Addy is the founder and Clinical Director of AB Counseling Group in Golden, Colorado. She holds a master’s degree in Marriage and Family Therapy and is a Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC) as well as a Licensed School Counselor (LSC). Addy has built collaborative partnerships with multiple universities to support counseling interns and pre-licensed clinicians, providing high-quality supervision and a strong training environment rooted in ethical, client-centered care.

Addy specializes in couples therapy and has completed Level 3 Practicum Training in Gottman Method Couples Therapy. She works with couples to improve communication, manage conflict more effectively, and rebuild connection using evidence-based approaches that support lasting change.

In her family therapy work, Addy helps families navigate complex dynamics such as co-parenting after divorce, ongoing conflict, and emotional disconnection. Her background as a Licensed School Counselor offers valuable perspective on child development, family systems, and the needs of children and adolescents across developmental stages.

Through parenting support, Addy collaborates with caregivers to create individualized, positive parenting plans that are practical and sustainable. Her approach focuses on reducing stress and conflict while strengthening communication, cooperation, and confidence within the family system.

Clients often describe Addy’s style as warm, direct, and supportive. She offers thoughtful challenges while maintaining a compassionate and respectful therapeutic space.

Makaela provides compassionate, trauma-focused counseling for adolescents and adults experiencing anxiety, depression, grief, trauma, identity exploration, and significant life transitions. She incorporates EMDR therapy into her trauma-informed approach, helping clients process difficult experiences, reduce emotional distress, and move toward lasting healing. Together, she and her clients explore ways to cultivate greater meaning, connection, resilience, and purpose. 

Makaela meets clients where they are, helping them recognize their innate strengths while honoring the unique experiences that have shaped them. She creates a warm, supportive environment where clients feel seen, understood, and empowered to embrace growth. Through mindfulness and present-moment awareness, she helps clients reconnect with both themselves and the world around them. 

Believing in the transformative power of pain, Makaela helps clients understand the stories behind their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors while discovering the resilience and wisdom that emerge through healing. She approaches therapy with curiosity, compassion, and authenticity, viewing each session as a collaborative exploration of “what has happened to you” rather than “what is wrong with you.” 

Makaela welcomes every part of who her clients are with acceptance and respect, creating a safe space where healing and self-discovery can unfold. Clients often describe her as a calm, grounding presence who helps them connect their mind and body throughout the therapeutic process. Inspired by Ann Voskamp’s words, “Shame dies when stories are told in safe places,” Makaela is honored to provide that safe place where meaningful change can begin. 

Izzy provides compassionate, strengths-based counseling to children, adolescents, and adults. She believes therapy should be a space where clients feel seen, heard, understood, and accepted for who they are. With warmth and curiosity, Izzy meets clients where they are and helps them build greater self-awareness, confidence, communication skills, and resilience.

Izzy works with clients across the lifespan and thoughtfully adapts her approach to each person’s unique needs. When working with children and adolescents, she looks beyond challenging behaviors to understand what those behaviors may be communicating. She recognizes that young people often express emotions and needs before they have the words to explain them. Through play and experiential approaches, she helps children and teens explore their experiences, develop healthy coping skills, and strengthen emotional regulation. She also values collaboration with parents and caregivers to support meaningful change beyond the therapy room.

With adults, Izzy offers a supportive space to explore emotions, relationships, self-esteem, communication, and life experiences. She helps clients better understand themselves and their patterns while developing practical tools to navigate challenges and create meaningful change.

Izzy draws from CBT, DBT, person-centered therapy, play and experiential therapy, and Emotion-Focused Family Therapy (EFFT). She thoughtfully tailors her approach to each client’s needs, strengths, and goals.

Outside of therapy, Izzy enjoys strength training, skiing, camping, hiking 14ers, spending time outdoors, and exploring new places.

Shirazeh is passionate about supporting individuals, couples, and families as they navigate moments in life that feel confusing, overwhelming, or stuck. As a Marriage and Family Therapist Candidate (MFTC), she views challenges through a relational lens, recognizing that our experiences are often shaped by the connections we have with ourselves and those around us. Whether someone is hoping to break old patterns, deepen their understanding of relationships or family dynamics, heal long-standing wounds, or reconnect with their authentic self, Shirazeh strives to move at a pace that feels safe, steady, and empowering. She offers both virtual and in-person sessions to residents across Colorado. 

She works with a wide range of concerns, including relationship conflict, ADHD (supporting both children and adults), low self-esteem, family tension, anxiety, grief, and life transitions. Drawing from her training in the Gottman Method, she helps couples strengthen their friendship, improve communication, navigate conflict with greater understanding, and build deeper meaning and connection in their relationships. 

Shirazeh is committed to creating a therapeutic space grounded in respect, curiosity, and collaboration—one where clients feel genuinely understood, supported, and encouraged to explore what matters most to them. While providing warmth and empathy, she also gently challenges patterns that may no longer serve her clients, fostering insight, growth, and lasting change. 

Shirazeh considers it a privilege to walk alongside clients with compassion, honesty, and hope as they build healthier relationships, discover new perspectives, and move toward greater well-being. 

Fiona is a master’s-level intern pursuing her M.A. in Couples and Family Therapy at the University of Colorado Denver. She has completed Level 1 Training in Gottman Method Couples Therapy and enjoys working with individuals, couples, and families as they deepen their understanding of themselves and one another.

Fiona believes that each voice in the therapy room deserves to be heard. She thoughtfully considers emotions, beliefs, identities, and lived experiences to better understand the unique perspective each person brings. Her goal is to create a space where clients feel respected, supported, and genuinely understood.

She takes a collaborative, person-centered approach to therapy, working alongside clients to explore past experiences and create meaningful direction for the present and future. Fiona supports clients navigating relational concerns, grief, self-discovery, and the complexities of healing. She values growth while also recognizing and celebrating strengths, believing that moments of joy are an important part of the therapeutic process.

Outside of the office, Fiona enjoys reading, playing board and video games, taking pictures of her cats, and learning to sew.