Mandy Doria

Mandy Doria, MS, LPC, NCC, RYT-200 is a Licensed Professional Counselor, Registered Yoga Teacher, and Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado’s Department of Psychiatry. She is a therapist in the Stress, Trauma, Adversity, Research and Treatment (START) Center with 12 years of experience providing mental health care to children and adults in a variety of community, school, home, and college settings. In addition to CBT, DBT and ACT, Mandy incorporates mindfulness and trauma-informed mindful movement and somatic approaches into her therapeutic work and practices from a person-centered, relational, and strengths-based framework. She directs the Past the Pandemic program, which has supported the healthcare workforce since March 2020 in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, and she has presented extensively on mental health education, suicide prevention, grief, mindfulness, stress management and burnout.

My counseling encompasses a humanistic, grounded approach that treats the client as a whole person. I help the person uncover and be empowered to use one's own natural resources, strengths, and abilities to cope with whatever he/she is facing. I create a safe, calm and open environment that allows one to make connections, explore alternate perspectives, and promote growth and personal wellness in creative and effective ways. As a Registered Yoga Teacher, I incorporate breathing techniques, emotional regulation, meditation and mindfulness into my work with clients. I offer approaches such as CBT, DBT, Assertiveness, and other Gestalt and relational therapies. I work creatively with the person to find one's own form of expression and what works to communicate in the session. I am most effective in dealing with anxiety, depression, self esteem, relationships, and identity formation and exploration. I enjoy helping people through the phases and transitions of life.