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My Approach


 

Initial Consultation:

The most important thing to me is that you get the help that you need. I, therefore, offer a free 50-minute initial consultation session so that we may meet without you having to make a financial commitment, or feel any pressure to work with me as your psychologist. I see this session as a way for you to begin the process of feeling better. It is a time for you to get to know me, and for me to learn more about you as a person and the difficulties you are facing. It is an opportunity for you to evaluate me, ask me any questions you may have, and determine whether I am someone you feel comfortable talking to, who understands you, and who will be able to help you.

Choosing a therapist is a crucial decision. It is essential that you like your therapist and feel at ease with him or her if treatment is going to be helpful. If you decide that you want to work with me, and I believe that I am well-suited to meet your needs, then we will discuss arrangements for beginning therapy. However, if it does not seem that we are a good match, then I will use what I have learned about you and the issues you want to address in therapy to provide you with referrals to other psychologists who will be better suited to address your concerns.

 

How I work:

I take an integrative approach to therapy. Current research, as well as my experience and training, help me to determine the treatment strategies from psychodynamic, relational, humanistic, existential, cognitive and behavioral approaches that are likely to be most effective in addressing your concerns. However, you are the expert on you. No amount of education, training or experience on my part will change this. I believe that people are constantly in a process of learning and growing and that they have an innate ability to seek creative solutions to address the difficulties that life presents. Thus, my role is not to tell you my way of addressing the problems you face, but rather to create a supportive environment that facilitates reflectiveness, helps deepen self-awareness and increases insight into these difficulties. I work with unique individuals, not diagnoses, and therefore, consider it essential that I actively seek feedback from you and collaborate with you, so we develop solutions that fit with you as an individual and meet your specific therapeutic needs.

 

Creating a Safe & Supportive Environment:

It is not easy to open up and share your experiences and struggles with another person. Developing trust and a sense of comfort and safety is a process. I respect that you will share what you deem necessary to our work together in a manner and within a timeframe that is comfortable for you. My focus is on meeting and respecting your individual needs, providing a space that is compassionate and open, where you do not feel judged, where you feel deeply understood, and where you are able to experiment with new ways of being and relating. I seek to help you feel comfortable in providing me with feedback regarding what you find helpful and/or unhelpful, your perceptions of me and our interactions, and in communicating your therapeutic needs. I view such feedback as essential to building trust, increasing your sense of empowerment, helping you to feel involved and respected in the therapy process, and ensuring that our work together is both effective and tailored to address your unique concerns.


Please contact me if you would like to learn more about how I work, have questions about my office location and fees, or would like to schedule a free initial consultation session

Dr. Charles Mac Kentnor

Psychologist located in Denver, CO

It is not easy to open up and share your experiences and struggles with another person. Developing trust and a sense of comfort and safety is a process. I respect that you will share what you deem necessary to our work together in a manner and within a timeframe that is comfortable for you. My focus is on meeting and respecting your individual needs, providing a space that is compassionate and open, where you do not feel judged, where you feel deeply understood, and where you can experiment with new ways of being and relating.

I seek to help you feel comfortable in providing me with feedback regarding what you find helpful and/or unhelpful, your perceptions of me and our interactions, and in communicating your therapeutic needs. I view such feedback as essential to building trust, increasing your sense of empowerment, helping you to feel involved and respected in the therapy process, and ensuring that our work together is both effective and tailored to address your unique concerns. I see adults and adolescents in individual therapy to address issues ranging from trauma, complex trauma/personality disorders, depression, and anxiety, to trouble with relationships, self-esteem, and personal growth.

I believe that each individual’s unique life experiences influence one's view of him or herself and the issues that have lead to their seeking therapy. Although many people come to see me to address specific concerns, I have found that these issues are often related to more general feeling that that their world has gotten smaller, of feeling limited, an experience of a lack of vitality or wholeness, of feeling shut down or overwhelmed by fears, of constantly confronting barriers that interfere with their ability to live the best life that they know on some level they are capable of living. I view therapy as a collaborative process where I work together with my clients to identify these barriers, increase self-awareness, and gain insight into experiences and issues that have created these barriers.

We develop an approach that fits with them as individuals and addresses their unique life circumstances. However, I do not see therapy as simply developing skills or tools to manage their symptoms and address these barriers. I believe the outcome of a successful therapy involves helping clients arrive at a place where they truly feel more alive, energetic, and whole. Where they experience themselves and the world around them in a different, more open, creative and positive way; where they feel comfortable in their own skin, and the world is a place where opportunity and new experiences await.


Supervision & Teaching

I supervise masters and doctoral level students interested in continuing their training and education in psychodynamic, relational, attachment, cognitive, behavioral, and humanistic/ existential models of therapy. I also provide services to unlicensed mental health professionals who require a licensed psychologist to supervise their private practice and provide individual case and ongoing consultation services for other licensed mental health professionals. I offer training in psychodynamic, relational, attachment, cognitive, behavioral, and humanistic/existential approaches to therapy. Also, I teach the doctoral level Psychodynamic Psychotherapy seminar at the University of Denver’s Graduate School of Professional Psychology. Along with my teaching at Univeristy of Denver, I'm also involved with the continued education program and psychoanalysis research at The Denver Institute for Psychoanalysis


 

Testimonials

Words from our patients

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    "Very kind, compassionate, effective and thankfully patient. I truly believe he is committed to providing therapy tailored to you, your experiences and your needs."

    Elaine L.
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    "Very kind, compassionate, effective and patient. Thankfully I decided to work with him."

    Elaine L.

SERVING THE DENVER AREA


  • Serving The Denver Area

     

    Washington Park - 80210


    Cherry Creek - 80206


    Observatory Park - 80210


    Glendale - 80246

     

    Downtown Denver - 80202


    University of Denver - 80208

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Charles Mac Kentnor
1221 South Clarkson Street
Suite 302
Denver, CO 80210