Ellie Mental Health - Colorado Springs, CO - Fontanero

06/15/2026

Trans mental health matters.
Support, affirmation, and access to care save lives.
Everyone deserves to feel safe, seen, and supported for who they are. 💙🏳️‍⚧️

Support is easy with Ellie. Head to elliementalhealth.com to schedule your first appointment.

06/10/2026

For a lot of LGBTQ+ young people, the barriers to mental health support are not about willingness. They are about fear, cost, safety, and wondering whether they will actually be understood. Everyone deserves care that feels affirming, accessible, and safe enough to be honest in. Ellie offers therapy in-person and online with flexible options designed to meet people where they are.

Learn more about support options that fit real life at elliementalhealth.com

06/09/2026

Summer schedule changes can hit harder than people expect. A lot of parents are trying to manage work, childcare, routines disappearing overnight, and the pressure to make summer “fun” while already running on empty. If you’re feeling more irritable, overstimulated, or emotionally tapped out lately, you’re not failing. You’re carrying a lot. Therapy can be a space where you don’t have to keep holding everything together for everyone else.

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06/08/2026

Pride Month can bring up a lot of emotions for people who are still exploring their identity. Relief. Curiosity. Anxiety. Grief. Excitement. Confusion. Sometimes all at once. Not everyone has had the space, safety, or language to fully understand themselves earlier in life. And not everyone feels certain right away. Identity exploration does not have an expiration date. You are allowed to question, learn, change, and understand yourself more deeply at any age. Support can help create space for those conversations without pressure to already have everything figured out.

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06/08/2026

Welcome Leah!

We would like to welcome Leah to the team!

Leah Lauterberg is a Licensed Social Worker (LSW) specializing in children and youth and certified in Human-Animal-Environmental Interactions and Geek Therapeutics. She is passionate about building relationships with her clients in which they can be their best authentic selves while navigating all the celebrations and challenges life brings. She utilizes an emotion-focused humanistic approach using therapeutic interventions grounded in cognitive behavioral therapy, narrative therapy, play therapy, and mindfulness to meet each client where they are at. With expertise in child development, Leah is experienced working with Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD, anxiety, trauma, depression, mood disorders, ODD, and developmental delays. Leah also specializes in utilizing modern geek and pop culture and nature-based interactions to engage clients in meaningful and unique ways. Prior to joining Ellie, Leah spent several years working in K-12 schools and traveling the world as a military spouse.
In her free time, Leah enjoys spending time with her 4 children, 4 dogs, 2 leopard geckos, bearded dragon, ball python, fish, plants, and her very patient and loving husband. She loves to play Dungeons and Dragons, Magic the Gathering, Pokemon, and reading.

To schedule with Leah today please call 719-249-0984 or schedule online ://elliementalhealth.com/locations/colorado-springs-northeast-co/

06/08/2026

We would like to welcome Adriana, Brooke and Evan to the team! Click on their picture to find out more about their specialties.

They have immediate openings and accept most insurances, including Medicaid and Medicare, call 719-966-4893 to schedule today or schedule online ://elliementalhealth.com/locations/colorado-springs-fontanero-co/

06/04/2026

June can feel strange for teachers. Everyone talks about summer break like exhaustion should instantly disappear the second school ends. But burnout does not always turn off that fast. A lot of teachers are ending this school year mentally overloaded, emotionally drained, and still carrying stress home with them. If that’s you, support is allowed to exist outside the classroom too.

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06/03/2026

A lot of people want support long before they actually receive it. According to The Trevor Project, 84% wanted mental health care, but half of those who wanted it could not get it. Some of the biggest barriers were fear of talking about mental health, cost, and needing a parent’s permission. Access is not only about whether appointments exist. It is also about whether someone feels safe asking for help, understands their options, can afford care, or has support getting started. In-person and virtual therapy can both make a difference when care feels accessible enough to actually use.

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06/01/2026

Coming out is often talked about like one big moment. But for a lot of people, it is a long emotional process filled with anxiety, anticipation, relief, grief, fear, hope, and sometimes loss. There can be pressure to feel proud and certain every step of the way, even when the reality feels more complicated. Some people gain support. Some people lose relationships. Some people are still figuring themselves out while trying to explain themselves to others. Whatever your experience looks like, you deserve support that makes space for the complicated parts too.

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05/28/2026

Mental Health Awareness Month might be ending, but stress, burnout, anxiety, grief, overwhelm, and hard days don’t magically disappear on June 1. Taking care of your mental health is still important after the campaigns, reminders, and social posts slow down. Sometimes support looks like finally talking about what’s been weighing on you. Sometimes it’s admitting you’re tired of carrying everything alone.

Therapy doesn’t have to be a last resort. It can just be support for real life. Find support through therapy at elliementalhealth.com