Licensed Professional Counselor

Ray Lewey, MA, LPC

(he/him/his)

My approach

If you’re looking for someone who can sit with you through the hard stuff, who can offer genuine curiosity and empathy while also challenging you to grow, then I might be the right therapist for you.

I am trained in both cognitive and somatic modalities, and blend them both in my therapeutic work. I believe that finding balance and healing requires the integration of cognitive (mental) and somatic (body/nervous system) processes. I incorporate an attachment-based approach as well, as I believe that many of our quirks and neuroses as adults were formed through early childhood experiences.

I believe that humans naturally tend toward growth and healing. My approach to therapy is to be a collaborator in that process. I will help you examine outdated belief systems you have about yourself and the world so that you can start engaging in more authentic and spontaneous ways. I offer a non-judgmental and inviting environment for you to openly share thoughts and feelings that you might not have felt safe to share in the past, while also challenge old patterns of thinking and behaving so that you can start to break free from those patterns in order to find more satisfaction, confidence, and genuine connection.

As a transgender man, I have my own experience of feeling not good enough, and not acceptable as the person I really am. I know how scary it can be to make the choice to live authentically, and to start asking for what you want in life. But I also know how liberating and healing it can be. I’m here to walk that path with you.

My background

I am a licensed professional counselor in the state of Colorado, providing individual psychotherapy to adults. Before going into private practice, I worked in a variety of settings, including group therapy practices, residential addiction treatment centers, and a domestic violence organization. In addition to being a therapist, I am also adjunct faculty for the Graduate School of Psychology at Naropa University, where I lead residential meditation retreats and teach on the intersections between Buddhist psychology, contemplative practice, and Western psychotherapy.

My educational background is a mixed bag. I received my Master of Arts in Contemplative Psychotherapy and Buddhist Psychology from Naropa University. Before that, I received a BA in English literature, with minors in psychology, philosophy, and race & gender studies. My college studies seemed a bit haphazard at the time, but now I’ve come to understand that at the root was a desire to understand the human experience. Sometimes that understanding comes through the stories we tell. Sometimes through theoretical frameworks and critiques we offer about the world. Sometimes by going deep, deep down into the darkest pars of ourselves through meditation and self-inquiry.