Bridging The Gap

Transitioning from where you are to where you want to be requires courage. Cross the threshold into a life of stability and peace.

Emerging from the Darkness

Healing begins the moment you realize you don't have to carry the weight of the dark alone. Let the light back in.

A Guided Direction

Finding your way doesn’t mean knowing every turn—it just means taking the next step toward the light. We’re here to walk with you.

A New Perspective

Beyond the struggle lies a valley of hope. Experience the clarity and freedom that comes with a restored heart and a renewed mind.

Restoring Hope. Softening Hearts.

Trauma-Focused, Faith-Sensitive Counseling across Colorado & Beyond

Finding the right support should never feel out of reach. At New Heart Counseling Centers, our team of dedicated therapists and clinical interns is committed to helping individuals, couples, and veterans find true restoration. Whether you are navigating trauma, anxiety, or life’s heavy seasons, we offer a safe sanctuary where your experiences are honored and your nervous system can find a safe place to land.

Rooted in a trauma-informed ethos, we bridge advanced clinical expertise with genuine compassion. We meet you exactly where you are—walking alongside you at your own pace as guarded hearts find the freedom to soften, heal, and become whole.

How We Walk Alongside You

We specialize in trauma-responsive, evidence-based modalities designed to help you lay down self-defense and step into a tender, living, and responsive life:

  • Trauma & PTSD Healing: Specialized processing through EMDR, CPT, and Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB) to help painful memories lose their overwhelming charge.
  • Emotional Regulation & Resilience: Compassionate tools via DBT, CBT, and ACT to navigate intense emotions and break free from stuck points.
  • Relational & Family Restoration: Systems-based care to repair boundaries, foster connection, and heal the echoes of relational trauma.
  • Accessible & Veteran Support: Dedicated care accepting TriCare West alongside self-pay, limited hardship scholarships, and reduced-rate intern sessions.

TREATMENT OPTIONS

Integrative Care & Treatment Approaches

Integrative care extends beyond a single therapeutic approach by combining different evidence-based treatment models to create a highly personalized, holistic plan tailored to the client.

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

EMDR Therapy & Somatic Reprocessing

An evidence-based, somatic approach that uses bilateral stimulation—such as gentle eye movements or rhythmic tapping—to help your brain and nervous system reprocess painful memories, release stored trauma, and integrate experiences into a state of lasting safety and balance.

Interpersonal Neurobiology (IPNB)

This integrative approach explores how early relationships shape your relational patterns and nervous system (Attachment Theory). By bridging Neuroscience and neuroplasticity with Somatic Awareness and Mindfulness, IPNB supports your brain’s natural capacity to heal—rewiring internal pathways to restore safety, balance, and connection across both mind and body.

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)

Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is an experiential approach that cultivates psychological flexibility and self-compassion. By helping you observe difficult thoughts and feelings without becoming stuck in them, ACT empowers you to clarify what truly matters and take meaningful, committed action toward a life defined by your deepest values.

Dialectical behavior Therapy (DBT)

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) offers practical, evidence-based tools for navigating intense emotions and relational dynamics. By integrating mindfulness, distress tolerance, emotional regulation, and interpersonal effectiveness, DBT equips you with concrete skills to handle life's challenges while building a balanced, meaningful life.

Spiritually Integrated Cognitive Processing Therapy (SICPT)

Spiritually Integrated Cognitive Processing Therapy (SI-CPT) offers a structured, compassionate space to process trauma while honoring your personal faith, worldview, or spiritual identity. By examining trauma-related stuck points through the lens of your values, SI-CPT helps reframe painful core beliefs, restore personal agency, and cultivate lasting self-compassion.

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About Our Counseling Center

Your Experience

"Your experience and life journey are uniquely yours, regardless of trauma, or life events you deserve compassion and care"

Dan Meyer
- CEO/ Founder

Adult Counseling

Active Duty Military

Veterans

Trauma Recovery

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OUR PROFESSIONAL TEAM

Meet Our Arvada Therapists

Marissa Meyer MA, LPC, NCE, DBT

Marissa Meyer MA, LPC, NCE, DBT

Counselor / Supervisor

Dan Meyer MA, LPCC, EMDR, IPNB

Dan Meyer MA, LPCC, EMDR, IPNB

Counselor / CEO

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Why Choose Us


Professional Consulting Team

Dedicated & Expert Therapists

Evidence-Based Approaches

Faqs

Do you accept insurance?

Yes, with a dedicated focus on your privacy and autonomy. While we intentionally choose not to network with commercial insurance, we maintain specific options to keep care accessible while protecting your confidential records.

