Racial Identity

Explore and Strengthen Your Racial Identity: Supportive Counseling

Seeking guidance on racial identity and belonging? Our counseling offers empathetic support, tools for self-discovery, and empowerment to embrace your identity.

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Racial Identity Counseling in Colorado

Navigating questions of racial identity, belonging, and the weight of racial trauma or microaggressions can be exhausting to carry without a space that truly understands. You shouldn't have to process it alone. Overcomers Counseling offers culturally responsive counseling across Colorado Springs, Aurora, Fort Collins, and Pueblo, plus statewide teletherapy.

You Don't Have to Carry This Alone

Racial identity counseling makes space for experiences that are often minimized or misunderstood elsewhere — questions of belonging, the impact of discrimination, navigating multiple cultural identities, or the exhaustion of code-switching day to day. Our therapists provide a space where these experiences are seen, named, and taken seriously.

What Counseling Can Support

Sessions often focus on processing experiences of racism or discrimination, exploring questions of identity and belonging, navigating intergenerational or cultural expectations, building resilience and community connection, and addressing the mental health impact of racial trauma. This work is deeply personal, and our therapists follow your lead.

How Our Therapists Help

Our providers approach this work with cultural humility, listening first and building support around your specific experiences and goals rather than a one-size-fits-all framework. For clients who want it, we also offer faith-integrated counseling that honors the role faith and community often play in resilience.

Support Near You

Find culturally responsive counseling in Colorado Springs, Aurora, Fort Collins, or Pueblo, or connect through secure teletherapy anywhere in Colorado. We accept Medicaid and most major insurance plans, including Aetna, Cigna, UHC, Kaiser, Anthem BCBS, and Tricare.

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FAQs about Racial Identity

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How does counseling help me with microaggressions?

Microaggressions can feel like a series of small paper cuts—they don't seem like a big deal on their own, but over time, they can add up and leave a scar. Counseling provides a space for you to process the pain of these subtle acts of racism. We'll help you understand your emotions, and we’ll give you a toolkit of strategies to manage your feelings and respond with confidence. We believe in your capacity to live a full life, and we are here to help you.

Can a person from a different background really understand my struggle?

This is a very valid concern. It's like trying to explain the rules of a game to someone who has never played it. Our counselors are trained to be empathetic and supportive, regardless of their background. While we may not have the same lived experience, we can provide a safe space for you to explore your feelings without judgment. We believe in your capacity to heal, and we're here to help you get there.

How can a person process racial trauma?

Racial trauma is a serious issue that can have a significant impact on your mental health. It can feel like your body is carrying the weight of a history that is not your own. Counseling provides a safe space for you to process the past, understand how it is impacting your present, and find a sense of healing. We'll help you rebuild your life on a foundation that feels authentic to you, so you can find a sense of peace.

What is the goal of racial identity counseling?

Understanding your racial identity can feel like putting together a puzzle with a lot of missing pieces. The goal of counseling isn’t to give you all the answers. It’s to help you find your own pieces and put them together in a way that feels authentic to you. We work together to help you explore your unique experience, process any feelings of trauma or discrimination, and find a sense of self-worth that is not defined by others. We believe you have the power to create your own story.

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Across hundreds of client reviews, one theme comes through again and again: people feel truly heard here. Clients describe finally finding a therapist who understood them, gaining real tools for anxiety, trauma, and anger management, and walking away from sessions feeling lighter and more hopeful. Many say Overcomers was the first place therapy actually felt like the right fit — a space to be met with warmth, patience, and genuine care on the path to becoming who they're meant to be.
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I really appreciate how she helped me with my anger management, anxiety, she helped me with my issues with my dad, etc. I really appreciate everything that she did for me and she opened my eyes to realize that there is so much more to life than what you can see with your bare eyes.
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Our fist time here for intake but I think we are going to like it here.
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Benjamin Leverentz, LPCC
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The staff is super awesome. It’s a breath of fresh air being able to get the weight off of my chest. 5/5 10/10 whatever the scale. I never realized how much it would help. Wish I would’ve done it sooner! Better late than never !
Apr 23, 2026
 Stefanie Kerr LPCC
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I have been through some very extreme trauma, and I've also done so much research and done so much work on my own. As a very self aware patient, it's insanely difficult to find a good fit for a therapist. Sometimes you just need to find someone who thinks outside of the box. Someone who makes you see a different perspective. I found this in Stefanie Kerr. She the most wonderful therapist I have ever met, and I've met A LOT! She encourages you to see yourself as just a normal human. You get stuck in this mindset that you aren't normal and get used to the label of being a broken person and she somehow makes you feel like you were never actually broken at all, you were just using your toolbox all wrong. She gives you the guidance to use what you found that works for you and makes it better! She smashes toxic coping mechanisms and helps you turn them into beneficial ones. She not only improved my life but my relationship with emotions in general. Along the way therapy with her has even helped my marriage!! Not only has my spouse seen a huge change in me, but my peers have pointed out how absolutely zen I am compared to how emotionally dysregulated I used to be. The way she changes your relationship with emotions is absolutely magical and I will recommend her to everyone I know until I die. She is an absolute blessing to the therapy world.
Apr 17, 2026
Kaitlyn Chiasson LPCC
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I was very happy with my journey with Overcomers. The process was very satisfying and has changed my life for the better. I have confidence that I've never had in my life, and I feel I now have the tools to overcome any obstacles going forward. May counselor was patient, kind and understanding and helped me work through my issues one at a time.
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Marie Whatley LPC
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I gained the tools I needed for this phase in my life. My therapist was able to help me get unstuck from trauma I needed to deal with.