Liz Hays, LCSW

Hi there! I’m a queer, neurodivergent therapist who has been described by others as “punk rock meets Mother Goose.” I specialize in anxiety, complex and single event trauma, attachment, mood disorders, and navigating life with late-diagnosed ADHD and autism. In-depth experiential work to address longstanding emotional patterns is especially my jam. My work is heavily informed by queer and feminist theory, disability justice, liberation psychology, and lived experience. For folks curious about my specific modalities, I use parts/inner child work, eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR), dialectical behavioral therapy (DBT), and narrative therapy.

Curiosity, humor, and compassion are central to my approach to sessions. We are, after all, two people living in a messy reality just trying to figure it out together, 50-60 minutes at a time. Screaming, crying, quietly lying on the floor to contemplate life itself - all of it is welcome here.

I offer both virtual and in-person appointments and work exclusively with individual adults.

• Master of Social Work, Concentration in Mental Health & Trauma, University of Denver
• B.S. Human Development & Family Studies, Colorado State University

• Adults

• ADHD
• Anxiety
• Autism
• Culturally Diverse Populations
• EMDR
• Healthy Coping Strategies
• LGBTQIA Community
• Life Changes
• Life Transitions
• Mood Disorders
• Neurodivergence/Neurodiversity
• OCD
• Self-Esteem
• Stress Management
• Women’s Issues
• Young Adults

• Kaiser Permanente

• Male
• Female
• Cisgender
• Transgender
• Non-Binary
• Gender Fluid
• Secular and Non-Religious
• White
• Black and African American
• Hispanic and Latino
• Asian
• Native American
• Pacific Islander
• Asexual
• Bisexual
• Gay
• Heterosexual
• Intersex
• Lesbian
• Pansexual
• Polysexual
• Queer
• Questioning
• Sexual Fluidity