Savannah Naffziger

I'm Savannah Naffziger, a Licensed Professional Counselor and Licensed Addiction Counselor in Colorado. That dual licensure matters: I'm specifically trained to understand mental health and substance use together, rather than treating one while ignoring the other.

My style is warm, direct, curious, and sprinkled with dry humor. I tend to look beneath the surface—at the experiences that shaped you, the ways your brain learned to protect you, and what's keeping a pattern stuck even when you understand it intellectually. I draw from EMDR, Brainspotting, DBT, parts work, and other approaches, but I don't believe therapy should revolve around acronyms. The approach should fit you, not the other way around.

Good therapy, in my view, starts with honesty - the kind where you can say the thing you haven't said out loud yet and have it land without judgment. I'm collaborative, curious, and gently challenging. We'll look at what's happening now, but also at what shaped it: the experiences, beliefs, emotions, relationships, and protective patterns that may be keeping you stuck.

I draw from EMDR, Brainspotting, DBT, CBT, motivational interviewing, and parts work, matching the approach to what you actually need rather than fitting you into a predetermined framework. Insight and practical tools both matter, but sometimes knowing why you do something or what you're “supposed” to do still doesn't change what happens in the moment. That's where we go deeper.

The first session is a conversation. We'll talk about what brought you in, what you've been carrying, what you've tried before, and what you're hoping therapy can actually do for you. I'll ask questions to start understanding the bigger picture, and we'll begin figuring out where we might want to focus. You don't need a perfectly packaged reason for being here or a clear idea of where to start; we'll figure that out together.