Yuri Shane

Yuri Shane is a psychodynamic therapist who is passionate about helping people who want to accept themselves and trust in their feelings, as well as question their patterns and move towards growth. She has special interest, experience, and training in perinatal mental health, life transition crises, intimacy and relationship challenges, navigating professional and personal identities, anxiety disorders, grief, and trauma, including post traumatic stress and post traumatic growth. Yuri incorporates relational and attachment theories to actively reflect on what clients bring to sessions, explore how unresolved conflicts from the past might impact the present, and ask targeted questions to help clients identify both unhelpful patterns and areas of strength. As someone whose choices didn’t always seem connected, Yuri has a sincere desire to support clients in their own joy and meaning-making. After being born in Southeast Asia, Yuri lived and worked in many places. A past career in consulting and higher education led to experiences on four continents. She also co-founded and led a nonprofit for first-generation college students, where she worked with CU-Boulder to create an evidence-based social and emotional learning program for the students. She is also co-author of an article on therapy practices for queer communities which was published in the journal, Studies in Clinical Social Work. Through this varied background, Yuri incorporates aspects of a client’s identity that are important to them, including race/ethnicity, class, faith/spirituality, ability/disability, gender, and sexuality. Yuri's self care includes spending time with her kids, husband, and dog, creating bad art, appreciating good art, listening to live music, reading, swimming, and hosting friends.