Positive, Powerful Counseling & Coaching
For Personal Growth & Healthy Relationships
Grow Into Your Best Self
Counseling Services for Personal Evolution
Every challenge brings an opportunity to learn, grow, and evolve. Courageously working on yourself through therapy transforms you and allows you to cultivate the love, happiness and success that you deserve.
Coaching Services for Meaningful Growth
We help you get unstuck and create real and lasting change. Our positive, productive, and strengths-based coaching services help you grow and move forward confidently.
Why Choose Growing Self?
The therapists and coaches of Growing Self are different. Our experts have layers of specialized education, training, and experience that set us apart.
All of our experts are qualified mental health therapists well versed in effective, evidence-based individual therapy, and with additional expertise in either marriage and family therapy, or career counseling and professional development.
On top of that, we offer positive, empowering coaching services that move you forward — fostering growth in yourself, your relationships, and your career.
We are true specialists in Love, Happiness and Success. If that’s what you’re seeking, you’re in the right place.
Ready to Grow?
Begin With a Free Consultation.
We Specialize In Counseling Services & Coaching Services For…
Healthy Relationships
Our relationships are at the center of our lives.
Our relationship experts are marriage and family therapists — true relationship specialists. We can help you learn and grow, identify your patterns, develop empowered communication skills, be more vulnerable, manage anger and emotional flooding, increase emotional intelligence, set healthy boundaries, and practice emotional self-care.
Learn more about our positive approach to counseling services and coaching services for healthy relationships.
Personal Growth
You know when it’s time to grow. Our approach fosters meaningful personal growth on deep levels, nurturing positive change in your life, career, and relationships.
Using evidence-based practices, our therapists and coaches help you shift family roles, uncover your strengths, be honest with yourself, practice emotional self-care, identify your obstacles, build self-love and self-esteem, feel more secure, and grow into your full potential.
Learn more about coaching and therapy services for personal growth.
Professional Development
Our holistic, whole-life approach addresses the powerful opportunities for growth that you have in your professional life, too.
We can help you cultivate values-based clarity and direction, create your ten-year plan, get unstuck, develop meaning and satisfaction in your work, grow as a leader, and achieve your life design goals.
Most importantly, we help you use your professional experiences as doorways to personal growth and stronger relationships in every part of your life.
Learn more about our professional development and career coaching services.
Our Core Counseling
Services & Coaching Services
Positive, Productive Therapy & Counseling Services
All of the experts on our team are qualified mental health professionals with advanced training and expertise as therapists, as well as specialized skills in coaching, relationship coaching, and career coaching services.
We specialize in therapy and counseling services for personal growth, love, happiness, and success. We have additional expertise in breakup therapy and divorce counseling as well as breakup coaching, and can help with common concerns like depression and anxiety, too.
Learn more about our online therapy services and in-person therapy in Denver.
Transformational Life Coaching Services
Get direction to move forward fearlessly. Traditional talk therapy can bring valuable self-awareness and self-love, but without an achievable action plan, nothing will change.
Our meaningful, evidence-based life coaching helps you combine your insight and action so you can create real and lasting change in your relationship, career, and yourself.
We offer Denver life coach and online life coach services.
Learn more about our powerful approach to life coaching.
Welcome to Growing Self
Hi, I’m Dr. Lisa Marie Bobby. Since 2005, my team and I have been helping people all over the world create Love, Happiness and Success in their lives through positive, compassionate, and effective couples counseling, therapy, career coaching, and life coaching. I’m so pleased to be able to help you, too. There is help for you here, and I’m glad you’ve found us. Our practice, Growing Self, is devoted to your well-being. Here on GrowingSelf.com, you’ll find loads of free information and actionable advice that you can start using today to create positive change in your life. Browse around to educate yourself about your options, get free expert advice through our Love, Happiness and Success Blog and Podcast, or sign up for an online class. Or, if the time is right, you can schedule a free consultation with any of us to talk about your situation — and, most importantly — your hopes for your future.We Are Here For You.
Positive
Working with us is a positive experience. Our smart, compassionate experts have advanced degrees from the best counseling programs and years of experience helping individuals and couples change their lives for the better.
Powerful
Our evidence-based approaches to therapy and life coaching are designed to help you identify obstacles and successfully work through them — leading to powerful self-awareness and insight.
Productive
We understand that awareness is not enough. Real and lasting change happens when we follow insight with effective action.
Our roots are in therapy, but our wings are in coaching — that’s what takes you to the next level.
Easy
Working with us is a meaningful experience — and also an easy one. We’re available for coaching services or therapy in Denver and online therapy and online life coaching, too. We offer evening and weekend appointments and affordable sliding-scale rates, and we may be able to provide you with super bills for your insurance.
