Kaley L. Chiles, MA, LPC, LAC

“If you don’t make time for your wellness, you will be forced to take time for your illness.”

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I have always been curious: what prevents us from maintaining wellness in the first place, from having a support system that can help (and we can receive help from) or from benefitting from traditional talk therapy when we go? What leads to feeling lonely, isolated, misunderstood, stuck or confused, sometimes even by our own thoughts, feelings and behaviors? As a counselor, I was immediately drawn to working with those suffering from trauma. This curiosity then expanded to other things that can prevent healing, such as addiction and personality disorders.

Through the years, I witnessed exactly what I saw in research: people are remarkably and innately resilient (yes, even you!) and people in supportive relationships are exponentially resilient. Therefore, no matter the theory or method used (which does matter), the overwhelming majority of positive outcomes are predicted by the strength of the relationship (aka the therapeutic alliance). Creating a relationship with a therapist is a playground, an experiment, for learning which then fosters blossoming new relationships with self and with others (including God).

People suffering from the effects of trauma, addictions, personality disorders, and just plain ole regular folks often struggle to tap into their own resilience or engage with a support system to amplify resilience. Together, let’s figure out how to relate, how to accept ourselves and also push ourselves to grow, how to learn and how to turn knowledge into wisdom. Sound a little vague, unpredictable, scary or uncomfortable? That’s relationships for ya, but we’ll figure out how to stand on foundations that make relationships with ourselves and others feel natural, understandable, stable, and most of all, satisfying.

What’s unique about my approach is that I love to GET THINGS DONE so I work with clients to stay in touch with their goals, progress, or lack thereof and collaboratively problem solve to get results. I often see people who report having tried multiple solutions before starting with me, feeling a bit discouraged, exhausted and confused.

I make no promises that it will be easy, but with every step comes a new sense of discovery, satisfaction, confidence, and hope!

Clinical Population: Individuals 16+ (for individuals), couples and families (families can include children of all ages), including reintegration therapy

Areas of Focus: Attachment, Trauma, Addiction, Personality Disorders, Family Conflict (including high conflict divorce and coparenting)

Cultural competencies: Military, Christian

Preferred Primary Modalities (I believe modalities should be paired to fit the client’s needs):

Attachment Based Psychotherapy

Systems Based Therapy

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT)/Radically Open (RO) DBT

Mentalization Based Therapy

Gottman Method

Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR)

Somatic Experiencing (SE) techniques

Professional Education:
Master of Arts in Clinical Mental Health
Bachelor of Arts in Biblical Studies, minor in Psychology

Some Certifications & Trainings:
Divorce Busting Level I

EMDR Basic Training

Principles of Addictions Treatment

The Biology of Traumatic Stress Reactions and Empowering Skills to Enable Healing

Attachment, Trauma & Psychotherapy

Co-Occurring Disorders

Advanced Motivational Interviewing

Advanced Clinical Supervision

Best Practices in Clinical Supervision

Attachment, Trauma & Psychotherapy: Neural Integration as a Pathway to Resilience and Well Being

When There Are No Words: Reprocessing Early Trauma & Neglect Held in Implicit Memory
Personality Disorders: Advanced Diagnosis Treatment and Management

Personality Disorders Course: Advanced Diagnosis, Treatment, & Management

Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT): 4 Day Intensive Certification Training Course

Gottman Method Couples Therapy, Level I and II 

Trauma

Emotional intelligence

Marriage

Attachment

Parenting

Addiction

Additional Addiction Resources

Spiritual Direction, Coaching (“peer recovery” for substance abuse recovery)

AA (Alcoholics Anonymous), SAA (Sex Addicts Anonymous), Eating Disorders Anonymous, Overeaters Anonymous, etc.

Al-anon (loved ones work the 12 steps too), Al-ateen (ages 13-18)

ACA (Adult Children of Alcoholics and Dysfunctional Families)

DBSA (Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance)

CRAFT (Community Reinforcement and Family Training)- Spring EOP in Colorado Springs

SMART Recovery (non-faith based)

Celebrate Recovery (faith based)

Moderation Management (does not help moderation-seeking minors or moderate use of illicit drugs; asserts that one cannot “moderate” use of illegal substances or under age substance use due to legal consequences, etc.)

Spirituality & Faith