The patterns that once protected you may no longer be serving you. Together, we'll uncover what's keeping you stuck, reconnect with yourself, and build a more grounded, connected, and meaningful life.
Virtual therapy for adults throughout Colorado and California.
Hi, I'm Marisa. I believe healing begins with understanding the patterns that shaped you—not judging them. Learn more about me.
Redefining ME is a holistic psychotherapy practice based in Fort Collins, helping adults reconnect with themselves after trauma, anxiety, depression, and emotional suppression. If you feel cut off from your emotions, overwhelmed by life's challenges, or stuck in patterns of avoidance, you're not alone. I use an integrative approach that goes beyond traditional talk therapy, combining experiential and body-based practices to help you understand the patterns keeping you stuck and create lasting change.
Many of us grew up believing that difficult emotions should be hidden, controlled, or ignored. Over time, emotional suppression can contribute to anxiety, depression, trauma, addiction, and patterns of avoidance. What once helped you survive may now be keeping you stuck. My role is to help you understand those patterns, process unresolved experiences, and reconnect with yourself in a healthier, more meaningful way.
Therapy begins by understanding your unique story. Together, we'll explore the experiences, emotions, and protective patterns that have shaped your life, creating a deeper understanding of what has kept you safe, what may be keeping you stuck, and how to move forward more intentionally.
Rather than simply managing symptoms, we'll work to reconnect you with your most authentic self through greater awareness, emotional processing, and experiential approaches that support lasting healing and meaningful change.
Healing is about understanding the experiences that shaped you and the strategies that have helped you survive. By gently feeling into your emotions, recognizing protective patterns, and cultivating greater awareness and self-compassion, you'll begin living with greater freedom, connection and intention.
Through psychoeducation, embodied skills, and experiential practices, we'll learn to view pain differently, release patterns that no longer serve you, and reconnect with your truest self. As your capacity for regulation, acceptance, and flexibility grows, so does your ability to move through life with greater trust, connection, and confidence.
Through a holistic approach centered on mind-body wellness, I integrate behavioral, experiential, and somatic therapies to support healing from trauma, anxiety, depression, and emotional suppression. Every client is unique, so each approach is thoughtfully tailored to your individual needs, goals, and experiences.
Trauma can shape the way you experience your emotions, relationships, and sense of self long after difficult experiences have passed. My approach helps you safely process unresolved trauma, understand protective patterns, and reconnect with yourself in a way that supports lasting healing → learn more about Trauma Therapy.
Description text goes hereACT helps you develop a healthier relationship with difficult thoughts and emotions rather than fighting or avoiding them. Together, we'll build psychological flexibility so you can move toward a life guided by your values instead of fear → learn more about ACT Therapy.
DBT teaches practical skills for managing overwhelming emotions, improving relationships, and responding more effectively to stress. You'll learn tools that strengthen emotional regulation, distress tolerance, mindfulness, and interpersonal effectiveness.
CPT helps identify and reframe beliefs that often develop after traumatic experiences. By challenging unhelpful thought patterns, you'll begin creating a more balanced perspective and move forward with greater confidence and self-compassion.
IFS explores the different "parts" of yourself that have developed to protect you throughout life. Rather than judging these protective parts, we'll understand their purpose, build self-compassion, and create space for greater healing and connection → learn more about IFS.
Trauma is held not only in the mind but also in the body. Somatic Experiencing helps regulate the nervous system by increasing awareness of physical sensations, allowing your body to safely release stress and move toward greater balance and resilience.
When appropriate, Ketamine-Assisted Psychotherapy combines carefully guided ketamine sessions with psychotherapy to deepen emotional processing and support meaningful, lasting healing as part of an individualized treatment plan.
