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Overall rating
5.00
About Erik Petersen
Focus areas
Adoption Counseling
Bereavement / Grief Counseling
Life Transition
Anxiety
Couples Therapy
Men's Mental Health Issues
Attention-Deficit / Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD)
Fertility Counseling
Clientele seen
Young adults (18-24)
Individuals
Adults (25-64)
Couples
Seniors (65+)
Families
Treatment approaches
Cognitive Behavioral (CBT)
Gottman Method
EMDR
Narrative
Emotionally Focused
Trauma Focused
Identity
Gender
MaleFaith
ChristianEthnicity
White
Languages spoken
English
Getting to know Erik Petersen
I'm Erik Petersen — a Licensed Professional Counselor, grief specialist, and couples therapist with over 20 years of experience walking with people through the hardest seasons of their lives.
I know what it's like to lose a father young. To feel the ground shift beneath you before you were ready. To spend years searching for direction — and for someone steady enough to follow. That kind of loss doesn't just take a person. It takes the roadmap. And without it, you wander.
That wandering shaped me. It's why I do this work, and why I do it the way I do.
I founded Made Known Counseling because I believe the deepest human need isn't to be fixed — it's to be truly known. Known in the pain, the confusion, the grief that hasn't lifted, the relationship that's quietly unraveling. Known without being rushed toward an answer that isn't ready yet.
I work with individuals carrying grief in all its forms — death, divorce, miscarriage, estrangement, infertility, and the losses that don't have a name but still take something from you. I work with couples who love each other but have lost the thread. And I work with men doing the kind of interior work that most rooms don't make space for — the searching, the silence, the long overdue reckoning.
My approach is trauma-informed, relationally grounded, and faith-integrated for those who want that. I draw on EMDR, Emotionally Focused Therapy, and the Gottman Method — but what matters more than technique is presence.
I practice online across Colorado and in-person near Grand Junction.
If something in you says it's time — that's enough to begin.
Helping You Mourn. Mend. And Find Meaning.
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Education and background
Practice names
Education and training
- Regis University, Master's in Clinical Counseling
- Southern Adventist University (Bachelor's)
NPI number
1003060302
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What practice does Erik Petersen work with?
Erik Petersen works with Grow Therapy.
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What languages does Erik Petersen speak?
Erik Petersen speaks English.