Rita is a Licensed Professional Counselor who has been in private practice in Fort Collins, Colorado, since 2003. She received her Masters Degree from the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley where the emphasis of her study was marriage and family therapy.

Some of the other organizations where she received training are:

  • PAIRS (Practical Applications for Intimate Relationship Skills), Boulder, Colorado
  • Matrix Leadership Institute, Boulder, Colorado
  • Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute, Level II, Boulder, Colorado
  • EMDR II, Awake Mind, Julie Greene, Boulder, Colorado
  • Advanced EMDR Training, Awake Mind, Julie Greene, Boulder, Colorado

    • I am one of the fortunate people who gets to do the work I was created to do. My intuitive nature, my life experience, and my therapeutic skills help to create an empowering environment where clients feel safe in creating and attaining their goals as well as gaining resilience which renews a capacity for truly experiencing the present with joy.

    Groups forming:

  • "Up a Creek With Lots of Paddles" (2 Therapy Groups, A Womens' Group and A Mixed Group)
  • "Regaining Resilience after Trauma" (Gaining awareness and skills for increasing resilience)
  • Therapy Group for individuals with Bipolar Diagnosis

    • Rita Dykstra, LPC