Meet a Few of Our
Counseling Services & Coaching Services Experts
Linda P.
M.A., LMFT
Thriving Personal & Professional Relationships
Meet Linda: a relationship expert and certified emotional intelligence coach with a unique blend of professional experience as a marriage counselor, executive coach, leadership coach, life coach, and therapist. She’s here to help you understand yourself and others, improve your communication, increase your emotional intelligence, and cultivate positive relationships — both personally, and professionally.
Dr. Brock S.
PhD, LMFT
Where Compassion Meets Action
Meet Dr. Brock: An experienced Marriage and Family therapist who’s passionate about helping you get unstuck, create real change, and feel better about yourself and about your life. He can help you improve your communication with your partner, deepen your connections, gain clarity about what you truly need to be happy and well, and create an effective plan for reaching your goals.
Talia R.
M.S., MFTC
Straightforward, Open-minded & Action-Oriented
Meet Talia: a relationship specialist whose warm, collaborative approach guides you toward deeper exploration, connection, and understanding. With her authentic and straightforward style, she can help you gain the clarity and skills to cultivate the life and relationships you desire.
Dori B.
M.S., S.A.S., M.A.C.A.
Nurturing Emotional & Sexual Intimacy
Meet Dori: a kind, empathetic couples counselor, individual therapist, and life coach with specialized education and certification in sex therapy. Her friendly style makes it easy to talk about anything, and her solution-focused approach helps you build a bright new future of intimacy and connection.
Susan H.
M.A., LPCC
Empathetic, Insightful & Growth-Oriented
Susan specializes in helping clients reach their goals and achieve a sense of purpose and fulfillment. She has a warm, honest, and collaborative style. Whether you’re seeking support in your career, or want to be a better version of yourself, Susan will walk alongside you and support you as you create positive change.
Tania C.
M.B.A., M.A., LMFT (she/her/hers)
International Love, Life, & Career Coach
Meet Tania: a relationship coach, career coach, dating coach, and executive coach with a unique blend of experience, education, and training, and a nuanced cross-cultural perspective. As a relationship expert and a career expert, Tania can help you build passionate and fulfilling relationships while thriving in your professional life.
Ronni M.
M.A., LPCC
Illuminate Your Possibilities
Meet Ronni: a career counselor, life coach, and individual counselor with a caring personality and a flare for adventure. Whether you want to embark on a new career path, work on personal growth goals, or pursue greater life satisfaction, she’s here to support and motivate you to create positive change.
Kanya D.
M.A., LMFT
Inspired Life, Inspired Love
Kanya is a licensed marriage and family therapist, individual therapist, life coach, and parenting coach with more than 20 years of experience helping couples develop deeply loving and satisfying relationships, helping parents and families thrive, and helping individuals reclaim their happiness.
Dr. Georgiana S.
Ph.D., LMFT
Honest, Direct & Effective
Meet Dr. Georgiana: an expert Marriage and Family Therapist specializing in transformational relationship coaching, emotional intelligence coaching, and healthy relationships. Whether your preferred language is English, Spanish, or French, her results-oriented approach to coaching will move you forward.
Kensington O.
M.S., LMFT
Compassionate, Present, and Supportive
Meet Kensington: a couples counselor, premarital counselor, individual therapist, life coach, and breakup recovery counselor. With compassionate understanding and unique insights, Kensington helps you move past the past and improve the most meaningful parts of your life — from your emotional well-being to your relationships.
Margot A.
M.S., MFTC
Helping You Heal, Learn & Grow
Margot is a couples counselor, life coach, and individual therapist who helps you strengthen your relationships, discover your strengths, and build a fulfilling life based on your true values.
Roseann P.
M.S., LMFT
Open Heart, Wise Mind
Meet Roseann: an empathetic and intuitive marriage and family therapist, individual therapist, and life coach. Through authentic connection and a down-to-earth demeanor, Roseann guides you toward clarity and well-being. Using mindfulness and values-driven action, she helps you overcome challenges and create fulfillment in all aspects of life.
Dr. Tuyet
Ph.D., LMFT
Committed to your Happiness and Success
Meet Dr. Tuyet: a highly compassionate and experienced licensed marriage and family therapist. Dr. Tuyet uses an evidence-based approach to equip you with the tools you need to build the life and relationship you really want. She will empower you to dig deep, take risks, and weather life’s transitions with ease and grace.
Dr. Harold P.
D.Min., M.A., CCC, CPC
Experienced, Caring & Growth-Focused
Meet Dr. Harold: an experienced couples counselor, therapist and coach, whose gentle, caring presence creates self-awareness, clarity, and confidence. Whether you are looking for life direction, personal well-being, or better relationships, Dr. Harold has the expertise to help you get results.
