Hi, I’m mason.
I'm a clinical psychotherapist and Certified Clinical Trauma Specialist (CCTS-I) based in Denver, Colorado. I specialize in working with men, specifically men who are dealing with depression, trauma, or the kind of identity confusion that's hard to explain to the people around them.
I've been in this field for over a decade, across both clinical and pastoral settings. I'm also a doctoral psychology student, which means I’m actively engaged with the latest research to get the best results.
I've kept up on good mental hygiene with my own therapist for years, and I take that seriously. Knowing what it feels like to sit in the chair and to do the actual work shapes how I show up with clients. I don't ask men to go anywhere I haven't been willing to go myself.
My Approach
why i work with men
Before I became a therapist, I spent years in a very different vocation, one that put me in close contact with questions of meaning, identity, and purpose long before I had the clinical language for them. Depression and identity confusion pushed me eventually to do my own serious therapeutic work, and eventually to make a significant transition out of that path. That experience deeply informed my training and changed how I understand what men go through when the story they've been living stops making sense.
I've also had a stutter since childhood. I know what it's like quietly and persistently to carry something that shapes you, and to build resilience through it rather than despite it. That's part of what I bring into the room.
Men in their 20s, 30s, and 40s navigating depression, loss of direction, trauma, or an identity they've outgrown are doing some of the hardest and most important work there is, and often feel reluctant to look for help. I find it deeply meaningful to be part of that.
How I work
My approach is depth-oriented, meaning we go to the root of what's driving your symptoms rather than managing them at the surface. Most of the patterns men bring to therapy have emotional origins that haven't been fully seen or processed. Once they are, things shift in a way that sticking to behavior change alone never quite achieves.
In practice, I draw on several evidence-based approaches depending on what's most useful for you:
Psychodynamic Therapy
The foundation of my work. We explore the unconscious patterns, defenses, and emotional roots underneath your presenting struggles — not just what's happening, but why it keeps happening.
Emotion-Focused Therapy (EFT)
Helps you access and work through core emotions that have been avoided or suppressed — moving from intellectual understanding to actual felt change.
Eye-movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR)
A strongly evidence-based approach using visual and audial stimulation for processing traumatic memories that are stuck in the nervous system, so they stop intruding on the present.
Parts work
Explores the different "parts" of your internal experience like the protectors, the wounded younger self, the angry and hurting part, and the part that keeps you stuck, with curiosity rather than judgment.
training and credentials
License
LPCC: Licensed Professional Counselor Candidate
Trauma Certification
CCTS-I: Certified Clinical Trauma Specialist (Individuals)
EMDR Credential
EMDR trained
Doctoral Study
PhD in Psychology (in progress)
Experience
10+ years combined counseling, both clinical and pastoral settings