About Our Team

Leilani Cullen MA LMFT AAMFT-AS

is a Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (WY #254), (CO #913), and (HI # 240) who provides individual (child, adolescent, and adult), couples and family therapy integrating evidence-based, trauma-informed, relationship-centered, culturally-sensitive, strengths-honored Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP), Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), Attachment Focused EMDR therapy, and systems therapies incorporating neuroscience in her private practice in Wyoming, Colorado, and Hawaii.

Mrs. Cullen enjoys serving a broad spectrum of clients including those with relationship problems, loneliness, insecurity, anxiety, depression, PTSD, eating disorders, and relationship or substance addictions.

Leilani Cullen is also an AAMFT Approved Supervisor who provides supervision for MFTCs, LPCCs, and graduate students as an internship site in WY and via Zoom in CO.

A prominent relationship therapist, Mrs. Cullen has presented at local regional workshops, provides collegial consultations, hosts AEDP lunch and learns monthly, and is an Experiential Assistant at AEDP Immersion and Essential Skills.

Education

2000 Graduated Argosy University MA with emphasis in marriage and family therapy

License, Certifications & Awards

LMFT Colorado #913
MFT Hawaii #240
LMFT Wyoming #254

Additional Training

AAMFT Approved Supervisor
Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy (AEDP) Level 3
Emotionally Focused Therapy externship and Core Skills completed
EMDR therapy trained
Gottman method Level I

Professional Activities and Memberships

AAMFT
EMDR Pikes Peak Region
Emotionally Focused Therapy lifetime member
Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy Rocky Mountain member
Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy Institute member

Email:

[email protected]

Direct Phone # for scheduled patients:

719-632-5033

Martina Mettes, BA, MFTC. (Independent Contractor)

I strongly believe that therapy can help you function at your best, individually, and relationally. Therapy helps to address psychological, behavioral and emotional obstacles that stand between you and how you want to be. It also can help you face difficulties with more ease, work toward resolutions and solutions, and experience more joy.

When people are not at their best, they know and feel it, but often can’t pinpoint why. They feel sad, anxious or depressed, or feel they don’t fit in or not understood by others. This can be a lonely place. Many have been stuck in their situation for a while, even years, before they look for help. It can be overwhelming. The good news is that people can and do change. Sharing and voicing your issues with a therapist can be a great starting point.

As a therapist I will be on your team. I will listen attentively and be there to help you find and express your voice that has been kept down for so long. If you come in as a couple or family, I am there to help everyone to be heard and understood and then team up with all to have healthier and more productive relationships with each other and yourself. You, as an individual or part of the family or couple, can learn to see what is going on. You can learn to make yourself understood and understand others, you can learn to see your thinking, behavioral, emotional and belief patterns that have kept you unhappy for so long. What is great is that you can find and implement new patterns that will make your life more productive and more joyful.

Everyone starts were they are, today, no matter where that may be. It doesn’t matter where you start. What matters is that you want to go forward to where you want to be. I feel excited and privileged that I may support, encourage and accompany you on this exciting and challenging journey.

I have a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of Colorado (Boulder) and am working on my masters in Marriage and Family Therapy at Regis University (Denver). I have worked with clients at the Regis University MFT center in Thornton. I have worked with Gottman Therapy, Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT) and Solution Focused Therapy.

Currently I am working on my certification in EFT. I have worked with teens, adults, elderly, couples and families. I know that many (if not all) of us have experienced trauma and that determines a lot of our obstacles. I am familiar with somatic experiencing, and brain spotting and mindfulness.

Beside my studies and certifications, the greatest teacher has been life itself. I have learned from being a mother and a spouse, from divorce and re-marriage. I am the mother of three (mostly grown) kids and stepmom of three grown step kids. Each of those journeys have given me joys and challenges and the learning continues, since none of us is ever final in our growth. I have experience with LGBTQ challenges through one of my kids, their friends and as a parent.

Things I enjoy and that have taught me also are music (listening, playing and teaching), nature, reading, foreign languages (I wish I could speak more of them), Youtube, (my) kids and stepkids, reading, traveling and talking with and listening to people.

Insurance:

Cigna
Medicaid (Colorado Community Health Alliance)
Self Pay

Vanessa Fagnant, M.T.S., MFTC (Independent Contractor)

I am a wife, and mother of three young children. I know the struggles of Marriage and Family, but I also know the joys. Not only have I completed a Masters in Marriage and Family Studies (M.T.S.) and Marriage and Family Therapy (MFT) Masters from Regis University, I have been on my own personal journey of embracing joy with every challenge of life. Sometimes the positive CORE emotions can be overlooked in therapy. I believe in expanding both positive and negative experiences as outlined in Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy. I look forward to accompanying other families, couples, and individuals in their journey to find hope and joy in whatever life brings.

My master's in Theological Studies gives me a profound respect for all humans. I have integrated the philosophy of “Being as Gift” into the Human Validation Model of therapy. This philosophy highlights who we are as humans, and shifts the value from what we do to who we are. So often we do not learn this message in today’s society or from our Family of Origin. Sometimes we need help shifting our views and learning to validate and affirm our unique selves.

I enjoy working with couples and families from all backgrounds. I have a special heart for Latino families (since I grew up with a stepfather from Peru). I am also able to offer a unique experience for Christian and Catholic couples and families wishing to integrate God as an attachment figure (as outlined in Dr. Johnson’s book Created for Connection ). I help couples and families resolve conflict by identifying the underlying emotions and cycles or patterns (using EFT). Identifying “the cycle as the problem” helps resolve conflict and move into positive patterns and ways to communicate.

