Healing that meets you where you actually are.
Internal Family Systems–centered psychotherapy for trauma, anxiety, OCD, and depression — grounded in ACT and person-centered care. In-person in Denver and virtually across Colorado.
A grounded place to do the deeper work.
Most of us arrive in therapy carrying parts of ourselves that have been working hard for a long time — protecting, managing, bracing, performing. Real change doesn't come from pushing those parts away. It comes from learning to listen to them.
Michael P. Biggans, JD/MS, LPC, LCPC, is a Licensed Professional Counselor offering Internal Family Systems–based therapy in Denver. His work draws on IFS as the primary framework, integrated with Acceptance & Commitment Therapy (ACT) and a person-centered orientation that takes seriously what each client already knows about their own life.
Sessions are conversational, paced, and oriented toward lasting change rather than quick fixes — whether you're navigating long-standing patterns or sorting through something more recent.
Licensed Professional Counselor (LPC, LCPC) · JD/MS
Level 2 IFS Trained (IFS Institute)
ACT-Informed · Person-Centered
Natural Medicine Owner #000-151 · NMHC-00048 · NMCF-000017
Three frameworks, one coherent practice.
The work is unified rather than eclectic. IFS provides the structure for meeting the inner system; ACT brings language and tools for living with what arises; person-centered care holds the whole thing — that you are the expert on your own experience.
Internal Family Systems
A parts-based therapy that understands the mind as a system of distinct inner voices — protectors, exiles, and a calm, compassionate core Self. We build a curious, non-judgmental relationship with every part, so the ones carrying pain can finally be heard and unburdened.
Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
A mindfulness-based therapy focused on psychological flexibility — making room for difficult thoughts and feelings instead of fighting them, unhooking from the stories the mind tells, and orienting your actions toward what genuinely matters to you.
Person-Centered Care
Drawing on Carl Rogers' relational tradition: unconditional positive regard, genuine empathy, and the conviction that meaningful change unfolds in a relationship that takes you seriously. The therapeutic alliance isn't a delivery system for technique — it's the work itself.
Therapy formats tailored to fit.
Each format draws on the same IFS-centered, ACT-informed foundation. The right fit depends on what you're working with and what kind of structure best supports it.
Individual Therapy
One-to-one IFS-based therapy for trauma, anxiety, OCD, depression, and the patterns that develop around them. Sessions are 50–55 minutes, in-person in Denver or virtually anywhere in Colorado, paced to your nervous system rather than a protocol.
Our ApproachCouples Counseling
Relational therapy that brings IFS into the room between partners — surfacing the protective parts driving cycles of disconnection, and building the conditions for genuine listening, repair, and intimacy on both sides.
Areas of SpecialtyGroup Therapy
Small, intentional groups for shared work around trauma, anxiety, and personal development. Cohorts are forming throughout the year — reach out to learn about current offerings and waitlists.
InquireConditions and concerns we work with.
Many clients arrive carrying more than one of these at once. The work doesn't require a clean diagnosis — it begins with what you're actually living with.
Anxiety & OCD
- Generalized Anxiety Disorder
- Panic Disorder & panic attacks
- Social anxiety
- Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
- Health anxiety & perfectionism
Trauma & PTSD
- Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
- Complex trauma (C-PTSD)
- Childhood abuse & neglect
- Acute stress & recovery
- Dissociative experience
Mood & Depression
- Major depressive disorder
- Persistent depression
- Bipolar spectrum
- Seasonal affective disorder
- Treatment-resistant depression
Clinical depth, without the clinical distance.
Therapy at its best holds two things at once — rigorous training in evidence-based methods, and the kind of warm, human attention that makes those methods actually land. That's the standard here.
Straightforward, transparent fees.
A free 15-minute consultation is offered before scheduling so you can get a feel for the fit. Superbills available on request for clients seeking out-of-network reimbursement through their insurance.
Schedule a Free ConsultationFor clients exploring legal psilocybin therapy in Colorado.
Michael is also a DORA-licensed clinical psilocybin facilitator and the founder of a separate, fully licensed natural medicine healing center serving clients with treatment-resistant symptoms, deep trauma, or interest in psilocybin-assisted growth work. That work is offered through a distinct practice — built around the same IFS- and ACT-informed framework.
Visit Psychedelic Therapy DenWhen you're ready, reach out.
A free 15-minute consultation is the simplest place to start. We'll talk briefly about what's bringing you here, what you're hoping for, and whether this practice is a good fit for the work.
5335 W. 48th Street, Suite 602 · Denver, CO
303-927-0233 · Info@DenverEmotionalHealth.com
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