Kevin Hales: Emotionally Focused Therapist Denver Area & Castle Rock

MA, LPC

Kevin Hales sees counseling clients at our offices in Denver Tech Center / Greenwood Village, Castle Rock, and Online.

Who Kevin Works With:

Couples
Individuals
Adults
Teens (15+)
Military, Men, & Religious Trauma Survivors
Counseling Approaches: EFT, AEDP, & Humanistic

Kevin Hales’ Counseling Specialties & Interests:

Relationship Problems & Conflict
Marriage & Couples Counseling
Religious Trauma
Faith Crisis & Faith Transitions
Loneliness
Military Life
Anger Management
Conflict Resolution
Communication
Parenting & Family Conflict
Problematic Pornography Use
Premarital Counseling

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“There are hundreds of paths up the mountain, all leading to the same place, so it doesn’t matter which path you take. The only person wasting time is the one who runs around the mountain, telling everyone that his or her path is wrong.”

— Hindu proverb

What it’s like to work with Kevin

Kevin has a unique combination of qualities that help people feel quickly at ease and confident in his care. His ability to address serious topics combines with a natural, easygoing nature and ability to laugh. Kevin helps people feel safe and comfortable, and his clients describe feeling heard and understood and humanized—not broken.

His diverse life experience makes it easy for Kevin to relate to his clients—his 15 years of military experience, having gone through different types of traumas throughout life, and having a successful marriage (with plenty of accompanying difficulties and challenges). Kevin is particularly able to relate to Veterans and men in particular, helping them feel at ease and to talk about the hard things that they don’t normally like to talk about.

A Note From Kevin

“I love helping people feel seen and heard—the best moments are when their eyes light up and they exclaim “exactly!” It’s wonderful when I’m connecting with my clients and their old burden of feeling crazy or stupid for what they’re thinking or feeling melts away. I’ve helped alleviate the baggage they’ve carried around for so long, alone. Now they don’t feel so alone.

“My clients feel empowered to be genuine and authentic and not weighed down by the “shoulds and musts” of life. They feel liberated to be themselves and not worry as much about other’s opinions. I help people find confidence in who they are or are becoming in the journey of life, and support them in brave vulnerability with a partner or themselves. It is of course exhilarating to see that happen.

“I love my work with people, and I bring a unique combination of personality, experience, perspective, and empathy to the room. I’ve ultimately learned that relationships are difficult because they’re important to us but they can and do get easier when we invest our time and attention. I deeply believe that people, generally speaking, are not ‘sucking on purpose.’ I believe we’re all doing the best we can, even when our best sucks. We’re usually products of our society and upbringing and cultural norms. We are simultaneously the author and victim/survivor of our life stories. I feel honored to help people find their bravery and courage.”

— Kevin Hales

Outside of Counseling

Kevin is the father of two young men and has been married for over 20 years. Outside of therapy, he loves movies and documentaries, video games, board games, piano, listening to music, and playing the guitar.

Kevin Hales’ Training

Kevin has degrees in both Professional Counseling and Marriage, Family, & Human Development. He also has advanced training in Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT), has trained in AEDP, and is a Prepare-Enrich Facilitator for pre-marital couples.

“Finding yourself is not really how it works. You aren’t a ten-dollar bill in last winter’s coat pocket. You are also not lost. Your true self is right there, buried under cultural conditioning, other people’s opinions, and inaccurate conclusions you drew as a kid that became your beliefs about who you are. ‘Finding yourself’ is actually returning to yourself. An unlearning, an excavation, a remembering who you were before the world got its hands on you.”

— Emily McDowell

Kevin sees clients for online counseling as well as as at our Greenwood Village/DTC and Castle Rock offices. To schedule with Kevin, please call 720-468-0101, or click on the schedule button below.