We Are Therapy & Coaching Experts
What Our Clients Say About Life Coaching and Therapy With Us
“My coach is amazing and makes me feel human. He laughs with me and talks to me like I’m a person who matters. He makes me feel like he genuinely cares, and I don’t feel like I’m talking to a robot with no emotions. I really like that we’re just two humans talking, but he has the knowledge and skills to help me grow and excel.”
“Elizabeth was warm and friendly and immediately made me feel comfortable talking with her.”
Elizabeth C.
“It has been very helpful to talk with someone that is not biased and has an educated and fresh perspective on my situation. I have liked that Kathleen has given me some homework and reading material to compliment our sessions.”
Kathleen C.
“My coach is passionate, knowledgeable, committed and creative. She thinks three steps ahead and looks for ways to exceed expectations.”
“Our coach seemed to understand our unique situation and highly capable of helping us.”
“The most helpful parts to me is having us to speak directly to each other. It’s a comfort to do this with a counselor present to help me express what I wasn’t able to prior.”
Tania C.
“I have difficulty expressing my emotions and she really kept me honest about do so, and searching deeper for what I am feeling.”
Tania C.
“Our coach was fantastic to work with. My wife and I both appreciated how easy she was to talk to and found her advice and techniques to be very helpful. She did a great job at relating with us that made it easier to open up with our problems.”
Connect With Us
Begin your journey of growth by requesting a free consultation meeting with the expert of your choice. Not sure who to work with? Let us know your hopes and goals. We’ll provide customized recommendations about which experts would be a good fit, and help you schedule your first free consultation.Therapy Questions, Answered.
Support For Your Growth
Our expert therapists have generously created an entire library of articles, activities, and podcasts to support you on your journey of growth. Please visit our “Happiness Collections” to browse our content collections, and take advantage of all the free resources we have for you. Or, if you’d like to educate yourself about the process and logistics of therapy, please help yourself to our “therapy questions” knowledge base below. It’s all for you!
Do I Need Therapy?
Wondering if your issues going to work themselves out, or is it time to talk to a professional? Here’s how to tell when it’s time for therapy.
Therapy Works, But How?
Great therapy can feel like magic, but it’s actually not. Learn how meaningful and effective therapy works.
What is Therapy Like?
What is therapy like? Learn what happens in therapy in order to feel empowered and confident.
What Kind of Therapist Do I Need?
There are many different kinds of therapists and many different types of therapy. What kind of therapist do you need? Find out!
What To Talk About in Therapy
Not sure what to talk about in therapy? Here are some tips to ensure you get the most out of your therapy sessions.
Therapy Consultation: What to Expect
How to prepare for your first therapy appointment, and learn what to expect in therapy sessions.
Coaching vs Therapy
What’s the difference between coaching and therapy? Find out which approach is right for you.
What is Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy?
Cognitive-behavioral therapy is the “gold-standard” of effective, evidence-based therapy. Learn about CBT.
What is Talk Therapy?
How does talking about something help you make changes? Or… does it? Learn the pros and cons of traditional talk therapy.
Why Evidence-Based Therapy Matters
Effective therapy is life-changing, but some therapy is a waste of time and money. Evidence-based therapy makes the difference.
How to Find a (Good) Therapist
Not all therapists are the same. Learn how to find a good therapist (and spot the warning signs of a bad one).
Therapy For Healthy Relationships
Working with a true relationship expert helps you learn, grow, love, and be loved.
Learn about our approach to helping you build healthy relationships.
Guide to Online Therapy
Online therapy is just as effective but even easier than in person therapy. Here’s what to expect from good online therapy.
Denver Therapist
Explore your options for a Denver therapist who specializes in personal growth and healthy relationships.
How to Get a Therapist
Ready to try therapy? Here’s a comprehensive guide on how to get a therapist who is competent to help you.
Therapy Reviews
Curious to know more about what working with us is really like? Browse Growing Self reviews / “best online therapy reviews” from our clients.
How Much Does Therapy Cost?
Good therapy is priceless, but not all therapy is valuable. Learn the cost of therapy that’s affordable and effective.
Does Insurance Cover Therapy?
Yes, insurance covers therapy… but only sometimes. Learn when (and how) health insurance covers therapy, and when it doesn’t.
Help Someone Get Help
If you have a loved one who is struggling in their relationship, you can help them get help by “gifting” therapy. Here’s how…
Divorce & Breakup Recovery
Losing a relationship is uniquely painful and challenging. With the right support, you can heal, grow, and move forward. Learn about our divorce and breakup recovery services.
More Questions? Let’s Talk.
We’re available by phone, email and chat, and happy to answer any of your questions personally. Get in touch, anytime.
Start Therapy
Start your journey of growth today. Get personalized recommendations, and have a free consultation meeting with the therapist of your choice.