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Carolyn Spurway, LMHC, LPC(She/Her/Hers)

(She/Her/Hers)
Licensed Mental Health Counselor, LMHC
NebraskaArkansasColoradoGeorgia
Anxiety -Self-esteem- Life transitions- Relationship issues- Trauma-Codependency-

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Professional statement

Carolyn works with high-achieving adults who are good at everything... except slowing down, asking for help, and being as kind to themselves as they are to everyone else. Her clients are accomplished, deeply caring, and yet, running on empty. They've often done therapy before and walked away feeling like something was missing. They come to Carolyn when they are ready for an approach that goes deeper than insight alone.

Carolyn's best work lives at the intersection of clinical precision and holistic depth. She integrates Internal Family Systems (IFS), Polyvagal-informed nervous system regulation, the Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP), Somatic Experiencing (SEP in-progress), EFT Tapping, mindfulness, and shamanic healing. This integrative approach is not offered as a menu of techniques, but as a cohesive alchemy to helping people understand why they function the way they do, what it actually takes to change, and to begin transmuting pain into healthy empowerment and healing. This isn't just symptom management, it's making real contact with yourself and approaching life from that place of deep authenticity.

Carolyn is a Licensed Professional Counselor with over a decade of experience across eating disorders, adolescent crisis stabilization, attachment trauma, health coaching, and integrative primary care. She is certified in the Safe and Sound Protocol through Unyte, trained in EFT Tapping, and is currently deepening her practice through advanced training in integrative somatic trauma therapy, somatic experiencing, and shamanic healing. She has done, and continues to do, her own deep work. Carolyn's drive to continue learning, growing, and expanding -personally and professionally - truly shows in the room.


Message to clients

You've worked hard to understand yourself - you've read the books, maybe done therapy before, and developed real self-awareness. You have the insight part down, but still, the patterns persist. The exhaustion doesn't lift. The inner critic doesn't quiet. The gap between who you would like to be and how you actually feel day to day remains frustratingly wide.

That gap is where I love to work.

Not just with your thoughts and your story, but with your nervous system, your body, and the deeper parts of you that developed these patterns subconsciously, sometimes well before you had words for them. Real change isn't just cognitive. It's grappled with, felt and lived. It happens when you take your understanding and awareness and use it to create an actual shift in your system, and then, you start to show up differently, creating more and more of what you seek as you heal and grow.

My objective for you is simple, even if the path to realizing it isn't: to feel genuinely at home in yourself. To stop abandoning your own needs to keep everyone else comfortable. To move through your life with the kind of steady confidence that doesn't require constant effort to maintain. To expand your capacity to feel okay and solid when life throws you curveballs. To finally feel as capable on the inside as you've always appeared on the outside.

If any part of that lands, I'd love to hear from you.


Work and Education

Years of Experience: 11 years

Inside Job Holistic Wellness, Owner, Therapist, Coach, 2021 - Present
Firefly Health, Behavioral Health Specialist, 2023 - 2025
Virta Health, Senior Health Coach , 2018 - 2022
Medical Center of Aurora, Family Therapist, 2017 - 2018
Eating Recovery Center, Case Manager II, 2015 - 2017
Evergreen Attachment Treatment & Training Institute, Intern, 2014 - 2015

Unyte Academy, Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) Certified Practitioner, 2025
University of Colorado Denver, Master of Arts in Counseling, 2015
Bucknell University, Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, 2005

Licensure

Colorado: LPC.0014332 - Massachusetts: LMHC10000509 - Michigan: 6401223257 - Texas: 91594 - Georgia: LPC014177 - Nebraska: 2860 - Iowa: 119088 - Wisconsin: 10327-125 - Ohio: C.2305007 - Illinois: 180015499 - Kansas: LCPC 03456 - Arkansas: P2309011 - Missouri: 2023011846

Languages

English

Specialties

Anxiety - Coping with excessive worry, nervousness, or stress; intense discomfort in social settings (social anxiety); sudden and intense feelings of panic (panic disorder)

Self-esteem - Cultivating self-compassion, assertiveness, and confidence; developing ways to reduce suffering, anxiety, social withdrawal, and self-neglect

Life transitions - Coping with difficult or impactful life changes, such as moving to a new area, relationship transitions, child rearing, or career changes; learning self-care to better manage resulting stress

Relationship issues - Understanding one’s wants and needs in relationships; exploring patterns of interaction, addressing concerns, and strengthening satisfaction in relationships and dating

Trauma - Coping and healing after threatening or scary events, such as witnessing accidents or experiencing sexual, verbal, emotional, or physical abuse

Codependency - Development of healthy boundaries in relationships; strategies for increasing individual self-esteem and autonomy; coping mechanisms for separation and individuation.




Clientele

  • Adults (24+)
  • Young adults (18-24)

Locations & Hours


Insurance

Carolyn Spurway is not in-network with any insurances.

Read about the benefits of seeing an out-of-network provider here.


Out-of-pocket fees

Get reimbursed for sessions with Carolyn Spurway

Many health insurance plans reimburse 50-80% of session fees with out-of-network therapists. Learn if your health insurance plan qualifies.

  • Individual sessions:$200 (50min)
  • Sliding scale:$150 - $200
  • Initial session:$200 (50min)

Additional session information

Out-of-network billing options

This provider can support you in getting reimbursement from your insurance company if you are seeking out-of-network reimbursement. Here are the out-of-network billing options they provide:

  • Super billing
Payment options
  • Credit Card
  • Venmo
  • Zelle
Session frequency

Frequency of sessions this provider offers to see clients once you are an established client.

  • Weekly
  • Monthly
  • Every other week
  • Multiple times a week
  • As needed
Therapist's note

I am happy to provide receipts (superbills) for our sessions so that you may submit them to your insurance company for possible reimbursement using your out-of-network benefits for therapy. I am also happy to provide an estimate of your out-of-network reimbursement rates based on your insurance plan.


Therapy Groups

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Nervous System Support for Busy Professionals (Virtual)

An 8-week therapy group for high-achieving adults navigating anxiety, burnout, and chronic stress. Combines nervous system education, somatic practice, and group process to build real, lasting regulation, not just coping skills.


Client testimonials

"She was incredibly accommodating and helpful"
- Zencare client March 2025