Marie Gonzer, LPCC, MS, LAc, Dipl. OM

Hi! I’m Marie and I provide therapy to individuals and couples for fertility challenges, pregnancy, postpartum, birth trauma, pregnancy loss, and the emotional transitions of family building.

Fertility challenges, pregnancy loss, postpartum changes, birth trauma — these experiences carry emotional weight that often goes unspoken. The path through them is rarely straightforward, and the feelings that surface can be difficult to name, let alone share.

Therapy offers space to slow down and explore the many emotions that can accompany these transitions. Whether you are facing fertility struggles, processing pregnancy loss, adjusting to pregnancy or postpartum changes, or trying to understand the emotional shifts that come with family building, our work together creates room to be honest about what you are carrying — and to move through it with greater clarity and support.

ABOUT MARIE - AN INTEGRATED PERSPECTIVE, SHAPED BY EXPERIENCE

Before becoming a counselor, Marie spent over a decade working in women's health and fertility as a licensed acupuncturist and practitioner of Chinese and functional medicine. That experience continues to shape the integrated mind–body perspective she brings to her work today.

The intersection of physical experience and emotional life is rarely acknowledged as fully as it deserves. Marie's background means she understands, firsthand, how deeply the body and mind inform one another — especially during the tender and complex terrain of fertility, pregnancy, and postpartum.

Motherhood has shaped, influenced, and deepened Marie's understanding of the emotional transitions that accompany pregnancy, postpartum, and family life. She brings both professional training and personal knowing to the work.

Training Background
Masters in Counseling Psychology
Women’s Mental Health Specialist Certificate
Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) Externship
National Child Traumatic Stress Network: The 12 Core Concepts of Child Trauma
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) for posttraumatic stress disorder, anxiety, depression, and personality disorders
Somatic Trauma Therapy: body-based interventions for the treatment of trauma
Reproductive Trauma: therapeutic approaches addressing infertility, pregnancy loss, birth trauma, and perinatal mental health conditions
Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy for trauma, anxiety, and grief
Integrative DBT, CBT, and ACT approaches for the treatment of trauma and anxiety
Peter Levine, PhD, Trauma and Memory Course: Somatic Experiencing® interventions to support nervous system regulation and trauma resolution
Sue Johnson, PhD, Emotionally Focused Individual Therapy (EFIT): attachment-based interventions for trauma, anxiety, and depression
Sue Johnson, PhD, Intensive Training in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) for couples in crisis
Julie Schwartz Gottman, PhD, and John Gottman, PhD, The 10 Principles of Effective Couples Therapy: research-based interventions for relational functioning
Additional Training
BA in Contemplative Psychology from Naropa University.
Masters Degree of Science in Traditional Oriental Medicine (MSTOM) from Pacific College of San Diego.
Certified in functional medicine through Functional Medicine University.
Licensed Acupuncturist in the state of Colorado
Board Certified as Diplomate in Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine.

• Masters of Counseling Psychology
• Masters of Science in Traditional Oriental Medicine (MSTOM) from Pacific College of San Diego
• BA in Contemplative Psychology from Naropa University
• Women’s Mental Health Specialist Certificate
• Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) Individual and Couples Externship

• Adults
• Couples

• ADHD
• Anxiety
• Behavior Disorders
• Bonding
• Caregiver Stress
• Childhood Trauma
• Culturally Diverse Populations
• Depression
• Divorce
• Domestic Violence
• Family Conflicts
• Family Systems
• Family/Peer Relationship Issues
• First Responders
• Grief and Loss
• Healthy Coping Strategies
• Identity/Body Image Issues
• Infant/Child Loss
• Infertility
• Interpersonal Relationships
• LGBTQIA Community
• Life Changes
• Life Transitions
• Maternal Mental Health
• Miscarriage
• Mood Disorders
• Neurodivergence/Neurodiversity
• PTSD
• Parenting Support
• People with Disabilities
• Postpartum Depression
• Pregnancy Issues
• Relationship Issues
• Self-Esteem
• Stress Management
• Trauma
• Trauma/PTSD
• Women’s Issues

• Perinatal Mental Health
• Holistic Therapy
• Mindfulness-Based Therapy
• Somatic Therapy
• Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)
• Dialectic Behavioral Therapy (DBT)
• Emotion Focused Therapy (EFT)

• Aetna
• Cigna
• Kaiser Permanente
• Self-Pay
• United Healthcare/Optum

• Male
• Female
• Cisgender
• Transgender
• Non-Binary
• Gender Fluid
• Buddhist
• Christian
• Hindu
• Jewish
• Muslim
• Secular and Non-Religious
• Sikh
• The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
• 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