“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you” - Maya Angelo
I see you …
You may be someone who feels emotionally disconnected in your long-term marriage, frustrated by repeating patterns, or weighed down by unresolved grief, anxiety, or past wounds. Life may feel stuck, relationships challenging, and coping strategies no longer effective. Therapy offers a space to explore how your past shapes your present, access the strengths that feel out of reach, and begin building deeper emotional connection—with yourself and others. We can find your authentic core self again.
Julie Kittredge, LPC, CIMHP, NCC
All those letters just mean I’ve received the required training to see clients as a licensed counselor. What they don’t show are the years of personal heart work I’ve engaged that I also bring into our therapeutic work together. “You can’t take someone where you yourself have not gone,” is a phrase I’ve taken to heart with ongoing training and personal work.
This is a collaborative journey. I’m going to come alongside you individually or as a couple as you share your story, feelings, and experiences with me. I will engage our work with compassion and curiosity. I will offer connections and insights. As you bring your heart to the room, we’ll work together to recover what makes you one-of-a-kind so that you can engage your life with greater insight and wholeness.
My integrative approach uses psychodynamic, narrative, attachment, somatic, and strength-based frameworks. I believe mental health is influenced by the whole person (mind, body, spirit), and I’m able to incorporate faith/spirituality and nutritionally integrative approaches if either of those feel supportive to you.
My Approach to Therapy
My trauma-informed work integrates several depth-oriented approaches that support meaningful and lasting change:
Attachment-Based Therapy
Understanding how early relational experiences influence current relationships.
Psychodynamic Therapy
Exploring the deeper emotional patterns that shape behavior and relationships.
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Helping clients understand the different internal parts that carry pain, protection, and resilience.
Somatic Therapy
Working with how emotional experiences live in the body and nervous system.
Relational Therapy
Regardless of any other approach, the relational work that happens in the therapy room between therapist and client is one of the most impactful for healing. This is why the right fit is most important.
This integrative approach allows therapy to move beyond insight alone and support deeper emotional and nervous system healing.
Who I Work With
I often work with men and women who are experiencing:
emotional disconnection in long-term relationships
recurring conflict or communication difficulties
feelings of loneliness
perfectionism and high-achieving tendencies
resentment from overfunctioning or overgiving
difficulty expressing needs or setting boundaries
confusing patterns and big emotions
a desire to restore lost identity
confusion or disillusionment as it relates to faith communities and feeling spiritually homeless
a desire for real and lasting change
Many of my clients are in midlife navigating complex relationship dynamics, identity shifts, and emotional exhaustion.
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Start by scheduling a free virtual consult using the link below. The purpose of this is to briefly identify what you need from counseling, to make sure we’re a good fit, and to discern if our schedules match.
When we schedule your first session, I will send you “Intake” paperwork through your client portal to be completed in advance.
Additionally, I will send you a welcome email with more details regarding in-person or virtual instructions. Sessions last 50 minutes.
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I am seeing clients in-person in Fort Collins, CO, and virtually for anyone residing in Colorado.
At this time, I am only able to provide counseling to those living in the state of Colorado.
Address: 523 Remington St. , Fort Collins, CO, 80524
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My rate for individual sessions is $160.
My rate for couples sessions is $180.
Each session is a 50-minute appointment.
All services are self-pay, as I am not set up for in-network insurance. I do provide super-bills for you to submit to your insurance provider when they provide out-of-network benefits.
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I am an out-of-network (OON) provider for all insurances. If you would like to use your out of network benefits for counseling, please call your insurance company directly and ask about your "out of network coverage for a licensed professional counselor." They can explain your coverage. If it applies, I will gladly provide you with a Superbill to submit to your insurance for reimbursement.
Reach out for more info about working with me.
I can see clients who reside in the state of Colorado
“Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?” - Mary Oliver
A Little bit about my story
I am an artist and entrepreneur at heart with a history of creative businesses ranging from portrait drawings and professional photography, to fulfilling a lifelong dream of working with ceramics.
Throughout the creative years, I also engaged in the heart work of personal therapy as I navigated confusing relational patterns and beliefs that kept me from living in the fullness of who I am. My quest to learn, change, and grow led me to new passions surrounding mental health and its relationships with emotional, physical, relational, and spiritual health. I believe we are created to live a one-of-a-kind life but it’s easy to get stuck in a place we were never meant to be and in relational patterns that need to change. The personal therapeutic work I’ve done has been transforming, and I want to give that life-giving gift to others with compassion and grace for the journey.
In my free time, I love art and theater, live music, hiking, camping, paddleboarding, reading, fitness, deep friendships, spending time with my grown children, and of course, coffee.
I have three big kids ranging in age from late teen to young adults. I’m a 7 on the enneagram, so naturally I love adventure, celebration, and friendship. My story of hardship, relational brokenness, and determined soul care has brought me here. I’m a fellow traveler, and it would be a privilege to walk with you in your journey of becoming.
Education
B.A. Business Communications, Calvin University
M.A. Clinical Mental Health Counseling, Colorado Christian University
Credentials
Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC)
Nationally Certified Counselor (NCC)
Training & Certification
Internal Family Systems (IFS) Circle (Spring 2026)
Gottman Method Couples Therapy Level 1 and 2
Certified Integrative Mental Health Professional (CIMHP)
Expressive Arts Therapy Level 1 and 2
Colorado Counseling Association (CCA) Supervision Qualification
