About Cindy

CIndy L. Hartman, MAC, Psychotherapist
Child, Adult, Family Counseling - A "Kitchen Table" Approach, LLC

           
Assurances:

Master of Arts Degree in Counseling
Professional Insurances
Colorado DORA Registration #10466
           

Professional Affiliations &Memberships

Member American Counseling Association
Member International Association of Marriage and Family Counselors
Member Association of Creativity in Counseling
Member Association of Rehabilitation Counseling
Member Association of Adults and Aging

Biographical Information

Ms. Hartman grew up in multicultural Los Angeles, California. She began her undergraduate work at California State University, Northridge and after moving to the Midwest, completed this study with a BA in Human Relations.  She went on to graduate at the top of her class with an MA in Counseling from Doane College in Lincoln, Nebraska.

For nearly a decade, Ms. Hartman has counseled hundreds of individuals, families and groups in a variety of settings including clinical practices, private practices, in the home counseling service agencies, hospice settings, churches, and non-profit community-based agencies.

Her counseling experience with children, adolescents and adults is diverse. The requisite and often unpleasant clinical aspects of mental health counseling are tempered and made more effective with her judicious and creative therapeutic approach known as A “Kitchen Table Approach” to Counseling. Ms. Hartman is now in private practice in Fort Collins, Colorado and pursuing the LPC designation.

Ms. Hartman uses client-centered and eclectic therapies including, but not limited to Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Dialectical Behavior Therapy, Rationale Emotive Therapy and Analytical Psychotherapy. These therapies can be implemented with children, adults and families.

Areas of special interest and areas of research she has participated in include: Attention Deficit Disorder and Co-morbidities, Bipolar Disorder in Young Children, Domestic Violence Recovery, Child Custody Evaluation, Female-to-Female Relational Aggression in Peer Groups and the Work Place, Loss Issues, Depression, Bipolar Spectrum Disorders, Understanding and Controlling Frustration and Anger, Co-dependency and Boundary Setting, Understanding and Overcoming Low Self-Esteem, Borderline Personality Disorder, Irritable Bowel Syndrome (Significantly decrease or end symptoms), Support for patients / families who have experienced a Brain Tumor Diagnosis, Managing Anxiety with Progressive Relaxation and other creative techniques...

Therapeutic Methods

No two people are alike; therefore, no one treatment modality will be right for every person. This is why my overarching theoretical orientation is client-centered and eclectic. This eclectic mix may include but is not limited to Reality Therapy, Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Rationale-Emotive Therapy, and Analytical Psychotherapy. Sessions are conducted in a professional yet non-clinical, relaxed environment. I call this a “Kitchen Table Approach” to mental health and well-being.

Together, we may talk and study your relationship and behavior styles. You may be encouraged to vent your feelings in a variety of healthy ways.

We may delve into your subconscious thought processes and behaviors by deconstructing dreams, exploring your family genealogy, or by doing other activities which facilitate greater understanding of the interpersonal and environmental dynamics occurring in your home, work or other places in which you operate on a regular basis.

We may work toward reframing unhealthy or negative thoughts. We may explore the concept of understanding and taking personal responsibility for one’s own behavior.

We may work to improve your interpersonal relationship skills, and create daily functioning routines that actually work for you.

Maybe you want to learn appropriate coping skills for managing a difficult situation.

Maybe there is an undesirable behavior you wish to extinguish. Perhaps some thing or situation (or person) frightens you.

Perhaps you are co-dependant. Someone you love has serious issues and you are enabling them. We will work together to explore, manage and end your co-dependent thought processes and behaviors.  

Maybe you have been traumatized by past or current events, situations, or persons in your life or you have frightening and painful memories from the past which need to be examined in order to go on living a happy and healthy life.  Perhaps loss of health or dreams or a special relationship has changed your present and your future.

Assertiveness training or managing anger may be things you wish to explore. Feelings of sadness may be keeping you from enjoying life. Frustration may be causing you to feel “crazy”.

I have over 20 of years of experience in the helping, teaching, and communication fields, a BA in Human Relations and an MA in Counseling. I have worked with children, adults, groups and families. Recently I obtained certification in working with victims of
domestic violence. Currently I am working towards the LPC designation and designation as a certified Play Therapist. Areas of specialization include, Managing Adult ADD and co-occuring issues, Bipolar Disorder in Young Children, loss, personal and professional relationship skills, anxiety disorders, Bipolar Disorders, Borderline Personality Disorder, and abuse recovery.