evaluator, and clinical supervisor open to working with those seeking licensure in the mental health field.
I am a white, straight, cis-gendered woman, who is bilingual and a second generation American. I identify as an ally to marginalized communities. Disclosing identities is a helpful way to be transparent and acknowledge how someone shows up in the world.
Important Information
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One Starfish Counseling and Supervision (the “Practice”) is committed to protecting your privacy.
The Practice is required by federal law to maintain the privacy of Protected Health Information (“PHI”), which is information that identifies or could be used to identify you.
The Practice is required to provide you with this Notice of Privacy Practices (this “Notice”), which explains the Practice's legal duties and privacy practices and your rights regarding PHI that we collect and maintain.
YOUR RIGHTS
Your rights regarding PHI are explained below. To exercise these rights, please submit a written request to the Practice at the address noted below to inspect and copy PHI.
• You can ask for an electronic or paper copy of PHI. The Practice may charge you a reasonable fee.
• The Practice may deny your request if it believes the disclosure will endanger your life or another person's life. You may have a right to have this decision reviewed to amend PHI.
• You can ask to correct PHI you believe is incorrect or incomplete. The Practice may require you to make your request in writing and provide a reason for the request.
• The Practice may deny your request. The Practice will send a written explanation for the denial and allow you to submit a written statement of disagreement to request confidential communications.
• You can ask the Practice to contact you in a specific way. The Practice will say “yes” to all reasonable requests.To limit what is used or shared.• You can ask the Practice not to use or share PHI for treatment, payment, or business operations. The Practice is not required to agree if it would affect your care.
• If you pay for a service or health care item out-of-pocket in full, you can ask the Practice not to share PHI with your health insurer.
• You can ask for the Practice not to share your PHI with family members or friends by stating the specific restriction requested and to whom you want the restriction to apply.To obtain a list of those with whom your PHI has been shared.
• You can ask for a list, called an accounting, of the times your health information has been shared. You can receive one accounting every 12 months at no charge, but you may be charged a reasonable fee if you ask for one more frequently to receive a copy of this Notice.
• You can ask for a paper copy of this Notice, even if you agreed to receive the Notice electronically to choose someone to act for you.
• If you have given someone medical power of attorney or if someone is your legal guardian, that person can exercise your rights.To file a complaint if you feel your rights are violated.
• You can file a complaint by contacting the Practice using the following information:
One Starfish Counseling and Supervision4833 Front St. Unit B #600 Castle Rock CO 80104
Kyrzia Parker, LCSW
(720) 507-7017
• You can file a complaint with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights by sending a letter to 200 Independence Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20201, calling 1-877-696-6775, or visiting www.hhs.gov/ocr/privacy/hipaa/complaints/.
• The Practice will not retaliate against you for filing a complaint.To opt out of receiving fundraising communications.
• The Practice may contact you for fundraising efforts, but you can ask not to be contacted again. Routine Uses and Disclosures of PHI. The Practice is permitted under federal law to use and disclose PHI, without your written authorization, for certain routine uses and disclosures, such as those made for treatment, payment, and the operation of our business.1. The Practice typically uses or shares your health information in the following ways:
•To treat you.
• The Practice can use and share PHI with other professionals who are treating you.
• Example: Your primary care doctor asks about your mental health treatment to run the health care operations.
• The Practice can use and share PHI to run the business, improve your care, and contact you.
• Example: The Practice uses PHI to send you appointment reminders if you choose to bill for your services.
• The Practice can use and share PHI to bill and get payment from health plans or other entities.
• Example: The Practice gives PHI to your health insurance plan so it will pay for your services.2. Uses and Disclosures of PHI That May Be Made Without Your Authorization or Opportunity to ObjectThe Practice may use or disclose PHI without your authorization or an opportunity for you to object, including:
•To help with public health and safety issues
• Public health: To prevent the spread of disease, assist in product recalls, and report adverse reactions to medication.
• Required by the Secretary of Health and Human Services: We may be required to disclose your PHI to the Secretary of Health and Human Services to investigate or determine our compliance with the requirements of the final rule on Standards for Privacy of Individually Identifiable Health Information.
• Health oversight: For audits, investigations, and inspections by government agencies that oversee the health care system, government benefit programs, other government regulatory programs, and civil rights laws.
• Serious threat to health or safety: To prevent a serious and imminent threat.
• Abuse or Neglect: To report abuse, neglect, or domestic violence.To comply with law, law enforcement, or other government requests
• Required by law: If required by federal, state or local law.
• Judicial and administrative proceedings: To respond to a court order, subpoena, or discovery request.
• Law enforcement: For law locate and identify you or disclose information about a victim of a crime.
• Specialized Government Functions: For military or national security concerns, including intelligence, protective services for heads of state, or your security clearance.
• National security and intelligence activities: For intelligence, counterintelligence, protection of the President, other authorized persons or foreign heads of state, for purpose of determining your own security clearance and other national security activities authorized by law.
• Workers' Compensation: To comply with workers' compensation laws or support claims.To comply with other requests
• Coroners and Funeral Directors: To perform their legally authorized duties.
• Organ Donation: For organ donation or transplantation.
• Research: For research that has been approved by an institutional review board.
• Inmates: The Practice created or received your PHI in the course of providing care.
• Business Associates: To organizations that perform functions, activities or services on our behalf.3. Uses and Disclosures of PHI That May Be Made With Your Authorization or Opportunity to ObjectUnless you object, the Practice may disclose PHI:To your family, friends, or others if PHI directly relates to that person's involvement in your care.If it is in your best interest because you are unable to state your preference.
4. Uses and Disclosures of PHI Based Upon Your Written AuthorizationThe Practice must obtain your written authorization to use and/or disclose PHI for the following purposes:Marketing, sale of PHI, and psychotherapy notes.You may revoke your authorization, at any time, by contacting the Practice in writing, using the information above. The Practice will not use or share PHI other than as described in Notice unless you give your permission in writing.
OUR RESPONSIBILITIES
• The Practice is required by law to maintain the privacy and security of PHI.
• The Practice is required to abide by the terms of this Notice currently in effect. Where more stringent state or federal law governs PHI, the Practice will abide by the more stringent law.
• The Practice reserves the right to amend Notice. All changes are applicable to PHI collected and maintained by the Practice. Should the Practice make changes, you may obtain a revised Notice by requesting a copy from the Practice, using the information above, or by viewing a copy on the website: onestarfishcounseling.com
• The Practice will inform you if PHI is compromised in a breach.This Notice is effective on 5/22/24. -
You have the right to receive a Good Faith Estimate of what your services may cost.