Get to Know Our Therapists

Kristen Sandine LPC, RPT-S

(She/Her/Hers)

Licensed Professional Counselor
Registered Play Therapist Supervisor

Education:

Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling
Certificate in Counseling Children and Adolescents

Regis University

Denver, Colorado

Insurances Accepted: 

Cigna and Evernorth

Kaiser

Private Pay Accepted:

$160 per individual session

$170 per family session

(Cannot accept private pay from Medicaid members).

Specialties:

• Parenting and Step-Parenting
• ADHD
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Separation Anxiety
• Low Self-Esteem and Confidence
• Life Transitions
• Grief and Loss
• LGBTQIA+ Affirming
• Family Transitions
• Sibling Behaviors
• New Adjustments
• Behavioral Issues
• Emotional Regulation
• Coping Skills
• Social Skills

Bio:

Kristen has a passion for teaching, caring for, and helping children and adolescents. As a preschool teacher and nanny for many years, Kristen recognized her passion for aiding children in developing healthy social and emotional wellness. From these roles, she has come to understand how unique each family and individual situation is and approaches therapy from a culturally considerate and strength-based perspective.

Kristen has aided many neurodivergent children in recognizing their unique strengths and how to use them to continue to grow and learn. Kristen helps children and families to form healthy bonds, create helpful habits and coping skills, and reach their mental health goals.

The closest children in Kristen’s life include her niblings Sam, Lucas, Lily, and Jacob along with the many children of family and friends in her life. Kristen believes in making our community an accepting and loving place for them and all children!

In her down-time, Kristen enjoys traveling, reading, listening to podcasts, going to see live music, and spending time with her family and friends. Kristen works hard to spoil her cats, Sam and Dean, who like to make appearances on camera during Telehealth sessions!

With over 15 years of experience of working with children in various roles and over 7 years in private practice specifically, Kristen looks forward to meeting your family and helping you and your child feel confident in achieving wellness!

Master’s Level Clinical Intern

Bio:

Rebecca’s passion for working with youth and their families began when she observed her mother, a speech therapist, supporting preschoolers with speech delays through play. This early exposure highlighted the significance of communication through expression in enhancing mental wellness and quality of life. She is committed to cultivating accepting, validating, and empowering spaces for children, adolescents, and caregivers.

Rebecca’s diverse work experience includes roles in a residential treatment center, providing ABA therapy in various settings, and coaching school teams in major school districts. She has also taught art classes to at-promise youth and volunteered at the Center for Child Protection. These experiences have deepened her appreciation for empathy, connection, and creativity in healing. Rebecca is passionate about utilizing play and art therapy approaches to create healing bonds and fortify the strengths within children as they navigate life.

In her free time, Rebecca enjoys spending quality moments with her fiancé, dog, family, and friends. She also finds joy in practicing yoga, crocheting, and reading.

Lea Powell LMFT

(She/Her)

Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist

Education:

Master of Arts in Marriage and Family Therapy

Regis University

Denver, Colorado

Insurances Accepted:

Cigna and Evernorth

Aetna

Private Pay Accepted:

$155 per individual session

$170 per family session

(Cannot accept private pay from Medicaid members).

Specialties:

• Children, Teens, and Families
• Individual Adults and Couples
• Grief and Loss
• Monogamy, Nonmonogamy, and Open Relationships
• Breaking Intergenerational Trauma and Patterns

Bio:

Lea started her therapy career working with children and families in in-home settings. This experience was valuable and provided Lea with the unique opportunity to get a first-hand look at family dilemmas as they occur in the home, enabling Lea to support families through their concerns as they unfolded. Within these settings, Lea enjoyed using creative interventions including play, music, and writing.

Outside of the therapy room, Lea holds experience supporting children in varying contexts, including as a paraprofessional in preschools, a mental health worker at a residential center for children, and through volunteer work with Betty Ford Treatment Center in the Children and Family program, alongside serving as an active support for Camp Erin, {a children’s grief camp} during the summer months.

In addition to her experience working with children and families, Lea holds experience working with relationships/couples in diverse configurations including monogamous, non-monogamous, and open relationships. Additionally, Lea is passionate about working with individuals and teens who seek to disrupt and challenge intergenerational trauma/break generational patterns.

Lea’s approach is an integrative blend in which she uses multiple techniques and modalities to best support her clients’ variable needs. Lea considers herself a humanistic therapist at her core, identifying the client/system she works with as inherently possessing the internal resources and strengths necessary to navigate their world. Lea highly values authenticity and invites clients to reconnect to their inner truth to strengthen alignment within themselves and their relationships with others, developing newfound confidence in navigating the systemic challenges/external hindrances that cause distress.

