Psychotherapy

If you are questioning faith, losing a sense of meaning, or trying to find your footing after a worldview has come apart, this is the kind of work I do.

Maybe you grew up inside a religious world and are no longer sure what you believe. Perhaps belief still matters to you but no longer fits the way it did. Or you may have been hurt. Possibly nothing dramatic happened at all, and you simply notice that the things that once held your life together have quietly stopped holding. People come to this work leaving a tradition, staying in one and struggling, or standing somewhere in between. You do not need to have it figured out to begin.

This is also work for people who would not describe their struggle in religious terms at all. Loss of meaning, a shift in identity, grief that does not resolve, the sense that your life looks fine from outside and does not feel that way from inside. These belong here too.

I work with the following issues:

• Spiritual/religious/existential
• Trauma
• Eating Disorders
• Mind-body issues (psychosomatics)
• Depression
• Anxiety
• Grief
• Other issues

What the work is actually like.

I practice depth-oriented, analytic psychotherapy. In plain terms, that means I sometimes treat symptoms indirectly by understanding your mind and world in a deeper way. We work relationally and over time. I do not hand you techniques on the first day or treat you as a problem to be solved. I treat you as a person to be understood, and the understanding is what does the work.

That approach is not for everyone. It tends to fit people who want to go deeper than they have gone before, who are willing to stay with difficult things long enough to learn from them, and who are looking for a thinking partner rather than a quick fix.

I also offer comprehensive psychological assessments throughout the lifespan for everything from ADHD to dementia.

The practical details.

I am a licensed psychologist based in Colorado through Riverbed Psychology. I see clients in Colorado and, through PSYPACT, in many other states, including by video, so we can usually work together whether or not you are nearby.

My fee is $210 per session for individual therapy. I am a private-pay practice and do not bill insurance but can provide superbills for reimbursement. This choice is deliberate. It keeps the work accountable to you and your needs rather than to what an insurance company will authorize, and it lets us decide together how long and how deep the work should go. 

Psychological testing is scaled according to test needs.

How to reach out.

There is no booking form to fill out. The first step is simply a conversation. You email or call, tell me a sentence or two about what brings you here, and we set up a brief consultation to talk about whether this is a good fit before anything else is decided. You do not need to explain everything. You do not need to be sure. You only need to be willing to start the conversation.

(719) 465-2949

drjessefister@riverbedpsychology.com

Jesse Fister, Ph.D. Licensed Psychologist, Colorado License #PSY.0006964. Licensed in multiple states through PSYPACT (psypact.gov/page/psypactmap).