Natalie A. Stanish, MS, LMFT
Counties served: Denver, Boulder
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), Mediator, Collaborative Divorce Coach & Child Specialist, and Co-Parenting Coach
Introspective Family Therapy Denver
3401 Quebec St #4500 Denver, CO 80207
312-685-2315
About ME
Natalie makes sure that parents have what they need to co-parent effectively and raise healthy & happy children. She is a highly-qualified and seasoned Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Denver and Chicago, and the Founder and Director of Introspective Family Therapy Denver. She has a Master’s Degree in Child Development and Family Studies, over a decade of clinical experience with families, and has taught family therapy and child development classes at both the undergraduate and graduate level. She received her Mediation training from Mosten-Guthrie and is a trained Collaborative Divorce Coach and Child Specialist. By combining her expertise in mental health with her experience in the family law field, she provides coaching clients with a collaborative and well-informed “one stop shop” comprehensive experience.
Mediation and Co-Mediation with a Collaborative Attorney, Collaborative Divorce Coaching & Child Specialist Coaching, child-focused Co-parenting Coaching, and court-ordered and non-court-ordered Reunification Therapy to separating and divorcing/divorced parents and their families.
Natalie has extensive knowledge about and expertise in family dynamics, trauma and attachment, child development and effective communication skills to help support parents. Her approach is rooted in Internal Family Systems therapy, an evidence-based and tremendously successful approach to helping parents communicate and interact more effectively with each other and their children.
Natalie assists parents in raising emotionally healthy children by resourcing clients with the skills they need to regulate themselves and feel more grounded in their bodies, communicate effectively and interact respectfully with their co-parent, and be emotionally present and engaged with their children. She is committed to helping families one parent at a time.
Specializations:
- Collaborative Divorce Coach
- Collaborative Divorce Facilitator
- Child Specialist
- Mediation
- Co-Parenting Coaching
- Divorce Coaching
EDUCATION
B.A. Psychology, Eastern Illinois University, 2013
M.S. in Child Development and Family Studies with a specialization in Marriage and Family Therapy, Purdue University, 2016
CACREP Addiction Counseling Program, Purdue University, 2016
Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in Colorado and Illinois
PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Colorado Collaborative Divorce Professionals
Collaborative Divorce Illinois
American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
COLLABORATIVE TRAININGS Taken
Motivational Interviewing in Collaborative Divorce, 2026
(Trainer/Presenter) "The Integrated Professional: Cultivating Self-Awareness to Build a Purpose-Driven, High-Impact Career", 2025
Trauma Stewardship and Self Care in Collaborative Practice, 2024 Basic Interdisciplinary Collaborative Practice Training, 2023
Mosten Guthrie Mediation Training, 2023
Internal Family Systems Online Circle Training Program, 2018
PREPARE/ENRICH training for couples, 2015
Presentations Given
(2025) "The Integrated Professional: Cultivating Self-Awareness to Build a Purpose-Driven, High-Impact Career"
(2022). IFS and the embodied therapist. Emerge Family Therapy Center and
Teaching Clinic. Spartanburg, SC
(2021). Internal family systems & addiction. Converse MFT Graduate Program
(2020). Overview of internal family systems. Converse MFT Graduate Program
(2015). Emotionally focused therapy for couples recovering from sexual addiction. Indiana Association for Marriage and Family Therapy Fall Conference. Indianapolis, IN