In her free time, Lea enjoys hiking, traveling, boxing classes, and spending time with friends and family.

Alyssa Paglio MSW, SWC

(She/Her)

Clinical Social Work Candidate

Education:

Master of Social Work

University of Denver

Insurances Accepted: 

Cigna and Evernorth

Kaiser

Private Pay Accepted:

$125 per individual session

$140 per family session

(Cannot accept private pay from Medicaid members).

Specialties:

• Social Emotional Learning
• Positive Friendships
• Emotional Regulation
• Leadership and Advocacy for Elementary Age Children
• Anxiety
• Depression
• Behavioral and School Issues
• Life and Personal Care Skills

Bio:

Alyssa has a passion for working with children, teens, and families. She started her social work career as a residential supervisor at a teen pregnancy shelter. From there, she became a child protective service worker before heading back to school to pursue her Master’s in Social Work. During that time, Alyssa was an intern at an elementary school and found a new love of social emotional development.

Alyssa values compassion, patience, and connection. She understands the many challenges and transitions that life can throw and believes that it’s never too late to learn a new skill and to find the strength in each person. Alyssa’s approach to therapy is from a Strength-Based Perspective utilizing mindfulness, social emotional learning, and Cognitive Behavioral Therapy.

In her free time, Alyssa enjoys spending time with her daughter and her partner, hiking, traveling, and trying new coffee shops!

Amber Rodriguez MSW, SWC

(She/Her)

Clinical Social Work Candidate

Education:

Master of Social Work

University of Oklahoma, Norman

Insurances Accepted: 

Cigna and Evernorth

Kaiser

Private Pay Accepted:

$125 per individual session

$140 per family session

(Cannot accept private pay from Medicaid members).

Specialties:

• ADHD
• ODD
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Grief
• Panic Disorder
• Attachment Disorders

Bio:

Amber has always enjoyed working with children and adolescents. She has experience working as a caregiver in childcare, youth summer camps, after school programs, and school summer daycare programs, as well as babysitting and nannying.

Since starting her therapy career, Amber has worked with children, adolescents, and adults. She has worked with clients with a range of mood and behavioral disorders, grief, and family struggles. Additionally, Amber has worked with teens in JDAP programs and with clients on probation for substance abuse and anger management. She personally understands the pain and disappointment that comes with childhood adverse events and the importance of every person’s mental health.

Amber’s preferred therapy style is a strength-based perspective, that emphasizes self-determination and resilience, which takes a positive focus to a person’s strengths. She also enjoys incorporating art interventions with children, as well as cognitive behavioral therapy and mindfulness for teens and adults. She has found that she enjoys working with a wide range of age groups from young children to the elderly. Providing therapy requires good listening skills and having compassion, which allows Amber to help find what may help her clients through life’s challenges.

In her free time Amber enjoys reading and spending time with her family.

Josephine (Josie) Ampaw, LCSW, MFTC

(She/Her/Hers)

Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Marriage and Family Therapist Candidate

Educator

Josie is currently not accepting clients. However, she supports our MSW therapists by providing supervision. If you are looking for an LCSW supervisor, please reach out! 

Post-Master’s Certificate in Marriage & Family Therapy – Denver Family Institute 

Master of Social Work – University of Denver Graduate School of Social Work 

Master of Arts in Curriculum and Instruction – University of Denver Morgridge College of Education

Bio:

Josephine, who usually goes by Josie, Ampaw is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Marriage and Family Therapist Candidate, and educator who believes that all the lived experience you bring helps your growth in therapy. Throughout her experience she has learned how important it is to meet adolescents, adults, couples, and families where they are and center their cultural wealth as well as their lived experience. In doing so, Josie is able to work collaboratively to find the best solutions and work through goals in therapy. 

Being a teenager is not easy and Josie understands that! Over the course of Josie’s career, Josie has had roles in classrooms from preschool to high school and in mental health facilities. Being in classrooms continues to teach Josie about the importance of understanding the experiences adolescents face in high schools. With this knowledge she is able to build trusting relationships with adolescents and be a support for them in their time of growth! Josie supports adolescents with issues around self esteem and mood disorders. 

Relationships center who we are and how we understand the world around us. With this in mind, Josie supports couples and families who are working towards their relationship goals collectively and individually. By supporting folks in their relationships, individuals are able to see more growth in their lives! With adults, couples, and families, Josie enjoys exploring the ways that their identities play a role in their day to day lives as well as work through specific relationship-based goals.

In her downtime, Josie enjoys reading, crocheting, spending time with her friends and family, and taking naps! Josie would love the opportunity to work with you!