About Kelly Beninga

Transformational Psychotherapy
for Mind, Body, and Spirit

(303) 579-1237 Kelly Beninga, M.A.
Individual and
Relationship Counseling Denver & Boulder
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About Kelly Beninga

My Goal

I consider myself to be a transpersonal therapist, which simply means I view my clients as more than just habitual thoughts, feelings, and behaviors. My view is that we are all spiritual beings on a journey of human experience with the purpose of healing and growth.

Growth involves letting go of the defensive contraction that reduces awareness, and removing obstacles to the recognition of our expanded potential. I believe in the underlying sanity, goodness, health and wholeness of every individual and believe we are all moving towards health in the best way we know how.

My goal is to bring gentle presence and unconditional acceptance to provide a safe place for the client's inherent mental health and spiritual well-being to emerge.

My Methods

I use a holistic approach to psychotherapy that includes helping the client to gain insight into deep-seated beliefs and destructive thought patterns, release unexpressed emotions that interfere with living fully in the present, and to see life experiences as a spiritual journey rather than a series of unwanted problems.

I use a combination of techniques that include Hakomi body-centered therapy, Gestalt role play therapy, EMDR, and a melding of ancient eastern philosophy with modern western psychology.

Other techniques may include meditation, journaling, dream analysis, guided imagery, holotropic breathwork, Reiki, and somatic experiencing.

The most important thing I offer is my unconditional acceptance and presence.

My Background

I have a Bachelors Degree from Colorado State University. I have a Masters Degree in Transpersonal Counseling Psychology from Naropa University. I am a graduate of the two-year training program from the Hakomi Institute for body-centered psychotherapy, and am a Certified Hakomi Therapist (CHT). I have had specialized training in Gestalt therapy. I am certified in EMDR trauma treatment, and Reiki.

I am certified in Imago and Gestalt relationship therapy for couples. I have advanced training in Hakomi therapy for relationship counseling. I am a facilitator for PAIRS (Practical Application of Intimate Relationship Skills) workshops for couples, and am a men's group leader for the ManKind Project of Colorado. In addition, I have developed a couple's workshop based on Eckhart Tolle's, "Power of Now". I have clinical experience working with men, women, youth, couples, and families.

Prior to my psychotherapy career, I was a vice-president of a Fortune 500 company, managing research in renewable energy.

Sessions are $70 per hour