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Hi, I'm Ellen (she/they)

I'm a queer depth psychotherapist, supervisor, author, and speaker based in Colorado. I work with adults who are ready to go beneath the surface of what they are experiencing and find what actually needs tending.

From a grounded, rooted place, healing is inevitable

As I have partnered with clients in their healing and growth, three central themes emerge: gender authenticity, healing in and with nature, and soulful reflection on what spirituality means to them. 

I believe that understanding who we are, truly, is one of the most healing things a person can do. I have seen people rebuild their entire relationship to spirituality inside the therapy room, letting go of what no longer fits and finding what does. And I have watched clients come back to themselves in nature, remembering that they were never separate from it to begin with.

No matter what brings someone to therapy, we often find ourselves arriving at the same places: identity, spirituality, and our relationship with the living world. Those are the places where I believe deep healing begins.

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Education and Certifications

Licensed Professional Counselor, Colorado | LPC.0019698
National Certified Counselor

PhD Candidate, Depth Psychology
Pacifica Graduate Institute, Carpinteria CA
Dissertation focus: Genderqueer, nonbinary, and trans identity.
Research question: How does gender guide us toward our authenticity?

Master of Arts in Counseling, Clinical Mental Health
Regis University, Denver CO | Graduated Summa Cum Laude

Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, Honors
Texas A&M University

Publications:

Wimmer, Ellen (2019). "The Phenomenal Space of Soulful Silence." Counseling and Family Therapy Scholarship Review, Vol. 2, Issue 1.

Wimmer Sheahan, Ellen (2022). "Classical Music in Depth Psychology: Listening to the Unconscious in Active Imagination." Counseling and Family Therapy Scholarship Review, Vol. 4, Issue 1.

Teaching and Lectures:

  • Lecturer, "Transgender and Non-Binary Inclusive Mental Health Care"| People House, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026

  • Co-Professor, Psychotherapeutic Relationship: A Depth Perspective | Regis University, 2023

  • Guest Lecturer, Multicultural Counseling Course | University of Colorado Denver, 2022

  • Lecturer, "Supporting Queer and Gender-Diverse Clients" | People House, 2020 and 2021