Comprehensive support for folks navigating complex mental health challenges

Walking Alongside You

I offer compassionate, personalized care to individuals and families within their home and community.  Those in the grips of a mental health challenge are often frightened and alone.  Families are often frightened as well and uncertain how to proceed.  A caring therapeutic friendship can be a very important bridge during this difficult time. I take the time to get to know everyone involved and we work together to support the recovery process of the individual and family. I look beyond a person’s symptoms and see them as a whole human being.  In life any of us are vulnerable to real struggle and overwhelm, potentially needing special attention and care. In our time together there will be no judgement or desire to fix you, only a wish to invite you to join me in relationship so that we can make meaning of your experience, work with the presenting symptoms, and encourage your natural goodness to come forward. Support can include:

Individualized Support

  • Meet at home and in the community 1-2 times per week 

  • Therapeutic friendship, conversation, guidance, and support amidst everyday activity

  • Support in building structure and routine into your daily life like volunteering, work, school, social activity, chores, exercise, and hobbies – these can build slowly over time, as we learn what the best combination and balance is for you

  • Support staying connected to your daily responsibilities and tasks like grocery shopping, cooking, cleaning, and self-care

  • Help build a support network of close family and friends, other service organizations and support professionals

  • Facilitate psychiatric support and medicine management (if desired)

Family Support

  • Regular family zoom calls keep you connected, allow you to receive support, and is a time for you to offer me your insight and guidance to aid me in my time with your loved one

  • Family meetings in the home with all involved can be supportive to the recovery process. Family meetings are a time to come together and have an open dialogue concerning all the aspects of the journey so far. They are a time for celebrating successes and a time for setting boundaries and new goals

  • Sometimes your loved one may not be willing to meet with me, or maybe you are just wanting support for yourself. I am happy to provide coaching and guidance to you and your family in your efforts to create a supportive home environment 

Please note that I do not offer on-call or emergency/crisis services.

  • "I am the father of an adult man who cascaded into depression, anxiety, and psychotic behavior in his mid to late twenties which proceeded into an intense mental and physical health crisis.  Subsequently after working with my own psychologist and the kind folks from NAMI, I was referred to Timothy in helping us work through my son's immediate recovery and the process for a more stable and fruitful life. Timothy worked with my son for many months and his experience shined in the art of listening, compassion, making agreements, and partnering with my son.  In addition to helping my son he actively worked with my wife and I and our other son to reconcile historical events and work with us on methods for participation and the reality of our journey and expectations for the future.  As a result, his coaching and advice was a great bonus to us all even though his mission was to work directly with our son.  We have learned that this new family environment is more of an evolution than a resolution and now have more tools, tolerance, and knowledge to navigate a much more measured and positive future state for our son.  Good Luck in your journey as well.”

    Tim J.

  • "We have been thanking our lucky stars ever since a mutual friend recommended Timothy as a counselor for our adult son. Timothy's patient sensitivity and earnest attention, to both our son and us, allowed us to relax into his trustworthy care. Timothy's wrap-around style of support – meeting our son in his home to help him sort out practical matters and helping him get out into the community – was the perfect complement to the counseling sessions that focused on his mental state. Two-hour sessions, twice a week, felt like a rich blessing in a period of great crisis. Timothy's ability to embed his counseling skills within activities of shared interest – music, nature, hiking – seemed to engage our son’s heart in the healing process, while he was also learning to make sense of what was going on in his head. We are forever grateful that Timothy has helped our son find his feet, and that with gentleness, kindness, sensitivity, and insight, he has reflected back to our son the value and beauty of his own existence. What more could we ask?”

    Very Sincerely, 
    Thankful Parents

  • “For several years our son needed special and considerate attention when he lived in Boulder.  Timothy’s work with him was very valuable.  We counted on Timothy to gently attend to our son’s sometimes changing needs and to alert us if necessary.  He was always quick to respond, and we felt very comfortable relying on him in our stead.  Timothy is very experienced and comfortable to work with.  Most importantly our son was always pleased to see him and considered him as a friend. We always felt better after talking with Timothy. He is great at creating a good perspective on challenges and could keep us in touch with love and successes, not just the challenges. Timothy truly cares about others finding happiness and peace in their lives.”

    Marty and Steve

  • “After experiencing an extremely traumatic event during high school, our son started seeing a psychologist and a therapist on a weekly basis. When he moved away for college, we decided to find a new counselor that could meet in person. Fortunately, we found Timothy, whose guidance, compassionate support, and clinical expertise has been invaluable for our whole family. He strikes an excellent balance of keeping us informed and educated while respecting our son’s privacy during what has been a time of major transition and adjustments for all of us. Under Timothy’s care, our son has gone from anxious and depressed with no life direction, to joyful and content doing something he loves. He considers Timothy a friend and looks forward to their “walks” where they can connect. We are so grateful to have Timothy as part of our support team and would highly recommend him.”

    Parents of Adult Client

  • “For the past 10 years, Timothy has worked with our adult son, who is on the autism spectrum and is dealing with several other behavioral health challenges.  Timothy has shown great patience, compassion, and dedication to the well-being of our son, despite many trying times. Timothy does a great job communicating with us parents, and other support professionals, while providing the necessary confidentiality to maintain a strong working relationship with our son. We recommend Timothy without hesitation to help you or your loved ones through life's journeys.”

    Parents of Adult Client

  • “Our son has been seeing Timothy for several years.  We are grateful that he has found a counselor he feels comfortable with and trusts completely.  Timothy has taken the time to really get to know our son and has been an integral part in his journey to an independent and productive life.  Our son has made huge progress over the last few years and that most definitely is attributed to Timothy.”

    Linda and Tom

  • “We hired Timothy to work with our daughter as a therapist and mentor. Timothy's ability to adjust his therapeutic methods to meet our daughter's specific challenges was quite remarkable.  With compassion, kindness and respect, Timothy was able to help our daughter through some difficult times.  Timothy has a strong sense of caring and employed supportive, positive skills to create both a professional and a friendly relationship with our daughter as well as ourselves.  Timothy is very good at being present in the moment in a 'have fun' sort of way, as he helped our daughter address some serious issues.  He truly grasped the importance of balance and boundaries in therapy.   We are grateful for all he did for us and would highly recommend him as a therapist.”

    Parents of Adult Client