Zane Guilfoyle, LPC, LAC, ACS, ADS
Growing up gay in a rural Colorado mountain town, I know what it feels like to figure yourself out in secret — no map, no mirror, no one who seemed to get it. I spent years wondering what might have been different if I'd had a space where I could actually say the thing out loud. That question is why I became a therapist, and it's still the question that drives the work I do now — creating the space I didn't have, for people who need it.
Maybe you've always felt a little outside of it — like everyone else got a handbook you never received. You've built a life, maybe even a good one, but there's something underneath that doesn't quite add up. Your relationship with yourself. Your relationship with substances, or with other people, or with your own body. Maybe you're in the thick of it right now. Maybe things look fine from the outside but feel anything but. Either way — you're tired of carrying something you've never fully looked at.
I work with gay and queer men who are ready to stop managing and start actually understanding themselves — their worth, their power, and what's been getting in the way.
Therapy with me is a co-creative process. I'm not behind a desk taking notes while you talk — I'm right beside you, guiding and challenging when it's needed. We move at your pace, but we actually move. Sometimes in that process we find ourselves somewhere that feels both familiar and foreign — a vague sense of coming home. When that happens, I might invite a spiritual or holistic lens to help you connect to something larger than the story you've been telling yourself.
When it's clinically useful, I'll introduce specific approaches like EMDR — which is a terrible name for an effective treatment. Trauma often feels like it's happening right now, even when it happened years ago. You're not remembering the movie, you're in it. EMDR helps create distance. Gradually, you move from the screen to the back of the theater — it's still there, but it doesn't own the room anymore.
I offer in-person sessions in Denver, near Colorado and Exposition, and virtual sessions to anyone in Colorado. I accept Anthem, Cigna, United, and Aetna. Private pay is $150 per session. If you're unsure about your coverage, I'm happy to help you figure it out.