Therapy for High Achievers in Denver
My Denver Therapy works with high achievers — executives, founders, physicians, attorneys, athletes, and everyone else whose competence is the family business — at four metro offices and by video across Colorado.
There's a cost of being impressive
Somewhere along the way, performing became your resting state. The career compounds, the reviews glow, and the inner experience tells a different story: a motor that won’t idle, standards that punish, relationships getting the leftovers, and a suspicion that if you ever stopped sprinting, something would catch you. High achievers rarely reach out because life collapsed. They reach out because it didn’t — and it still feels like this.
Therapy here is built the way this audience builds everything: with a goal, a method, homework, and a way to know it’s working. Private pay, nothing on an insurance record, no diagnosis required.
What brings high achievers into therapy
- The fraud feeling that no promotion retires — our imposter syndrome work.
- Anxiety that looks like excellence from the outside — see high-functioning anxiety.
- A mind that never adjourns — our overthinking work.
- Burnout that a vacation didn’t touch — burnout therapy.
- Success without satisfaction — the flat, checked-out feeling that arrives after the goal did.
- Therapy that already failed once — insight without change; see what to try instead.
Therapy built like training
Achievers stall in unstructured therapy because drifting conversation offends their operating system. So we run it differently. Therapists like Sarah Massey, MA, structure treatment as a defined arc: baseline assessment, a focused block of work with homework, a scored midline check, adjustment, and a finish line. When the driver underneath is old — conditional approval, an early lesson that worth equals output — EMDR and IFS reach it.
Built for how you actually live
Video sessions that fit a calendar block. Early and lunch-hour availability across Denver, Greenwood Village, Lone Tree, and Arvada. Private pay means no insurance company sees a diagnosis, a record, or a claim — which matters to people with board seats, licensure, and security clearances. And a bench of twenty-plus clinicians means you’re matched to someone who works with people like you daily, not whoever had an opening.
Frequently asked questions
Do I need to be in crisis to justify this?
No. Most of our high-achieving clients arrive fully functional. Optimizing the machine before it breaks is standard practice in every other domain of your life; this one is no different.
Will therapy pathologize my ambition?
No. Ambition isn’t the problem and won’t be treated as one. The work targets what ambition is currently costing you — sleep, presence, satisfaction — so the drive runs without redlining.
Is this coaching?
No. Coaching optimizes behavior; therapy resolves what’s underneath it. Plenty of our clients have had excellent coaches and still hit the same internal wall — that wall is the clinical part.
How confidential is this, really?
Fully, within the standard legal limits every licensed clinician observes. No employer, insurer, or board hears from us. Private pay keeps even the fact of treatment out of insurance databases.
Other Specialties
Healing may not be so much about getting better, as about letting go of everything that isn’t you – all of the expectations, all of the beliefs – and becoming who you are.
Rachel Naomi Remen
Meet our therapists
As a therapist-owned practice, we care about helping you heal, grow, and thrive. We take a client-focused approach to counseling and approach each session with a commitment to your progress and growth.
Availability
We’re always accepting new clients at our conveniently located offices in Denver, Greenwood Village, Lone Tree, and Arvada. All of our therapists can meet with clients online.
We specialize in you
You are welcome here. Because we have a large team with a wide range of specialties and trainings, we work with clients of all ages, backgrounds, and life stages.
We can match you with a male or female therapist who matches your goals, location, and schedule. If you have a preference for gender, age, religious background, or a person with a specific type of training or life experience, we can match you with a therapist you feel comfortable with.
Trained in effective therapy modalities
To support your mental health journey, our team is trained in some of the most effective forms of therapy available today, including EMDR, Brainspotting, CBT, DBT, and IFS.
Whether you’re looking for help with anxiety, depression, trauma, or want to better understand your relationship and attachment styles, we can help.
Insurance information
We’re out of network with insurance and Tricare and are unable to take Medicaid or Medicare.
Unlike many Denver therapy practices, we don’t charge separate intake or administration fees or charge more for your first session or specialized therapy methods like EMDR.
Get matched with a therapist
Contact us today, and one of our therapists will reach out to you directly, usually the same day.