Scott Ryder
LPC
(303) 456-0600 ext. 134
Personal Statement/Philosophy:
I have been providing psychotherapy to our community since 1997. I have been in the
field since 1981. Throughout these years, I have been trained in a variety of different
models of therapy and ways of working with others. My way of working with others is to
be collaborative and bring my areas of expertise into the therapeutic conversation in order
to meet my clients where they are and help them reach where they would like to be.
Areas of Expertise/Professional Interest:
Brief Psychotherapy
Family Therapy
Marriage & Couple Therapy
Individual – Adult & Adolescent
Diagnosis of: Mood Disorders (especially Anxiety, Depression, and Bipolar); Adjustment
Disorders, Grief and Loss, Stress and Trauma; OCD; ADHD; ODD; Schizophrenic and
Psychotic Disorders; High level Autism Spectrum Disorder
Educational Background and Experience:
BA/Psychology – Franklin Pierce College
MA - Counseling Psychology and Counseling Education – University of Colorado at
Denver
CFT – National Credentialing Academy For Certified Family Therapists, Inc.
Licensed Professional Counselor
Trained in: Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT), Dialectical Behavioral Therapy
(DBT), Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), Eye Movement Desensitization and
Reprocessing (EMDR), Trauma sensitive therapy, suicide prevention, Marriage and
Family Therapy, all couples therapy, and Functional Family Therapy (FFT).
Positions
- Therapist
Educational Background / Experience
- BA/Psychology – Franklin Pierce College
- MA/Counseling & Family Therapy – University of Colorado at Denver
- CFT – Certified Family Therapist from the National Credentialing Academy For Certified Family Therapists, Inc
- LPC - Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Colorado
Clinical Trainings, Certifications, and Memberships
- Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)
- Solution-Focused Brief Therapy (SFBT)
- Hypnotherapy
- Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
- Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)
- Functional Family Therapy (FFT)
- Attachment Focused Family Therapy (AFFT)
Expertise, Interests, Specialties
- Teletherapy - sessions will be done remotely by video or call
- ADD/ADHD
- Adolescents
- Anxiety
- Couples/Marriage Therapy
- DBT
- Depression
- EMDR
- Family Therapy
- Grief and Loss
- Men’s Issues
- Work/Professional Issues/Stress
Accepted Insurance
- Aetna
- Aetna EAP
- Anthem BC/BS
- Blue Cross/Blue Shield
- Cigna
- Cigna EAP
- Cofinity
- Humana
- Kaiser Permanente
- United Healthcare/Optum
Other Info:
40 years of studying, working, and playing in field of psychology, counseling, children, adolescents, and families.