About Me
Karyn Resch Brackney, MA LPC
I love the smell of old books; I’m the weird lady in the used bookstore opening up random books and sticking my nose into the pages. In my basement, I have a stack of 84 journals, handwritten chronicles covering the last 20 years of my life in novel-like detail. Long before I saw Louisa May Alcott her as a queer icon, I idolized Jo from Little Women, partly for her tomboy confidence, but mostly for her determination as a writer. It should come as no surprise that I majored in English & Creative Writing in college, with the goal of becoming an author and professor.
In my senior year, I served as a TA in an intermediate nonfiction creating writing course. For the second half of the semester, I took half the class through a series of workshops; students would submit essays, and we would sit in a circle and discuss their writing while they took notes on what was working and what needed improvement. While my professor, who had the other half of the class, reported lighthearted essays on a humorous first visit to a sex shop or a memoir of beloved grandparents, every single essay presented in my group was about assault, depression, or death. Students cried in class as, one after the other, they bared some of the most painful and vulnerable moments of their lives. I was 21 years old, overwhelmed and underequipped, and though I couldn’t put words to it at the time, I had a strong sense that I wanted to enter into people’s stories on a far deeper level than sentence structure and narrative arc.
This was the first step on a path that ultimately led me into the field of counseling. While I still write stories (and occasionally blog), I’ve found a career where I get to step into the personal stories of others and be a witness to both heart-shattering trauma and breathtaking transformation. It is such a privilege to have this front-row seat to the beauty and resilience of the human soul.
Now, I work with adults and young adults primarily in the realm of complex trauma and attachment. I provide affirming care for LGBTQ+ individuals, particularly those from religious backgrounds. I value spirituality in all its beautiful diversity, but I also understand that many have experienced deep pain in religious communities. I treat religious trauma and support spiritual questioning in both clients who want to a retain personal faith and clients who find it’s safer to leave spirituality behind. I also work with parents seeking to heal their own childhood wounds; young adults navigating evolving relationships with parents, self-discovery, and the tasks of adult life; and new mental health professionals (interns and unlicensed clinicians) processing their experiences as they enter the counseling field.
I incorporate a trauma-informed approach into all my work, and use evidence-based practices to help you gain freedom from past hurts. As an attachment-based therapist, my goal is to create a therapeutic relationship that contains enough safety for attachment healing to begin. I also employ mindfulness techniques, cognitive strategies, parts work, and somatic approaches to help you manage symptoms, grow your mind-body connection, and live out a deeper embodiment. If you’re interested in reading more about my work, check out these blog posts, where I explore theories and practical concepts related to attachment-based therapy in more detail:
If this approach sounds like a good fit for your needs, please feel free to contact me at 720-263-6545 or karyn@karynreschcounseling.com. I’d love to schedule a consultation where we can talk more about how I can help you reach your goals.
Areas of Focus:
Young Adults (18-26)
Adults (26+)
(anxiety, anger, depression)
New Mental Health Professionals