About Cassandra
Cassandra Potts is a licensed professional counselor who helps people navigate stress, anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship problems, and self-esteem struggles. She writes in a direct, calm way and focuses on practical steps people can use right away. Cassandra works with adults over many kinds of life transitions and emotional challenges.
With 20 years of experience, she draws on proven therapeutic techniques to address trauma and abuse, grief, and the strained emotions that can follow divorce, adoption, fertility concerns, or job-related stress.
Background and approach
She also helps people sort attachment patterns, communication breakdowns, and family-of-origin issues. Cassandra pays attention to how past losses and abandonment shape current relationships. Sessions aim to be straightforward and respectful.
Cassandra listens for how patterns show up in daily life and helps clients try different ways of coping and relating. She encourages small, concrete changes people can practice between sessions to reduce distress and build confidence. Her Colorado practice centers on helping people find clearer ground after difficult events.
She supports those managing mood symptoms, feeling stuck after major life changes, or wanting healthier ways to connect with others. Cassandra explains options and works with each person to set realistic goals. Clients can expect consistent, down-to-earth conversation and collaborative planning.
The focus is on useful tools, clearer communication, and building emotional skills that make everyday life easier.
Evidence-based approaches and online care
Two common, evidence-based approaches used in practice focus on processing difficult experiences and changing unhelpful patterns. One approach helps people notice and shift emotional and behavioral patterns that cause distress, offering practical skills for managing anxiety, low mood, and relationship strain. Another approach supports gentle processing of past hurts and trauma so memories feel less overwhelming and daily functioning improves. Finding the right approach is a collaborative process. The therapist will talk with each person about goals, preferences, and what feels most helpful, then adapt techniques over time. Clients and the therapist decide together which methods to try and adjust as progress is made. Online therapy offers several practical benefits. Video calls let people see facial cues and hold longer sessions when needed. Phone sessions can be a good option when bandwidth is limited or when sitting on camera feels difficult. Live chat and text-based messaging work well for brief check-ins, quick coping suggestions, or staying connected between scheduled sessions. These options provide flexibility to fit therapy into work, family, or busy life schedules.Questions people ask
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What this counselor works with
Most often
- Stress, Anxiety
- Relationship issues
- Trauma and abuse
Also listed
- Abandonment
- Adoption and foster care
- Attachment issues
- Blended family issues
- Communication problems
- Control issues
- Coping with natural or human-caused disaster
- Depression
- Disruptive Mood Dysregulation Disorder (DMDD)
- Divorce and separation
- Domestic violence
- Family of origin issues
- Family problems
- Fertility issues
- First responder issues
- Forgiveness
- Guilt and shame
- Isolation / loneliness
- Life purpose
- Mood disorders
- Post-traumatic stress
- Postpartum depression
- Pregnancy and childbirth
- Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD)
- Self esteem
- Self-harm
- Self-love
- Sexual assault and abuse
- Social anxiety and phobia
- Somatization
- Women's issues
- Workplace issues
- Young adult issues
- Experience
- 20 years
- Licensed
- Colorado
- Languages
- English