
Steven Marks, MA, Licensed Professional Counselor
Steven Marks is the Director of the Marriage-Relationship and Spouses/Partner Recovery Program at Front Range Counseling, an outpatient counseling service specifically for the treatment of couples, men and women recovering from the impact of sexual addiction, infidelity, and intimacy disorders.
Steven has received focused and specialized training that assists couples develop healthy and intimate relationships, and recover from the impacts of sexual addiction and infidelity. Steven has trained through Mark & Debra Laasar (SA Specialists and Author’s) and believes as they do that “the kind of help that transforms the pain around broken relationship has three critical components.
Steven also is specialized in working with spouse’s/partner’s of those struggling with sex addiction and intimacy disorder. He develops a strong therapeutic bond with the spouse in normalizing the emotion and pain they are experiencing. He works to assist them in grieving, processing and communicating the pain, hurt and sadness they are experiencing. Steven also assists the spouse to grow in their own health and recovery through developing healthy boundaries, having a healthy voice, self-care and developing healthy support networks. He helps the spouse/partner move forward in realizing their own self-value and worth.
Steven is a Licensed Professional Counselor with a Master’s Degree from Denver Seminary
Richard Carter, MA, Registered PsychotherapistRichard brings giftedness and experience as well as scriptural and psychological insights to help individuals, couples, and families. He has the experience to help with various forms of relational struggles and personal brokenness.
Richard believes that counseling is about hope and healing. Therefore, the counseling relationship is about finding hope, pursuing healing, and moving toward wholeness. Richard approaches counseling through relationship.
Richard’s area of focus in counseling is sexual addiction recovery. Richard has both education and personal experience in overcoming sexual addiction. From his own personal struggle, he extends the unconditional love and mercy God has shown him.
Richard’s greatest joy is to see men experience God's transforming power and healing grace! His counseling style includes cognitive-behavioral approaches as well as other methods that strive to address the needs of the whole person; spiritual, natural, and emotional.
Richard works with men whose thoughts or behaviors are inconsistent with who they really are. Richard helps his client to understand where those unhealthy thoughts and behaviors came from, and then help them learn new thought patterns and behaviors to replace the dysfunctional ones. He also works with couples to help restore trust and health to their relationship.
Sean McDonald, BS, Registered PsychotherapistSean is passionate about helping men and women experience freedom and joy in their lives. His desire to help people find hope and healing comes from his faith in God and his personal experience of going through recovery for sexual addiction. His journey of recovery led him out of the business world and into full-time ministry and graduate school so that he could be better equipped to help others.
Sean works with individuals who struggle with sexual addiction and other sexual issues, anger, anxiety and depression. He also works with spouses of sex addicts.
Sean is currently finishing up his Masters of Arts in Counseling from Denver Seminary and has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Arkansas. He has been trained under some of the great leaders in the sexual addiction field such as Patrick Carnes and Mark Laaser and is in the process of becoming a Certified Sexual Addiction Therapist through Carnes' organization. Sean also counsels students at Colorado Christian University.
Sean spent the last four years working in a leadership role of a church. He directed the recovery ministry and gained valuable experience working with individuals and couples that were experiencing a wide range of issues.
Ken Curry, MA, Registered PsychotherapistRelationships are designed to provide a deep source of fullness, joy and passion in our lives. However, during many seasons of life, because of varied reasons, most people experience confusion, pain or brokenness in their relationships. You are not alone.
Navigating these disruptive seasons may require purposefully using resources in your community, like developing a counseling relationship. This investment requires active participation, honesty and some challenging personal work Right now you may not feel hopeful, however just starting this process brings more hope than you may realize. It is amazing how people have the resilience, courage and strength to come alive during these life changing times.
With open, warm and collaborative style Ken brings his life experience, educational knowledge and relational insights to your counseling experience. His general focus includes Marriage, Family and Men. More specific areas include; life transitions, sexuality, fathering, parenting, boys, reconciliation, pre-marital, singles and navigating chronic disease as a family.
Ken has earned an MA in Counseling from Colorado Christian University, a post-graduate training certificate in Marriage and Family Therapy from the Family Therapy Training Center of Colorado (now Denver Family Institute) and a BA in Pastoral Studies from CCU. He is also certified as a Prepare/Enrich marriage counselor. Among the varied work experiences Ken has had in the past he has been an associate pastor in the Denver area for 11 years and a therapeutic foster father for 8 years.
Garry Nutter, MA, Licensed Professional CounselorGarry’s counseling style has been described as “highly relational”, “comforting”, “safe”, “warm”, and even “pastoral”. What you will find in him is a very warm, caring person. He helps clients focus on how their emotions impact them, offers tools to deal with life, and helps them find meaning in their experiences. His style has been effective in dealing with sexual/internet addictions, behavioral addictions, anxiety, depression, anger management, adolescent and young adult issues, and couple’s therapy. Garry is a certified Prepare/Enrich counselor for pre-marital and marital counseling. As a former ordained minister, he brings special insight to the struggles unique to people in ministry.
Garry has a Masters degree with honors in counseling from Denver Seminary; he is registered for counseling in the state of Colorado, and has obtained national recognition as a National Certified Counselor. He also belongs to the American Counseling Association and the American Association of Christian Counselors. He offers a holistic approach that combines the best counseling practices with sensitivity to the spiritual and physical needs of each client.
