dftc

Denver Family Therapy Center Offering you and your family a wide range of counseling services. Now Open For New Medicaid Referrals!

Scott Ryder

LPC

(303) 456-0600 ext. 134

Scott Ryder

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.