A MINDFUL THERAPY PRACTICE IN BOULDER, COLORADO
PROVIDING INDIVIDUAL THERAPY + COUPLES THERAPY IN PERSON AND ONLINE
SHANE WACHLIN, MA, MFT-C
I believe deeply in human goodness, your goodness. We all carry the desire to be closer, gentler, kinder, and bolder. Yet, we often find ourselves feeling blocked, unable to show up in our relationships, or even with ourselves, in the ways we long for.
Therapy often requires change, and let’s be honest, change can be painful! And yet, often folks discover they’re not changing into someone else but instead, they feel more like themselves, as if they're coming home.
For me, it’s a privilege to walk alongside people through the prickly, tender parts of being human. I consider our work together sacred. If you feel an ounce of hope, even if you’re not fully ready, reach out!
THERAPY SERVICES
BOULDER, COLORADO IN PERSON + TELEHEALTH FOR COLORADO RESIDENTS
INDIVIDUAL THERAPY
We all hit moments where things feel heavy, where getting through the day takes more effort than it used to, or when you're just not sure what’s going on inside but you know you don’t like it. Maybe anxiety’s been calling the shots more than you’d like. Maybe it’s a soft, quiet kind of sadness that’s hard to name. Maybe you just feel like shit.
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If any of that sounds familiar, you’re not alone, and you don’t have to keep carry it by yourself.I offer individual therapy in Boulder for people struggling with anxiety, depression, and those foggy, in-between seasons where something needs attention but it’s hard to know what. In our work, we’ll create space to slow down, make sense of what’s happening, and reconnect with the parts of you that have felt distant or overwhelmed.
COUPLES THERAPY
Every relationship has its seasons, times of closeness, and times when something feels off. Maybe communication is strained, or you’re walking on eggshells more than you’d like. You’re trying, but it feels like you’re missing each other.
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I offer couples therapy in Boulder that’s grounded in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), a leading, evidence-based approach, that helps partners understand the emotional signals beneath conflict and disconnection. Together, we’ll identify the patterns fueling the conflict and begin to shape something more honest, connected, and steady.Whether you're in crisis or just feeling distant, couples counseling can offer the space and support to come back to each other.
KETAMINE-ASSISTED PSYCHOTHERAPY (KAP)
Sometimes talk therapy alone isn’t enough. You can understand your patterns, name what’s happening, and still feel stuck in the same loop. Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy (KAP) offers another way through combining the medicine’s ability to soften rigid defenses and assisting you in accessing what’s underneath.
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For many folks, KAP therapy is like “wetting the clay” so we can begin to work more deeply; creating the right conditions of safety, curiosity, and support, to help your mind and body loosen old patterns and reconnect with the parts of you that already know how to heal.I offer KAP in collaboration with medical prescribers who provide screening and prescribe the medicine, while I guide the preparation, dosing, and integration process. Together, we create a space where the experience can unfold safely, meaningfully, and in service of lasting change.
TRAUMA-INFORMED THERAPY
Not all trauma comes from a single moment. Sometimes it’s the slow, quiet kind, growing up without enough emotional safety, feeling like you had to hold everything together, or learning to stay small to survive.
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I offer trauma therapy in Boulder for people who’ve learned to cope by pushing through, often high-functioning on the outside, but worn down underneath. Using EMDR, mindfulness, and somatic-based approaches, we’ll work gently and at your pace to help release what’s been held in for too long.You don’t have to keep bracing for impact. You don’t have to carry this alone.
“LIFE SHRINKS OR EXPANDS IN PROPORTION TO ONE’S COURAGE.”
–ANAIS NIN
OR AS I LIKE TO SAY, “LIFE EXPANDS AND CONTRACTS TO THE AMOUNT OF RISK YOU’RE WILLING TO TAKE.”
THERAPY REQUIRES RISK - MAKING THE FIRST CALL, STEPPING INTO THE FIRST APPOINTMENT, AGREEING WITH YOUR PARTNER THAT THINGS AREN’T WORKING AND GOING TOGETHER. THESE ARE ALL NORMAL, UNDERSTANDABLE MOMENTS WE MAY FEEL TREPIDATIOUS ABOUT. VULNERABILITY AND CHANGE REQUIRE RISK, AND MY HOPE FOR YOU IS THAT YOU WILL TAKE THE RISK FOR THE HOPE AND BELIEF IN SOMETHING BETTER.
THERAPY FAQs
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“Until you make the unconscious conscious, it will direct your life and you will call it fate.” - Carl Jung
We all co-create our own suffering. A truly amazing dimension of therapy is to reduce unnecessary suffering and to reveal and re-write rigid and harmful scripts about ourselves, others, and the world.
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Often people feel judged or ashamed when coming to therapy, believing the therapist sees all the edges they’ve attempted to hide. I’m here to support you, reflect, encourage, muse, suggest, nudge, but not make or force you to do anything. I honor your autonomy, wisdom, and process.
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The bill always comes due … It may come after your tendency to avoid kept you from checking your bank account and now you’re overdrawn, or perhaps you’ve avoided conflict with your spouse and now assets are being divided. Or perhaps an addiction has cost you your job. Lastly, and one I personally reflect on often, is you are 75 and feel the weight of the life you long for but has passed you by.
That’s heavy. I know. And it’s why I believe the cost of therapy is light when you truly examine the cost of not “doing the work.”