Marci
Brewer,
LCSW

I hold a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work from Bowling Green State University, Ohio, in 1987, followed by a Master’s Degree in Social Work from the University of Denver, Colorado, in 1991, and became licensed in 1993. I have been trained in EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) Therapy since 2012, including specialization in epigenetic and cultural trauma. Additionally, I am the co-owner of Collaborative Services for Change, an outpatient mental health agency that offers expertise in the treatment of adults who are impacted by Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities.  Prior to my private practice, I worked in a variety of settings, including: residential; day treatment and outpatient treatment agencies for youth; various county child welfare systems with specific focus on childhood sexual abuse and foster-adoptive care; victim compensation services; and the criminal justice system.

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Effective 2023, I am a Certified Licensed Ketamine Assisted Psychotherapist, providing services in collaboration with local prescribers. I have also recently earned my Certification as a Psychedelic Assisted Psychotherapist, completing a year-long intensive training with Integrative Psychiatry Institute, June 2024.  With the recent passage of Colorado Proposition 122, personal use of specific plant medicines has been decriminalized, however the therapeutic use of psilocybin specifically is expected to become legalized in the State of Colorado by early 2025, as the Department of Regulatory Agencies (DORA) is finalizing formal rules, licensure requirements and regulatory procedures. Thus, Psilocybin Assisted Psychotherapy may be made available in the near future accordingly.  I had been intentional in my effort to be poised and prepared to offer MDMA Psychotherapy for PTSD, however the FDA rejected this therapy in August 2024, thereby preventing any such treatment offering at this time.

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My training and theoretical framework has been built around Family Systems Therapy, Attachment Theory, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Internal Family Systems Therapy, and Solution-Based Therapy, in addition to providing Trauma-informed Modalities, inclusive of recent findings in the field of neuroscience, EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) Therapy, and Mindfulness.