Clinicians
Meghan Scanlan
Christy Miller, MS, LPC
Christy Lynn Miller, MS, LPC has a degree in Professional Counseling with an emphasis in trauma from Grand Canyon University. For six years, she has worked with at-risk families, adults, and children through private practice. She engages trauma-informed Therapy (CCTP), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR), Trust Based Relational Therapy (TBRI), Attachment-focused Theraplay, Animal-assisted Interventions, Clinical Supervision, and religious trauma therapy (RT Certification). It is her belief that most trauma occurs in the context of relationships and that healing can accelerate within a trusting professional relationship. She uses a client-centered approach to moving through past trauma and facilitating a productive future. She considers her greatest experience to be in a marriage of 30+ years and raising six children by birth and through adoption. She loves her pets, traveling, gardening, and finding a new Colorado hot spring.
720-295-5756
Meghan Scanlan, LCSW, M.ED
Meghan Scanlan LCSW, M.Ed has over fifteen years of experience working in the mental health field. She received her MSW from Washington University in St. Louis with a specialization in family therapy. Meghan also completed her masters in education while teaching elementary school to underserved children as part of the Teach for America program. She is also a proud graduate from the University of Notre Dame. Since school, Meghan continues to be an active learner and has attended many trainings- most notably Karyn Purvis’s Trust Based Relational Intervention. Gottman’s Couples therapy, Bruce Perry’s Neurosequential Framework, Marsha Linehan’s Dialectical Behavioral Therapy and Heather Forbes’s Beyond Consequences. Meghan’s experience in inpatient psychiatric, residential, agency and intensive in-home settings, complement her belief that true attachment is best achieved when all family members are part of the healing process. Meghan is happy to return home to Colorado where she lives with her husband (an NHL scout), two sons, and their dog Finny.
303-720-6430
Karen Sear
Karen Sear, MA, LPC
Karen Sear, MA, LPC has a degree in Clinical Counseling from the University of Northern Colorado. For over 20 years she has worked with families, kids and youth in various settings including wilderness programs, residential treatment facilities, in-home intensive services, public schools, and private practice. Theoretically, Karen draws heavily from developmental and trauma informed models and approaches change and healing from an attachment perspective. She approaches her clients with an open mind, humor, and curiousity. She has been trained in Theraplay®, Trust Based Relational Intervention (TBRI®), EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing), The Flash Technique, Emotionally Focused Therapy for Couples (EFT) as well as numerous play-based workshops that follow Dr. Stephen Porges and the Polyvagal theory. Karen also facilitates access to the Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) as well as the Rest and Restore Protocol (RRP). She believes that the greatest gains in healing generally takes place within healthy relationships and works to facilitate open communication, understanding and change. Karen has four children, both adopted and biological, and has received the bulk of her education living as a trauma-informed parent. She loves to hike, travel and try out great restaurants in Denver.
720-515-7327
moysmith
TJ Brennan, BS, Intern
TJ Brennan, BS, has a degree in Psychology and Child Development from Texas Christian University. They are currently working towards their master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at Colorado Christian University. In the past decade, they have worked with neurodivergent children, disabled adults, and at-risk children, youth, and families in multiple settings including private schools, in-home, as a caseworker for the Department of Social Services, and a case manager with Developmental Pathways. They also have significant personal experience with children and youth with prenatal substance exposure, Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder, autism, ADHD, and trauma histories. TJ focuses on trauma-informed and attachment-based perspectives with an emphasis on the neurosequential model of therapeutics and polyvagal theory. They are adoption competent, neurodivergent affirming, and uses body based strategies and safe relationships as support for regulation and healing. TJ has been experience with Trust Based Relational Intervention, Internal Family Systems, Theraplay, Safe and Sound Protocol, and Dyadic Developmental Psychotherapy. TJ is supervised by Karen Sear, MA, LPC.
720-258-6413