Amanda Jepson, LPC, CST

(she/her) is one of the co-founders of Respark Foundation, providing supervision and consultation for the nonprofit’s intern and volunteer therapists. She also works as a Contract Clinical Therapist at the UCCS Veterans Health and Trauma Clinic in Colorado Springs, Colorado and as a lecturer for the University of Colorado Denver. Amanda has been working with survivors of trauma for over a decade. She utilizes a variety of interventions, including EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization Reprocessing); mindfulness; CPT (Cognitive Processing Therapy); Narrative Therapy; Sensate Focus; DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy); Motivational Interviewing; and unpacking experiences from a Feminist, Multicultural, and Systems perspective to assist her adult clients. Her specific areas of experience include working with individuals and couples managing mood and trauma spectrum disorders as well as those who have experienced combat trauma, childhood physical or sexual abuse, sexual assault, domestic violence, or vicarious trauma. Amanda is an AASECT-certified sex therapist and specializes in sex-positive therapy. She understands how to address concerns regarding sex and sexuality; is affirming of and knowledgeable in working with individuals from all genders, sexualities, kinks and fetishes, and relationship structures; and is focused on empowering her clients as they reclaim their whole selves in the aftermath of trauma.