  • TRICARE Authorized: We are proud to serve our military community as a TRICARE-authorized provider for Active Duty family members, retirees, and veterans. (Active Duty Service Members typically require a referral from their PCM).
  • Private Pay & Confidentiality: We do not bill commercial insurance or Medicaid. Insurance billing requires sharing formal diagnoses, treatment histories, and personal details with third-party databases. For first responders and individuals healing from complex trauma, childhood physical or sexual abuse, intimate partner violence, rape, military sexual trauma (MST), human trafficking, PTSD, C-PTSD, or moral injury—keeping your mental health care completely off permanent medical files is often essential for your safety, privacy, and peace of mind.
  • Out of Network: For commercial plans, we can provide a monthly "Superbill" for you to submit to your insurance company for potential out-of-network reimbursement. Please note: Submitting a Superbill requires assigning a formal mental health diagnosis that becomes part of your insurance history.
Is my therapy confidential?

Yes. Absolute confidentiality and discretion are core foundations of our practice. By structuring our practice to avoid commercial insurance billing, we ensure that your personal history, session notes, and treatment progress remain strictly between you and your therapist.

  • Private Pay & Medical File Protection: Because we do not bill commercial insurance or Medicaid, we are not forced to submit formal diagnoses, treatment plans, or intimate personal details to third-party corporate databases. For first responders and survivors of complex trauma, childhood abuse, intimate partner violence, rape, military sexual trauma (MST), human trafficking, PTSD, C-PTSD, or moral injury—this privacy barrier prevents your care from impacting background checks, security clearances, or permanent health records.
  • TRICARE & Confidential Scholarships: While we are a TRICARE-authorized provider for Active Duty family members, retirees, and veterans (with Active Duty typically requiring a PCM referral), we understand the extreme privacy needs of military personnel and first responders. To support care without compromising discretion, our initiative offers private, sensitive, and cost-free counseling scholarships directly to military members and veterans.
  • Superbills & Your Choice: If you choose to seek out-of-network reimbursement from a commercial provider using a monthly Superbill, please be aware that insurance companies require a formal mental health diagnosis code to process the claim, which then enters your permanent insurance record. You retain complete control over whether or not to utilize this option.
  • Legal & Ethical Limits: Like all licensed providers, our legal and ethical duty to hold your information confidential is absolute, with standard exceptions governed by state law (such as imminent threat of harm to yourself or others, or suspected abuse of a child or vulnerable adult).
How do you match me with the right therapist?

Your choice, safety, and comfort always come first. We believe effective therapy relies heavily on a strong, trusting connection with your provider, which is why we prioritize both clinical alignment and personal fit.

  • Request a Clinician: If you have explored our team bios and resonate with a specific counselor, you can request them directly. We respect your autonomy and will do everything possible to match you with your preferred provider based on their current availability.
  • Collaborative Matching: If you aren't sure who to choose, we don't just assign you to the next open slot. We carefully evaluate "Clinical Fit"—ensuring your therapist has specialized expertise in areas like complex trauma, C-PTSD, Play Therapy, or moral injury—alongside "Personality Fit" so you feel truly supported from day one.
  • Specialized Trauma & Discretion-Focused Care: For first responders, veterans, active duty members, and survivors of complex trauma, we match you with clinicians who deeply understand the unique nuances, privacy considerations, and clinical modalities required for high-stakes, sensitive healing.
Do you offer Telehealth or In-Person sessions?

Yes, we offer both in-person and secure telehealth sessions. We tailor our meeting formats to best suit your clinical needs, comfort level, and personal privacy preferences.

  • In-Person Therapy: Recommended for adults, first responders, and individuals who benefit from a dedicated, physical "safe space" outside of their home or work environment. Our office provides a comfortable, highly confidential setting located in Arvada.
  • Telehealth (Online Therapy): We offer encrypted, HIPAA-compliant video sessions for busy professionals, parents with tight schedules, or clients living throughout Colorado. Telehealth allows you to receive high-quality, discreet care from the safety and comfort of your own private space.
  • Flexible Approach: Depending on your treatment goals and schedule, you and your therapist can discuss whether in-person, remote, or a hybrid combination offers the best fit for your healing journey.
Do I need a formal diagnosis to use your services or receive scholarship care?
  • TRICARE & Insurance Users: If you elect to use TRICARE or request a monthly Superbill for commercial insurance reimbursement, insurance companies mandate a formal DSM-5 diagnosis code (such as PTSD or Anxiety) to establish "medical necessity." While we provide these codes when legally required, we reject the pathologizing view that trauma responses are a personal "dysfunction." Through our trauma-informed framework, we shift the question from "What is wrong with you?" to "What happened to you?"—honoring your symptoms as protective survival adaptations rather than disorders.