Individual therapy, couples counseling, EMDR, and integrative depth psychology — serving adults in Fort Collins and Colorado.
At Mindful Transitions I offer counseling services in Fort Collins designed around one central belief — that lasting change requires both genuine self-understanding and the practical skills to move life forward. My approach is integrative, relational, and grounded in more than 30 years of clinical experience.
I work with individuals, couples, and partners of all structures in person in Fort Collins and Loveland, and online throughout Colorado. Sessions are 55 minutes and structured around your specific goals in a safe, supportive environment. Furthermore I offer a free 15-minute consultation so you can explore whether Mindful Transitions is the right fit for you before committing to anything.
Treatment at Mindful Transitions is organized around a clinical progression that honors the full arc of genuine healing — STABILIZE, RECOVER, and EVOLVE. Some people arrive needing practical stabilization first where we prioritize safety, regulation, and the evidence-based skills that make daily functioning possible. Some are ready to move directly into the deeper recovery work of understanding and healing what lies beneath the surface. And some are further along and evolving toward a more authentic, integrated, and fully realized life. The integrative framework ensures that the right clinical emphasis is matched to where each person actually is and not where a protocol assumes they should be.
Individual Therapy
Individual therapy at Mindful Transitions goes beyond symptom management. I work with adults navigating anxiety, depression, trauma, life transitions, addiction, narcissistic abuse recovery, and the deeper questions of identity, meaning, and personal growth.
My individual therapy work draws on multiple specialized approaches, each tailored to what you specifically need. Additionally I believe the most lasting change happens when practical skills and deep self-understanding work together rather than separately.
Areas of Individual Therapy
I offer specialized individual therapy across several distinct areas; each with its own dedicated page describing my approach in depth:
Trauma Therapy Fort Collins Healing from PTSD, complex trauma, cPTSD, childhood abuse, narcissistic abuse, and military trauma. My approach combines EMDR therapy — the gold standard evidence-based trauma treatment — with Jungian depth psychology to address both the symptoms and the deeper roots of traumatic experience.
EMDR Therapy Fort Collins Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing is one of the most effective evidence-based treatments for trauma available. I have been providing EMDR since 2006 and hold a Level II certification. EMDR does not require speaking in detail about traumatic events making it one of the most approachable trauma treatments for many people.
Men’s Issues Therapy Fort Collins Direct, practical, and grounded therapy for men navigating depression, anxiety, relationship conflict, divorce, trauma, career transitions, midlife identity, and the father wound. My style works particularly well for men who are skeptical of therapy — warm, direct, and free of clinical distance.
Anxiety & Depression Therapy Fort Collins Addressing anxiety and depression at multiple levels simultaneously — the cognitive patterns that sustain them, the emotional history that feeds them, and the practical skills that make daily life more manageable. Understanding the roots of anxiety and depression is as important as managing their symptoms.
Personal Growth & Self-Discovery Therapy Fort Collins Jungian-informed depth work for adults who want more than symptom relief. This is the work of individuation and becoming more fully yourself by understanding and integrating the parts of your experience that have been hidden, suppressed, or never fully explored. It is among the most distinctive and rewarding work I do.
Life Transitions Therapy Fort Collins Navigating the passages that destabilize even the most resilient people — divorce, career change, retirement, loss, becoming a parent, children leaving home, and the profound identity questions that major transitions bring to the surface.
Couples & Partners Therapy
Couples and partners therapy at Mindful Transitions goes beneath the presenting conflict to explore the unconscious dynamics and relational patterns that drive disconnection. The relationship itself is the client, not one partner or the other. Couples therapy is available as private pay only, ensuring complete confidentiality without the requirement of a clinical diagnosis.
My approach is available for traditional marriages, dating partnerships, non-traditional relationships, polyamorous partnerships, and LGBTQ+ relationships. I welcome all relationship structures with equal care and respect.
An Integrative Approach to Therapy
My integrative approach combines the depth of psychoanalytic and Jungian psychology with the practical skills of CBT, DBT, EMDR, and Mindfulness. I draw on defense mechanism theory, Jungian individuation, and depth psychology to help clients understand the unconscious patterns that drive their experience while teaching the evidence-based skills that create practical change.
This integration is what distinguishes Mindful Transitions from practices that offer only skills-based treatment or only depth-oriented work. Both are necessary. Neither alone is sufficient.
Treatment Modalities
My clinical training includes extensive experience in the following evidence-based approaches: Psychoanalytic and Psychodynamic Therapy, Jungian and Depth Psychology, EMDR — Certified Level II, Dialectical Behavioral Therapy, Mindfulness Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Internal Family Systems, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Hypnotherapy, Person-Centered Therapy, and Nurtured Heart Approach.
Getting Started
I offer a free 15-minute consultation to answer your questions and explore whether my counseling services in Fort Collins are the right fit for you. Together we can talk about what you are experiencing and how I might help.
— John Kinnaird LCSW, EMDR Level II, CHt.