Hello, I’m Dr. Harmeling…
Licensed clinical psychologist and founder of SageWell Health.
I help people heal old wounds and reconnect to themselves, so they can live more freely, presently, and passionately.
I believe our symptoms and observations that “something is off,” are ways our minds and bodies communicate with us. I help clients explore these messages and create underlying change to feel more at peace within themselves and fulfilled in their relationships.
In our sessions, you will feel me really listen and be present with you. My clients describe my style as compassionate, real, and engaged. I do not approach therapy with a template, but instead, seek to know you as an individual. Together we’ll create an environment where you can reveal your real self. I take a holistic approach that goes beyond behavioral shifts to create deep and lasting change.
Through building a safe and trusting alliance with you, I will help you explore and relate to yourself: how did you become who you are? What matters most to you? How do you want to be living? I will also help you learn to feel your feelings more fully. When we can feel our emotions, we don’t have to be focused on the future, riddled with symptoms, trapped in the past, or numb. We can instead be present in the moment and fully alive: aware of whatever we are experiencing, and deeply connected to ourselves and others.
Education & Licensure
University of Denver, Graduate School of Professional Psychology: Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, Psy.D.
University of Denver, Graduate School of Professional Psychology: Masters in Clinical Psychology, M.A.
Emory University: Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with a minor in English, B.A.
Licensed Clinical Psychologist, Colorado: License #PSY.0005238
Licensed Psychologist-Doctorate, Vermont: License #048.0134191
Registered Telehealth Provider, Florida: Registration #TPPY1355
PsyPact Provider (Interjurisdictional compact allowing the practice of telehealth in participating states): Learn more about PsyPact
Training
My training has included extensive experience with adolescent and adult individual therapy, as well as new parents and babies, couples, and families. I have worked in various treatment settings including community mental health centers, hospitals, a non-profit trauma treatment center, and multiple private practices. My doctoral internship focused on improving parent-child bonding and early childhood development in the first three years of life. My postdoctoral training involved long-term treatment with adults with anxiety and trauma. As a psychologist, I also have specialty training in psychological assessment. My doctoral research was a qualitative study examining the impact of technology on mother-baby bonding (Mother-baby bonding in the age of the smartphone: an interpretive phenomenological analysis).
Clinical Approach
To address the underlying factors contributing to what you are experiencing, we must often go back and heal old wounds. Experiences of pain, trauma, hurt, fear, or not getting emotional needs met are stored in the body (even if we don’t have explicit memories of adverse events). The concept of “attachment,” or our experiences in our earliest years of life, is foundational to my treatment philosophy. My personal and professional experience of healing attachment wounds allows me to show up as a powerful witness alongside my clients. I believe that together we can transform your attachment pattern to change your relationship with yourself and others.
In addition to Attachment theory, my work is grounded in contemporary Psychodynamic theory. Also referred to as depth therapy, this theoretical approach emphasizes understanding the psychological dynamics underlying symptoms, thoughts and feelings, so change can be transformative, rather than a surface level shift in behavior. I also pull heavily from Family Systems theory. I believe that our ability to stay true to ourselves, while also staying in close emotional connection with others, is key to individual wellness, as well as improving couple and family health. In addition, I bring a heavy focus on the body and neurobiology through the use of somatically focused interventions, such as Eye-Movement, Desensitization and Reprocessing Therapy (EMDR).