I have worked with teens for over 7 years in youth ministry (large and small group settings). I worked with children from preschool to 8 th grade in a private school setting, so I am comfortable and willing to see families of all ages. I use play therapy (available for all ages) and imagery to engage integration of right brain to aid processing of anxiety, depression, and relational trauma.

Martha Hall is a Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate. She specializes in healing teens and parents who struggle with the transition from childhood to adolescence as well as individuals who struggle with anxiety, depression, and sleep disturbance. This approach allows Martha to serve a variety of clients including those with ADHD, anxiety, depression, relationship problems, addictions, or adjustment disorders.

Treatment Approaches: Person-centered and Accelerated Experiential Dynamic Psychotherapy.

Education: Martha graduated from the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs in May of 2022 with a Master of Arts in Counseling and Human Services with an addictions emphasis. Martha graduated from Louisiana State University in 2019 with a Bachelor of Science in Psychology with a minor in Sociology.

Physical Location: 1802 Chapel Hills Dr, Suite A, Colorado Springs, CO 80920

I am honored to work with people through their most difficult times and struggles, and my greatest joy is to watch people not only survive their struggles but discover how to thrive in new ways. I believe this healing is possible for all people even when clients do not believe it for themselves. Whether the challenges you face are depression, anxiety, trauma, relationship issues, work or school stress, a health crisis, or something else, I want you to know you do not need to do this on your own.

My background includes hospice work experience during which I supported people through caregiving, significant illness and end of life. I have worked as a pastor and an interfaith professional chaplain. I also have a background working with medical and religious professionals.

Treatment Approaches: Accelerated experiential dynamic psychotherapy (AEDP), existential therapy, and cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT). Spiritual direction is also available.

*Many of my clients have worked with other counselors/therapists prior to working
with me and have said that they’re relieved to have finally found a therapist who cares
about them. I’m ready to care for you, too.

If you are suffering, curious, motivated, scared, nervous, defensive, angry, not feeling
anything, guarded, questioning, unsure, ashamed, ready, excited, all of the above or
none of the above, I welcome you as you are.
You’re not broken and it’s not hopeless. There are reasons you are the way you are
and behave the way you do, and we can work to uncover and understand those
reasons.

We will approach together what you’ve been too afraid or hesitant or nervous to
approach and discover together how you can be the person you’d like to be, heal,
change, and/or grow. I am an evidence-based therapist who incorporates
neuroscience and how the brain works to sustain meaningful change.
If you have been feeling alone or lonely, you are alone no longer. I am here as a safe,
secure base so that you can do your work alongside me.
I will see you, accept you, and help you.
I’m not scared or judgmental of you or anything that you want to share with me.
It would be my honor to meet you and work with you, an honor for you to allow me
“in.”

I enjoy serving a broad range of clients, and client issues of special interest include
anxiety, depression, trauma, PTSD, loneliness, insecurity, grief, shame, difficult
transitions, relationship difficulties, self-esteem, mood disorders, eating disorders,
and ADHD.

Treatment Approach: I take an integrative approach, integrating person-centered, AEDP (accelerated experiential dynamic psychotherapy), psychodynamic, neuroscience, attachment-based, Emotionally Focused Therapy, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and Motivational Interviewing with a trauma-informed, strengths-based approach, utilizing the evidence-based treatment modality appropriate to the client and presenting issues.

Education: University of Michigan Ross School of Business (BBA), Regis University (MA, Clinical Mental Health Counseling)

Megan Silberhorn, Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (candidate)

You’ve arrived at this place and time for a reason. Whatever is going on, it’s hard. It
takes a lot of courage to first admit that you need help, then ask for it. You’re here, that
is all that matters. The courage that brought you here is your strength, a foundation for
the change and growth that is to come. Whatever brings you to therapy, I see you as a
unique human being of value and worth. I know you have within you the strength to
overcome obstacles as we walk hand in hand through your struggles. Through active
listening and empathy, I build a strong relationship that supports the work you are doing.
With me, you can triumph and you can fail, you can grow and you can stagnate. These
are all parts of the journey. I’ll be with you wherever you are, we are in this together.

Hello! I’m Megan Silberhorn. I am a masters level counseling intern pursuing a degree
in clinical mental health counseling at Colorado Christian University. I am a wife of 21
years and a mother to two newly minted young adults, a 20 year old son and an 18 year
old daughter. I chose to become a counselor after engaging in my own healing journey
through counseling. Seeing the results of working through my past has inspired me to
help others. In this way, I truly understand what it takes for someone to commit to
counseling. It is no small feat! My favorite activities are: camping, hiking, ceramics
(pottery), and adventure seeking through travel.

Areas of Interest:
I primarily utilize Person-Centered therapy along with mindfulness and somatic tools
that reduce symptoms to do deeper transformational work. I have experience with
anxiety, depression, adjustment disorders, women’s issues, relational trauma, life
transitions, and grief and loss.

Education: Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health Counseling (candidate), Colorado Christian University, Lakewood, CO. January 2024. Bachelor of Science in Psychology, Colorado Christian University, Lakewood, CO. (2020)

Samantha is getting her masters through Colorado Christian University in Family and Marriage Therapy. She loves to work with couples on boundary setting, communication techniques, and helping clients best achieve their individual and unique goals. She has worked with a variety of topics including sex therapy, infidelity, and helping with parenting differences.

Treatment Approaches: Person-centered, Systems, Gottman Method, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy

Education: Samantha is getting her masters from Colorado Christian University in family and marriage therapy. She received her bachelors from Colorado Christian University in Business and Psychology with a emphasis in Biblical Studies.

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