Overview
I have a background in community mental health centers. Today, I work as a individual and group psychotherapist in Denver (LPCC, LAC).
Additionally, I do community organizing around philosophical and psychoanalytic themes, including reading groups, seminars, and communal engagements. I founded Denver Theory Society in 2023 to facilitate this work.
Psychotherapy
Psychotherapy is an engaged process of being confronted with oneself with the help of an active listener. The way that I practice is grounded in psychoanalysis as taught by Freud, Lacan, and Winnicott and is informed by the Lacanian Compass. In addition, I also utilize cognitive, emotional, and mindful techniques to address behavioral problems.
This approach allows us to work together to manage both pressing issues (e.g., panic attacks or binge drinking) while also addressing the deeper and more complex pangs of existence that drive these issues. Freud taught that symptoms are not problems in themselves, but attempts at a solution. In psychotherapy, we work to find less painful solutions by employing understanding, compassion, and curiosity.
Publications
Carroll, S. (2024) “The Intelligibility of Addiction: A Psychoanalytic Approach.” Lacunae (27).
Carroll, S. (2022) "Notes on Language in the Clinic in a Lacanian Key." Counseling and Family Therapy Scholarship Review (4)2.
Join us on the first Sunday of the month to take a fresh look at old parables and stories to see what they might offer us here, today.
8-week group therapy for individuals in their voyage to early recovery from addiction.
A space to hold reading groups, host seminars, and build community around shared interest in the humanities.
Biweekly newsletter reflecting on topics in mental health, psychoanalysis, and being human.
Meeting space for dialogue on various issues and topics in psychotherapy and psychoanalysis.