Holistic Psychotherapy
for Colorado residents
Create the change you want to experience.
Clinical support to improve your mental health & optimize your performance.
Groundswell Counseling LLC is a Colorado-based therapy practice that provides evidence-based, trauma-informed and LGBTQIA+ affirming psychological services to support and empower individuals over Telehealth.
Self-Discovery
Gain insight into how and why your old internal narratives, behavior patterns and relationship dynamics are impacting your work, family and social life. Discover where change is necessary and how it is possible to create.
Self-Regulation & Healing
Gain control over your thoughts, emotions and reactions in moments of pressure and the presence of social triggers. Learn techniques for quieting the inner-critic, resolving inner conflicts, and slowing emotional reactivity.
Self-Leadership & Empowerment
Navigate life with confidence, relational connectedness and curiosity about others and the world through a mindfulness-based approach to self-acceptance and somatic awareness. Learn to authentically align your actions and words with your values.
Meet Dr. Brooke Rundle
I am a licensed professional counseling candidate (LPCC) in the state of Colorado. I obtained a masters in Clinical Mental health Counseling and doctorate (EdD) in Sport & Performance Psychology from the University of Western States. I hold active memberships with the American Psychological Association (APA) and the Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP).
I am passionate about creating change through the life-long process of self-discovery, healing, and empowerment. I provide an integrative and holistic therapy approach to support you as a whole person and hold space for all of your parts.
My Specialities
Sport & Performance Psychology
Sport and performance psychology helps athletes and performing artists learn how to perform at their optimal level consistently under pressure and increase their enjoyment while performing. Through a combination of performance observation, psychological assessments, and individual consulting sessions, we’ll develop a customized performance improvement plan targeting your needs and performance goals. You will learn foundational mental skills rooted in sport psychology combined with clinical support to improve your mental health and optimize your performance.
LGBTQIA+ Concerns & Gender Dysphoria
LGBTQIA+ affirming therapy provides a safe and supportive space where you can focus on your reasons for coming to therapy without the fear of rejection or having to explain aspects of your identity. I understand why pronouns matter, the difficulty of navigating coming-out conversations, the pain of homophobia & transphobia, and the importance of gender affirming care. As a queer identifying therapist, I strive to provide safe, compassionate and identity-affirming therapeutic support to everyone.
Relationship Dynamics & Boundaries
I believe that relationships are an essential part of one’s mental health and growth process. Approaching therapy through the lens of relational cultural theory and attachment theory helps people recognize unhealthy power dynamics, learn how to navigate conflict, establish safe boundaries, repair ruptures, and ultimately improve relationships.
Body Shame & Body Neutrality
Body neutrality acknowledges that body positivity is an unrealistic goal for people who suffer from severe body dissatisfaction, especially those who suffer from gender dysphoria. Rather than focusing on body size or shape and striving for full body acceptance or consistent body positivity, the concept of body neutrality reframes the body as a vehicle for life that requires self-care, rest, water, and food to survive. Body neutrality offers a more inclusive and realistic treatment goal for gender diverse people, as well as individuals with bodies that are disabled or marginalized.
Anxiety, Depression & Stress
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Trauma & Internalized Oppression
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Treatment Approaches
My approach to talk therapy is person-centered and strength-based using an intersectional feminist and multicultural lens. I incorporate elements of the following theories and therapy modalities.
Internal Family Systems (IFS)
Internal Family Systems (IFS), also known as “parts work”, is a mindfulness-based approach to self-acceptance and somatic awareness. IFS helps people navigate competition and life with the 8 Cs: confidence, calm, compassion, courage, creativity, clarity, curiosity, and connectedness. IFS has proven to be highly effective for quieting the inner-critic, resolving inner conflicts, and slowing emotional reactivity through guided mindfulness exercises.
Relational Cultural Theory
Relational-Cultural Theory (RCT) asserts that individuals innately grow in the process of seeking relational connectedness while striving for authenticity. RCT identifies “mutual empathy” and “mutual empowerment” as byproducts of human connection. RCT explores how power differentials, and the interplay of systemic, societal, and cultural factors influence the quality of relationships. Ultimately RCT provides a theoretical framework for examining the sources and impact of all forms of oppression – including heterosexism. Learn more about Relational Cultural Theory here.
Attachment Theory
Attachment theory was first coined by a British psychologist and psychoanalyst named John Bowlby in the 1950s. Bowlby studied the emotional, developmental, and cognitive impact of separation between infants and their primary caregivers. The four types of attachment styles are: secure, avoidant, anxious-ambivalent, and disorganized. Each of these types of attachment styles are rooted in an individual’s childhood relationships to their primary caregivers, have been found to greatly impact the structure and behavioral patterns of an individual’s close relationships into adulthood. Learn more about Attachment Theory here.
Person Centered
Carl Rogers was the founder of person-centered therapy, also known as client-centered therapy or Rogerian therapy. Person-centered therapy is a non-directive counseling approach that posits all individuals have “growth forces” or growth potential which lead towards self-actualization. In other words, people are inherently motivated to strive for optimal psychological functioning and every client is ultimately the expert on their own life and has the capacity to identify for themselves what they need to self-actualize.
Psychodynamic Therapy
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Change is possible.
Do your emotions feel over-sized and out of control? Do you feel isolated or misunderstood? Does it feel like part of you is holding back?
Get started with therapy.
“Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.”
Audre Lorde
Intersectional feminist, poet & civil rights activist.
Get the support you need to thrive.
Whether you’re struggling with stress, exploring your identity, or navigating a difficult life transition, you deserve a therapy space that feels safe, inclusive and affirming.
groundswellcounseling@gmail.com
Phone
(720) 773 -1989
Office Hours
Monday – Friday
9:00am – 7:00pm
Weekends by Appointment only
Address
Denver, Colorado
Available for Colorado residents only.