Garry's area of counseling focus is in sexual addiction, anxiety, depression, anger management, marriage counseling, and sexual deviancy.
Andrew Jerusik, MA, Licensed Professional CounselorAndrew believes nearly all counseling-related issues stem from a breakdown in relationships – in a person’s marriage or in one’s relationship with their family of origin. We were created for relationships. We are aware of that design in our innermost being and all too familiar when that design does not work the way it should. When such realizations reach the surface of our hearts, pain is sure to follow. Consequently, our pain tends to manifest itself in a variety of ways.
Andrew helps people work through their pain in different ways. His counseling practice includes working with men and adolescents struggling with sexual addiction, as well as helping couples work through difficult problems and emotions that often accompany a spouse’s marital infidelity. Related, Andrew works with married couples to help restore and improve communication and intimacy. Andrew is also available to help men develop anger management skills that can lead to fulfilling relationships with other people.
Andrew is a licensed professional counselor in the state of Colorado. All too familiar with experiencing relational pain and brokenness, Andrew has also experienced profound freedom in his life and marriage after surviving the throws of foster care as an adolescent and subsequent healing as an adult. Andrew seeks to convey to and comfort those who feel there is no hope. He is passionate about presenting truth to people and places in hearts where lies have resided for far too long.
Andrew holds an MA in Professional Counseling from Colorado Christian University.
Christine Denlinger, MA, Licensed Professional CounselorChristine is passionate about facilitating growth and reconciliation in relationships. She believes that all people can gain insight and learn skills that will help them live a balanced and fulfilled life. Her warm and caring style along with a developmental and insight oriented approach to counseling promotes the health and well-being of her clients.
Christine specializes in treating individuals who are experiencing distress internally and in their relationships with others due to: Depression, Anxiety, Marital difficulty: unresolved conflict, affairs, addictions, Relational difficulty,Trauma, Sexual addiction and co-sexual addiction, Cross cultural issues, and Spiritual issues.
Christine did her undergraduate work in behavioral science and psychology. She holds a masters degree in counseling from Denver Seminary and is Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Colorado.
Christine is a member of the American Counseling Association. Due to her cross-cultural experience Christine is also fluent in Spanish.
Steven Marks, MA, Licensed Professional Counselor
Steven Marks is the Director of the Marriage-Relationship and Spouses/Partner Recovery Program at Front Range Counseling, an outpatient counseling service specifically for the treatment of couples, men and women recovering from the impact of sexual addiction, infidelity, and intimacy disorders.
Steven has received focused and specialized training that assists couples develop healthy and intimate relationships, and recover from the impacts of sexual addiction and infidelity. Steven has trained through Mark & Debra Laasar (SA Specialists and Author’s) and believes as they do that “the kind of help that transforms the pain around broken relationship has three critical components.
Steven also is specialized in working with spouse’s/partner’s of those struggling with sex addiction and intimacy disorder. He develops a strong therapeutic bond with the spouse in normalizing the emotion and pain they are experiencing. He works to assist them in grieving, processing and communicating the pain, hurt and sadness they are experiencing. Steven also assists the spouse to grow in their own health and recovery through developing healthy boundaries, having a healthy voice, self-care and developing healthy support networks. He helps the spouse/partner move forward in realizing their own self-value and worth.
Steven is a Licensed Professional Counselor with a Master’s Degree from Denver Seminary
Christine Denlinger, MA, Licensed Professional CounselorChristine is passionate about facilitating growth and reconciliation in relationships. She believes that all people can gain insight and learn skills that will help them live a balanced and fulfilled life. Her warm and caring style along with a developmental and insight oriented approach to counseling promotes the health and well-being of her clients.
Christine specializes in treating individuals who are experiencing distress internally and in their relationships with others due to: Depression, Anxiety, Marital difficulty: unresolved conflict, affairs, addictions, Relational difficulty,Trauma, Sexual addiction and co-sexual addiction, Cross cultural issues, and Spiritual issues.
Christine did her undergraduate work in behavioral science and psychology. She holds a masters degree in counseling from Denver Seminary and is Licensed Professional Counselor in the state of Colorado.
Christine is a member of the American Counseling Association. Due to her cross-cultural experience Christine is also fluent in Spanish.
Claudette Siekmeier, MA, Licensed Professional CounselorClaudette has a Master’s degree in counseling from Denver Seminary and a Bachelor of Arts teaching degree from the University of Northern Colorado. She is a Nationally Certified Counselor and holds certifications in Couples Communication and Prepare/Enrich programs.
Claudette’s focus in counseling is to strengthen the family, which she believes is the cornerstone of our society. The marriage relationship is the best place to begin building a strong culture, so Claudette works primarily with couples. Her approach with couples is to help them to understand that conflicts are often driven by a negative cycle fueled by their emotions. Her goal in counseling is that couples will learn to interact differently and understand their destructive emotional responses.
Claudette enjoys teaching and believes the counseling process involves learning new skills. Her hope is that couples will focus on their relationship first and then learn to improve their home and family life. To help with this process, Claudette offers workshops on several aspects of family life such as parenting, teen relationships, meal planning and nutrition. Groups are also available for couples counseling and post-abortion healing. Groups last about eight to ten weeks.
Claudette has been married for 27 years and has five children. She has taught middle school and high school but now focuses on counseling. In her spare time she enjoys being with her family, sewing, refinishing furniture, and walks on the High Line Canal.