Sheryl L. Roberts, MA, LPC

Office:

421 21st Ave Suite 213,

Longmont,

CO 80501

Online: Colorado and Wyoming,

Your Therapist

Sheryl Roberts brings unique life experiences and a passion for helping people into play as a therapist who is interested in the interplay between spiritual and mental health. She interned at TRU Hospice in Lafayette, Colorado as a grief counselor and is working in private practice supporting the Catholic community in Northern Colorado.

Prior to receiving her counseling degree, Sheryl lived for twelve years in the South East Asian country of Cambodia as a missionary where she served with her husband of over thirty years and their ten children. This life experience sparked her counseling interests in Third Culture Kids, cultural acculturation and adaptation for expatriate workers, faith-informed marriage and family issues and grief and loss.

Sheryl uses a somatic-based approach to therapy which honors each individual’s experience while empowering clients to build resilience, solve problems and approach life with hope and courage. With her training and life experience, she helps clients bridge the gap between mental and spiritual health and to understand the importance of holistic healing which includes body, mind, soul and spirit.

She also uses the Gottman Method of couple’s counseling to support marriages and partnerships which are in trouble or just seeking a better more satisfying connection. Within this modality, Sheryl works with couples for premarital coaching (before the wedding), marriage coaching (2 months to 1 year after the wedding) and marriage counseling (1 year after the wedding and beyond).

Experience and Modalities:

Masters of Arts - Mental Health Counseling, Adams State University, Colorado

Brainspotting Certified, Phase 1, 2 and specialty trainings

IFS Consultation group member (Internal Family Systems)

Gottman Marriage Counseling

Integrative Mental Health Counseling Certification

Sheryl is a member of the Catholic Psychotherapist Association.

Individual Counseling
Specializing in:

Trauma and PTSD

Anxiety

Depression

Marital/Premarital

Pregnancy loss

Postpartum

Women’s Issues

Parenting

Grief and Loss

Relationship Issues

Spirituality

Family Conflict

What is Brainspotting?

Brainspotting (BSP): BSP is a focused treatment that integrates into both individual and couples therapy. BSP works on trauma or painful emotions in a safe environment. In addition, It can find and strengthen resources and resiliency and enhance positive feelings and performance. Often, we get stuck in emotional responses and maladaptive patterns of behavior that often seem impossible to change or resolve. Through Brainspotting, individuals can finally escape these stuck patterns. BSP was was developed by David Grand, Ph.D. in 2003. For more information visit https://brainspotting.com/

Marriage Counseling and Marriage Coaching
Pre-Marital Preparation

The Gottman Method is an approach to couples therapy that includes a thorough assessment of the couple’s relationship and integrates research-based interventions based on the Sound Relationship House Theory. The goals of Gottman Method Couples Therapy are to disarm conflicting verbal communication; increase intimacy, respect, and affection; remove barriers that create a feeling of stagnancy; and create a heightened sense of empathy and understanding within the context of the relationship.

(From the Gottman Website)

https://www.gottman.com/about/the-gottman-method/

I offer Pre-Marital Coaching (before wedding), Marriage Coaching (2-12 months after wedding) and Marriage Counseling (anytime beyond 1 year) to couples.

Pre-marital Preparation from a Christian Perspective

Goals of PREPARE/ENRICH
for each couple:

~ Explore strength and growth areas
~Strengthen communication skills
~Identify and manage major stressors
~Resolve conflicts using the Ten-Step Model
~Develop a more balanced relationship using Couple and
Family Maps
~Understand personality differences and maximize
teamwork

Nationally renowned program for assessing and preparing engaged couples of all ages. As a Prepare and Enrich facilitator, I would meet with clients for four sessions to meet the above goals for each couple. A certificate will be given to the couple at the end of their workshop to present to their local priest, deacon, or pastor to satisfy any requirements. Contact me for more details on cost and scheduling.