Meet the Staff

“I utilize a cognitive-behavioral, solution-focused approach with experiential influences. My clinical beliefs stem from the social work model of Person-In-Environment utilizing unconditional positive regard. My interventions match each client where they are at emotionally, physically, and spiritually allowing them to pace the treatment to their comfort level.

I have several years of experience with children and adolescents working as a counselor after obtaining my bachelor’s degree up to becoming a primary therapist upon earning my Master’s degree. Issues addressed; grief and loss, attachment and abandonment, trauma, anger management, eating disorders, dissociative disorders, social skills, self-esteem, bullying, stress management, relationships, and parenting.”

I am a board-certified psychologist with over 30 years of experience in evaluating and treating anxiety, depression, attention, memory and behavior problems.

In conducting evaluations, I have a special interest in looking at cognitive problems from the point of view of normal development and aging. I focus on adults who have experienced challenges in achieving their goals related to neurodevelopmental issues (such as autism spectrum disorders and attention deficit), and older adults who have memory problems.

In therapy, adults and adolescents who have an interest in understanding themselves and who are struggling with difficult emotions and behaviors are a good fit for my approach, which is based on effective behavioral and insight-oriented techniques.

Kirsten’s clinical beliefs are based in social work ethics, using a wraparound perspective; physically, emotionally, socially, and spiritually, to allow clients to guide treatment at their own pace.  She uses strength perspective, task-centered, solution focused therapy in her interactions with clients to assist them in reaching their goals. 

Kirsten has several years of experience with adolescents, adults, families, and veterans since graduating with her bachelor’s degree at many different levels, case management, therapy, and program management and development.  She has continued to use her skills to assist clients since graduating with a master’s in social work.

Erin is happy to be working at Thrive Counseling Service where she uses a cognitive-behavioral approach with her patients along with Narrative Therapy and Motivational Interviewing. Her clinical beliefs stem from the social work model of Person-In-Environment. She believes that understanding where someone comes from and their experiences is what helps her to set the most productive treatment goals. Everyone has a story to tell and Erin is ready to listen and understand so that you can move forward.

Larry Player’s approach to psychotherapy starts with developing therapeutic rapport with clients
thus creating opportunities for them to self-reflect and examine ways to create, sustain, and
repair relationships. He also emphasizes the importance of clients achieving their goals through
solution focused thinking opposed to problem focused thinking.

Larry’s professional interest includes special needs children that require high levels of care. He
has several years’ experience in working with children and adolescents with a variety of special
needs ranging from autism, cerebral palsy, down syndrome, dysgraphia, and ADHD.

Larry’s personal interest include working with gifted adolescents involved in various forms of art
(film, music, and literature). He believes mental health can be observed and treated with healthy
forms of expression through the arts.

Heather is a Master of Social Work Student from Arizona State University, she will graduate December 2022 and begin her provisional licensing hours at Thrive. Before joining the Thrive team Heather completed over 480 hours of internship dedicated to supporting local community members. Heather also works for many years as a case manager for a local non-profits within our great Cheyenne community.

Heather has a sincere passion for helping individuals to find ways to work through and understand their problems utilizing Psychotherapy, Cognitive-behavioral therapy, Interpersonal therapy, Psychodynamic therapy, and Mindfulness-based therapy. Heather thrives in the solution focused model of treatment assisting clients with problem solving.

Heather is accepting new clients at this time.

Alyssa is currently attending Capella University’s Clinical Mental Health Counseling program. She is excited to be able to join the Thrive Counseling team as she completes her practicum and internship requirements. During her education, she has gained insight into the various therapeutic interventions used and how each can benefit clients differently.

Alyssa utilizes Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy, Solution-Focused Therapy, Motivational Interviewing, Mindfulness-based Therapy, and psychoeducation to help clients understand how their problems have arisen and how to address them in a manner that can work through them.

Alyssa is excited to take on new clients and allow them to tell her their stories so they can work through them together with support.

Bailey is currently attending Adams State University as a Clinical Mental Health Counseling graduate student. She is excited to join the Thrive team as she continues to develop her own counseling skills while completing her practicum and internship requirements for licensure.

Bailey is a proponent of holistic therapeutic approaches that view the individual client as a unique and complex interaction of the various life factors and experiences that influence one’s journey through life. She believes we each have the ability to create the lives we want for ourselves, and therapy is a tool to help us get closer to that life we desire. Bailey utilizes mindfulness-based therapies and elements of cognitive-behavioral, existential-humanistic, and psychoeducation approaches to focus on the overall development, health, and wellness of each of her clients.