To be present beside those in darkness
Welcome, I’m Andrea!
Andrea, Therapist & Counselor, obtained her Masters of Social Work from the University of Denver with a certificate in Trauma, Response, and Recovery (August 2007). For fourteen years, she worked in Hospice and Palliative Care in the Denver Metro area providing individual and family counseling, Clinical Social Work, and facilitating grief support groups. Andrea now works full time as a grief counselor in private practice.
Andrea has lived in Denver, Colorado for almost thirty years. Her favorite past times are being outdoors, time with friends/family, cooking, traveling, and reading. Andrea’s faith is important in her life and work; she sees clients of any faith background and will provide counseling that meets clients where they are.
Andrea obtained her Masters of Social Work from the University of Denver with a certificate in Trauma, Response, and Recovery (August 2007). For fourteen years, she has worked in Hospice and Palliative Care in the Denver Metro area providing individual and family counseling, Clinical Social Work, and facilitating grief support groups.
MISSION
To be present beside those in darkness, listening to them, and helping them take the next step forward.
When seeking a counselor, it is often challenging to know what to look for. Andrea’s education and training come from Strengths and Narrative Therapy perspectives where trauma and hardship are honored and protected while exploring next steps. A quote that has been particularly important in Andrea’s practice with clients comes from Sheldon Vanauken’s A Severe Mercy: “But to a [person] on a mountain road by night, a glimpse of the next three feet of road may matter more than a vision of the horizon.” In a time of darkness, we may know where we want to be, but have no idea where the next few steps will lead us. As a therapist, Andrea will listen, work with clients to establish safety, and provide counseling from a trauma-informed perspective. An individualized counseling plan will be created with goals generated by the client.
Counseling Services
Areas of Speciality
Grief & Loss
Trauma Therapy/PTSD
EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing)*
Stress Management
Anxiety
Licensure Supervision
Advance Directive planning
*Andrea Helsel, Owner of A Dwelling Place Counseling practices EMDR Therapy and received EMDR Training through the Maiberger Institute.
For more information on EMDR, please visit: https://maibergerinstitute.com/what-is-emdr-therapy/
Payment & Insurance
A Dwelling Place Counseling is currently a provider of Optum (a behavioral health branch of United Health Care), United Health Choice Plus, UMR, and CIGNA. A Dwelling Place Counseling is not an EAP provider.
A Dwelling Place Counseling offers a limited number of sliding scale sessions. Cancellations will be allowed at no cost up to 24 hours ahead of the scheduled session time.
For private pay 55 minutes therapy session: $120
In addition to counseling services, Clinical Supervision for Social Work students or graduates with their MSW/LSW (Masters of Social Work/Licensed Social Worker) is available.
Contact me
A Dwelling Place Counseling has availability to meet clients virtually by appointment only Monday through Friday.
Insurance is currently covering telemental health sessions the same as in-person sessions.
303 870-6802
*A Dwelling Place Counseling may be full at the time of inquiry, please email to inquire.