
The Colorado Therapy Collective Team
THERAPIST
Debi Lee, Intern Therapist
Debi (she/her) is a master’s level who works with adult individuals and couples. Debi brings a grounded, compassionate presence to her work. She has learned to alchemize her own life challenges and past traumas into strengths that inform her clinical work, including her ability to offer empathic connection, non-judgment, and genuine care.
Debi’s goal in therapy is simple yet powerful: to help clients bring unconscious patterns to light, break out of negative coping cycles, and reconnect with their truest selves. Her work is relational, collaborative, and…
THERAPIST
Anna Pendleton, CSWC
Anna (she/her) is a therapist who works with individuals and couples. She supports clients experiencing trauma symptoms, anxiety and OCD, grief, illness, relationship challenges, identity exploration, and life transitions.
Therapy with Anna includes honoring the wisdom of emotions, increasing awareness of the mind-body connection, and learning to befriend all parts of self. Anna is an LGBTQIA+ affirming therapist…
THERAPIST
Estefanía Ospina-Alikhan, LMFT
Estefanía (she/her) is an experienced therapist fluent in English and Spanish, with over 8 years of licensed practice. She works from an attachment and family systems perspective, conceptualizing her clinical work through an anti-oppressive lens. Estefanía supports individuals, couples, and adult families from diverse backgrounds, helping them build healthy relationships. She specializes in treating childhood trauma, grief, relational stress, military life challenges, and immigrant experiences…
THERAPIST AND CLINICAL DIRECTOR
Nancy Brittain, LCSW
Nancy Brittain (she, her, hers) is an ICEEFT-certified Therapist and Supervisor in Emotionally Focused Couples Therapy (EFT), an evidence-based method for helping couples release negative patterns and find closeness. Nancy trains and supervises therapists learning EFT and provides trainings on attachment, substance use, and EFT for clinicians, organizations and individuals.
THERAPIST
Marley Vebares, MFTC
Marley (she/her) is a therapist who works with individuals and couples. She supports individual clients facing challenges like anxiety, depression, burnout, perfectionism, and people-pleasing, and helps young adults navigate questions of identity and purpose. Marley also has a passion for working with high-achieving or gifted individuals…
THERAPIST
Justin Sherman, LSW
Justin (he/him) is a therapist who works with individuals, couples, and families. He specializes in supporting clients through relationship issues, life transitions, addiction, depression, and anxiety. Therapy with Justin emphasizes the wisdom of emotions, the honoring of all parts of oneself, and the power of noticing long-held narratives and defenses…
THERAPIST
Stephanie Brummond, MFTC
Stephanie Brummond (she/her) works with individuals and couples navigating anxiety, life transitions, religious deconstruction, relationship challenges, and self-esteem. Stephanie is also trained in Narrative Therapy and somatic approaches, and has completed Levels I and II of the Gottman Method. Stephanie brings a calm, grounding presence to the therapy room.
She encourages a sense of softening and slowing down to create space for emotional awareness, and views emotions not as an interruption to the work, but as…
INTAKE COORDINATOR & OPERATIONS
Nisja Bell
Nisja (she/her) is often described as warm, welcoming, and personable. She has over four years of experience in client intake across multiple therapy practices, which inspired her to pursue and recently complete a Master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling from Grand Canyon University. At Colorado Therapy Collective, Nisja helps manage our intake team and is one of the first people you’ll speak to when reaching out. She understands that finding the right therapist can feel overwhelming and is here to support you through every step.
Outside of work, Nisja enjoys thrifting, birdwatching, reading, traveling, and connecting with loved ones.
THERAPIST
J. Matthews, Intern Therapist
J. (they/them) is a master’s level intern who works with individuals and couples, using Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) and an attachment-based approach to help clients build stronger relationships, deepen emotional understanding, and support overall well-being. Their style is warm, collaborative, and grounded in the belief that healing happens through connection…
THERAPIST
Alex Ehlers, MFTC
Alex (she/her) works with individuals and couples, supporting clients through a wide range of concerns including relationship challenges, life transitions, depression, anxiety, self-esteem issues, and the journey of finding one’s identity, voice, and purpose.
She brings a humorous, relatable, and compassionate presence to her work, creating a warm and welcoming space where clients feel both heard and advocated for. She is an LGBTQIA+ affirming therapist committed to creating an inclusive…
THERAPIST
Kelly Ciaburri-Torres, MFTC
Kelly (she/her/ella) is a bilingual Latina therapist who works with couples, adult families, and individuals, with a strong focus on supporting relationships through conflict, disconnection, and life transitions.
She is passionate about helping couples and families build emotional safety, communicate more effectively, and move through stuck patterns toward deeper connection. Kelly also has experience supporting clients with trauma, grief, identity exploration, and…
PRACTICE MANAGER
Laura Schroth
Laura (she/her/hers) is a warm presence with a keen eye for detail. Her career in operations management began with a desire to support the healing process from behind the scenes. Drawing on her organizational skills, she enjoys playing a pivotal role in streamlining administrative processes and fostering a nurturing environment for both staff and clients.
Laura also manages our intake team and is one of the first people you will speak to when you reach out to Colorado Therapy Collective. She understands that the search for a therapist can be a daunting task and is here to help you navigate insurance, scheduling and finding the right fit for your unique needs.